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FR 1001 - Orientation and Information Systems
(1 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 1001 until 19-JAN-16
Forest resources, recreation resource management, urban forestry programs. Forestry and natural resource careers. Qualification requirements for government positions, competencies, internships, and experiences to compete for jobs in industry. Course planning, mentoring, alumni contacts. Leadership, organization, process. Lab equipment/software, GUIs, the Internet, spreadsheets, Lumina, periodical indexes.
FR 1101 - Dendrology: Identifying Forest Trees and Shrubs
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 1101 until 06-SEP-16
Identification nomenclature, classification, and distribution of common/important forest trees/shrubs. Use of keys. Field/lab methods of identification.
FR 1901 - Freshman Seminar [ENV] (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 3 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 1901 until 05-SEP-17
In-depth study of issues/topics related to natural resources and the environment. Topics vary each semester.
FR 2101 - Identifying Forest Plants
(1 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 2101 until 23-MAY-16
Field identification of common northwoods trees, shrubs, and nonwoody vascular plants. Emphasizes concept of plant communities, soil site relationships, and wildlife values. Taught at Cloquet Forestry Center.
FR 2102 - Northern Forests: Field Ecology
(2 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 2102 until 08-SEP-20
Field examination of natural history of northern/boreal forests with respect to soils, ecological characteristics of trees, community-environment relationships, stand development, succession, and regeneration ecology. Taught at Cloquet Forestry Center.
FR 2104 - Measuring Forest Resources
(1 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 2104 until 23-MAY-16
Introduction to land survey, tree/forest stand measurement (mensuration), and forest sampling techniques. Taught at Cloquet Forestry Center.
FR 3104 - Forest Ecology
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 3104 until 06-SEP-16, FNRM 3104 (ending 20-JAN-15, was FR 3104 until 21-JAN-14), FNRM 5104 (ending 20-JAN-15, was FR 5104 until 21-JAN-14)
Form/function of forests as ecological systems. Characteristics/dynamics of species, populations, communities, landscapes, and ecosystem processes. Examples applying ecology to forest management. Weekly discussions focus on research topics in forest ecology, exercises applying course concepts, and current issues in forest resource management. Required weekend field trip.
FR 3114 - Hydrology and Watershed Management
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 3114 until 19-JAN-16, was FR 4114 until 04-SEP-01, FNRM 3114 (ending 20-JAN-15, starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 3114 until 21-JAN-14, was FR 4114 until 04-SEP-01), FNRM 5114 (ending 20-JAN-15, was FR 5114 until 21-JAN-14)
Hydrologic cycle and water processes in upland/riparian systems. Applications of hydrological concepts to evaluate impacts of forest management and other land use patterns/activities on water yield, stormflow, erosion, sedimentation, and water quality. Concepts, principles, and applications of riparian/watershed management. Economic/social factors. National/global examples. Forest ecosystems.
FR 3131 - Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources [TS] (Partially Online)
(4 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 3131 until 05-SEP-23, was FR 4131 until 04-SEP-01, FNRM 5131 (starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 5131 until 21-JAN-14), FNRM 3131 (ending 20-JAN-15, starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 3131 until 21-JAN-14, was FR 4131 until 04-SEP-01)
Spatial data development/analysis in science/management of natural resources. Data structures/sources/collection/quality. Geodesy, map projections, spatial/tabular data analysis. Digital elevation data, terrain analysis, cartographic modeling/layout. Lab exercises.
FR 3203 - Forest Fire and Disturbance Ecology
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 3203 until 23-MAY-16, FNRM 3203, FNRM 5203
Ecology, history, management, and control of fire, wind, insect infestation, browsing, and other disturbances in forests. Disturbance regimes of boreal, northern hardwood, and other major forest types of North America. Influence of disturbance on wildlife habitat, urban/wildland interfaces, forest management, and stand/landscape dynamics. Guest speakers on fire organization, training, and operations. Two-day field trip.
FR 3204 - Landscape Ecology and Management
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 3204 until 08-SEP-15, FNRM 3204, FNRM 5204
Introduction to landscape ecology at different scales in time/space. Development/implications of broad-scale patterns of ecological phenomena, role of disturbance in ecosystems, characteristic spatial/temporal scales of ecological events. Principles of landscape ecology as framework for landscape research, analysis, conservation, and management.
