Forestry

Faculty: J Cook, D Crunkilton, M Demchik, P Doruska, J DuPlissis, R Geesey, J Harms, R Hauer,
T Hayes, J Houghton, S Kissinger, H Petrillo, M Morshidi Phillips, V Phillips, R Rogers, L Werner.

Accreditation: The educational programs in forest administration and utilization, forest management, forest recreation, and urban forestry leading to the bachelor of science professional degree in forestry are accredited by the Society of American Foresters (SAF). The Council of Higher Education Accreditation recognizes SAF as the specialized accrediting body for forestry education in the United States.

Definition: Forestry is the science, art, and practice of creating, managing, using, and conserving forests and associated resources. Biological, quantitative, managerial, and social sciences are applied to forest management and conservation in urban and rural environments.

Academic Standards
To graduate with a major or minor in forestry, you must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.50.

e. Forest Ecosystem Restoration and Management (50-51 credits) NOTE: An enrollment cap is in effect for this option. Consult the forestry coordinator for advising information and for application criteria. If you pursue this option, we highly recommend that you plan to continue your education with an advanced degree.

Forestry Transfer Students
If you are transferring here from an accredited institution to pursue a degree in forestry, you must complete at least 21 credits of 300- and 400-level UWSP forestry courses.

FOR 311/511. Amenity Forestry: Forest Recreation. 1 cr. Recreation as a major land use. Overview of meaning and importance of recreation and issues concerning the demand for recreation opportunities. Prereq: Summer camp or cons instr. (II)

FOR 312/512. Amernity Forestry: Landscape Aesthetics. 1 cr. Principles and application of landscape aesthetics to management of forests for nontimber values. Prereq: Summer camp or cons instr. (II)

FOR 313/513. Amenity Forestry: Introduction to Urban Forestry. 1 cr. Examine historical uses of trees in urban environment; benefits derived from urban forests; need for and components of sound urban forestry management planning. Prereq: Summer camp or cons instr. (II)

FOR 319. Land Surveying. 1 cr. Practices in land surveying, including distance and angular measurement, area computation and mapping, stadia, notekeeping, and deed searching for integrated resource management. Prereq: NRES 250; 2.00 GPA in major, CNR major or written cons instr. (SS)

FOR 320. Field Experience in Forest Measurement. 1 cr. Apply forest measurement techniques and ecological relationships for integrated resource management. Prereq: NRES 250; 2.00 GPA in major, CNR major or written cons instr. (SS)

FOR 321/521. Forest Biometry. 4 cr. Use applied mathematical and statistical methods to solve forestry problems. 3 hrs lec, 2 hrs lab per wk. May not earn credit in both 321 and Math 355. Prereq: Math 100, NRES 250 (or con reg), or written cons instr. (II)

FOR 322/522. Forest Mensuration. 3 cr. Measure volume, growth, development of individual trees and stands; determine products obtainable from them; construction and use of appropriate instruments, tables, and surveys. Prereq: Math 109 or 111; Forestry 232, 319 and 320 or NRES 475; Math 355 or Forestry 321; CNR major or written cons instr. (I)

FOR 324. Fire Management and Ecology. 2 cr. Phenomenon of fire; its physical and chemical effects and historical significance. Behavior and effect of wild and prescribed fire in temperate forests. Techniques for planning, conducting, and evaluating prescribed burns. Prereq: Forestry 320, 327, NRES 250; CNR major or written cons instr. (II)

FOR 325/525. Range Management. 3 cr. Technical study of sustained yield management practices for rangelands; proper stocking and grazing systems; methods of range surveying. Prereq: Biol 130, NRES 251, CNR major or written cons instr. (II)

FOR 327/527. Forest Protection. 3 cr. Analysis of biotic and abiotic agents, including insects, pathogens, forest fires, meteorological, soil, and other factors impacting tree health. Principles of detection, prevention, integrated control. 2 hrs lec, 2 hrs lab per wk. Prereq: NRES 250, Biol 130, 160, CNR major or written cons instr. (II)

FOR 329/529. Harvesting Systems. 2 cr. North American tree harvesting systems: felling, limbing, bucking, forwarding, loading and hauling, analysis of safety procedures, equipment selection and maintenance, environmental implications, and cost determinations. Prereq: Summer Camp, CNR major or written cons instr. (I, II)

