TOOL IDENTIFICATION

AltimeterMeasures elevation or altitude

Back-pack Fire Pump

Manually operated water pump for fighting forest fires

Bark Gauge

Determines the thickness of tree bark

Bulldozer

Used by loggers to clear land

Canthook

Used to roll or turn logs

Chainsaw

Manually felling trees, delimbing, and bucking.

Chainsaw Chaps

Reduces impact of running chainsaws, protecting workers.

Clinometer

Measures tree height and slope of the ground

Data Recorder

Store daily data in forests like temperature, relative humidity, and light intensity. Helps foresters predict when forest fires are more likely

Densitometer

A densitometer is a device used for measuring the photographic density of an image on a film or photographic print.

Diameter Tape

Measures the outside diameter of the main stem of trees

Dot Grid

An overlay device for arriving at a quick estimate of area of some feature on a photo by counting dots. Dots may be regularly spaced or random.

Drip Torch

Starts controlled prescribed burns in forest and prairies

Endloader

Feller Buncher

Used to cut timber

Fiberglass Measuring Tape

Measures horizontal distance

Fire Rake

Removes leaf litter and duff to create fire lines

Fire Weather Kit

Instruments used to measure weather conditions and determine danger risk levels for forest fires

Fire-Swatter

Extinguishes slow spreading ground fires

Flow/current Meter

A current meter is oceanographic device for flow measurement by mechanical, acoustical means, or electrical means.

GPS Receiver

Handheld, satellite based device used to determine location data

Hand Compass

Used to measure the magnetic direction of sighted objects relative to the user

Hand Lens/Field Microscope

Used to magnify items.

Hip Chain

Measures distance over any terrain and through forests

Hypo-Hatchet

Kills undesirable trees by penetrating into sapwood a herbicide

Increment Borer

Extracts small cylinders of wood from the bark to pith of a tree. Used to age and determine growth of trees.

Log Rule

For determining board foot lumber volume in logs

Logger’s Tape

Tree diameter on one side and liner feet on the other

ph Meter

electronic device used for measuring the pH (acidity or alkalinity) of a liquid

Planimeter

Used to determine acreage from a map by tracing the perimeter on a scaled map

Plant Press

A structure typically made of two ventilated frames 12 X 18 inches, within which plants may be arranged between sheets of driers

Plastic Flagging

Used to mark an area or object

Pulaski Forester Axe

An axe and grubbing hoe tool that can trench and cut roots commonly used in fighting wildfires

Relaskop

Used to take individual tree diameter and heights during forest inventories

Safety Glasses

Personal protective equipment used to protect the eyes from debris an impact

Safety Hard Hat

Combination hard hat, ear, and eye protection required in logging

Soil Sampler

Tool used to take a sample of soil from the ground

Soil Test Kit

A soil test kit is a kit used to find the analysis of a soil sample to determine nutrient content, composition and other characteristics, including contaminants.

Staff Compass

Traditional compass used to survey forest and fields.

Stereoscope

Land is seen in three-dimension and all objects stand out. Height can be observed in even the smallest object with great detail

Survey Instrument

Different instruments used by surveyors

Tally Book

Used in cruising timber to keep record

Tally Meter

Counts from 0 to 99,999. Fits in hand and used in cruising.

Tree Caliper

Measures tree diameter very accurately

Tree Harvester

Used to harvest timber

Tree Marking Gun

Sprays paint on trees to mark boundaries and sale trees

Tree Planting Hoe or Bar

Tool used to create a narrow opening in the ground for planting bare-root tree seedlings

Tree Skidder

Used to move timber out of the woods.

Tree Stick

Measures tree diameter, log height, and the volume of timber in a tree

Water Sampler

Takes samples of water

Water Test Kit

Analysis of a water sample to determine nutrient content, composition and other characteristics, including contaminants.

Wedge Prism

Angled glass tool used to find merchantable size for trees quickly.

Wheeler Caliper

Measure from any unobstructed sighting position and at any height on the tree stump, DBH, or merchantable height.