FR 3218 - Measuring and Modeling Forests
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 3218 until 19-JAN-16, was FR 4218 until 04-SEP-01, FNRM 5218 (ending 20-JAN-15, starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 5218 until 21-JAN-14), FNRM 3218 (ending 20-JAN-15, starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 3218 until 21-JAN-14, was FR 4218 until 04-SEP-01)
Sampling design, survey techniques to assess resource conditions. Applying metrics/sampling methods to forest vegetation. Calculating tree/stand volume. Modeling approaches. Case studies of modeling to project future growth. Landscape processes, characterization, modeling.
FR 3251 - Natural Resources in Sustainable International Development [ENVT IP]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was ESPM 3251 until 07-SEP-10, was ENR 3251 until 05-SEP-06, was NRES 3251 until 07-SEP-04, was LAS 3251 until 07-SEP-99, was FR 5251 until 07-SEP-99, ESPM 5251, ESPM 3251, LAS 3251 (inactive)
International perspectives on resource use in developing countries. Integration of natural resource issues with social, economic, and policy considerations. Overviews of agriculture, forestry, agroforestry, non-timber forest products, water resources, certification, and development issues. Latin American case studies.
FR 3262 - Remote Sensing of Natural Resources and Environment
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 3262 until 17-JAN-23, was FR 4262 until 04-SEP-01, FNRM 3262 (starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 3262 until 21-JAN-14, was FR 4262 until 04-SEP-01), FNRM 5262 (starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 5262 until 21-JAN-14)
Principles/techniques of remote sensing and its applications to mapping/monitoring land/water resources from local to global scales. Forest and natural resource inventory. Forest cover and soil mapping. Landuse/global change analysis. Lab provides hands-on experience working with aerial photography and digital sensing imagery.
FR 3411 - Managing Forest Ecosystems: Silviculture
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 3411 until 08-SEP-20, was FR 4411 until 04-SEP-01, FNRM 5411 (ending 26-MAY-15, was FR 5411 until 21-JAN-14), FNRM 5471 (starting 20-JAN-15, was FR 5471 until 21-JAN-14, was FR 4471 until 04-SEP-01), FNRM 3411 (ending 20-JAN-15, starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 3411 until 21-JAN-14, was FR 4411 until 04-SEP-01), FNRM 3471 (starting 20-JAN-15, was FR 3471 until 21-JAN-14)
Management of forest ecosystems for sustaining ecological integrity, soil productivity, water quality, wildlife habitat, biological diversity, commodity production in landscape context. Silvics, forest dynamics, disturbances, regeneration, restoration, silvicultural systems. Ramifications of management choices. Weekend field trip.
FR 3431 - Timber Harvesting and Road Planning
(2 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 3431 until 21-JAN-20, was FR 4431 until 04-SEP-01, FNRM 3431 (ending 20-JAN-15, starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 3431 until 21-JAN-14, was FR 4431 until 04-SEP-01), FNRM 5431 (ending 20-JAN-15, was FR 5431 until 21-JAN-14)
Introduction to forest operations. Terminology, basic engineering, equipment and harvesting system options, productivity/costs. Relationship to forest management and silviculture. Road planning, forest management guidelines, approaches for mitigating potential impacts to soil/water resources. Environmental implications of method/equipment choices. Selling timber. Sale design, layout, and administration. Two all-day field trips.
FR 3471 - Forest Planning and Management
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 3471 until 05-SEP-17, FNRM 5471 (ending 20-JAN-15, starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 5471 until 21-JAN-14, was FR 4471 until 04-SEP-01), FNRM 3471 (ending 20-JAN-15, was FR 3471 until 21-JAN-14)
Processes/techniques for scheduling forest management activities. Goals of landowners, industry, government, and society. Predicting forest outcomes, financial analysis, forest regulation, mathematical models, linear programming, economic analysis. Landscape-level management, desired conditions, historical range of variability, wildlife management, carbon sequestration, resource monitoring, certification, adaptive management.