FOR 330/530. Forest Recreation Planning and Site Design. 3 cr. Analyze principles and practices of forest recreation planning, especially federal and state recreation agencies; develop master plans for parks; on-site planning procedures. Prereq: 335, CNR major or written cons instr.(II)

FOR 331/531. Landscape Maintenance/Arboriculture. 3 cr. Principles and practice of tree, shrub, and turf establishment and maintenance; use and maintenance of landscape equipment and facilities. Prereq: CNR major or written cons instr.(I)

FOR 332/532. Forest Ecosystem Ecology. 3 cr. Community and ecosystem level forest ecology in temperate/boreal region with a focus on processes which determine ecosystem structure and function. Prereq: Biol 130, Forestry 232, Summer Camp, CNR major or written cons instr. (I)

FOR 333/533. Urban Forestry. 3 cr. Management of trees and other vegetation in metropolitan areas to enhance the urban environment. Prereq: 232, CNR major or written cons instr. (II)

FOR 334/534. Forest Recreation and Tourism. 3 cr. How the tourism industry affects forest recreation supply and demand, public/private leisure service agencies and the economy; travel motives, destination appeal, marketing, roles played by various agencies, social trends that relate to management and planning. Prereq: 335 or cons instr. (II)

FOR 335. Recreational Use of Forests and Parks. 2 cr. Survey the nature and extent of recreational use of forest environments; roles of public and private agencies in providing forest recreation; social and environmental impact of forest recreation; and principles of management and planning. (I, II)

FOR 342. Urban Trees and Shrubs. 2 cr. Identification, cultural use, and characteristics of deciduous and evergreen trees, shrubs, and vines for urban, suburban and rural communities and landscapes. Prereq: 232. (I)

FOR 361(NW). Native American Forestry. 3 cr. Introduction to Native American forest management from cultural, ecological, historical and socioeconomic perspectives . May not earn credit in both Forestry 361 and History 361. GDR:EL (II)

FOR 370. Forest Products I: Wood as Industrial Raw Material. 2-3 cr. Nature and use of wood, manufacturing and use of important wood products, measures of product recovery, issues and trends in wood utilization. Field trips. Optional 1 cr lab for 3 cr. Prereq: 232, CNR major or written cons instr. (I, II)

FOR 381/581. Internship in Forestry. 1-12 cr. Supervised training program in forestry in cooperation with private or public resource agencies. One cr for 2-4 wks, (40 hrs per wk) of work. Credits and/or addl requirements determined before registration. May repeat once for 12 cr max. Prereq: Summer Camp, 2.0 GPA in major, and/or cons intern director, CNR major or written cons instr. (I, II, SS)

FOR 385/585. Applied Landscape Architecture. 2 cr. Principles of design, landscape assessment, and graphic techniques that apply to urban and rural forested landscapes. Prereq: Summer Camp or cons instr. (II)

FOR 394/594. Forest Recreation Seminar. 1 or 2 cr. Field observation and study of recreation planning and management problems and practices, at federal, state, and other recreation areas outside this geographical region. Prereq: 335 or cons instr. (I)

FOR 395. Tree Care Techniques. 1 cr. Maintenance of mature trees, including pruning, cabling, and removal. (I, II)

FOR 424/624. Forest Pathology. 2 cr. Diagnosis, ecology and integrated control of common forest and shade tree diseases. 2 hrs lec, 2 hrs lab per wk. Prereq: Biol 130, Forestry 232, 327, CNR major or written cons instr. (II)

FOR 425/625. Forest Management and Finance. 3 cr. Principles of organizing and regulating forest properties; valuation and investment analysis. 2 hrs lec, 2 hrs lab per wk. Prereq: 322, 432, CNR major or written cons instr. (I, II)

FOR 426/626. Forest Entomology. 2 cr. Identification, bioecology and integrated control of the more common and important forest insect families and species. 2 hrs lec, 2 hrs lab per wk. Prereq: Biol 160, Forestry 232, 327; CNR major or written cons instr. (I)

