university of wisconsin-stevens point college of natural resources annual report 2012-2013

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point College of Natural ResourcesANNUAL REPORT 2012-2013

Contents

Fostering Student Success ................................................................... 1-6

Building Partnerships ........................................................................ 7-10

Inspiring International Awareness ......................................................11-14

Supporting Faculty and Staff ............................................................ 15-18

Reaching out to the Community ........................................................ 19-22

Upgrading Facilities ......................................................................... 23-24

Enriching Education through Contributions ........................................ 25-30

CNR by the Numbers ........................................................................ 31-33

College of Natural Resources Mission StatementThe mission of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources is to provide education, research and outreach in integrated natural resources management, environmental education, and paper science and engineering.

The College of Natural Resources:

• Provides undergraduate and graduate instruction combining theoretical concepts with practical experience, suchaslaboratoryandfield-orientedcourses, internships and special projects.

• Promotes scholarly activities that enhance the creation or application of knowledge or contributes to the resolution of environmental and natural resources management issues, especially through student research.

• Shares faculty and student expertise with citizens, communities, agencies and industries through outreach, scholarship, and consulting.

TheUniversityofWisconsin-StevensPointisanEqualOpportunity/AffirmativeActionInstitution.

Onthefrontcover(fromlefttoright):KellyRedmond,wildlifeecologymajor,classifiessoilduringafieldlabexercise;UW-Stevens Point students Leiloni Nichols, Tessa Hasbrouck, Ashley Goschey, and Erik Hendrickson visit the Thinvillier NationalParkinIcelandaspartoftheEuropeanEnvironmentalStudiesSeminar;UW-StevensPointFireCrewstudentBrian Gorman assists with a prescribed burn on an educational trip to Okla.

Onthebackcover(fromlefttoright):ZebWoiak,aWICFRUmastersstudent,assistswithmuskysamplingontheMenomineeRiver;AlexaCushman,awildlifeecologymajor,holdsacaracalduringtheAfricanWildlifeEcologyCourseofferedduringthewinterimsession;ForestrymajorHeathBrandertransplantsAmericanhazelnutseedlingsaspartofa research project with Professor Michael Demchik.

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University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources

Fostering Student Success

PaperScienceandEngineeringjuniorRachelStrelowreceivedthe2012TAPPIStudentoftheYearAward.(Fromlefttoright:RogerHagan,presidentatPortTownsendPaperCorporation;RachelStrelow,andLarryMontague,presidentandCEOofTAPPI)

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2012-2013 Annual Report

New wildland fire science program

RonMasters,associateprofessorofwildlandfirescience,willleadthenewWildlandFireScienceprogramthisfall.OurstrongintegratednaturalresourcescurriculumandpresenceofthenationallyrecognizedFireCrewstudentorganizationmakethisanideallocationforthefirstundergraduateprogramofitskindintheEasternUnitedStates. Students will gain a number of skills including practical experience in developing prescribedburnplans,workingknowledgeofwildlandfirepolicy,suppression,anduse;predictingfirebehavior;fuelsmanagement;fireplans;andfireecology.Studentswillreceivebasicwildlandfirefightercertificationsandhavetheopportunitytopursueadditional training to make themselves more competitive in today’s job market.

Record turnout at 14th annual Student Research Symposium

A record number of students participated in the 14th annual Undergraduate Student Research Symposium on April 5, 2013. Eighty undergraduate students showcased their researchfindingsthroughposterandoralpresentationsunderthewatchfuleyeoffaculty,staff, retirees, and other community volunteers who serve as judges during the event. The symposium is planned and organized by a steering committee made up of students with faculty and staff members assisting as needed. This year’s honorees are posted online at www.uwsp.edu/cnr/studentsymposium.

National accolades for Paper Science and Engineering studentsRachel Strelow, a junior paper science and engineering major, received the national TechnicalAssociationforthePulpandPaperIndustry(TAPPI)StudentoftheYearAwardatPaperCon,TAPPI’sannualconferenceheldinAtlanta,Ga.,atthebeginningofMay.StevenSwan, a junior paper science and engineering major, won the Robert W. Hagemeyer Scholarship and the Paper and Board Division Scholarship. Tyler Shimulunas, a junior paper science and engineering major, received the Engineering Division Scholarship. Steven and Tyler are currently participating in the Trans-Atlantic Degree Program (TAPS) in GermanyandwillbeinFinlandforthefall2013semester.

from top: UW-Stevens Point Fire Crew student Brian Gorman assists with a prescribed burn on an educational trip to Okla.; Sarah Rademacher, forest ecosystem restoration and management major, participates in the CNR’s 14th annual Undergraduate Student Research Symposium; Paper Science and Engineering students received awards and scholarships at the TAPPI annual conference.

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Forestry students selected as interns from national pool

FourseniorforestrystudentswerechosenassummerinternsbytheSocietyofMunicipalArborists.ThomasSteele,SpringGreen;GaryTellefson,Edgerton;MichaelZalewski,Antigo;andAlexEstelmann,Madison,wereamong11internschosenfromanationalcompetitivepoolof29applicants.Internsspend10weeksworkingwithmentorarboristsin municipal forestry programs across the country.

Students gain real world experience through service-learning projects

StudentsinKristinFloress’andAaronThompson’snaturalresourcesclassesgainedrealworld experience through service-learning projects. Students worked with organizations such as the North Central Conservancy Trust, the city of Stevens Point, and High Cliff State Park. Some of the completed projects can be viewed online at the links below.

Strategic Conservation Plan for the Plover River Watershed www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/clue/documents/public/ploverriver_strategicconservationplan02.pdf

The Urban Agriculture Plan for Stevens Point www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/clue/documents/public/stevenspoint_urbanagricultureplan.pdf

City of Stevens Point Downtown Lullaby Site Redevelopment Planning Efforts www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/clue/documents/public/UWSP_NRES488-lullabysiteredevelopment.pdf

Woodland Sports teams defends championship

Members of the Woodland Sports team successfully defended their championship for the thirdyearinarowattheMidwesternForester’sConclaveatMichiganStateUniversityinApril, 2013. Conclave participants from UW-Stevens Point included seven women and 14 men who competed in crosscut sawing, wood chopping, axe throwing and log rolling as wellasacademiceventssuchastreeandwoodidentificationandinventorytechniques.

from top: Forestry students practice tree climbing skills during an outdoor lab at UW-Stevens Point; Students work together on a strategic conservation plan for the Plover River Watershed; Spencer Johnson competes in the single buck event during the Midwestern Forester’s Conclave held at Michigan State University.

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From top: Michelle Scarpace, pictured at the Great Wall of China, visited China, with the Rivers as Bridges program; Students measure forestry plots during the Treehaven summer field experience; European Environmental Studies Seminar students hike to a lake in the Tatra Mountains in Poland with trip leader Sue Kissinger (far right).

