9 Forestry Preparatory Programs in USA

Do you prefer to work outdoors? Don’t like being confined to an office? If so, Gateway’s Arboriculture/Urban Forestry Technician Degree program is the one for you. Almost all the work is conducted outside, working with a variety of tools and machinery. And, if you choose to climb trees, you can have your very own natural “office” with a view every day. Gateway’s Arboriculture/Urban Forestry Technician associate degree provides the hands-on skills and natural resource education for graduates to enter this exciting career field of arborists, urban foresters and related occupations. It offers family-sustaining wages and year-round work with private, corporate or government landowners.

Forestry offers students a unique opportunity to become a qualified Forestry Technician. This is the only California, 2-year college with a Forestry and Natural Resources Program leading to an Associate of Science in Forestry degree provisionally accredited by the Society of American Foresters. Graduates are typically recruited as utility foresters and timber management technicians for federal, state and private natural resources companies and agencies.

Are you interested in the future of our forests, forest management, and the political/social contexts that are affecting our forests? If so, the Associate of Science in Forestry degree is for you! This degree is for students interested in a career in forestry as a professional forester, silviculturist, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) specialist, or fire ecologist.

The transfer program offers one Associate of Arts degree. Although there is only one degree, there are multiple disciplines within this degree.

The Forest Ecology program is designed for students to receive an Associate in Science Degree (A.S.) upon completing the requirements. Gikenimindwaa Mitigoog translates to ‘getting to know the trees,’ an apt description for a program that provides graduates with broad-based field knowledge of forest lands, the organisms inhabiting them, and the systems (soil, water, air) that support them.

The Forest Resources program provides graduates with broad-based knowledge for the management of forest-based resources.

Take this highly interactive class to learn what you need to know to make your Forest Stand Delineations comply with the Maryland Forest Conservation Act. Learn the science in the classroom, and then get out in the field to collect data and practice in teams to develop a Forest Conservation Plan to meet the Act's requirements.

The Forest Restoration and Fire option prepare students with skills needed to engage in forest disturbance management and processes, including wildfire, landslides, insects, and disease. Graduates will have the knowledge and the skillset to incorporate natural processes, including disturbance, into active forest management planning.

The Forest Technology program trains students for the position of forest technician. The technician is an employee who works under the direction of a professional (BS degree) forester and will undertake the fieldwork that is necessary to manage the forest.