Field+Kit


 * List of Items to Take to the Field**

Suggest reading through field procedures and Field Safety Team documentation to start pulling this list together. List //everything// no matter how obvious or trivial it seems.

Team working on this: Trent and Lee


 * //Equipment for measuring plots//**

- Chalk (for making plot edges on roads and marking trees as they are measured in plots with lots of trees)

- Flags for tying a tree and marking the plot circle

· Street map to locate plot

· Clinometer

· Diameter tape

· Clipboard; sample plot data sheets, pens/pencils (or digital recorders-PDA)

· 50/100 ft tape measure

· Species ID guide (Fieldbook)

· Notebook, clippers, and zip-lock bags to hold unidentified tree samples (twigs for Dr. Braham to identify)

· Calculator

· Compass

· Camera (if taking pictures of plot and for photos of unknown species)


 * //Safety items//**

- First aid kit //george 31 Jan - have purchase one per team//

- Safety vest and hardhat

- UFAT t-shirt

- Cell phone - Contact phone numbers (Keto, Hess, etc)

- Water

- Flashlight


 * //Personal items//**

- Map of Raleigh (to help with directions to sample plot)

- Proper clothing for weather (heat, rain, snow, etc.)

- Copy of spreadsheet

- Copy of letter to household

- Doorknob bags (for letter to property owners so they know we were there)

//This list is for things that would be useful but you provide them for yourselves//
 * //Miscellany//**

- NCSU Student ID

//-// Binoculars

- Ductape

- Sunblock/glasses

- Pocket knife