History

The School of Forestry was created by an act of the Thirteenth Montanan Legislative Assembly in 1913 to meet the great and growing demand on the part of lumber companies, large timber holding corporations, and the national and state governments.

Laboratories and Stations

The College of Forestry and Conservation has access to well-equipped laboratories, extensive computer technology, and four field stations --

1. the 28000 acres (113.3 km²) Lubrecht Experimental Forest
2. the Flathead Lake
   Flathead Lake
   Flathead Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake in the western part of the contiguous United States. With a surface area of between and , it is slightly larger than Lake Tahoe. The lake is a remnant of the ancient inland sea, Lake Missoula of the era of the last interglacial. Flathead Lake...
   
    Biological Station on the shores of 184 square miles (476.6 km²) Flathead Lake
3. the 3500 acres (14.2 km²) Bandy Ranch
4. the Boone and Crocket Club's Theodore Roosevelt
   Theodore Roosevelt
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    Memorial Ranch of 6000 acres (24.3 km²) along the east face of the Rockies
   Rocky Mountains
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Program

The College of Forestry and Conservation was ranked third in the country behind Yale University

Yale University

Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

 and the University of Washington

University of Washington

University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...

 by the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index

Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index

The Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index , a product of Academic Analytics, is a metric designed to create benchmark standards for the measurement of academic and scholarly quality within and among United States research universities....

 in 2007.

Building

The Forestry Building is one of the oldest buildings on campus. It was built in the Renaissance Revival style specified by Carsley-Gilbert’s master plan in 1922.