森林覆盖了美国三分之一的土地面积和爱达荷州40％的土地面积。拥有如此庞大的自然资源，就需要负责任地管理土地。在此程序中，您将建立基于科学的知识，以进行森林资源的合理管理。您将学习诸如森林管理和运营，病虫害防治，森林水文学和生态学，地理信息系统，荒地火灾，森林资源清单等主题。作为该美国林务员协会认可计划的毕业生，您将准备好平衡对森林的许多需求：从可持续的木材生产和林产品的生物量，到娱乐和野生生物栖息地保护，提供清洁水和其他森林生态系统服务。
Forests cover one-third of the nation's land area and 40 percent of Idaho's land area. With such vast natural resources comes the need to manage the land responsibly. In this program, you will build the science-based knowledge for sound management of forest resources. You will study topics such as forest management and operations, disease and pest control, forest hydrology and ecology, geographic information systems, wildland fires, forest inventory, and more. As a graduate of this Society of American Foresters accredited program, you will be prepared to balance the many demands placed on forests: from sustainable timber production and biomass for forest products, to recreation and wildlife habitat conservation, providing clean water and other forest ecosystem services.