Mission

To prepare leaders in the conservation and sustainable management of forests and other natural resources; to discover ways to restore and better use the earth’s natural resources; and to put into practice forestry and natural resources knowledge.

History

UGA’s School of Forestry and Natural Resources was founded in 1906 through an endowment from George Foster Peabody. It is the oldest school of forest resources in the South.

Location

Housed in a four-building complex on UGA’s South Campus, the School also manages the 740-acre Whitehall Forest near campus, and more than 23,500 acres across the state for research, teaching, and service activities.

Faculty/Staff

• 57 faculty
• 103 support staff

Teaching, Research, Service

• Environmental Systems Analysis
• Fisheries and Aquaculture
• Forest Biology, Biotechnology, Biometrics, Business and Management
  
• Natural Resources, Recreation and Tourism
• Water and Soil Resources
• Wildlife Ecology and Management

Interdisciplinary Certificates

• Water Resources
• Environmental Ethics
• Leadership and Service
• Community Forestry

Study Abroad Programs

• Brazil
• British Columbia
• Bulgaria - Service Learning
• Finland - Student Exchange
• Great Britain
• South Africa
• South Pacific & Caribbean: Antarctica, Australia, Belize, Fiji, New Zealand

Student Enrollment

Undergraduates

• Pre-professional..........................................121
• Professional................................................158
• Fisheries.......................................................15
• Forestry........................................................42
• Water/Soils.....................................................9
• Wildlife..........................................................73
• Natural Resources, Recreation and Tourism......19

Graduate Programs

• MFR..................18
• MS....................79
• PhD...................63
• Non-Degree.........1
  

Graduate areas of Study

• Fisheries ecology and management
• Forest biology, biotechnology, biometrics, business and management
• Human dimensions
• Water and soil resources
• Wildlife ecology and management
• Outdoor recreation and tourism

Student Financial Support

The School makes available more than $110,000 in scholarships and more than $768,000 in graduate assistantships every year