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Discipline Coordinator: Jan Harms
Address: College of Natural Resources,
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point,
Stevens Point, WI 54481
Telephone: (715) 346-2104
Fax: (715) 346-3624

Satisfying the ever growing demand for forest products throughout the world, enhancing biological diversity, providing wildlife habitat, reducing global warming, meeting the expanding demand for outdoor recreation, and bringing the benefits of nature to the world's urban populations, are but a few of the exciting challenges of a career in forestry. The College of Natural Resources Forestry Curriculum offers you a selection of excellent courses preparing you for a variety of employment opportunities after graduation.

Forest Administration & Utilization Emphasis

Emphasis is placed on the business aspects of forestry including a strong focus on the manufacturing, marketing, and use of wood products. Selected courses in administration, communication, social sciences, and planning are required. Courses in the areas of wood utilization, forest products, and basic business are important elements of this emphasis. Graduates are employed in the various business areas of forest management and utilization and in public forest administration.

Forest Management Emphasis

Emphasis is placed on the natural sciences basic to the study of forest environments and forest land management. The ecological, social, economic, and political aspects of management are stressed. Graduates are commonly employed as field foresters by a variety of public and private agencies.

Urban Forestry Emphasis

Emphasis is placed on the management of vegetation in and near metropolitan areas. Selected courses address the ecological, aesthetic, and political aspects of urban forestry. Graduates are employed with municipal forestry departments, utility companies, and private tree care/landscaping firms.

Forest Recreation Emphasis

Emphasis is placed on the application of the philosophy of outdoor recreation, communication techniques, landscape design principles, the planning process, and personnel management to recreational areas. Graduates are employed in a variety of public and private leisure service agencies.