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About
The University of Illinois Extension Forestry program, housed in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, provides forestry and natural resources education, technical assistance, and public programming to a diverse audience, including an estimated 132,000 private forest landowners who own 3.7 million acres or 82% of all forest land in Illinois.
The Extension Forestry program works statewide in Illinois. Offices are on campus and at the Dixon Springs Agricultural Center. In addition to traditional Extension and outreach, the Extension Forestry program also teaches undergraduate courses in dendrology and chainsaw safety, conducts applied natural resource research, and maintains multiple demonstration sites and projects.
Extension Forestry also administers the Illinois Big Tree Register and the Citizen Big Tree Inspector initiative.
Forestry Programs and Training
- Chainsaw safety and directional felling
- Invasive species identification and management
- Forest management and restoration
- Timber harvesting and timber tax
- Maple syrup collection and processing
- Plant and tree identification
- Forest health and mitigation
- Agroforestry
Annual Series
- Tri-State Forest Stewardship Conference
- Illinois Invasive Species Symposium
- Backyard Maple Syrup Workshop
- Forestry Stewardship Series
- Spring Webinar Series webinar recordings
- Southern Illinois Beginning Forest Landowner Program
- Southern Illinois Conservation Workshop 2020 workshop presentations
Forestry Annual Reports
The Illinois Extension Forestry Program is supported, in part, through the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Renewable Resources Extension Act. Each year, Illinois Extension Forestry produces a summary highlighting programs and activities supported by the Renewable Resources Extension Act.
2020-2024
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Christopher Evans
Kevin Rohling