Student learns about China’s sustainability efforts through Rivers as Bridges program

Michelle Scarpace, a soil and land management major, visited several of China’s historic sites, shared cultural and educational experiences, and studied how China is addressing its environmental challenges in rural and urban settings as part of the Rivers as Bridges program. Scarpace was chosen from a pool of students to participate in Rivers as Bridges, a student foreign exchange program connecting Chinese and American culture, conservation, and commerce in hopes of creating sustainable river systems and communities. Cathy Stepp, Department of Natural Resources secretary, and Rick Otis, former Environmental Protection Agency assistant administrator, joined Scarpace and other Midwest college and high school students on the trip.

Students gain real world knowledge through summer field experiences

Oursummerfieldexperiencescontinuetobeanintegralpartofourprogramgivingstudents hands-on real world experiences in all areas of natural resources. Students havetheoptionofparticipatinginafieldtrainingcourseinWisconsinoraEuropeanEnvironmental Studies Seminar.

StudentsparticipatingintheWisconsinfieldtrainingcoursearesplitintothreesessions.Two of the sessions are six weeks at our Treehaven facility in Tomahawk, Wis., and the third session is six weeks split between our Central Wisconsin Environmental Station (CWES) in Amherst Junction, Wis., and the UW-Stevens Point campus. One hundred and seven students participated in session one and 105 students in session two at our Treehaven facility and 60 students took part in session three at CWES/UW-Stevens Point campusforthe2012summerfieldexperience.

TheEuropeanEnvironmentalStudiesSeminargivesstudentstwoweeksofhands-onfieldexperiencesatCWESpriortotheirdeparturetoEuropeforfiveweeksofprogramming.StudentsspendtwoweeksinGermany,twoweeksinPoland,andoneweekinIcelandlearning about global natural resources practices. Eric Anderson, professor of wildlife ecology, and Sue Kissinger, coordinator of advising and recruitment, led 42 students on the 2012 international experience.

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Forestry management student wins national championship

BenHansen,aforestrymanagementmajor,wonthenationaltitleatthe2013STIHLTimbersportsSeriescollegiatechampionshipcompetitionheldinPigeonForge,Tenn.,June7–9.Hansenwonfirstplaceinthesinglebuckcompetition,secondplaceinthe standing chop block, third place in the stock saw competition, third place in the underhand chop, and then won the championship by one point. Hansen will compete with the U.S. Timbersports relay team at the world championships in Stuttgart, Germany, October24–26.Hewillalsocompeteasaprofessionalinthe2014STIHLTimbersportsseries. UW-Stevens Point is one of two schools with two student collegiate timbersports champions. The university has also won four Midwest regional timbersports titles throughAdamLaSalle(2009),AndrewGollnick(BSForestryAdministrationandUtilization ‘12) (2010), and Hansen (2011 and 2012).

Student presents at national diversity conference

Brittany Ruttenberg, wildlife ecology student and president of the student chapter of Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences (MANRRS), co-presented with Bobbi Kubish, international programs and recruitment coordinator, at“TheFutureofDiversityinOurDisciplinesandCareers:NaturalResourcesandtheEnvironment” conference held at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va. Ruttenberg discussed the efforts of the UW-Stevens Point student chapter of MANRRS to reach out to students, faculty and staff, and Kubish shared strategies that the college is utilizing to increase enrollment and retention of diverse students in natural resources.

High school students get hands on at Careers in Action Day

Paper science and engineering students engaged Mosinee High School chemistry students in the papermaking process as part of the Careers in Action Day. The high schoolstudentswereabletoseefirsthandhowchemistrytiesintothepapermakingprocess. The students worked through six demonstrations focusing on retention/suspension,fiberlengthanalysis,rheology,paperformation,deinking,andkraftpulping.Students also toured the waste education center and the pilot paper machine plant.

from top: Forestry student Ben Hansen won the 2013 STIHL Timbersports Series collegiate championship; Student Brittany Ruttenberg presented on MANRRS at the Future of Diversity in Our Disciplines and Careers national conference held at Virginia Tech. Va.; A Paper Science and Engineering student demonstrates how retention/suspension works to Mosinee High School chemistry students.

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FourteenstudentsinthesecondcohortoftheGraduateFellowshipinResidentialEnvironmentalEducationreceivedtheirmaster’s degrees in natural resources. Graduate fellows reside at the Conserve School in Land O’Lakes, Wis., during their program while completing distance learning and face-to-face courses at UW-Stevens Point.

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Building Partnerships

Aaron Schauer, CNR graduate student, shows students from the Urban Ecology Center how to work the ropes during a tree climbing exercise. Students spent two days on the UW-Stevens Point campus learning about careers in natural resources.

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from top: Students learn about aquatic insects at the Central Wisconsin Environmental Station, the site of a new charter school; Tom Quinn, CWES program manager, helps install a greenhouse that will be used by the new Tomorrow River Community Charter School; Richard Hauer, associate professor of forestry, shares pruning techniques with students from the Urban Ecology Center in Milwaukee, Wis.

CWES partners with Tomorrow River Community Charter School

The Tomorrow River Community Charter School (TRCCS) formed a partnership with the CentralWisconsinEnvironmentalStation(CWES)tobringthefirstWaldorf-inspiredpubliccharter school to Wisconsin. This new partnership will provide numerous collaborative opportunities including providing a unique real world experience for environmental educationpracticumstudentswhowillbeteachingfivenaturestudylessonsaweek. Renovations occurred in Becker Lodge and Maple Cabin to accommodate the kindergarten through sixth grade students and allow for the space needed to continue programming for visiting schools with the traditional environmental education program. TRCCS will take over the care of the chickens and the garden previously managed by CWES staff and students. A greenhouse was also installed, with grant funding acquired by TRCCS, to provide an additional learning space. The university and TRCCS will continue to look into more ways that partnerships and collaboration can occur.

TRCCS staff will include Tomorrow River School District teachers and a garden intern. All teachers will be trained in the Waldorf Education Philosophy focused on a natural learning pace for each student incorporating aspects of music, art, and the environment. TRCCSisaffiliatedwiththeTomorrowRiverSchoolDistrictandhastofollowpublicschoolguidelinesfromtheWisconsinDepartmentofPublicInstruction,butwillhavefreedomover their curriculum.

Youth from the Urban Ecology Center learn about natural resources careers and college

Eighteen youth from the Urban Ecology Center in Milwaukee, Wis. spent two days in Stevens Point learning about natural resources careers and ways to prepare for college. Bobbi Kubish, recruitment coordinator, kicked off the two-day camp with a tour of campus and a presentation on career opportunities in natural resources. The students spenttheseconddayparticipatinginfieldactivities.AaronSchauer,CNRgraduatestudent, demonstrated tree climbing techniques and Richard Hauer, associate professor offorestry,guidedthestudentsthroughbasictreeidentificationskillsandpruningstrategies. The Urban Ecology Center’s mission is to foster ecological understanding as inspiration for change. The Center brings youth to UW-Stevens Point to learn about natural resources opportunities every other year as part of their outdoor leaders program.

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from top: Students from School for Agricultural and Environmental Studies Charter School in Fox Lake plant trees in their school forest; Solar cells were fixed on the Walker Lodge at CWES through a partnership with Mid-State Technical College; SHWEC acquired an EPA grant that will help create a web portal that will assist manufacturers in finding alternatives to hazardous chemicals currently in use.

