Gopher Peavey 1986 - Department of Forest Resources - University ...

Timothy Knopp Association Professor
Teaching courses in Recreation Land Design and Planning,
Analysis of Recreat ion Behavior, and an interdisciplinary
seminar In Resource and Community Development Research
Interests are focused on policy and decision making
in the allocation of recreation resources, outdoor ethics,
and tourism. Has a strong interest In the promotion and
development of trails for hiking cross-country sk iing, an d
bicycling.
Herbert Kulman Professor
Teac hes Forest Entomology, C urrent Topics in Forest Entomology
and part of Wood Deterioration in Forest Products.
Research Includes ecological studies on forest insects,
especLally defoliators of spruce, fir, aspen an d Jack
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Vilis Kurmis ASSOCiate Professor
Teaches Forest Ecology and Field Forest Ecology at Itasca.
Current research deals with productivity, reproduction,
and succession in Black Ash and White Cedar Communities
of Northern Minnesota and vegetation changes In upland
forests of Itasca State Park.
Douglas Meisner Research Fellovv
Teaches a course on Geographic Information Systems and
co-teaches the Remote Sensing course w ith Bill Johnson.
Currently an image processing specialist In the college's
Remote Sensing Laboratory working with computers and
electronic camera systems As part of this work, developed
the first ever color infrared aerial video camera, which produces
vegetation-sensitive images on standard video tape.
standard Video tape
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