Forest Lessons Take Root for Northwestern State Students

  • A field experience near Natchitoches gave students a closer look at forestry, land management and wildlife conservation in Louisiana. On the front row from left are Anastasia Douglas, Vivian Montalvo, Jesse Foshee and Emily Jo Williams. On the second row are e Michael Simpson, Reatha Cox, Jolly Nash, Kate Evans, Clint Iles, Madysen Morgan, Owen Stutzman, Nilah Pollard, Enyart Mitchell, Joe Cooper, Waylon Herring and Steele Colclasure.
    A field experience near Natchitoches gave students a closer look at forestry, land management and wildlife conservation in Louisiana. On the front row from left are Anastasia Douglas, Vivian Montalvo, Jesse Foshee and Emily Jo Williams. On the second row are e Michael Simpson, Reatha Cox, Jolly Nash, Kate Evans, Clint Iles, Madysen Morgan, Owen Stutzman, Nilah Pollard, Enyart Mitchell, Joe Cooper, Waylon Herring and Steele Colclasure.
    NATCHITOCHES, LA — The lesson began away from a classroom, where the road narrowed, the trees thickened and a group of Northwestern State University students stepped into the kind of outdoor laboratory that cannot be duplicated on a screen.On a privately held tract of land near Natchitoches, students joined forestry professionals and conservation experts for a field experience focused ...

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