FR 3480 - Topics in Natural Resources (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 12 times)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 3480 until 13-MAY-24, was FR 4480 until 04-SEP-01, FNRM 3480 (ending 27-MAY-14, starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 3480 until 21-JAN-14, was FR 4480 until 04-SEP-01), FNRM 5480 (ending 27-MAY-14, starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 5480 until 21-JAN-14)
Lectures in special fields of natural resources given by visiting scholar or faculty member. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
FR 3501 - Arboriculture: Selection and Maintenance of Trees
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 3501 until 19-JAN-16
Selection, growth, propagation, and maintenance of trees for urban spaces. Tree selection, site preparation, plant health care management. Prevention, diagnosis, and remediation of urban tree risks such as insects, pathogens, pollution, development, and climate change.
FR 4293 - Directed Study
(1 cr [max 5]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 15 credits; may be repeated 3 times)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 3993 until 21-JAN-20, was FNRM 4293 until 21-JAN-20, was FR 3293 until 28-MAY-02
Study/project on topic of personal interest in consultation with faculty member. Initial proposal, reports of accomplishments.
FR 4501 - Urban Forest Management: Managing Greenspaces for People
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 4501 until 19-JAN-16, FNRM 5501 (starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 5501 until 21-JAN-14, was FR 4501 until 04-SEP-01), FNRM 4501
Management concepts for green infrastructure of cities, towns, and communities. Urban forest as a social/biological resource. Emphasizes management of urban forest ecosystem to maximize benefits to people. Tree selection, risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, landscape planning, values, perceptions. How urban forestry can be a tool to improve community infrastructure.
FR 4511 - Field Silviculture
(2 cr; Student Option; offered Every Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 4511 until 21-JAN-20
Collection of field data to prepare/write silvicultural prescriptions for regeneration, thinning, and harvesting in context of landscape, watershed, and wildlife habitat issues. Field exercises in forest entomology, pathology, tree improvement, and non-timber forest products. Tree planting. Marking stands for harvest. Taught at Cloquet Forestry Center. Field trips to forests managed by state/industry.
FR 4515 - Field Remote Sensing and Resource Survey
(2 cr; Student Option; offered Every Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 4515 until 21-JAN-20
Field applications of remote sensing, sampling/measurement methods to inventory/mapping of forest and other natural resources. Offered at Cloquet Forestry Center.
FR 4521 - Field Timber Harvesting and Road Planning
(2 cr; Student Option; offered Every Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 4521 until 21-JAN-20
Design, layout, and administration of timber sales. Forest road planning and design. Protecting residual trees during harvesting operations. Timber appraisal, forest management guidelines. Road location and profiling. Planning/layout considerations. Field trips to visit timber harvesting and road planning sites with public and private organizations. Taught at Cloquet Forestry Center.
FR 5104 - Forest Ecology
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 5104 until 06-SEP-16, FNRM 3104 (ending 20-JAN-15, was FR 3104 until 21-JAN-14), FNRM 5104 (ending 20-JAN-15, was FR 5104 until 21-JAN-14)
Form/function of forests as ecological systems. Characteristics/dynamics of species, populations, communities, landscapes, and ecosystem processes. Examples applying ecology to forest management. Weekly discussions on research topics, exercises, current issues in forest resource management. Required weekend field trip.
FR 5114 - Hydrology and Watershed Management
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 5114 until 19-JAN-16, FNRM 3114 (ending 20-JAN-15, starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 3114 until 21-JAN-14, was FR 4114 until 04-SEP-01), FNRM 5114 (ending 20-JAN-15, was FR 5114 until 21-JAN-14)
Introduction to hydrologic cycle and water processes in upland/riparian systems. Applications of hydrological concepts to evaluate impacts of forest management and other land use patterns/activities on water yield, stormflow, erosion, sedimentation, and water quality. Concepts, principles, and applications of riparian/watershed management. Economic/social factors. National/global examples. Emphasizes forest ecosystems.
FR 5131 - Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 5131 until 05-SEP-23, FNRM 5131 (starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 5131 until 21-JAN-14), FNRM 3131 (ending 20-JAN-15, starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 3131 until 21-JAN-14, was FR 4131 until 04-SEP-01)
Geographic information systems (GIS), focusing on spatial data development and analysis in the science and management of natural resources. Basic data structures, sources, collection, and quality; geodesy and map projections; spatial and tabular data analyses; digital elevation data and terrain analyses; cartographic modeling and layout. Lab exercises provide practical experiences complementing theory covered in lecture.
