Forestry
Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, using, conserving, and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. The science of forestry has elements that belong to the biological, physical, social, political and managerial sciences.
Modern forestry generally embraces a broad range of concerns, in what is known as multiple-use management, including the provision of timber, fuel wood, wildlife habitat, natural water quality management, recreation, landscape and community protection, employment, aesthetically appealing landscapes, biodiversity management, watershed management, erosion control, and preserving forests as "sinks" for atmospheric carbon dioxide. A practitioner of forestry is known as a forester. Other common terms are: a verderer, or a silviculturalist. Silviculture is narrower than forestry, being concerned only with forest plants, but is often used synonymously with forestry.
Forest ecosystems have come to be seen as the most important component of the biosphere, and forestry has emerged as a vital applied science, craft, and technology.
Forestry is an important economic segment in various industrial countries. For example, in Germany, forests cover nearly a third of the land area, wood is the most important renewable resource, and forestry supports more than a million jobs and about €181 billion of value to the German economy each year.
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Scholarships for Forestry Majors
Edith Nourse Rogers STEM ScholarshipU.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
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award Up to $30,000 |
deadline Varies |
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Gloria Barron Wilderness Society ScholarshipThe Wilderness Society |
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award $25,000 |
deadline April 24, 2023 |
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SOLV Energy Women in Solar ScholarshipSolar Energy International (SEI) |
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award $10,000 |
deadline Varies |
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Milton Rose Science Fellows ScholarshipPfeiffer University |
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award Up to $8,000 |
deadline December 19, 2023 |
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Mary Elrod Ferguson Memorial ScholarshipUniversity of Montana, Missoula - College of Arts and Sciences |
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award $5,700 |
deadline Varies |
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Sara Spero Levitan ScholarshipUniversity of Montana, Missoula - College of Arts and Sciences |
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award $5,500 |
deadline Varies |
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Robert Levitan ScholarshipUniversity of Montana, Missoula - College of Arts and Sciences |
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award $5,500 |
deadline Varies |
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Matthew Levitan ScholarshipUniversity of Montana, Missoula - College of Arts and Sciences |
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award $5,500 |
deadline Varies |
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Mark Levitan ScholarshipUniversity of Montana, Missoula - College of Arts and Sciences |
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award $5,500 |
deadline Varies |
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Charles Levitan ScholarshipUniversity of Montana, Missoula - College of Arts and Sciences |
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award $5,500 |
deadline Varies |
Forestry Related Majors
- Environmental Science
- Environmental Studies
- Natural Resources and Conservation
- Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management
- Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy
- Land Use Planning and Management/Development
- Forest Sciences and Biology
- Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management
- Forest Management/Forest Resources Management
- Environmental/Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services
- Environmental/Natural Resource Economics
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research
- Urban Forestry
- Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism
- Forest Resources Production and Management
- Forest Technology/Technician
- Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management
- Energy and Environmental Policy
- Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology/Technician
- Bioenergy