Natural resource professional continuing education needs in Minnesota: Focus on forest management guidelines

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 71-78

  Eliason, Sara K ^a,b   Blinn, Charles R ^a   Perry, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Minnesota DNR   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuing education; Forest management guidelines; Natural resource professionals; Needs assessment

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PRODUCTION; SOILS; TIMBER;

CONTINUING EDUCATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES; NATURAL RESOURCE PROFESSIONALS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; FORESTS; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTION;

EID: 4644254032     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/20.2.71     Document Type: Review

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