FR 5146 - Science and Policy of Global Environmental Change
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 5146 until 19-JAN-16, GCC 5008, FNRM 5146 (inactive, starting 02-SEP-03, was FR 5146 until 21-JAN-14), EEB 5146 (inactive)
Intro to critical issues underpinning global change and its biological implications. Current scientific literature on evidence for global change and potential effects on a wide range of biological processes. Economic/political impact on global change.
FR 5153 - Forest and Wetland Hydrology
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Spring Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 5153 until 03-SEP-24
Current topics, methods/models in forest/wetland hydrology. Hydrologic role of forests, wetlands, riparian systems in snowfall/rainfall regimes. How activities such as deforestation, wetland drainage, and stream channel alterations, affect hydrologic response of watersheds. Runoff/streamflow response from undisturbed/altered forest/wetland watersheds. Problem-solving exercises.
FR 5161 - Northern Forest Field Course
(2 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 5161 until 19-JAN-16
Field identification of common trees, shrubs, and nonwoody vascular plants. Plant communities, soil site relationships, wildlife values. Natural history of northern/boreal forests in terms of soils, ecological characteristics of trees, community-environment relationships, stand development, succession, and regeneration ecology. Land survey, tree/forest stand measurement, forest sampling techniques. Taught at Cloquet Forestry Center.
FR 5203 - Forest Fire and Disturbance Ecology
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 5203 until 23-MAY-16, FNRM 3203, FNRM 5203
Ecology, history, management, and control of fire, wind, insect infestation, browsing, and other disturbances in forests. Disturbance regimes of boreal, northern hardwood, and other major forest types of North America. Influence of disturbance on wildlife habitat, urban/wildland interfaces, forest management, and stand/landscape dynamics. Guest speakers on fire organization, training, and operations. Two-day field trip.
FR 5204 - Landscape Ecology and Management
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 5204 until 08-SEP-15, FNRM 3204, FNRM 5204
Introduction to landscape ecology at different scales in time/space. Development/implications of broad-scale patterns of ecological phenomena, role of disturbance in ecosystems. Characteristic spatial/temporal scales of ecological events. Principles of landscape ecology as framework for landscape research, analysis, conservation, and management.
FR 5218 - Measuring and Modeling Forests
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 5218 until 26-MAY-15, FNRM 5218 (ending 20-JAN-15, starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 5218 until 21-JAN-14), FNRM 3218 (ending 20-JAN-15, starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 3218 until 21-JAN-14, was FR 4218 until 04-SEP-01)
General sampling design and survey techniques to assess current resource conditions. Application of metrics/sampling methods to forest vegetation. Calculation of tree/stand volume, selection of modeling approaches. Case studies of modeling to project future growth. Landscape processes, characterization, and modeling.
FR 5228 - Advanced Assessment and Modeling (Topics course)
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Fall Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 5228 until 19-JAN-16
Application of recently developed mathematics, computer science, and statistics methodologies to natural resource functioning, management, and use problems. Specific topics, software, and methodologies vary.
FR 5232 - Managing Recreational Lands
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 5232 until 16-JAN-18, was RRM 5232 until 21-JAN-14, FNRM 5232 (starting 04-SEP-01, was RRM 5232 until 21-JAN-14, was FR 5232 until 03-SEP-02), FNRM 4232W (starting 04-SEP-01, was RRM 4232W until 21-JAN-14, was FR 4232W until 03-SEP-02, was FR 4232 until 05-SEP-00)
Recreation management tools from a public agency perspective. Social carrying capacity, recreation opportunity spectrum, limits of acceptable change, benefits based management, visitor experience/resource protection. Various projects. Group project to develop a management plan.
FR 5251 - Natural Resources in Sustainable International Development
(3 cr; A-F or Audit)
Equivalent courses: was ESPM 5251 until 26-MAY-15, was ENR 5251 until 05-SEP-06, was NRES 5251 until 07-SEP-04, ESPM 5251, ESPM 3251, LAS 3251 (inactive)
International perspectives on resource use in developing countries. Integration of natural resource issues with social, economic, and policy considerations. Agriculture, forestry, agroforestry, non-timber forest products, water resources, certification, development issues. Latin American case studies.
