COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES, FORESTRY, AND AGRICULTURE Forestry

WHY STUDY FORESTRY AT THE At the state level, our graduates manage UNIVERSITY OF MAINE? public woodlands and advise owners of small UMaine has the longest continuously and large private land holdings. ey also accredited professional Forestry Program in work for nongovernmental conservation UM aine’s ADVANTAGE the United States. Maine has more forests organizations. At the international level, than the rest of New England combined, and graduates are in demand in the Peace Corps • Opportunities to work with and others participate in international efforts field experts who have Orono is surrounded by vast and varied to manage forest resources. A number of diverse backgrounds and woodlands. is provides unparalleled forestry graduates become independent experiences opportunities for research and field experience. consultants, serving mostly nonindustrial, • More than $400,000 in private landowners — thousands of whom annual scholarships e Forestry Program at UMaine immerses collectively own more than half of Maine’s our students in forest ecosystem sciences and • Accredited degrees by the timberland. In short, career opportunities are Society of American management sciences while providing them available locally, regionally, nationally, and Foresters, the longest with the strong communication and field globally for those in forestry. continuously accredited skills they’ll need to succeed. Students professional forestry graduate from our program knowing how to OUR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM conserve and manage forest resources to meet program in the United e B.S. in Forestry curriculum, accredited society’s need for commodities, services and a States by the Society of American Foresters, includes healthy environment. • Opportunities for courses in biology, soil science, measurements, internships with industry e program combines advanced mapping, inventory, protection, ecology, leaders, including Irving technological approaches with a strong field tree culture, economics, policy and Woodlands LLC and orientation. Training in a forest setting begins administration. Our courses take an integrated Plum Creek the first semester with access to the approach to forest resource management, • Hands-on outdoor university’s 1,270-acre Dwight B. Demeritt which allows our students to balance society’s experience with the latest Forest adjacent to campus. In addition, the demands for a healthy forest, wood-based technology (i.e., GPS, nearby Penobscot Experimental Forest and products, wildlife habitat, recreational LiDAR) other properties owned and managed by the opportunities and water resources. university provide nearly 13,000 acres of • NEBHE rate for students living laboratories for forestry education and OUR GRADUATE PROGRAM from Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts research. Large areas of public and private, Our graduate students work closely with industrial and nonindustrial forestland near leading experts in their fields and conduct the university provide further opportunities. research in Maine’s North Woods, in state- of-the-art laboratories or at a number of WHAT CAN I DO WITH A DEGREE IN FORESTRY? locations around the world. Many of our School of Forest Resources Forest resources are vital to the economy from graduate students are financially supported 5755 Nutting Hall, Room 201 the local to international scale. As a result, with graduate assistantships and paid tuition. University of Maine graduates of UMaine’s Forestry Program Students may choose from a wide range of Orono, ME 04469-5755 become part of a professional community specialties, including forest ecology and 207.581.2887 that is visible, valued and important. We management; silviculture; tree biology and forest.umaine.edu prepare our graduates for a wide range of physiology; forest health; and natural resources economics and policy. To apply: umaine.edu careers, but most work in some aspect of forest resources management. Our foresters are employed by such federal agencies as the OUR FACULTY U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land UMaine’s School of Forest Resources faculty Connect with us: umaine.edu/socialnetwork Management and the National Park Service. are known as a source of objective scientific ABOUT UMAINE The University of Maine, founded in Orono in 1865, is the state’s premier public university. It is among the most comprehensive higher education institutions in the Northeast and attracts students from across the U.S. and more than 60 countries. It currently enrolls more than 11,000 total undergraduate and graduate students. UMaine students directly participate in groundbreaking research working with world-class scholars. The University of Maine offers doctoral degrees in 30 fields, representing the humanities, sciences, engineering and education; master’s degrees in 85 disciplines; 90 undergraduate majors and academic programs; and one of the oldest and most prestigious honors programs in the U.S. The university promotes environmental stewardship on its campus, with substantial efforts aimed at conserving energy, recycling and information. ey have an international knowledge in forest science. Alumni have adhering to green building standards in reputation for cutting-edge research donated over $16 million in more than new construction. For more information innovation and are committed to educating 60 named scholarship funds and faculty about UMaine, visit umaine.edu. the next generation of leaders on forest endowments. Students are encouraged to join resources issues. In a typical year, our faculty the UMaine chapter of the Society of receive $2.5 million in research grants and American Foresters and the Woodsmen’s publish 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals. Team. ey also have opportunities to attend explore ey also provide leadership regionally and conferences and meetings of the Society of nationally to professional organizations. American Foresters. Special recognition Bachelor of Science in includes the university chapter of the national Forestry OPPORTUNITIES TO EXCEL forest resources honor society, Xi Sigma Pi. Summer work and internships are readily First-year students participate in a week-long Minors in available for students. e professional introductory adventure at Tanglewood 4-H Forest Ecosystem Science experience and contacts gained through Camp in Lincolnville, Maine. Upperclass summer activities provide a real advantage Forest Products students engage in a three-week field when our graduates apply for jobs. An annual experience and training program that gives Forest Recreation Management job’s fair focuses on internships and jobs for them the skills and experiences valued by students. Master of potential employers. Undergraduates in Forestry forestry have an opportunity to study, interact, and conduct research and fieldwork HOW DO I APPLY? Master of Science in with graduate students from around the Visit umaine.edu for an application, as well Forest Resources world. Students work closely with faculty as information about academics and life researchers who explore and extend the latest at UMaine. Ph.D. in Forest Resources

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