Department of Natural Resources Conservation

 
The New Hampshire Arborist Association held its annual tree climbing competition in Hanover, NH on September 28th. Among the competitors were Eliot Beals and Kyle McCabe, current UMass students, as well as Andrew Putnam, who graduated in 2006. Kyle, shown above performing the work climb–in which a climber moves around the tree simulating pruning tasks–placed 1st overall, [...]

Marcy Gladdys, a 2008 graduate of the Arboriculture & Community Forestry program recently competed in the International Tree Climbing Championship (ITCC) in St. Louis, MO. Gladdys, who won the New England Regional Tree Climbing Championship in June to secure a spot in the ITCC, currently works for Hartney Greymont, Inc., in Needham, MA. Marcy has [...]

 
My name is John Kleciak. I am a Junior majoring in Forestry here at Umass. I
work during the summer for the USFS as a wildland firefighter on a "Hotshot"
crew in Northern California. The forestry curriculum gave me the opportunity and
the knowledge to be successful in this field.

For the past 3 summers I have worked at Otter River State Forest. I worked with tree crews, foresters, park recreational managers, wildland firefighters and interpreters and learned first hand how our public lands are managed. Working closely with the public and explaining the processes of our natural ecosystems and land management tactics has been [...]

I am a forestry student, and last summer I worked for New England Woodland Management doing various types of work involving consulting forestry on private woodlands. We did timber marking, inventory and trail maintenance. Working outdoors in new locations each week is great, and it gave me valuable insight into fieldwork of the forestry profession.
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