LEAF, Wisconsin’s K-12 Forestry Education Program, continues work with schools

LEAFstaffprovidessupportinthedevelopmentofschoolforestsandoutdooreducationprograms, connects educators with forestry education curriculum resources, and provides professionaldevelopmentforteachers.LEAFprovidedprofessionaldevelopmentfor500educators and school forest consultation to 84 different school districts throughout the state.LEAFwascreatedin2001topromoteforestryeducationinWisconsin.LEAFispartnershipbetweentheWisconsinDepartmentofNaturalResources-DivisionofForestry,the Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education, and the UW-Stevens Point CNR. Learn moreaboutLEAFprogramsatwww.uwsp.edu/leaf

Mid-State students bring life to solar power heating system at CWES

The solar power heating system in the Walker Lodge at the Central Wisconsin Environmental Station (CWES) is back in working order thanks to a partnership with Mid-State Technical College (MSTC). The solar heating system, originally installed as part of the Walker Lodge heating, water, and air conditioning systems, has not been functional for more than ten years. Students from Mid-State did an assessment of the system and brought it back into working order. The newly updated solar system will be used to heat the air during winter months. MSTC students also did an energy audit of Sunset Lodge andtheofficeareaandprovidedrecommendationsforthereductionofenergyuse.

SHWEC joins forces with EPA to advance pollution prevention

The Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center (SHWEC) was awarded a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the implementation of pollution prevention activities, including funding for green chemistry programming. The green chemistry activity is focused on developing a web portal for the manufacturing sector containing tools for identifying safer alternatives to hazardous chemicals used in manufacturing. SHWEC will be working with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Ad Hoc Group on Substitution of Harmful Chemicals in developing this resource portal . OECDisheadquarteredinParis,France,anditsmissionistopromotepoliciesthatwillimprove the economic and social well-being of people worldwide.

SHWEC is a partnership with the CNR and the University of Wisconsin-Extension. SHWEC’s mission is to enhance Wisconsin’s environment and economy by providing quality education, information and technical assistance to promote the sustainable use of natural resources.

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Collaboration produces high quality archival art paper

TheWisconsinInstituteforSustainableTechnology(WIST)collaboratedwiththeuniversity’s Department of Art and Design and the Department of Paper Science and Engineering to create a high-quality, archival art paper at an economical cost for students and faculty in the visual arts. Art faculty provided paper samples and described what they neededinaqualityartpaper.WISTproducedpaperinsmalltrialruns,whichstudentsand faculty then used in all sorts of ways to test its quality and performance with various media. Several additional development runs later, a paper was created that was “just right” in spring 2012. Since then, UW-Stevens Point students and faculty have been using this archival paper to great success in everything from digital printing to drawing to watercolor.

The paper was introduced at Print: MKE, the 2013 Southern Graphics Council InternationalConferenceinMilwaukeeinMarch.Theprojectbeganwiththeideaofmaking great-value art paper for the UW-Stevens Point campus but due to its success a decision was made to make it widely available. To date orders have been made to people in a half-dozen states. Orders can be submitted online at www.uwsp.edu/wist/Pages/riverpointpaper.aspx.

WCEE joins Green and Healthy Schools Program

The Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education (WCEE) became a third administrative partner in the Wisconsin Green and Healthy Schools (GHS) Program through a Memorandum of Understanding with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and WisconsinDepartmentofPublicInstruction.

The green and healthy schools program supports and encourages schools to create safe learning environments and prepare students to understand, analyze, and address the major environmental and sustainability challenges now and in the future through providingresources,recognition,andcertification.SinceDecember2012,110Wisconsinschools have joined the program.

The WCEE is a center of the UW-Stevens Point CNR and the University of Wisconsin-Extension working to improve environmental education in Wisconsin.

from top: A College of Fine Arts and Communication student shows off her artwork created on paper made on the UW-Stevens Point paper machine; Green and Healthy School participants, Purdy Elementary students, show off the solar panels installed at their school; Students point to a mallard hen nesting in their school’s compost bin.

http://www.uwsp.edu/wist/Pages/riverpointpaper.aspx

http://www.uwsp.edu/wist/Pages/riverpointpaper.aspx

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Inspiring International Awareness

Eric Anderson, wildlife ecology professor, and students visited the Shamwari Game Reserve in Grahamstown, South Africa during the African Wildlife Ecology course. Shamwari Game Reserve is privately owned and gives visitors an opportunity to view free roaming wildlife up close.

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Students go wild on wildlife ecology course to Africa

Ten UW-Stevens Point students embarked on an adventure to Africa as part of the African Wildlife Ecology Course offered during the winterim session. This intense course was designed to study the ecology of African wildlife and engage students in wildlife research in several different ecosystems of South Africa. Students had the opportunity to observe and study a diversity of African wildlife including elephants, rhinos, lions, hippos, Cape buffalo, giraffes, and cheetahs. The students began the trip in the Cape area of South Africa and ended with a week in Kruger National Park, a park the size of New Jersey. Along the way, they explored social, political, and biological issues confronting African wildlife.

Students earn credit while making a difference in Kenya

The Sustainable Natural Resources and Community Development course, led by Holly Petrillo, associate professor of forestry, took 14 UW-Stevens Point students to Nyumbani Village in Kenya for two and a half weeks of training. Nyumbani Village is a self-sustaining communityservingorphansandelderswhohavebeenleftbehindbytheHIV/AIDSpandemic in Africa. Students in the course performed community assessments relatd tocultural,social,natural,andeconomicresources;appliedsustainabilityprinciples,methods,strategies,andtechniques;developedsustainablelanduseplans;identifiedtoolsfordevelopingsustainableandenvironmentallysoundincomegeneratingactivities;and developed tools for helping the community take steps toward more ecological and healthy lifestyles.

Peace Corps Masters International Program

TwostudentsintheMastersInternationalProgram(MIP)areonscheduletograduateDecember 2013. Scott Benton returned from Cape Verde, Africa, in January and is analyzing data regarding biodiversity assessment in native versus planted forest areas. Heidi Hull was stationed in Uganda as a Sanitation and Water Extension volunteer and is completing her thesis on waste management methods in the Mukono District.

TheMaster’sInternationalProgramblendsadvancedtraininginnaturalresourceswithexperience in the Peace Corps to prepare resource professionals with foreign language skills, cultural awareness and an international perspective for growing international resource protection and management opportunities. from top: Alexa Cushman, a wildlife ecology major, holds a caracal

during the African Wildlife Ecology Course offered during the winterim session; Nathan Callope and citizens of Nyambani Village completed a banana circle, which is a greywater system utilizing waste washwater to grow food; Heidi Hull, MIP student, works with other Ugandians to build a fuel efficient stove during her time with the Peace Corps.

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from top: Steven Swan, Lucas Berg, and Tyler Shimulunas visit the German Fruhlingsfest during their semester in Germany as part of the Trans-Atlantic Paper Science Undergraduate Dual Degree program; Students visit Savegre on the Costa Rica winterim trip; Environmental author, William Kamkwamba, was introduced by Chris Yahnke, chair of the Biology Department, at his presentation on campus.

