Program Overview
Forestry is the science and profession of creating, managing, planting, conserving, and restoring forests, woodlands, and community or urban trees for human and environmental benefits. Modern forestry embraces a broad range of concerns and uses that include: timber, fuel wood, wildlife habitat, biodiversity, water quality, carbon storage, landscape conservation, recreation, community well-being, employment, and more.
The Forestry program trains and prepares students to excel in a diversity of careers in forestry and forest conservation. We provide the knowledge, skills, and experience students need to analyze and understand forest management across multiple scales and perspectives and develop students’ critical thinking skills needed to address complex problems facing sustainable forest management and conservation in the 21st century.
The ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Forestry Program is accredited by the Society of American Foresters (SAF), the accrediting body for postsecondary degree programs in forestry in the United States. SAF accreditation assures programs meet quality standards set by the profession, with our B.S. in Forestry satisfying the education requirement for becoming a certified forester and achieving licensure in all states where this is a requirement for practicing forestry.