The Southern Chapter is made up of a diverse group of foresters and natural resource  professionals.
Members of the Southern Chapter are involved in their communities by offering their services to a variety
of projects, which include; Natural Resources in the Classroom (a project developed by the Southern
Chapter) ; Forests for Humanity; and Arbor Day Celebrations.

For more information contact the Southern Chapter Chair:  

Gary Michael- MN DNR Forestry
1810 NW 30th St.
Faribault, MN 55021
507-333-2012
gary.michael@dnr.state.mn.us

LAKE SUPERIOR CHAPTER

The Lake Superior Chapter has 119 members.

Seminar Series:

For more information contact Louise Levy, llevy@umn.edu or 218-726-6404

Current Projects:

• The Lake Superior Chapter sponsors annual activities with the University of Minnesota and 
  Vermillion Community College forestry students. The cookout provides an informal opportunity for 
  students to network with foresters and other natural resource professionals. Contact the 
  Chapter Chair for upcoming meetings and locations.
  
  

• Since 1984, the Lake Superior Chapter has sponsored the Duluth Area Schools Forestry Field 
  Day.  Area fifth graders participate in daylong field leaning experiences. Over forty foresters 
  and natural resource professionals contribute their time to teach nearly 1200 fifth graders 
  about forestry and other natural resource management topics.

For upcoming meetings and events in 2005 contact the Lake Superior Chapter Chair (Vacant).

Jim Parma- Past Chair
P. O. Box 946
Moose Lake, MN 55767
218-259-9160
jim@bellpole.com

HEADWATERS CHAPTER

Headwaters Chapter includes foresters from all facets of the profession, including students;educators at state universities, community colleges and extension services; public agency and industry practitioners and supervisors, consulting foresters, professionals in related natural resource fields, and retired members.

Members get together at continuing education seminars  and at tours and field days held throughout northwestern and northcentral Minnesota.  A Forestry Field Day gets Grand Rapids area fifth graders out of the classroom in the spring to learn from foresters.  The national 'Forests for Humanity' program was born in Headwaters Chapter, and that program and its affiliate, Habitat for Humanity, have many devoted participants here.    

Seminar/Workshop Series:

The Bemidji Natural Resource Consortium and the Headwaters Chapter continue a series of seminars and/or workshops in 2005.

For upcoming dates, times, and directions please visit the BNRC website cri-bsu.org/nat_res.html  or contact Kerry Ross, Training Coordinator--BSU Center for Research and Innovation at 218-755-4900 / 888-738-3224, email kross@bemidjistate.edu

Meeting Minutes:

• July, 2004  

Chapter Financial Report:

• Headwaters 2004 Budget  

2005 Officer Contacts:

• Headwaters Chapter Officers

For upcoming meetings and events in 2005 contact the Headwaters Chapter Chair.

Harvey Tjader - MnDNR
500 Lincoln Ave.
Bemidji, MN 56601
218-755-2890
harvey.tjader@dnr.state.mn.us

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA STUDENT CHAPTER

Founded in 1980 the student chapter consists of a group of about 20 active undergraduate and graduate 
students concerned and motivated by forestry issues. We bring in guest speakers and hold bi-weekly 
meetings to discuss organization activities as well as current topics in forestry.

Our recent activities include traveling to national and state conferences, participating in Forests 
for Humanity, Natural Resource in the Classroom, working with the MN DNR Forestry on red pine 
stand inventory projects, and many other volunteer activities. For more information contact the U of M 
Student Chapter Chair.

Troy Holcomb- CFANS
holco048@umn.edu


 

The forestry faculty at VCC in Ely, MN has established two memorial scholarships in honor of Bert Hoyer, a student in the college's natural resources technology program and an SAF student member, who was killed in March while serving with the US Army in Iraq. The scholarships currently offered are a $200 award toward the cost of tuition for a student engaged in a forestry-releated internship program and a $200 award toward the cost of tuition for a student transferring to a program at an SAF-accredited college or university offering a four-year forestry degree.

For more information please contact the Forestry Technology Program Coordinator:

Lori Schmidt- VCC
1900 East Camp St.
Ely, MN 55731
218-365-7242
l.schmidt@vcc.edu