Preliminary:Forestry

[fishman100]

you mean one 8.5 by 11 inch paper and a field guide per person?

If you have a field guide, why would you need a 8.5 by 11 inch cheat sheet? Audubon has economical and random info about trees in it.

A double-sided 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of notes was allowed in Ornithology per person.

And seeing how Orni/R&M/Forestry/Herpetology/A&R (am I missing anything? ) I would assume that they would allow the page(s) of notes for Forestry.

Plus, it doesn't hurt to have extra notes right?

[NYLHVSSO]

In Ornithology they allowed one sheet per student, which meant two for a team of 2.

I didn't use the Ornithology cheat sheets much, excpet for bird calls.

[mingtian]

you mean one 8.5 by 11 inch paper and a field guide per person?

If you have a field guide, why would you need a 8.5 by 11 inch cheat sheet? Audubon has economical and random info about trees in it.

Extra info is always helpful, no matter what. I used it for bird anatomy. Maybe you could use it for tree anatomy and stuff more detailed that books won't have, like tree diseases.

[blazer]

I thought the 2004 tree list would be very helpful until I found the 2002 bird list at http://web.archive.org/web/200202021031 ... stnatl.htm. This list demonstrates that they changed many of the bird species for 2010, and I assume they have done the same for forestry. Because of this, I am waiting until the 2012 list comes out before I start studying the individual species.

[tornado guy]

Extra info is always helpful, no matter what. I used it for bird anatomy. Maybe you could use it for tree anatomy and stuff more detailed that books won't have, like tree diseases.

That is true.. Plus in ID events you need to know the tree ID/info right off the top of your head.

I thought the 2004 tree list would be very helpful until I found the 2002 bird list at http://web.archive.org/web/200202021031 ... stnatl.htm. This list demonstrates that they changed many of the bird species for 2010, and I assume they have done the same for forestry. Because of this, I am waiting until the 2012 list comes out before I start studying the individual species.

The rules will always change in events, especially in events that haven't been around for awhile. Even if the species do change it never hurts to learn extra!

[NYLHVSSO]

Tornado and Mingtian are right, it doesn't hurt to learn more information. I am making a practice test for Forestry (the first one ever made), and it is based on the 2004-2005 rules and list. I am also learning many species from the 2004 list when making this test. I don't think it's that bad if the 2012 list changes by a little.

[mingtian]

I don't think the list will change that much. The fossil's list barely changed and the Ornithology one didn't.

[tuftedtitmouse12]

the 2009 and the 2010 lists didn't change much but if you look at the 2002 or something list, things probably have changed much..

[anatomy]

I would just, use the 2004 nats list and a list of the common trees that are found in your state.
That's what I am doing.

[tornado guy]

Some colleges also have tree ID sites. Virginia Tech has a very in depth tree ID site.