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Alabama
Auburn University Within Auburn University's overall mission as the
state's Land Grant University, the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences'
goal is to develop and maintain an outstanding faculty with the diverse
backgrounds necessary to provide Auburn students and the citizens of Alabama
with superior programs in forestry and wildlife education, research, and public
service
Alaska
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Department of Forest
Sciences - The mission for the
Department of Forest Sciences is to generate and provide knowledge to students
and resource users that is important to the successful long-term management of
forest resources in Alaska and the circumpolar north.
Arizona
University of Arizona
- The primary mission of the Laboratory of
Tree-Ring Research is to apply dendrochronology (the study of tree rings) to
improve understanding of natural environmental variability in climatic,
hydrologic, geomorphic, and ecological systems and their interactions with
human societies.
Northern Arizona University School of Forestry - The NAU
School of Forestry offers a program that is nationally regarded for its unique
approach to undergraduate education and is accredited by the Society of
American Foresters. We are deeply committed to further understanding and
protecting the environment, and our integrated, multidisciplinary approach
prepares you for a broad range of careers.
Arkansas
University of Arkansas at Monticello,
School of Forest Resources - UAM holds
the distinction of having the only school of forestry in the state; our program
ranks among the nation's leaders. Our location in southern Arkansas, at the
heart of the state's forestry activity, allows students to rub elbows with
professional foresters and land managers and learn first hand what you can't
get in any classroom.
California
California Polytecnic State University, NRM
Department - The Forestry and Natural
Resources major will prepare you for and important role in conservation and
management of our forested ecosystems and related natural resources. You will
qualify for such positions as forester, environmental interpreter, urban
forester, environmental specialist, park administrator, resource manager, park
ranger, resource planner, watershed manager, fire management specialist and
forest hydrologist.
- Urban Forest Ecosystems Institute (UFEI) was
developed by the Natural Resources Management Department faculty to address the
increasing need for improved management of the urban forests in California. The
purpose of the institute at Cal Poly is to provide a center for: applied
research, extension and technology transfer, and community service and outreach
programs assisting landowners and public agencies in improving the management
of urban forests.
Humboldt State University: Forestry and Wildland
Resources Department - Humboldt State is
located in the heart of the coast redwood forest. This environment provides
outdoor classrooms for more than half of the courses we offer. Forestry and
watershed management are incorporative disciplines, drawing from the
biological, physical, social, and managerial sciences. The curriculum aids in
understanding the biological complexities of the forest and the interactions
between the forest and social and economic demands.
University of California, Berkeley -
Forestry and Resource Management - The
Forestry major is a professional program that emphasizes timber and forest
management, while the Resource Management major tackles broader natural
resource issues. The skills and experience gained through summer camp and lower
division classes are shared by both majors, while the upper division coursework
allows students to concentrate in forestry, wildlife, soil and watershed,
grassland and woodland, and general natural resources..
Colorado
Colorado State University,
College of Natural Resources - In the College of Natural Resources we are
dedicated to ensuring that every student is engaged in a supportive learning
environment with other students and faculty. We are also committed to offering
a comprehensive range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs that
directly address today's most important environmental and natural resource
issues. Our programs are grounded in state-of-the-art science and technologies
and involve students in direct problem-solving experiences.
Connecticut
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental
Studies - The Yale School of Forestry
& Environmental Studies is committed to promoting the long-term health of
the biosphere and the sustainability of its natural resources by providing new
leadership and new knowledge. Both are essential in guiding humanity toward a
harmonious relationship with the natural environment.
Yale Program on Solid Waste
Policy research and teaching unit of the Yale School of Forestry and
Environmental Studies, the oldest school in the United States devoted to
graduate training in natural resource and environmental management. The Yale
Working Papers on Solid Waste Policy seeks to stimulate and disseminate
scholarly research useful for a deeper understanding of solid waste management,
including notable reports on forest products and solid waste.
Florida
University of Florida - School of Forest
Resources & Conservation - Since
1937 the School has been a unit of the University of Florida. Undergraduate and
graduate education focuses on sustainable, multiple-use management of both
bio-physical and socio-economic aspects of natural resources.