Trans-Atlantic Paper Science and Engineering Dual Degree completes final year

The Trans-Atlantic Paper Science Undergraduate Dual Degree Program (TAPS) completed itsfifthandfinalyearofstudentexchanges.ThreeUW-StevensPointpaperscienceandengineering students, Tyler Shimulunas, Lucas Berg and Steven Swan, departed this past spring. Swan spent one semester abroad in Germany while Shimulunas and Berg spentonesemesterinGermanyandanadditionalsemesterinFinlandattheJyväskyläUniversity of Applied Sciences. Two European TAPS students, Gerrit Spiess, Germany, and TommiJuhaniKuusisto,Finland,studiedpaperscienceandengineeringatUW-StevensPoint this past year.

Students experience flora and fauna diversity on Costa Rica winterim trip

Twenty one UW-Stevens Point students experienced some of the most biologically diverse ecosystems in the world on the winterim Costa Rica trip led by Tim Ginnett, wildlife ecology professor, and Anna Haines, director of the Center for Land Use Education and natural resources professor. Students explored rain forests, cloud forests, active volcanoes, estuaries, coral reefs, mangroves, dry tropical forests, beaches, and bananaandcoffeeplantations.Theyobservedtheincrediblearrayoffloraandfauna,identifying several hundred species of birds, seeing howler monkeys, leatherback turtles, sloths, and crocodiles while learning about issues surrounding eco-tourism and sustainable development. This adventure in learning will embark for the 34th time during the 2014 winterim session. Learn more about this program and future offerings at www.uwsp.edu/cnr/International.

Author brings Malawian perspective on wind energy to Stevens Point

William Kamkwamba, author of “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” offered a global perspective on wind energy to students and community members during two public presentations in March. Kamkwamba used library books to teach himself to build a windmill from scrap metal and other materials. The windmill created electricity for his home and village and caught the attention of educators and innovators across the world. William is currently a student at Dartmouth College inNewHampshire.AWalkinTheirShoes,anonprofitgrouplocatedinWausau,Wis., and numerous community sponsors were integral in bringing Kamkwamba to Central Wisconsin.

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William Kamkwamba built a windmill to power a few electrical appliances in his family’s home in Masitala, Malawi, using blue gum trees, bicycle parts, and materials collected in a local scrap yard. Since then, he has built a solar-powered water pump supplyingthefirstdrinkingwaterinhisvillage,andtwootherwindmills,thetalleststandingat39feet.

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Supporting Faculty and Staff

MichaelDemchik,forestryprofessor,isworkingwiththeUpperMidwestHazelnutDevelopmentInitiativetogrowastrongerhazelnut industry. Hazelnuts,nativeWisconsinperennials,arerichinprotein,unsaturatedfat,fiber,vitaminE,magnesium,and B vitamins. The plants show promise as an oilseed and/or biodiesel crop.

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A stronger hazelnut industry in Wisconsin’s future

Michael Demchik, forestry professor, is working with UW-Stevens Point students and a team of researchers and growers to develop a stronger hazelnut industry in the Upper Midwest. Hazelnut plants require lower energy inputs to produce nuts, build soil fertility, store carbon, and protect surface and groundwater quality more effectively than annual rowcrops.Demchik’sresearchspecificallyfocusesoncharacterizingthegeneticstructureandfinetuningmicropropagationtechniquesforcommercialproduction.Hehasbeenstudying hazelnut plants on research sites in 21 areas in 10 counties throughout Wisconsin.

Demchik’sresearchissupportedinpartbytheWisconsinInstituteforSustainableTechnology Scholars program, a Wisconsin Consortium grant, and other grant funding sources.YoucanlearnmoreabouttheUpperMidwestHazelnutDevelopmentInitiativeathttp://midwesthazelnuts.org.

Isermann honored with best professional presentation at Wisconsin AFS meeting

DanIsermann,WisconsinCooperativeFisheryResearchUnit(WICFRU)assistantunitleader, received the best professional presentation award at the Wisconsin Chapter of theAmericanFisheriesSocietyMeetingheldinFebruary2013.Hispresentation,titled“Evaluating harvest regulations for lake sturgeon in the Menominee River”, was co-authored by Mike Donofrio, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and Ed Baker, Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The project was a collaboration with the Wisconsin and Michigan Department of Natural Resources with funding provided by WE®EnergiesMitigationandEnhancementFund.WICFRUisapartnershipbetweenthe U.S. Geological Survey, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point CNR.

Franzen shares insight into what makes an educator at Illinois conference

BeccaFranzen,assistantprofessorofhumandimensionsofnaturalresourcemanagement, was the keynote speaker at the Environmental Education Association of IllinoisannualconferenceinApril.Franzendiscussedhowindividualscometobewhotheyareinthefieldofenvironmentaleducation.Sheguidedustowardrecognizingwhatcreated our values within education and those crucibles that may have seemed like nothing at the time but made us the educators we are today.

from top: Forestry major Heath Brander transplants American hazelnut seedlings as part of a research project with Professor Michael Demchik; Zeb Woiak, a WICFRU masters student, assists with musky sampling on the Menominee River; Rebecca Franzen receives a thank you gift for her keynote presentation at the Environmental Education Association of Illinois annual conference.

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from top: Ron Masters (far right), pictured with the UW-Stevens Point Fire Crew in Okla., had his research featured in the Newsletter for the Oak Woodlands and Forests Fire Consortium; Anna Haines was one of three lead authors on The Wis. SCORP that received national recognition; Participants in the Wis. Society of American Foresters 2012 Statewide Conference took part in a field tour.

Oak Woodlands and Forests Fire Consortium highlights Masters’ research

RonMasters,associateprofessorofwildlandfirescience,hadhisresearch,“Theimportance of shortleaf pine for wildlife and diversity in mixed oak-pine forests and in pine-grassland woodlands,” highlighted in the April 2013 Newsletter for the Oak WoodlandsandForestsFireConsortium.Masters’paperexploresmammalandbirdinteractions in different shortleaf pine ecosystems (oak-pine and pine-grassland) and theirsensitivitiestodifferentfirefrequencies.Youcanfindthecompletepaperonlinewww.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/gtr/gtr_p-15%20papers/6masters-p-15.pdf.

Wisconsin’s Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan receives award

The National Park Service and the Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals presented Wisconsin with the Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) Excellence Award on May 23 at the 2013 National Outdoor Recreation Conference in Traverse City, Mich. Primary authors of the Wisconsin SCORP included Anna Haines, professor of human dimensions of natural resource management and director of the CenterforLandUseEducation;DavidMarcouiller,professor,stateextensionspecialist,anddepartmentchairofurbanandregionalplanningatUW-Madison;andJeffreyPrey,WisconsinDepartmentofNaturalResources.YoucanfindtheplanontheWisconsinStateParks website at http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/parks/planning/scorp.

