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Minneapolis Parks Board Proposes Selling Carbon Credits for Its Urban Forests
The Minneapolis Parks Board pitches a 25-year carbon offeset project that could shift forestry costs from individual taxpayers to corporations. Forrest Fleischman was interviewed.
How Much Carbon Is in Minnesota Forests?
Minnesota Forest Resources Council & the Department of Forest Resources launch Forest Carbon Dashboard.
Mae Davenport and Team Awarded IonE Impact Goal Grant
The IonE has awarded a group including Professor Mae Davenport with a grant to study the agricultural impacts on Manoomin (Ojibwe) / Psiη (Dakota) / wild rice.
A Solemn Anniversary
Today, members of our University community, along with people throughout the nation and the world, will pause for moments of silence and reflection in honor of George Floyd. On the second anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, we recognize that though the world has changed, our efforts to advance social and racial justice must continue unabated.
Prescribed Burn at the Cloquet Forestry Center
"The objective of the prescribed burn on was to reintroduce fire as an ecological and cultural process to promote and maintain the Cloquet Forestry Center's historically fire-dependent forest."
Forest Scene Spring 2022 - A Community of Support
Last fall, the department raised over $4,500 to provide new field equipment to our students to use today in their classes and going forward through their careers.
Forest Scene Spring 2022 - Research Spotlight: Chris Edgar
From the Spring 2022 edition of the Forest Scene newsletter: Dr. Chris Edgar discusses his research contributions to the national forest inventory.
Forest Scene Spring 2022 - Research Spotlight: Kristen C. Nelson
From the Spring 2022 edition of the Forest Scene newsletter: Dr. Kristen C. Nelson discusses her research and how she approaches forming a research question.
Forest Scene Spring 2022 - Student Spotlight: Catherine Glenn-Stone
Catherine Glenn-Stone, a junior majoring in Forest and Natural Resource Management (B.S.) talks about her path to studying forestry here at the University of Minnesota.