Sustainable Forests Education Cooperative

Welcome to the Sustainable Forests Education Cooperative. Since 1997 we have developed and delivered continuing education opportunities to forestry and natural resource professionals in a broad range of fields including forest ecology and management, wildlife biology, forest hydrology, botany, best management practices, technology transfer, human dimensions, and others.

Welcome the SFEC Executive Committee

L to R: Anna McQuade-SFEC Temporary Program Assistant, Mike Kroenke-SFEC Director, Jim Marshall-UPM Kymmene, Dave Schipper-DNR Forestry Retired, Kelly Smith-Carlton Co. SWCD, Steve Olson-Fond du Lac Reservation, Patty Theilen-DNR Forestry, Jim Sanders-USDA FS, Andrew Arends-MN DNR Forestry, Ron Severs-Cloquet Forestry Center Director.

(Not Pictured: Greg Bernu-MACLC Land Commissioner and Beth Jacqmain-Rainforest Alliance)

Mike Kroenke, SFEC Director, presented Dave Shipper-DNR Retired and Ron Severs with Dedicated Service awards during the 2011 SFEC Annual Meeting. We are very grateful for their enduring support!  

Annual Report

Fiscal Year 2011 (.pdf)
Fiscal Year 2010 (.pdf)
 

Survey Results

Fiscal Year 2011 (.pdf)
 

What's in the Calendar?

• Continuing education courses
• Professional society meetings
• Other resources provided by a range of public and private sponsors

Most are forestry or natural resource and forest ecosystem-related courses of interest to a wide range of natural resource professionals. Some are skills courses open to participants outside of the sponsoring institution. We emphasize courses held in our region - the Upper Midwest and adjacent Canadian provinces.

Continuing Education Credits

Continuing education credits, using the Society of American Foresters grading criteria, are provided with every SFEC-coordinated workshop.

Ideas? Suggestions?

We want to serve your needs for continuing education. Write, phone, fax, or e-mail any ideas or suggestions to Michael Kroenke (contact information below). Tell us about courses we should include. We can also help design and develop workshops. Contact us to schedule additional sessions of existing workshops or to set up new programs that will meet your continuing education needs. If you know of someone who should be receiving this calendar but is not, let us know and we will add him or her to our mailing list.

Michael Kroenke, Program Director
Sustainable Forests Education Cooperative
Cloquet Forestry Center
175 University Road
Cloquet, MN 55720
tel: 218-726-6404
fax: 218-879-0855
mkroenke@umn.edu

Certificate Course in Ecosystem Silviculture

The focus of the ecosystem silviculture course is to use new tools (ecological classification) and tools as old as the hills (such as soil surveys and forest inventory) to meet goals of sustainable forest management.

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