Mike Kuhns

Professor and Extension Forester,
Department of Wildland Resources,
Utah State University

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mike.kuhns@usu.edu

Short Biography

Mike received his B.S. in Forestry in 1977 from the University of Missouri and his M.S. in Forest Ecology/Tree Physiology from Missouri in 1980. After working two years for the Medicine Bow National Forest, he returned to school in 1982 and received a Ph.D. from Auburn University in 1986, specializing in tree stress physiology. His first extension position was forestry specialist at the University of Nebraska, which was followed by him taking his present position as Utah State University extension forestry specialist, which he has held for 17 years. His programming in extension involves urban and community forestry, trees and forestry in the wildland-urban interface, and rural/conservation forestry.

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