FR 5262 - Remote Sensing of Natural Resources and Environment
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 5262 until 17-JAN-23, FNRM 3262 (starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 3262 until 21-JAN-14, was FR 4262 until 04-SEP-01), FNRM 5262 (starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 5262 until 21-JAN-14)
Principles/techniques of remote sensing. Mapping/monitoring land/water resources from local to global scales. Forest and natural resource inventory. Forest cover and soil mapping. Landuse/global change analysis. Lab provides hands-on experience working with aerial photography and digital sensing imagery.
FR 5264 - Advanced Forest Management Planning
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 5264 until 06-SEP-16
Applied models for forest planning to integrate forest resource conditions/uses. Stand-level management. Forest-wide/landscape-level planning. Regional timber supply analysis. Optimization models and heuristic techniques as tools. Integrating sustainable timber production with desirable future conditions and spatial structure for biodiversity. Problems, case studies involving recent large-scale applications.
FR 5411 - Managing Forest Ecosystems: Silviculture
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 5411 until 08-SEP-20, FNRM 5411 (ending 26-MAY-15, was FR 5411 until 21-JAN-14), FNRM 5471 (starting 20-JAN-15, was FR 5471 until 21-JAN-14, was FR 4471 until 04-SEP-01), FNRM 3411 (ending 20-JAN-15, starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 3411 until 21-JAN-14, was FR 4411 until 04-SEP-01), FNRM 3471 (starting 20-JAN-15, was FR 3471 until 21-JAN-14)
Management of forest ecosystems for sustaining ecological integrity, soil productivity, water quality, wildlife habitat, biological diversity, commodity production in landscape context. Silvics, forest dynamics, disturbances, regeneration, restoration, silvicultural systems. Ramifications of management choices. Weekend field trip.
FR 5412 - Digital Remote Sensing
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 5462 until 22-JAN-19, was FNRM 5412 until 22-JAN-19
Physical basis and practical applications of digital remote sensing. Energy-matter interactions. Measurements and sensors. Digital image processing/analysis. Experience working with remote sensing data, image processing, and models.
FR 5413 - Managing Forest Ecosystems: Silviculture Lab
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 5413 until 04-SEP-18
Development of silvicultural prescriptions to achieve various landowner objectives. Timber cruise, growth/yield simulations, stand density management diagrams, thinning schedules, use of forest vegetation simulator. Field trips, computer labs, lectures.
FR 5431 - Timber Harvesting and Road Planning
(2 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 5431 until 21-JAN-20, FNRM 3431 (ending 20-JAN-15, starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 3431 until 21-JAN-14, was FR 4431 until 04-SEP-01), FNRM 5431 (ending 20-JAN-15, was FR 5431 until 21-JAN-14)
Forest operations. Terminology, engineering, equipment/harvesting system options, productivity/costs. Relationship to forest management and silviculture. Road planning, forest management guidelines. Mitigating potential impacts to soil/water resources. Environmental implications of method/equipment choices. Selling timber. Sale design, layout, and administration. Two all-day field trips.
FR 5471 - Forest Planning and Management
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 5471 until 05-SEP-17, was FR 4471 until 04-SEP-01, FNRM 5471 (ending 20-JAN-15, starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 5471 until 21-JAN-14, was FR 4471 until 04-SEP-01), FNRM 3471 (ending 20-JAN-15, was FR 3471 until 21-JAN-14)
Processes/techniques for scheduling forest management. Goals of landowners, industry, government, and society. Issues/policies/regulations that influence management. Predicting outcomes, financial analysis, regulation, mathematical models, linear programming, economic analysis. Landscape-level management, historical range of variability, wildlife management, carbon sequestration, resource monitoring, certification, adaptive management.
FR 5480 - Topics in Natural Resources (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 3 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 5480 until 13-MAY-24, FNRM 3480 (ending 27-MAY-14, starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 3480 until 21-JAN-14, was FR 4480 until 04-SEP-01), FNRM 5480 (ending 27-MAY-14, starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 5480 until 21-JAN-14)
Lectures in special fields of natural resources given by visiting scholar or faculty member. Topics specified in Class Schedule.