FOR 428. Forest Products II: Wood Products Manufacturing. 2-3 cr. Advanced topics in wood products manufacturing, especially sawmill operations. Lumber green sizing, quality control, drying, grading, recovery studies. Factors affecting mill production and profits. Field trips. Optional 1 cr lab for 3 cr. Prereq: 370, or 322 and 328, CIS 102, and CNR major or written cons instr. (I)

FOR 429/629. Forest Products III: Marketing and Advanced Manufacturing. 2 to 3 cr. Marketing forest products including typical channels of distribution by product type, origin and end use, functions of intermediaries. Case studies. Research project in wood products manufacturing. Field trips. Optional 1 cr lab for 3 cr. Prereq: 370, 428, and cons instr. (II)

FOR 430. Landscape Construction. 3 cr. Principles of surface drainage, aesthetic landform modification, earthwork calculation, and high-way alignment applied to design of parks and institutional grounds. (I)

FOR 431/631. Tree Structure and Function. 2 cr. How tree morphology relates to tree management in urban environment. 1 hr lec, 1 hr lab per wk. Prereq: Biol 351, CNR major or written cons instr. (II)

FOR 432/632. Silviculture. 3 cr. Principles governing establishment, treatment, and control of forest stands; natural and artificial regeneration systems; intermediate cuttings, and cultural operations. Emphasizing principal forest types of Lake States region, North America. 2 hrs lec, 3 hrs lab per wk. Prereq: 232, 320, 322, 332, CNR major or written cons instr. (I)

FOR 433/633. Regional Silviculture. 2 cr. Review of Lake States silviculture and comparison with New England. In-depth study of silviculture in Appalachian, Southern, Pacific Northwest, and Rocky Mountain regions. Prereq: 432, CNR major or written cons instr. (II)

FOR 434/634. Field Practices in Silviculture. 1-3 cr. Field techniques in silviculture, including intermediate treatments of forest stands, forest regeneration techniques, and silvicultural management of forest stands. Prereq: 432. (II)

FOR 435/635. Nursery Operations and Management. 3 cr. Principles and practice of nursery management and operations of nursery stock for rural and urban forests. Includes production systems, nursery stock standards, plant propagation, stock storage and delivery, nursery design, cultural requirements and growth strategies, nursery IPM, regulations. Prereq: 232. (I)

FOR 440/640. Forest Tree Improvement. 3 cr. Distribution of genetic variation in forest tree populations; introduction, selection, progeny testing, species hybridization, and biotechnology to obtain superior tree populations. Prereq: 232 or cons instr. (II)

FOR 449. Basic Forestry Skills Review and Testing. 1 cr, pass/fail. Review and testing of basic knowledge covered in required forestry courses and expected of entry level career foresters. Preliminary and practice tests are offered in conjunction with earlier required forestry courses. Prereq: 432, passing scores on preliminary sophomore and junior tests. (I, II)

FOR 480/680. Forest Recreation Management. 3 cr. Formulate recreation management objectives; determine user preferences and satisfaction; analyze ecological impacts and facility requirements of forest recreation use. Prereq: Summer Camp; Forestry 335, 330; or cons instr. (I)

FOR 493. Forestry Field Seminar. 1 or 2 cr. Spring vacation tour outside the upper Midwest selected for intensive forest management and research facilities. Observe silvicultural practices, managerial programs, and wood use techniques. (1 cr is pass/fail; for 2 cr, complete comprehensive report.) Prereq: Cons instr. (II)

FOR 499. Special Work. Upperclass forestry students may arrange for independent study with cons assoc dean. Credit based on scope of project. (I, II)

FOR 701. Survey of Forestry. 1 cr. Key elements of forest ecology, silviculture, management and amenities, and their relation to key issues in forestry at the local, national and international levels. Prereq: Certified elementary and secondary teachers only.

FOR 732. Advanced Forest Ecology and Silviculture. 3 cr. Advanced topics including ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, ecophysiology, ecosystem modeling, advanced decision making in silviculture, and application of ecological principles to silviculture. Prereq: 332, 432, or cons instr. (I-even years)

FOR 796. Current Topics in Forestry. 1-3 cr. Advanced coursework on a specific area in forestry. Prereq: Cons instr.

Forestry Latent Courses: Not offered recently. See full course description in indicated (xx-xx) catalog.