Georgia
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University of Georgia - Warnell School of Forestry and Natural
Resources - Established in 1906, the
Warnell School provides five degree path programs in forestry and natural
resource science and management. These include the forestry, wildlife,
fisheries and aquaculture, water and soil resources and the natural resource
recreation and tourism programs. With more than fifty faculty and 23,000 acres
of teaching lands, the Warnell School is the southeast’s oldest, and one
of the most respected, forestry and natural resource education providers in the
United States. The School also houses one of the largest study abroad programs
in the nation to provide global learning opportunities for its
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Mary Kahrs Warnell Forest
Eductaion Center is a part of the University of Georgia, Daniel B. Warnell
School of Forestry and Natural Resources. Our website provides information
about K-12 educational programs available at the Center, information about the
Center for the general public and information about the variety of forest
habitats located on our 3,300 acre forest. The mission of the Mary Kahrs
Warnell Forest Education Center is to provide high quality eductaional programs
about sustainable forest management and forest ecosystems to K-12 students,
natural resource professional and the general public.
Hawaii
University of Hawaii
Forestry Extension - This is the website of the extension forestry program
of the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agricultural and Human
Resources Cooperative Extension Service.
Idaho
Illinois
University of Illinois, Department of Natural
Resources and Environmental Sciences -
endeavors to establish and implement research and educational programs that
enhance environmental stewardship in the management and use of natural,
agricultural and urban systems in a socially responsible manner.
Southern Illinois
University at Carbondale - Department of Forestry
offers extensive course and research opportunities
for undergraduate and graduate study. The diverse backgrounds of the forestry
faculty, together with our comprehensive curriculum, individual attention to
students, excellent research facilities, and location, combine to make the SIUC
Forestry Program one of the most exciting in the United States.
Indiana
Purdue University - Our mission is to develop and disseminate knowledge in the natural
resource sciences associated with the protection, management, and sustainable
use of forests and related ecosystems.
Iowa
Iowa State University: Natural Resource Ecology and
Management Department - The formation of
the Natural Resource Ecology and Management Department through the merger of
the Animal Ecology and Forestry Departments will provide the means and
facilities to continue the growth of our programs in forestry, fisheries,
wildlife, and wood science; while providing the platform on which to build new
programs.
ISU Forestry Extension - Knowledge That Works - Forestry Extension offers many
educational opportunities and can also custom prepare forestry educational
materials or programs to meet the needs of clients.
Kentucky
University of Kentucky - Department of
Forestry - The Department of Forestry is
one of ten academic departments in the College of Agriculture. It was
established in 1969 with primary responsibility for research, instruction, and
extension programs in forest and wildland natural resources.
Louisiana
Louisiana State University, School of
Renewable Natural ResourcesThe Bachelor
of Science in Forestry (B.S.F.) degree program is in the School of Renewable
Natural Resources and requires the completion of 134 semester hours of course
credits. The program contains a common core of 103 hours of course work taken
by all forestry students that includes the LSU General Education Requirement
(38-39 hours). While completing the core requirements, you must choose one of
two areas of concentration to earn the remaining 31 hours of credit for the
B.S.F. degree.
Louisiana State University, Agricultural
Center Extension - Environment & Natural Resources
Provides information and education for natural
resource management professionals, forestland owners, wildlife enthusiasts, and
environmental stakeholders.
Louisiana Tech
University, School of Forestry - offers majors and minors in Forestry,
Wildlife Conservation, and Geographic Information Science (GIS). Students who
earn a Bachelor of Science in Forestry (BSF), Wildlife Conservation (BS), or
Geographic Information Science (BS) learn skills and philosophies that are very
valuable in today's job market.
Maine
University of Maine - College of Natural Sciences,
Forestry, and Agriculture The four-year
curriculum, accredited by the Society of American Foresters, requires
completion of 128 credits of coursework. In addition to the University's
general education requirements in science, human values, communications, and
mathematics, the curriculum includes forest-oriented courses in biology, soil
science, measurements, mapping, inventory, protection, ecology, tree culture,
economics, policy, and administration.
Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts, Department of Natural
Resources Conservation - The Department
of Natural Resources Conservation is part of the College of Food and Natural
Resources, which is responsible for the Land-Grant activities of the
University. The Department offers undergraduate degrees in Natural Resource
Studies, Forestry, and Building Materials and Wood Technology, and a two-year
degree in Arboriculture and Park Management.
University of Massachusetts Amherst -
Extension Landscape, Nursery, and Urban Forestry Program: to educate landscape,
nursery and turf professionals by providing programs and research-based
information on the best horticultural practices and technology for
environmental stewardship in nursery and landscape management. The Urban
Forestry Diagnostic Lab is located in room 107 Holdsworth Natural Resources
Center at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. The lab evaluates woody
plant specimens for problems caused by insects and disease.