FR 5501 - Urban Forest Management: Managing Greenspaces for People
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 5501 until 19-JAN-16, was FR 4501 until 04-SEP-01, FNRM 5501 (starting 04-SEP-01, was FR 5501 until 21-JAN-14, was FR 4501 until 04-SEP-01), FNRM 4501
Management concepts for green infrastructure of cities, towns, and communities. Urban forest as social/biological resource. Emphasizes management of urban forest ecosystem to maximize benefits. Tree selection, risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, landscape planning, values, perceptions. How urban forestry can be a tool to improve community infrastructure.
FR 5611 - Field Silviculture
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 5611 until 16-JAN-24, was FR 4611 until 04-SEP-01
Collection of field data to prepare/write silvicultural prescriptions for regeneration, thinning, and harvesting in context of landscape, watershed, and wildlife habitat issues. Field exercises in forest entomology, pathology, tree improvement, and non-timber forest products. Tree planting. Marking stands for harvest. Taught at Cloquet Forestry Center. Field trips to forests managed by state/industry.
FR 5615 - Field Remote Sensing and Resource Survey
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 5615 until 21-JAN-20, was FR 4615 until 04-SEP-01
Field applications of remote sensing, sampling/measurement methods to inventory/mapping of forest and other natural resources. Offered at Cloquet Forestry Center.
FR 5621 - Field Timber Harvesting and Road Planning
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 5621 until 21-JAN-20, was FR 4621 until 04-SEP-01
Design, layout, and administration of timber sales. Forest road planning and design. Protecting residual trees during harvesting operations. Timber appraisal, forest management guidelines. Road location and profiling. Planning/layout considerations. Field trips to visit timber harvesting and road planning sites with public and private organizations. Taught at Cloquet Forestry Center.
FR 8101 - Research Problems: Physiological Ecology
(1 cr [max 5]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 10 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 8101 until 18-MAY-20
Independent research under faculty guidance.
FR 8102 - Research Problems: Forest-Tree Genetics
(1 cr [max 5]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 5 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 8102 until 27-MAY-14
Independent research under faculty guidance.
FR 8103 - Research Problems: Forest Hydrology
(1 cr [max 5]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 5 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 8103 until 27-MAY-14
Independent research under faculty guidance.
FR 8104 - Research Problems: Forest Ecology
(1 cr [max 5]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 5 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 8104 until 27-MAY-14
Independent research under faculty guidance.
FR 8105 - Research Problems: Silviculture
(1 cr [max 5]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 5 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 8105 until 27-MAY-14
Independent research under faculty guidance.
FR 8106 - Research Problems: Urban Forestry--Biology and Management
(1 cr [max 5]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 5 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 8106 until 27-MAY-14
Independent research under faculty guidance.
FR 8107 - Seminar: Forest Resources
(1 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was NR 8107 until 07-SEP-21, was FNRM 8107 until 17-JAN-17
Assigned topics, problem analyses, and research reports.
FR 8201 - Research Problems: Forest Economics
(1 cr [max 5]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 5 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 8201 until 27-MAY-14
Independent research under faculty guidance.
FR 8202 - Research Problems: Forest Biometry and Measurements
(1 cr [max 5]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 5 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 8202 until 27-MAY-14
Independent research under faculty guidance.
FR 8203 - Research Problems: Forest Recreation
(1 cr [max 5]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 5 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 8203 until 27-MAY-14
Independent research under faculty guidance.
FR 8204 - Research Problems: Forest Policy
(1 cr [max 5]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 10 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 8204 until 27-MAY-14
Independent research under faculty guidance.
FR 8205 - Research Problems: Spatial Data Analysis
(1 cr [max 5]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 10 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 8205 until 20-JAN-15
Independent research under faculty guidance.
FR 8206 - Research Problems: Forest Management
(1 cr [max 5]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 5 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 8206 until 27-MAY-14
Independent research under faculty guidance.
FR 8207 - Economic Analysis of Natural Resource Projects
(2 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 8207 until 18-MAY-20
Economics of public/private forestry/watershed management projects. Commercial profitability analysis, cost-benefit analysis, preparing feasibility studies. Case studies developed/presented.
FR 8208 - Research Problems: Environmental Learning and Leadership
(1 cr [max 5]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 5 credits)
Equivalent courses: was FNRM 8208 until 20-JAN-15
Independent research under faculty guidance.

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