The vision of the Junior and Senior Forester Academy, Outdoor Leadership Academy is to have fun while connecting kids to the forest and the natural world so that they can learn and teach others about good stewardship, land ethics, and forest health. Campers will use critical thinking skills gained through fun, hands-on activities.

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The fundamental educational mission of the School of Forestry is to foster the intellectual and personal development of our students, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. We intend that our students be, first of all, liberally educated, secondly, good citizens, and finally, skilled professionals, and life-long learners, with training in an integrated approach to forest ecosystem management.

The School of Forestry educates students in ecosystem science and management by integrating instruction in biophysical and human systems. In Forestry, we cross traditional boundaries by applying transdisciplinary and multiobjective approaches to ecosystem studies.

Our scholarship mission features this integrative approach to advance knowledge in ecosystem science and management, to bring this new knowledge back to the classroom, and transfer it to the citizens of Arizona, the Southwest, and elsewhere. Our programs leading to the Master of Forestry, Master of Science in Forestry and Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry play a special role in carrying out our scholarship objectives.

Our mission includes the development of educational and research activities which bring views from a variety of cultures to the classroom and to the management of forest ecosystems.