Michigan
The University of
Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment
remains an international leader in educating
students to be innovative and effective stewards of the environment. The
School's facilities include terrestrial, aquatic, and analytical laboratories;
a microcomputer laboratory; a remote-sensing laboratory; a computer graphics
laboratory for landscape architecture; and a geographic information systems
laboratory.
- Ecosystem
Management Initiative The Ecosystem Management Initiative is housed in the
School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) at the University of
Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Michigan State University
- Formally established in 1902, the undergraduate
forestry program at Michigan State University is the oldest existing in the
United States and is widely recognized as one of the nation's finest. Even
before the Department of Forestry became part of the College of Agriculture and
Natural Resources, MSU faculty had begun research and teaching with the goal of
ensuring forests for Michigan's future.
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Michigan
Technological University - School of Forest Resources & Environmental
Science - The mission of the School is
to solve natural resource problems in response to the needs of science and
industry. Implicit in this statement is our belief that a major part of the
School's mission is to provide graduates with a general university education as
well as knowledge and skills in the historical, ethical, conceptual and
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Minnesota
University of Minnesota, Department of Forest
Resources - The department has a long
and distinguished history. The unit began as a division in the University of
Minnesota Department of Agriculture in the early 1900s, then as part of a
school of forestry, and finally as a department in 1970. The forestry
undergraduate curricula have been accredited by the Society of American
Foresters continuously since 1935.
- Urban Forestry Database -
Indexes publications relating to the history of urban forestry; urban forest
legislation; the benefits of urban forests, selection and planting of trees;
maintenance of the urban forest; planning and management; and urban forestry
programs.
- Forestry Library is home to a premier
academic collection of books, journals, government documents, maps, and other
information in all formats relating to the subjects of forestry, forest
products, outdoor recreation, range management, and remote sensing.
- University of Minnesota Duluth, Natural
Resources Research Institute - As part
of the University of Minnesota , the Natural Resources Research Institute
fosters economic development of Minnesota's natural resources in an
environmentally sound manner to promote private sector employment.
Mississippi
Missouri
University of Missouri, School of Natural Resources - If you are interested a career that combines work in
the out-of-doors with science, Forestry may be just what you are looking for
Foresters are applied ecologists who do hands-on management of forest
ecosystems. Their work is done within an ethical framework of sustainable use
of forests and of stewardship.
Montana
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University of Montana - College of Forestry and
Conservation was founded in 1913, one of
the first programs accredited by the Society of American Foresters. The College
has earned nationwide respect for the quality of its programs, and it has
produced some of the nation's finest natural resource managers. The College has
three departments: Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, Forest Management, and
Society and Conservation. Research and outreach activities are administered
through the Montana Forest and Conservation Experiment Station, a state-wide
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New
Hampshire
University of New
Hampshire - The Department of Natural Resources at UNH offers a Bachelor's
of Science in Forestry degree (B.S.F.), as well as a Master's degree in Natural
Resources with an option in Forestry (M.S.). Our goal is to provide students
and professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to become leaders in
research, management, and conservation of the world's natural
resources.
New
York
Cornell University - Forest Resources
Extension - Cornell's Forest Resources
Extension page provides educational assistance to private forest landowners.
Links are provided to connect owners to publications, presentations, volunteer
organizations, landownner associations, and technical consultants.
Cornell University - Aegean
Dendrochronology Project - Our
long-range goal is to build a single master tree-ring chronology for the Aegean
and Near East that will extend from the present to the seventh millennium B.C.
or whenever timbers began to be used in quantity as construction material in
settled communities.
State University of New York College of Environmental
Science and Forestry - College of
Environmental Science and Forestry. ESF's forestry program is science-based and
values-driven. The integration of values and scientific facts characterize
professions that are successful in democracies. ESF-trained foresters are able
to integrate these two threads in America's complex society.
North
Carolina
Duke University—Nicholas School of
the Environment is one of the
world’s premier graduate/professional schools for the interdisciplinary
study of the environment, combining resources from the biological, physical and
social sciences. It is headquartered in the state-of-the-art Levine Science
Research Center on the Duke University campus.
Haywood Community College offers
Associates degree programs and online courses in forest management and fish and
wildlife management. Located in the mountains of western NC, our programs are
very hands on with lots of outdoor labs. Students participate in
intercollegiate timbersports and get jobs after graduation!
