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Originally Posted by Underwor  Thanks for the plug Guy. The North Dakota School of Forestry, a part of MSU-Bottineau, just celebrated our 100th year. As one of the oldest schools in the nation, created by the state's founders in 1889, it has a rich history of educating foresters in many fields. At present, the emphasis is on arboriculture, commercial tree care and urban forestry. There are also horticulture programs in turf, golf course and athletic field management, landscape design, greenhouse and flower shop management and floral design. Other departments have classes in wildlife management and environmental technology. Classes lead to 1 and 2 year degrees. We have joint agreements with schools in the US and Canada for continuation to 4 year degrees. Give us a look at Welcome to MSU Bottineau! .
Thanks, Bob Underwood |
Do you (they / it) incorporate arboriculture into the landscape end?
One thing I appreciated about Portland Community College, is that since - at least - 1982, they have had Consulting or Certified Arborists teaching 2 separate tree care classes as part of the Landscape Technician 2 year certificates. As well as teaching some of the tree identification classes.
I'd imagine that the age of your instituion helps, because my experience locally showed that as the program got older, it became even better.
Do you have a favorite aspect yourself - say forest versus urban tree care?