Crashing the Classroom: Introductory Cloquet Field Session
October 22, 2024
"This is a class where students get to be fully immersed in the forest."
The Introductory Cloquet Field Session takes place every August at the Cloquet Forestry Center—a 3,391 acre research and education forest located within the Fond du Lac Reservation. This field session comprises three courses over three weeks: FNRM 2101 — Identifying Forest Plants, FNRM 2102 — Northern Forests Field Ecology, and FNRM 2104 — Measuring Forest Resources.
Students spend 80% of their time in the forests, learning and conducting research. Because students stay and eat on site, the Field Session creates strong bonds among the community of students. "There are no distractions. The woods are your classroom," said CFANS student Molly Hendrickson, who attended the session in August 2024.
Rebecca Montgomery, PhD and Chris Edgar, PhD taught the course this past summer.
