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On Monday, March 30, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers visited the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and met with representatives from the College of Natural Resources and Wisconsin Forestry Center (WFC). In 2022, the center received a $7.9 million state grant to support workforce development pipelines in the forestry industry. This effort helped found the Wisconsin Forestry Careers […]

Wisconsin will spotlight one of its largest manufacturing sectors across the state during Forest Products Week Oct. 19-25. The Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology (WIST), the Wisconsin Forestry Center (WFC) and LEAF-Wisconsin’s K-12 Forestry Education Program, within the College of Natural Resources at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, are partnering with industrial, governmental and community […]

A $4 million grant is helping the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology (WIST) focus on innovations in the forest products sector, an industry central to Wisconsin’s economy and environment. WIST, a center within the College of Natural Resources at UW-Stevens Point, received the grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) […]

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources has recently appointed new leaders for three key University of Wisconsin-Extension centers to further its commitment to conservation education, research and community outreach. Steven Hubbard has been named the director of the Wisconsin Forestry Center and a UW-Extension forestry specialist. With a Ph.D. in forestry and […]

Learn how prescribed fire can be used as a tool to benefit forest ecosystems and restore the environment as the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Wisconsin Forestry Center continues an online speaker series on prescribed fire forest management. Offered free of charge, the year-long webinar series, “Prescribed Fire for Forest Management,” is held monthly from 8:30-10 […]