Forest Scene Fall 2021 - Letter from the Department Head
From the Fall 2021 edition of the Forest Scene newsletter: A letter from Dr. Mike Kilgore, professor and head of the Department of Forest Resources, to our community.
Forest Scene Newsletter - Fall 2021 Edition
The Fall 2021 edition of the Forest Scene newsletter is out, featuring stories of the department's students, alumni, and faculty.
Forest Scene Fall 2021 - Community Support: Hank Dudley and Margaret Beadle
Bartlett Tree Experts and The Davey Tree Expert Company generously donated climbing equipment, and Davey awarded two scholarships to Margaret Beadle and Hank Dudley who we interviewed.
Forest Scene Fall 2021 - Student Spotlight: Bianca Sophia Vargas
Bianca Sophia Vargas, a junior majoring in Forest and Natural Resource Management (B.S.) talks about her winding road to studying forestry here at the University of Minnesota.
Forest Scene Fall 2021 - Alumni Spotlight: Jake Donnay
Jake Donnay, Director of Legislative Affairs for the U.S. Forest Service and Forest Resources alumni (B.S. and M.S.), talks about his experience in the department and how it prepared him for his forestry career.
Forest Scene Fall 2021 - Research Spotlight: Dr. Marcella Windmuller-Campione
From the Fall 2021 edition of the Forest Scene newsletter: Dr. Marcella Windmuller-Campione discusses her research interests in peatland or lowland conifer forests and the eastern larch and black spruce growing in them.
Forest Scene Fall 2021 - Research Spotlight: Dr. Ingrid Schneider
From the Fall 2021 edition of the Forest Scene newsletter: Dr. Ingrid Schneider discusses her research interests in investigating constraints to outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism as well as virtual and augmented reality.
Not all Fire is Bad: Short Film Honors Indigenous Ways of Knowing
CFANS feature: Cloquet Forestry Center researcher Lane Johnson contributed to the short film: Oshkigin | Spirit of Fire, which also features two local tribal fire specialists—Damon Panek and Vern Northrup. The collaborative project aims to educate and encourage a resurgence of cultural fire, and prescribed fire generally, in the Great Lakes region.
Help us raise $2,500 for Forest Resources Experiential Learning Scholarships.
These scholarships will go directly to students to help cover the costs of attending our field sessions.
There isn’t enough space for all of the trees companies want to plant
Dr. Forrest Fleischman, Associate Professor in the Department of Forest Resources, is quoted in a new Marketplace article.