DuPlissis presents red pine wood supply study

John DuPlissis, forestry outreach specialist, presented the results of a red pine wood supplystudyasthekeynotespeakerattheWisconsinSocietyofAmericanForesters(SAF)2012StatewideConferenceheldinStevensPoint,Wis.Oneofthekeyfindingsofthe study was that Wisconsin’s paper industry will face severe competition for pulp-sized timber by 2032 with demand greatly exceeding supply, if demand continues at the current level. The conference was attended by more than 130 foresters from federal, state, and county government, forest products industry and private enterprise from the Lake States region. Since that time DuPlissis has prepared reports for 7 Wisconsin forest products firmsdetailingpotentialredpinewoodsupplyinfive-yearincrementsforthenexttwentyyears including a discussion of the causes as well as pressures that have reduced, and may yet still further reduce, the total volume of pulp-sized red pine available as a raw materialtothesefirms.

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Markham addresses impervious surface impacts on fish, wildlife and waterfront property

Lynn Markham, UW-Extension shoreland and land use specialist with the Center for Land Use Education, co-authored Impervious Surfaces: How They Impact Fish, Wildlife and Waterfront Property Values. The publication, developed for waterfront property ownersandlocalofficials,focusesontheimpactsthatimpervioussurfacessuchasdrivewaysandrooftopscanhaveonwaterfrontpropertyvalues,fishpopulations,andwildlife.Youcanfindthearticleonlineatwww.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/clue/documents/water/impervioussurfaces2013.pdf. CLUE is a partnership between the UW-Stevens Point CNR and the University of Wisconsin-Extension.

Turyk continues research on blue-green algae blooms in Wisconsin River flowages

NancyTuryk,fisheriesandwaterresourcesscientistfortheCenterforWatershedScienceand Education (CWSE), is continuing her research on the sources of phosphorus that plague parts of the Wisconsin River, in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of NaturalResources.TheobjectiveistomakePetenwellandCastleRockflowagesfreeofthe blue-green algae that hinders the tourism and recreation industries. The Petenwell andCastleRockflowagesarethesecondandfifthlargestreservoirsinWisconsin.Thesereservoirs have been experiencing excessive blue-green algae blooms, limiting the recreational use of the waterways and causing a public health concern. The Department of Health services has documented numerous cases of exposure to blue-green algae resulting in respiratory ailments, rashes, and on rare occasions death. The information collected during the monitoring effort will help determine where land management efforts and funding can be targeted to aid in decreasing the nutrient levels in the waterways that cause the blue-green algae blooms. Turyk also leads lake assessment and planning efforts in Waushara and Marathon Counties. CWSE is a partnership between the UW-Stevens Point CNR and the University of Wisconsin-Extension.

Treehaven Director becomes certified professional facilitator

Corky McReynolds, director of Treehaven and professor of human dimensions of natural resourcemanagement,hasbecomeacertifiedprofessionalfacilitator(CPF)throughtheInternationalAssociationofFacilitators.AsoneofthreeCPFsinthestateandfirstintheUWSystem,McReynoldsiscertifiedtohelpgroupsandorganizationswithteamdevelopment,strategicplanningandmanagementofprojects,changesandconflicts. from top: “ImperviousSurfaces” is a guide for lakefront homeowners

with tips on reducing impervious surfaces to increase land value, fish populations, and wildlife; Research continues into how to reduce the excessive green algae blooms, like the one shown here at the Petenwell flowage boat landing; Corky McReynolds became one of three certified professional facilitators in the state of Wisconsin.

http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/clue/Documents/Water/ImperviousSurfaces2013.pdf

http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/clue/Documents/Water/ImperviousSurfaces2013.pdf

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Reaching out to the Community

Morethan700peopleattendedthespringCandlelightHikeFestivalatSchmeeckleReserve.Thisfreecommunityeventisheldevery spring and fall, and each festival has a different theme. The theme for the April 26 hike was “The Wonders of Pollination.” The event is made possible by the efforts of more than 50 student volunteers and Schmeeckle Reserve student employees.

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Staff host a community presentation on Shoreland Zoning changes

Community members were invited to a presentation on proposed changes to the Portage County Shoreland Zoning Ordinances. Lynn Markham, UW-Extension shoreland and land use specialist with the Center for Land Use Education, and Nancy Turyk, a water resources scientist with the Center for Watershed Science and Education, hosted the presentation onSaturday,February23,2013,atthePortageCountyLibrary,todiscusstheproposedshorelandzoningchangesandtheirpotentialaffectonproperty,lakes,rivers,fishpopulations and wildlife.

Emerald ash borer management tool designed for city planners

City foresters and arborists have a new tool to assist in management decisions related to the increasing presence of the invasive emerald ash borer. Richard Hauer, associate professor of forestry, and student Andrew VanNatta designed the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Planning Simulator to estimate the cost of managing ash trees over a 20-year span of an emerald ash borer infestation.

Emerald ash borer larvae feed on the inner bark of ash trees, disrupting the trees ability to transport water and nutrients. The ash trees are generally killed within two to four years of the initial infestation. Since the invasive insects were discovered in Michigan in 2002, they have claimed the lives of tens of millions of trees. Wisconsin ash trees have no known natural defense against these pests leading to the creation of various management options.

The EAB Planning Simulator was designed based on ash forests on the UW-Stevens Point campus. Hauer and his students combined basic information about the campus forests, usingtreeevaluationsoftwareprogramsfromtheU.S.ForestServiceandtheCouncilof Tree Landscape Appraisers. The model estimates the cost of managing the ash trees infourdifferentways:preemptiveremovalofallashtreesinthefirstfiveyearsofaninfestation, removal and replanting with a different species, treatment with insecticides, and no action. Planners are able to see what the best option for their communities are, basedonthemanagementoptionsthattheyarepursuing.YoucandownloadtheEABmodelathttp://cnrfiles.uwsp.edu/hauer/eab-plansversionbeta.xlsx.

from top: The community was invited to a presentation on the proposed changes to the Portage County Shoreland Zoning Ordinances; Richard Hauer, associate professor of forestry, created an emerald ash borer management tool with the assistance of students; Emerald ash borer’s have claimed the lives of tens of millions of ash trees in Wisconsin.

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More than $320,000 in grant funds awarded for state and local environmental initiatives

The Wisconsin Environmental Education Board (WEEB) awarded more than $320,000 to fund 37 project proposals in the areas of forestry, school forest, general environmental education and the newly established water education program. Projects included statewide initiatives such as Making Cool Choices in Green and Healthy School, as wellaslocalprojectssuchastheFishingintheNeighborhoodthroughtheWisconsinDepartment of Natural Resources. WEEB was established in 1990 to provide leadership in the development of learning opportunities that empower Wisconsin citizens with the knowledge and skills needed to make wise environmental decisions and take responsible actions in their personal lives, workplaces, and communities. Learn more about WEEB at www4.uwsp.edu/cnr/weeb.

Racers strap on snowshoes for event at Treehaven

TreehavenhostedthesecondannualTreehavenTrompSnowshoeRaceonFebruary9,2013. Eighty eight participants registered for the 5k and 10k races, nearly double the entries from last year’s event. The Treehaven Tromp was part of the Braveheart Snowshoe Racing Series and was a 2012-2013 United States Snowshoe Association (USSSA) Regional Qualifying Event.