North Carolina State
University - The Department of Forestry
is one of three departments in the College of Natural Resources. The Department
occupies two buildings on South campus; Jordan Hall houses the main
administrative offices, the Natural Resources Library, as well as offices and
classrooms; and Biltmore Hall contains faculty, staff, and graduate student
offices, laboratories, and the computer lab.
Forestry Educational Outreach
Program, NC State University - provides continuing forestry and natural
resource education to professionals, landowners, public and private land
managers, and all the citizens of North Carolina and beyond; delivers timely,
relevant, and unbiased information to natural resource professionals,
landowners, and other stakeholders; and provides organized forums for
discussion and exchange of information, ideas, and perspectives on natural
resource management and stewardship.
Wayne Community College
Forest Management Technology - The Forest Management Technology Program at
Wayne Community College is designed to train entry level technicians for
forestry and other natural resources related jobs including state and federal
forest service organizations, forest industry, forestry consultants,
environmental consultants, and many other natural resources related
organizations. We are the oldest program of this type in the state and one of
the oldest in The Eastern U.S. We are located in Eastern North Carolina in
Goldsboro in close proximity to varied forestry operations. Our focus is on a
practical education with an emphasis on field application of forestry
principles and practices.
North
Dakota
 Minot
State University Bottineau - MSU-Bottineau is a two-year school that offers
a degree in Forestry. What makes us unique is that we have the North Dakota
Forest Service headquarters located on our campus. Not many colleges can take
that claim. We are located in the heart of some of the only forest in North
Dakota. We provide a great education for an affordable price. We work directly
with the Forest Service, so we are able to provide students with the resources
they need to be valuable employees.
Ohio
The Ohio State University, School of Natural Resources, within
the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, is an
interdisciplinary program focusing on the science and management of natural
resources and the environment in harmony with its human dimensions. The
School's premise is that the well-being of people and their society is based on
maintaining the integrity of the biosphere and its ecosystems with wise use and
management of its natural resources. Graduates are employed as environmental
scientists, ecosystem managers and researchers, environmental educators,
foresters, park rangers and administrators, resource management specialists and
technicians.
Oregon
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Oregon State University - Welcome to the College of Forestry at Oregon State
University. This page is a starting point from which you can take a guided tour
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- Oregon State University - College of Forestry Outreach
Education - The Forestry Outreach
Education Office at Oregon State University provides state-of-the-art events
which respond to important issues and educational needs of forestry
professionals and others. Audiences for these events are typically interested
people who are not usually resident at OSU, and who usually are not involved in
OSU's resident instruction degree programs. Outreach education involves a
variety of formats with short courses, workshops, field tours, institute
programs, colloquia, and symposia common offerings. Events are frequently
certified by professional societies and some events are offered for regular
course credit.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State University,
School of Forest Resources - The School of Forest Resources' mission is to
provide educational opportunities and science-based information to protect,
manage, and use natural resources for sustained benefits. This is accomplished
through educational, research, and service programs in forestry, wildlife and
fisheries, forest products, and related areas. Penn State’s School of
Forest Resources represents one of the most highly regarded forestry, wood
products, water resources, and wildlife and fisheries programs in the
nation.
South
Carolina
Clemson University,
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources was formed in 2003 with the
merger of the Department of Forest Resources and the Department of Aquaculture,
Fisheries and Wildlife. Faculty from the Clemson Institute of Environmental
Toxicology also joined the new department. The Department now offers B.S.,
M.S., M.F.R., and Ph.D. degree programs in Forest Resources, B.S., M.S. and
Ph.D. programs in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, and heavily supports the B.S.
degree in Environmental and Natural Resources.
Tennessee
University of Tennessee Department of
Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries - The homepage of the University of
Tennessee's Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries Teaching, Research, and Extension
sections.
Texas
Stephen F. Austin University - Arthur
Temple College of Forestry : The mission
of the Arthur Temple College of Forestry is to maintain excellence in teaching,
research, and outreach to enhance the health and vitality of the environment
through sustainable management, conservation, and protection of our forests and
natural resources.
- Piney Woods Conservation Center
is the location of Stephen F. Austin State University\'s College of Forestry
summer campus. It is a campus/dormitory setting in the Angelina National Forest
with complete lodging, dining and classroom facilities. The Center is open year
round and welcomes traveling forestry and environmental classes. Field trips
and sites available in local industry, forest and nurseries. Extensive list of
consultants, U.S. Forest/Corps of Engineers, state agencies and other forestry
related personnel for speakers and programs.
