NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF FORESTRY

Message from the Executive Director:

Welcome to the 2014 edition of the Annual Yield. It

seems increasingly rare that academic units such as

schools and departments do their own yearbooks, but I

think it is a valuable service to our students and a great

way to record some of the School of Forestry’s history.

After a hiatus of a decade or so, we brought back the

Annual Yield in 2009 and have kept it going ever since,

thanks in particular to our dedicated student services

team. This year, special thanks go to Susan Bierer, our

Student Services Coordinator, and Stephanie Polk,

Susan’s student assistant. This is the third yearbook that

Stephanie has helped with but, sadly, also the last.

Stephanie is graduating this year and moving on. She has been a great person to have

on our team and I will miss her cheerful and competent presence, as will many other

faculty, staff, and students.

It’s getting to be almost routine to convey certain types of good news in this message,

such as the success of our Forestry Club/Student Chapter of the SAF. For the second

time in a row and the third time in four years, this group has won the SAF’s

Outstanding Student Chapter award! It’s certainly no accident that this happened since

the chapter continues to be extremely active in all kinds of ways. One type of activity

that I haven’t emphasized much in past messages is the community service that our

students, staff and faculty perform, be it through the SAF Student Chapter, one of the

other student organizations, or as individuals. You can check out the pages on Kids for

Conservation, Science in the Park, and the Bud Tank Cleanup for good examples of

this type of activity.

When I glance through the pages of this and past yearbooks, I can’t help but feel

extremely privileged to serve as the School of Forestry’s Executive Director. During

April of 2013, when we hosted the SAF re-accreditation team for their site visit, one of

the team member’s parting words to me was that “you have a good thing going here.”

While we are always looking for ways to improve, I can’t help but agree with this

assessment!

James Allen

School of Forestry Executive Director

Faculty & Staff

James Allen, PhD Executive Director

Steve Andariese Information Technology Manager

Matt Bowker, PhD Assistant Professor of Forest Soil

Science

Paul Beier, PhD Professor of Wildlife Ecology

Kristine Bellmore Business Manager

Wally Covington, PhD Regents Professor

Director, Ecological Restoration Institute

Karen Blalock Administrative Associate

Carol Chambers, PhD Professor of Wildlife Ecology

Susan Bierer Student Services Coordinator

Bruce Fox, PhD Professor of Forest Management

Pete Fulé, PhD Professor of Fire Ecology

Monica Gaylord, PhD Assistant Research Professor

Rich Hofstetter, PhD Associate Professor of Forest Entomology

Ching-Hsun Huang, PhD Associate Professor of Forest Economics

Stephen Dewhurst, PhD Associate Professor of Forest Management

Tom DeGomez, PhD Forest Health Specialist

Marisol Holder Diversity Coordinator

Denver Hospodarsky, PhD “Dr. H”

Associate Professor of Forest Recreation

Tom Kolb, PhD Professor of Forest Ecophysiology

Ernie Kurmes, PhD Professor Emeritus

Marty Lee, PhD Professor of Wildland Recreation

Molly Hunter, PhD Assistant Clinical Professor

Yeon-Su Kim, PhD Professor of Forest Economics

Bob Mathiasen, PhD Professor of Forest Health & Pathology

Cheryl Miller Centennial Forest Manager

Margaret Moore, PhD Professor of Plant Ecology

Andrew Sanchez Meador, PhD Assistant Professor of Forest Biostatistics

Kristen Waring, PhD Associate Professor of Silviculture

Larissa Yocom, PhD Instructor

Mike Wagner, PhD Regents Professor Emeritus of International

Forestry

Andi Thode, PhD Associate Professor of Fire Ecology

Aregai Tecle, PhD Professor of Hydrology & Watershed

Mark Shiery Fire Program Coordinator

SENIORS Class of 2014

Alyandra Aday Nicholas Aflitto Christopher Asbjorn

Jerod Benefield Gregory Black Christopher Burns

Kate Castruita-Menhart Dwight Clark Emilia Crawford

Christopher Cutshaw David Danker Elizabeth Emery

Connor Fimpler Mark Fitzgerald Deidre Fogg

Trevor Gonska Jonathan Grand Steven Granroth

Travis Henning Paul Hensel Ryan Hensel

Quinn Kawamoto Danielle Klaas Devin Kline

Martin Knaresboro Amanda Knauf Nicole Krupela

Alec Latuszek Sonya Lucatero Ashton Lynch

Andrew Mann Sean Martin Jason Micheli

Lendal Miller Jessica Osborne Scott Ozborn

Joseph Parrott Seth Pierce Camille Platts

Calvin Rogers Thomas Roland Joshua Rose

Kelton Smith Barbara Sugarman Michael Suggs

Tyler Trent David Tyler Sterling Wiltbank

Summer 2014

Seasonal Permanent/Part-Time

Biological Science Technician, United States Forest Service

Graduate Researcher, Rocky Mountain School of Forestry

Wildlife Intern, Arizona Game & Fish Dept.

