Meets the following requirements: HS   

This course presents an integrated view of the environment, both cultural and natural, in which Maine men and women working in the timber industry operate and adapt.  Topics covered include: the physical environment as a limiting factor, the resources (their nature and abundance), and the cultural mechanisms which mediate the workers' access to and use of the resources (technology, economy, social organization, belief systems).  The course makes use of numerous field trips and visitors.  Each student is asked to keep detailed notes in a journal of all classes, field trips, and interviews.  There is also a mid- term exam.  (Note: this course parallels Cultural Ecology of Maine Fishing in method and theoretical outline, but is not redundant.)  The objective is to know what people in the industry think, why they think it, and where the industry is going. 

Level:  Intermediate.  Offered every other year.  Lab fee:  $20.  *HS*