Parker and Edmondson discuss environmental and diversity issues at public event

The public was invited to a free presentation by Mamie Parker, a retired assistant director ofFisheriesandHabitatConservationfortheU.S.FishandWildlifeService,andDudleyEdmondson, a nature photographer. Parker’s presentation, “How Deep is your Love: Careers in Conservation,” focused on what draws people to careers in conservation. Edmondson discussed ways to get people of color into the outdoors in his presentation, “ReachingNewAudiences:WorkingwithYouthandPeopleofColorintheOutdoors.”

ParkerwasthefirstAfrican-Americantoserveasaregionaldirectorandheadthenation’sfisheriesprogram.ShewasinductedintotheArkansasHallofFameasthestate’sfirstnativetoserveasanassistantdirectoroftheU.S.FishandWildlifeService.Sheis now president of MA Parker and Associates, a management consultant and public speaking business, and resides in Washington, D.C. Edmondson, a nature and wildlife photographer,videographerandauthor,wrotethelandmarkbook,“Black&BrownFacesin America’s Wild Places,” which features Parker. A regular contributor to newspapers, magazines and lectures about diversity outdoors, his work is featured in galleries and in nearly 100 publications around the world.

from top: WEEB funded 37 project proposals including a project introducing people to fishing through the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Eighty eight racers took to the snow in the second annual Treehaven Tromp Snowshoe Race; Mamie Parker (front right) and Dudley Edmondson (back right) were guest speakers at a public event focused on the environment and diversity issues.

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WEAL Lab determines safety of water in homes across Wisconsin

The Water and Environmental Analysis Lab (WEAL) tested drinking water for more than 3,000 households to determine if it was safe to drink. Ten percent of the households tested had water exceeding standards for nitrate levels and 17 percent were unsafe because of the presence of coliform bacteria. WEAL staff and students also helped conduct 14 Drinking Water Education Programs in partnership with county Extension and Conservationoffices.Throughtheseprogramsstaffandstudentshelped1200privatewell owners in 11 counties understand potential remedies for drinking water problems and the relationship of land use practices to groundwater quality.

The Water and Environmental Analysis Lab is a state-of-the-art facility used to analyze water and other environmental media housed within the Center for Watershed Science and Education (CWSE). On average 20 students are employed in the lab gaining hands-on skills while earning money. CWSE is a partnership between the UW-Stevens Point CNR and the University of Wisconsin-Extension.

Streamside owners have new tool for managing waterways

Streamside homeowners have a new resource to help improve and maintain waterways adjacent to their land. Mike Dombeck, professor of global conservation, coauthored My Healthy Stream with Jack Williams, Trout Unlimited senior scientist, and Chris Wood, presidentandchiefexecutiveofficerofTroutUnlimited.Thehandbookprovidesbasicprinciples and practices of good streamside management to landowners in rural and urban settings. Some of the topics included in the handbook are ways homeowners can assess the condition of their streams, ways to manage invasive species, and how to deal withextremeweather.ThebookmaybepurchasedthroughtheAldoLeopoldFoundation,www.aldoleopold.org/books.

Wisconsin Well Water Viewer gives citizens and agencies easy access to water quality data

The Center for Watershed Science and Education (CWSE) unveiled the “Wisconsin Well Water Viewer” that allows citizens and agency staff to view drinking water quality in an interactive map anywhere a well sample was taken. The viewer plots water quality for adozenparametersonmapsthancanbeviewedfromthestatetosectionscale.Inoperationforjustoverayear,theviewerhasbeenvisitedby5,000people.Itisagreatresource for people who have questions about water quality in their area. The Well Water viewer can be found at www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/watershed/Pages/WellWaterViewer.aspx.

from top: WEAL students utilize various analysis to determine the suitability of homeowner water samples for drinking; Mike Dombeck, professor of global conservation, co-authored a handbook for streamside owners titled “My Healthy Stream”; The Center for Watershed Science and Education designed a program allowing people to view water quality results across Wisconsin.

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Upgrading Facilities

Treehavenupgradedkitchenequipment,replacedwindowsintheVallierClassroomCenter,refinishedthewoodstairsindormsandclassroombuildings,andstaineddecksandstairwaystokeepthefacilityintip-topshapeforoursummerfieldexperienceand workshops held at the facility throughout the year.

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New Service Learning Studio for natural resource students

A new Service Learning Studio is being developed for use by students, faculty, and staff in the Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management (HDNR) discipline. Room 271 in the Trainer Natural Resources Building is being renovated to provide interactive instructional space for students. The service lab will include computers, software programs, and working space for students majoring in Land Use Planning, Natural ResourceSocialandPolicySciences,andEnvironmentalEducation/Interpretation.Renovations are scheduled to be complete by the fall 2013 semester.

Central Wisconsin Environmental Station increases energy efficiency

The Central Wisconsin Environmental Station (CWES) renovated Maple Cabin, originally a scoutcabinbuiltin1930,withnewwindows,doors,ceiling,floors,insulation,drywall.Aporch was also added on to the back of the cabin. The space will be used as a classroom for CWES’ traditional environmental education program. Becker Lodge was also updated withenergyefficientwindows,lighting,andbaseboardheat.TheLodgewillbeutilizedasa classroom for 4K and Kindergarten students enrolled in the Tomorrow River Community Charter School. (see page 8)

Advanced Computer Lab updates computers, printer, and plotter

The Advanced Computer Lab (ACL) is a state-of-the-art teaching computer lab established to facilitate the teaching and learning of advanced computing skills and to provide necessary resources for faculty, staff, and students to carry out research and extension/outreach projects. Twenty eight of the computers in the lab and one black and white printer were updated. A new HP DesignJet Z6200 42 inch plotter was also purchased. The plotter is used extensively by students who present their research at symposiums and conferences throughout the year.

Schmeeckle Reserve replaces boardwalks

In2012,theSedgeMeadowTrailboardwalkswereremovedandreplacedbystudentsandvolunteers,aprojectfundedinpartbyPointBockRun,Inc.InMay2013,SchmeeckleReserve began replacing the three boardwalks along the section of the Green Circle Trailthatpassesthroughthereserve,aprojectsupportedbytheGreenCircleTrailFund.Schmeeckle Reserve is a 280-acre natural area that is managed to protect and restore nativeecologicalcommunitiesofCentralWisconsin.Itisopentothepublicandservesasa unique gathering place for the community and university.

from top: A new service learning studio will provide research space for students in the human dimensions of natural resource management discipline; Renovations to Maple Cabin at the Central Wisconsin Environmental Station will allow for more classroom space; Students and volunteers assist with the installation of a new boardwalk at Schmeeckle Reserve.

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Enriching Education through Contributions

DanielleBerger,arecipientoftheDouglasStephensBooneandCrockettClubFellowship,presentedherresearchontheNorthernBobwhite at the 2012 Undergraduate Student Research Symposium. The goal of the fellowship is to encourage research related to game species, with topics ranging from wildlife diseases, habitat, population dynamics, genetics, ecology, or hunting heritage.