Texas A&M University
- The Department of Forest Science is one of
fourteen academic units in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and one
of four departments in the Institute of Renewable Natural Resources at Texas
A&M University, the largest and most comprehensive land-grant institution
in the region.
Utah
Utah State University: College of Natural
Resource - Forestry majors at Utah
State University work to gain the knowledge and skills they'll need to manage
public or private forests for a wide variety of resources: timber, recreation,
water, biological diversity, and more. The goal of the Department of Forest
Resources is to provide America's future foresters with the broadest possible
understanding of the biological, physical, economic, political, and social
environment that they'll be working in as forestry professionals.
- Utah State University
Forestry ExtensionForestry Extension
provides educational programs and materials on forests, forestry, and trees for
Utahns. Program areas include rural and conservation forestry, forestry in the
wildland-urban interface, and urban/community forestry.
Virginia
Virginia Tech -
The Department of Forestry is one of three departments in the College of
Natural Resources at Virginia Tech. Undergraduate degree options are maintained
in forest resource management, industrial forestry operations, environmental
resource management, and outdoor recreation.
Washington
University of
Washington - College of Forest Resources - holds a position of national and international leadership in both
instruction and research. The College is dedicated to generating and
disseminating knowledge for the stewardship of natural and managed environments
and the use of their products and services through teaching, research, and
professional and public outreach.
- University of Washington
Olympic Natural Resources Center - Acting on a recommendation made by the
Commission on Old Growth Alternatives for Washington's Forest Trust Lands, the
Washington State legislature created the Olympic Natural Resources Center as
part of the University of Washington. The mission of the Center is to conduct
research and education on natural resource management practices which integrate
ecological and economic values.
- University of
Washington: Research on Human Dimensions of Urban Greening - More than 80%
of the U.S. population lives in urbanized areas. City trees affect the lives of
millions of people. We study public and professional actions and values
concerning trees and green space in cities. Our social science research helps
local leaders better understand the many ways that the urban forest contributes
to more liveable communities. The site includes print products that help
communities create better policy for the forests where we live, work, play, and
learn.
- University of Washington Botanic
Gardens - The botanic gardens include the Washington Park Arboretum, Center
for Urban Horticulture, Elisabeth C. Miller Library, Otis Hyde Herbarium and
Union Bay Natural Area, all of which retain their individual names. The UW owns
and manages the plant collections in the Washington Park Arboretum and works
cooperatively with the city and the nonprofit Arboretum Foundation there.
- The
Center for Urban
Horticulture, founded in 1983, is now part of the University of Washington
Botanic Gardens. It includes a 16-acre landscaped site with buildings and
gardens, and the 74-acre Union Bay Natural Area, which provides publicly
accessible wildlife habitat (more than 200 bird species have been sighted
there) and an outdoor laboratory for UW research.
Washington State University -
The Mission of the Department of Natural Resource Sciences at WSU is: to
advance and impart knowledge of ecosystems and natural resources, including
their attributes and functions; their ecological and societal values; and their
management in an ecologically, socially and economically sound, sustainable
manner.
West
Virginia
West Virginia University
- The Division of Forestry(Mission/Vision) has four
programs of study: Forest Resources Management, Wood Industries, Recreation,
Parks, and Tourism Management, and Wildlife and Fisheries Resources. The first
three of these programs are accredited by the Society of American Foresters,
the Society of Wood Science and Technology, and the National Recreation and
Parks Association, respectively.
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin - Madison: Forest
Ecology and Management - The department
provides a well-integrated interdisciplinary education based on science and
management skills essential for leadership and service in the conservation and
management of forest ecosystems. Faculty generate new knowledge about domestic
and international forest resources through basic and applied research, and
promote sound management and utilization of forest resources by transferring
knowledge to the public for use in solving practical problems.
University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point - The nation's largest and premier
undergraduate program in natural resources and environmental management with
over 1,400 students and 350 forestry majors. Accredited by Society of American
Foresters since 1976 with majors in Forest Administration & Utilization,
Forest Management, Urban Forestry, Forest Recreation, and Ecosystem Restoration
& Management. UWSP's integrated, multi-dicsipline program features
practical, hands-on field training and state-of-the-art GPS/GIS technology. The
defining learning experience is the College's required 6-week summer field
training session at its 1,200-acre Treehaven field station in northern
Wisconsin.
Global Environmental Management Education
Center - GEM works toward a sustainable future through international
programming and leadership development, including programs on sustainable
forestry and agriculture and watershed management.
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