Department of Forest Resources at the University of Minnesota

Want to have class outside?

So do we. We'll take you beyond the classroom and into the forest for learning experiences that you'll never forget.

Let's Go Get our Hands Dirty

Upcoming Events

UMN Arbor Day 2024
Thursday, April 25, 1 - 3 p.m

Come plant trees with the future stewards of our urban forests! Students enrolled in the course Arboriculture: Selection and Management of Trees are hosting the official UMN Arbor Day celebration at the Child Development Laboratory School on April 25 from 1 - 3 p.m. 

Blackwaters Film Screening
Saturday, May 18, 2024, early evening

Join us for a screening of Blackwaters. The film encompasses the power of 5 Black men whose paths have been challenged with loss, defeat, fear, pain, and the social injustices black men and black boys face every day. Through surviving life’s trials, each man has found grace and success in the outdoors, healed and mended by nature’s medicine, embracing the art of fly fishing and building brotherhood. The film highlights their journey through the Gates Of The Arctic Circle National Park and follows their adventures and dialogue as they learn to hold space in nature as anglers paving the road for the next generation.

News

Now Hiring: Assistant or Associate Professor in Tribal Forest Systems Management, Fire, and Ecology
March 4, 2924

The Department of Forest Resources invites qualified candidates to apply for a nine-month, full-time, tenure-track professor position specializing in Tribal Forest Systems Management, Fire, and Ecology with responsibilities for research (40%), teaching (50%), and outreach-service (10%).

From Kare11: "Warm winter has potential to be 'incredibly damaging' for MN trees"
January 29, 2924

Lee Frelich, director of the Center for Forest Ecology, spoke with Kare11 reporter Samie Solina about the different effects a warm winter can have on trees. Watch "Warm winter has potential to be 'incredibly damaging' for MN trees" to learn more. 

Mike Dockry part of team that won a USDA Forest Service Chief’s Honor Award
March 15, 2024

As an external member of the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station’s Diversity and Inclusion Science Team, Forest Resources Assistant Professor Mike Dockry helped develop an authoritative set of studies investigating demographic diversity across the agency, encompassing all deputy areas, job series, grades and locations. 

Earlier this week, the team was awarded a 2023 Chief's Honor Award for Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Program and Service Delivery for this work. This prestigious award is one of the highest honors presented by the USDA Forest Service.