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from top: The Boone and Crockett Club was integral in establishing the Douglas Stephens Boone and Crockett Club Fellowship in Wildlife Conservation; Danielle Berger was a recipient of the Fellowship and focused her research on bobwhite; Tessa Hasbrouck researched bobcats in Central Wisconsin with the help of the Boone and Crockett Fellowship.

Historic agreement signed with Boone and Crockett Club

Facultymentoredwildliferesearchhastakenalargeleapforward,thankstoahandfulofdonors and a new collaborative agreement with the Boone and Crockett Club.

The agreement, inked in March, calls for establishing the Douglas Stephens Boone and Crockett ClubFellowshipinWildlifeConservationatUW-StevensPoint.ThefellowshipissupportedbyearningsfromanewlycreatedendowmentintheUW-StevensPointFoundationandwillprovideresearchopportunitiesforundergraduatestudents(fellowships).Inthefuture,thefund could eventually support graduate student research (assistantships) or even an endowed professorship to lead a proposed Wisconsin Center for Wildlife Studies.

The goal is to “promote the conservation and management of wildlife, especially big game, and its habitat to preserve and encourage hunting and to maintain the highest ethical standards of fair chase and sportsmanship in North America” while advancing our educational, research and outreach mission.

The agreement is more than 10 years in the making, with Dean Christine Thomas leading the effort in nurturing her relationship with Boone and Crockett Club as a professional member since 2002. Paving the way for the agreement were major gifts from Gerald and Helen StephensofPeoria,Ill.,Bob(BS-UrbanForestry,’82)andKimSpoerlofWaupaca,Wis.,andtheBooneandCrockettClubFoundation.Inaddition,DeanThomascommittedmatchingfundsfromtheJackandMarianWilsonFund,anunrestrictedendowmentthatbenefitstheCNR.

“We are thrilled to formally create this partnership with the Boone and Crockett Club,” said Thomas. “The Club is the oldest – and among the most respected – wildlife conservation organization in North America. They are very selective in choosing national partners, and UW-Stevens Point is now one of them,” she added. To date the club has established programs at only a few schools, mostly major research institutions: University of Montana, Texas A&M University,OregonStateUniversity,andMichiganStateUniversity.Inadditiontotherecentagreement with UW-Stevens Point, new programs are also in development for Colorado State University and Oklahoma State University.

Inauguralfellowshipswereawardedinsummer2012towildlifemajorsDanielleBergerofMarshfield,Wis.,andTessaHasbrouckofPetersburg,Alaska.

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from top: An elementray student participates in an after school program focused on the environment thanks to a grant from the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation; The Herb and Lenore Behnke Scholarship Endowment exceeded its fundraising goal; Susan Heikkinen, the daughter of William Heikkinen, is pictured with Sam Schuler, the scholarship recipient.

Many generous gifts have been made over the past year. Some of the highlights include:

Margaret A. Cargill Foundation TheMargaretA.CargillFoundationgiftedalargegranttobuildafter-schoolcampprogramsincollaborationwiththeRosholt,Amherst,andIolaschooldistrictsandthePortageCountyBoysand Girls Club.

Eric Duffey Costa Rica Tropical Ecology Memorial ScholarshipThe Eric Duffey Costa Rica Tropical Ecology Memorial Scholarship was established in honor of Eric Duffey, a former wildlife student who passed away on March 3, 2012. The scholarship will help a wildlife student with an interest in sustainability and renewable energy go on the winterim Tropical Ecology trip to Costa Rica.

Herb and Lenore Behnke Scholarship Endowment The Herb and Lenore Behnke Scholarship Endowment completed its campaign, exceeding their goal with 59 gifts from 43 contributors.

Gutgsell Family Foundation TheGutsgellFamilyFoundationcontributedfundstotheGutgsellEnvironmentalResearchFundtosupportstudentresearchunderthedirectionofKyleHerrman,assistantprofessoroffisheriesandwaterresources.

Caitlin D. Kelly Memorial International ScholarshipCaitlinKelly,ofNorthfield,Minn.,wasafirstgenerationcollegestudentmajoringinwaterresources at UW-Stevens Point. After graduation, Caitlin looked forward to her dream career of beingahydrologistfortheU.S.ForestService.Caitlin,tragicallypassedawayonFriday,January18, 2013. This scholarship was created in her memory to support a student who will participate in the European Environmental Studies Seminar and shows a similar passion for natural resources.

William Heikkinen Conservation ScholarshipThe William Heikkinen Conservation Scholarship was established to honor the memory of WilliamHeikkinenwho,withhisbrotherCarl,operatedHeikkinenTreeFarmsinBrantwood,Wisconsin, for more than 50 years. Although Mr. Heikkinen was a farmer, forester, land manager,andcommercialloggerbytrade,hefirmlybelievedineducation.For25yearsheserved on the school board of the Prentice School District. This scholarship supports worthy students in the hope that they may carry on his passion for conservation.

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from top: Donald and Eleanor Ansay’s daughter established a scholarship in their memory; Michael Van Offeren, the first recipient of the Cordero Rodriguez Scholarship is pictured with (L-R) Jon Daniel, Bill Engfer, Jon Scharbarth, Randy Dunkel, Cord’s parents Roger and Vicki Rodriguez; Randy Stark; CNR supporters Marv and Sandy Kramer with their dog Wylie.

Donald and Eleanor Ansay Memorial ScholarshipKaren McCulloch, a UW-Stevens Point alumna, contributed funding in March to establish the Donald and Eleanor Ansay Memorial Scholarship Endowment for forestry majors, to honor her parents memory.

The Wilderness SocietyTheWildernessSociety,Washington,D.C.,contributedfinancialsupporttospring2013GaylordNelsonEarthDayFellowshipsforfourgraduatestudentsinenvironmentaleducation.

Wisconsin Conservation Warden Association - Cordero “Cord” Rodriguez MemorialCordero “Cord” Roger Rodriguez loved the outdoors and had been in the woods in a deer stand or turkey blind from the age of nine. He planned to go to UW-Stevens Point because he loved Wisconsinandwouldbeabletocontinuetohuntandfishwithhisbrother.Cordpassedawayon October 16, 2012, while in his senior year of high school. His family has established the Wisconsin Conservation Warden Association – Cordero Roger Rodriguez memorial scholarship as a way to honor Cord’s dream.

Kopmeier Family Fund/Greater Milwaukee Foundation TheKopmeierFamilyFund/GreaterMilwaukeeFoundationcontinuedtheirfinancialsupporttotheTreehavenInnerCityEnvironmentalProgram,providingoutdoorexperiencesatTreehavenfor Milwaukee’s inner city youth for the 25th consecutive year.

K.A.M.O./Joe Stecker-Kochanski Memorial ScholarshipThe K.A.M.O. and Elaine Stecker-Kochanski scholarship is in memory of Joe Stecker-Kochanski who passed away on July 19, 2012. Joe was a past graduate of UW-Stevens Point, receiving aB.S.inForestry.Hislovefortheoutdoorswasonlyexceededbyhisdesiretoshareitwithothers. The College of Natural Resources will award this scholarship to a student with the same passion and beliefs.