Lab Technician, Great Basin Institute

Biological Consultant, OtterTail Environmental Inc.

CREC Corps Member, Coconino Rural Environmental Inc.

Forestry Preservation Team, The Nature Conservancy

Forester, United States Forest Service

Permanent Full-Time

Resource Technician, Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources

Wildlife Researcher, United States Geological Survey

Forest Life Technician, Bartlett Tree Experts

Tree Restoration, Tree Care Inc.

Forest Manager, Fort Apache Agency

Forest Researcher, United States Forest Service

Forestry Management, Weyerhaeuser

Southwest Resource Unit, Rayonier

Southeast Division, Plum Creek

Juniors Class of 2015

Twix:

Kurt Baker

Thomas Lulay

Dylan Schneider

Michael Matlock

Milk Chocolate: Katriana Joyce

Jay Nielsen

Not Pictured:

Trever Vaughn

Macias

Semester B Teams

Krackel:

Ryan Richards

Marlee Monahan

Cody England

Milk Chocolate with

Almonds:

Peter Wahlstrom

Ethan Gia

Thomas De Simone

Mr. Goodbar:

Benjamin Winkler

Matthew Berman

Kyle Niederer

Milk Chocolate with

Toffee and Almonds:

Alec Seubert

Patrick Andrews

Tyler Richwine

Special Dark with

Almonds:

Brian Kelley

Daniel Howland

Fuller Reis

Milky Way Midnight:

Blake Ruffenach

Scott Boling

Michael Mishler

Snickers:

Matt Bruce

Naomi Gruber

Dalton Sanders

Not Pictured:

Michele Chvapil

Special Dark:

Daniel DePinte

Tara Steadman

Justin Dodd

Welcome New Students!

September 6th-8th, 2013

September 30, 2013

S.A.F.E. Fire Career Day

Employers:

-

-

November, 14th 2013

Society of American Foresters National Convention

November 22nd - 27th, 2013

Charleston, South Carolina

1st place -Outstanding Student Chapter … two years running!

Holiday Party

H A P P Y H O L I D A Y S

December 5th, 2014

And in 3 … 2… 1…

Participating Employers:

- Arizona Game & Fish Department

- American Conservation Experience

- Coconino Rural Environment Corps (CREC)

- US Forest Service: Apache-Sitgreaves National

Forest

- US Forest Service: Coconino National Forest

- US Forest Service: Kaibab National Forest

- US Forest Service: Tonto National Forest

- TEAMS (USFS Private Contractor)

- NAU Centennial Forest

- NAU School of Forestry

- NPS - Grand Canyon

January 28th, 2014

Women in Forestry Discussion & Dessert

April 14th, 2014

Twenty Years Ago:

The 1994 Annual Yield was created and

published by the NAU Forestry Club.

Forty Years Ago:

The 1974 Annual Yield was created and

published by the NAU Forestry Club.

The Northern Arizona School of Forestry Annual Yield Over the Years

Logging Sports

You’ll be missed graduates, and thanks for all you’ve done over the years for the School

of Forestry.

School of Forestry Ambassadors

Graduating Ambassadors

Left to Right:

Greg Black, Cami Platts, Tom Roland, Jessica Osborne

Left to Right:

Greg Black, Daniel Howland, Kyle Niederer, Tom Roland, Ian Fox,

Jackson Peters, Cheyenne Adamonis, Morgan Morreale

A bonus to any Ambassador meetings … FOOD!

Left to Right:

Daniel Howland, Ben Winkler, Natalie Wilson, Kyle Niederer, Greg Black

Forestry

Treehouse Residential Learning Community

Rogers Lake Arizona

Welcome Freshmen!

April 12th, 2014

Honors Convocation

April, 25, 2014

Over $75,000 given to Undergraduate & Graduate Forestry students from donors and sponsors all over the country.

Congratulations!

GRADUATION!

Friday May 9th, 2014

Congratulations Graduates and Good Luck in your future endeavors!

You will forever and always be a Lumberjack …

Kay & Irene Hafen

This page is dedicated to the memory of Mr. Kay Hafen,

who passed away in December of 2013. Kay, along with

his wife Irene, have been great supporters of our school

and its students. Among many other things, they

established the Kay R. and Irene S. Hafen Forestry

Scholarship in 2000.

Nine scholarships totaling $23,000 ($3,000 to five

Graduate students and $2,000 to four Undergraduates)

are awarded to support student in their Junior, Senior or

Graduate years of studies. Preference is given to

students showing promise of significant forestry

contributions after graduation, who exhibit leadership

qualities, and have ability to interact positively with

students, faculty members, and the community.

Kay helped our school in so many ways over the years, including hiring our students for summer

jobs and establishing the scholarship in his and Irene’s name. I always enjoyed my visits with Kay at

his and Irene’s property in Munds Park, where I could see all the good work our students did over

the years. Kay was a true gentleman and a great supporter of education. He is sorely missed.

- James A. Allen, Professor and Executive Director