Spring 2027

Forest Operations

Forestry operations for implementing forest plans: site preparation, stand establishment, harvesting systems, and cost/productivity analysis.

offering recorded2 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Scott Bowe

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify the industrial products that come from our forests

  • Implement timber sale establishment and administration

  • Describe the vast array of harvesting systems and their applications

  • Explain the importance of contract payment systems for the forest industry

  • Analyze transportation systems in the forest industry

  • Discuss the application of ethics in forest management

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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F&W ECOL 300 or 410

F&WECOL 305

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

SCOTT BOWE is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Online (some classroom)0 / 150

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Site preparation, stand establishment, and harvesting systems
  • Costs, productivity, system balance, marketing, timber procurement, and contractual services
  • Harvesting systems and their applications
  • Ethics in forest management

Skills

  • Timber sale establishment and administration
  • Cost and productivity analysis in forestry operations
  • Transportation system analysis in the forest industry

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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F&WECOL 305 · Spring 2027

Forest Operations

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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