Marv and Sandy KramerTheKramerscontinuedtheirsupportoffiveawardsfortheMarvandSandyKramerSummerAcademicScholarshipsforstudentsattendingthesix-weeksummerfieldexperienceatourTreehaven facility located in Tomahawk, Wis.

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Advanced DisposalAdvancedDisposal,formerlyVeoliaSolidWaste,continuedtheirfinancialsupportoftheAdvancedDisposalScholarships,providingfiveawardsinspring2013.ThecompanyhassupportedCNRscholarshipforfiveconsecutiveyears.

Dorothy Kopmeier Vallier Foundation TheDorothyKopmeierVallierFoundationcontinuedtheirfinancialsupportfortheVallierTreehaven Resident Ecologist position. Kevin Burns is the current Resident Ecologist.

James and Joann BerndJames and Joann Bernd continued to support 15 spring awards for the James and Joann BerndFamilyScholarshipsforstudentsattendingthesix-weeksummerfieldexperienceatour Treehaven facility located in Tomahawk, Wis.

Petenwell Castle Rock Property Owners Association ScholarshipEstablished in 1976, the Petenwell Castle Rock Property Owners Association promotes the rights of the public so that full utilization of the lakes would be assured for all people. The association established this scholarship to facilitate the dreams and goals of natural resource students at UW-Stevens Point who share its passion for the outdoors and its commitment to ensure that such resources continue to be enjoyed by future generations.

Wisconsin Wildlife Federation Scholarship - Milwaukee Police Officers Conservation and Sportsman Club, Ltd. ScholarshipThe new scholarship will be given to a student majoring in conservation law enforcement. The club hopes that their scholarship will help lend assistance in the proper enforcement of laws among all true sportsmen, landowners, and lovers of nature. The 2013 recipient was wildlife ecology major, Elizabeth Schultz.

Veolia Environmental ServicesVeoliaEnvironmentalServices,ChicagoIll.,contributedfinancialsupporttotheCNRspecial projects fund to support planning of inaugural outreach programs through UW-Stevens Point’s new Waste Education Center.

from top: Kevin Burns (far left), the current Treehaven Resident Ecologist, is funded with donations from the Dorothy Kopmeier Vallier Foundation; Kelly Redmond, one of the James and Joann Bernd Family Scholarships, works in a soil pit at Treehaven; Elizabeth Schultz was the 2013 recipient of the WWF - Milwaukee Police Officers Conservation and Sportsman Club, Ltd. Scholarship.

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Grant Partnerships

Faculty,staff,andstudentsearned79extramuralgrantstotaling$3,867,136(includes$12,500inWISTawardedgrantssharedwiththeCollegeofLettersandScience)and22intramuralgrantstotaling$37,300inFY12(thesetotalsexcludeFY12pendinggrants).

Thank you to all of our grant partners:

•AlliantEnergy

•CityofMarshfield

•CityofWausau-WausauWaterWorks

•CityofWausau-WausauWaterWorks

•ClintonvilleWastewaterTreatmentFacility

•ConserveSchool

•CoolChoices

•CountyofDane

•FondduLacCounty

•GreatLakesFisheryCommission

•LakeWausauAssociation,Inc.

•LumberjackResourceConservationandDevelopmentCouncil

•MadisonGas&Electric

•MarathonCounty

•MarathonCountyLandConservation

•MarathonCountySolidWasteDepartment

•MarquetteUniversity

•McIntireStennis

•MinnesotaDepartmentofAgriculture

•NationalCouncilforAirandStreamImprovement

•ShawEnvironmentalandInfrastructure,Inc.

•StateofSouthDakota

•U.S.Dept.ofEducation-FIPSE

•USDAForestService

•USDANRCS-NSSC

•UniversityofWisconsin-SeaGrantInstitute

•WaupacaCountySolidWasteandRecycling

•WausharaCounty

•WeEnergies

•WhitingUtilities

•WisconsinArboristAssociation

•WisconsinAssociationforEnvironmentalEducation

•WisconsinDepartmentofTransportation

•WisconsinDepartmentofNaturalResources

•WisconsinEnvironmentalEducationBoard

•WisconsinEnvironmentalEducationFoundation

•WisconsinEnergyConservationCorporation

•WisconsinPublicService

•WisconsinSFIImplementationCommittee

•WPPIEnergy

•XcelEnergy

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CNR by the Numbers

Students, Faculty, and Staff1771 students enrolled during the 2012-2013 fall semester

44 Faculty

79 Academic Staff

61 ClassifiedStaff

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Disciplines, Majors, and Minors6 disciplines, 21 majors, and 15 minors.

Forestry majors•EcosystemRestorationandManagement•ForestAdministrationandUtilization•ForestManagement•ForestRecreation•UrbanForestry

Fisheries and Water Resources majors•Fisheries•Hydrology•WaterResources

Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Mgt. majors•EnvironmentalEducation/Interpretation•GeneralResourceManagement•LandUsePlanning•NaturalResourcesSocialandPolicySciences•ResourceManagementLawEnforcement•YouthProgrammingandCampManagement•WildlandFireScience

Paper Science and Engineering major•PaperScienceandEngineering

Soil and Waste Resources majors•SoilandLandManagement•SoilScience•WasteManagement

Wildlife Ecology majors•InformationandEducation•ResearchandManagement

•BiofuelsEngineering•CaptiveWildlife•ConservationBiology•EnvironmentalCommunications•EnvironmentalLawEnforcement•ForestRecreation•Forestry•InternationalResourceMgt.

•LandUsePlanning•ResourceManagement•SoilScience•SustainableEnergy•WaterResources•Wildlife•YouthProgrammingandCampMgt.

Minors:

Majors:

Internships171 students were placed in paid internship positions with government and private agencies.

$544,000 is the approximate total annual payroll for students participating in paid internship positions.79 Academic Staff

61 ClassifiedStaff

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Fundraising (Total Gifts of Cash or Stock (7/1/2012 - 6/30/2012)

427 gifts were received from 349 donors for a total of $532, 696.72.

The CNR endowment principle was increased by $250,656.70 over the past year*

*March 2012 = $4,910,530.92 vs. March 2013 (latest available report) = $5,161,187.62 (does not include market adjustment)

Graduation and Job Placement344 students graduated during the 2012-2013 academic year

309 graduates received their bachelor’s degree

35 graduates received their master’s degree

90% of CNR graduates found employment or went on for further schooling

Becoming an Outdoors Woman

Center for Land Use Education

• UW-Extension Wisconsin Lakes Partnership

Center for Watershed Science and Education

• Central Wisconsin Groundwater Center

• Water and Environmental Analysis Lab

Central Wisconsin Environmental Station

Global Environmental Management Education Center

Schmeeckle Reserve

Treehaven

UW-Extension Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center

Waste Education Center

Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education

• KEEP, Wisconsin’s K-12 Energy Education Program

• LEAF,Wisconsin’sK-12ForestryEducationProgram

WisconsinCooperativeFisheryResearchUnit

WisconsinInstituteforSustainableTechnology

Centers, Facilities, and Programs

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