Undergraduate Forestry Program Re-accredited
The Department of Natural Resource Conservation's undergraduate program in Forest Ecology and Conservation was recently re-accredited by the national Society of American Foresters (SAF) , following a three-day visit by a review team in April and review of the Self-evaluation report prepared by the forestry faculty. The undergraduate forestry program has been accredited by SAF since 1950, and is reviewed for re-accreditation on a ten-year basis. The UMass undergraduate program is one of only three accredited by the SAF in New England (along with UNH and the University of Maine), and leads to a professional forestry degree required for professional forestry licensure in many states.
Since Massachusetts is the third most densely populated state in the nation, it is important for foresters to have good "people skills". The SAF reported: " the degree to which human dimensions and communication are incorporated into the professional courses is commendable. Student interviews indicated they understood and appreciated the value and need for these...