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Future tree climbers and treehouses rely on you! Learn the importance of conserving forest land. You’ll gain citizenship, leadership skills, and practical forest management skills, like identifying tree diseases and the use of a compass in a forest. By learning these skills, you will be better prepared to own forest land or deal with environmental issues in the future.
In preparation for the National 4-H Forestry Invitational, you will learn the following skills:
- Tree identification
- Tree measurement
- Forest evaluation
- Compass orienteering
- Topographic map use
- Forest insect and disease identification
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