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Cooperative Extension Service Communications and Technology Department 3354 1000 E. University Ave. Laramie, WY 82071 (307) 766-2540 • fax (307) 766-3998 • www.uwyo.edu |
For Immediate Release
Contact: Robert Waggener, Editor
Phone: (307) 766-3571
E-mail: robertw@uwyo.edu
Date: May 1, 2007
UW now offers forest resources minor
The University of Wyoming’s College of Agriculture this spring began offering a minor in forest resources.
“This minor responds to industry and government agency feedback to renewable resources faculty members stating there is great employment demand for graduates having some understanding of the spectrum of issues associated with the multiple uses of forests,” said Department of Renewable Resources Professor Tom Thurow, who helped develop the curriculum.
“Students have expressed great interest in a forestry-related curriculum and anticipate that receiving a minor degree credential for this line of study will help them to more effectively market their acquired forest resources expertise to potential employers,” he said.
The primary goal of the minor is to cultivate a working knowledge of the processes that influence provision of the key products derived from forest lands and an ability to integrate these multiple-use considerations through science and management.
Among forest resources are timber, livestock, wildlife, recreation and water. Thurow said these interests are complementary to many degree programs offered by UW including agroecology, botany, geography, rangeland ecology and watershed management, wildlife management and zoology.
Details regarding the curriculum requirements for the minor can be found at http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/UWrenewable/Renewable_Forest_Ecology.asp.
Also involved in the development of the curriculum were Professor Steve Williams of the Department of Renewable Resources and Assistant Professor Daniel Tinker, who has a joint appointment in renewable resources and the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Botany.
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