Masters Student Assistantship Available: Forest Sector Disaster Planning

Organization
The Forest Products Marketing Program/Louisiana Forest Products Development Center in the School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University

Location
Baton Rouge, LA

Application Deadline
04/01/2007

In addition to a 2-year graduate assistantship and NO tuition charges, financial assistance for thesis research will be provided to the successful candidate. This two-year project will build on the mission of the Louisiana Forest Recovery Task Force which was to facilitate salvage efforts to maximize the recovery of timber damaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and to begin the process of renewing the forest.

This project will create a proactive hurricane disaster plan involving a partnership of public policy, industry, and academic participants in Louisiana and surrounding states. The plan can become a model for other states along the Gulf Coast as well as for the timber industries in other areas that face natural disasters. Closing Date: April 1, 2007

Interested parties should email a Letter of Interest, Resume, and 3 letters of reference to Dr. Richard Vlosky, Director and Professor of Forest Products Marketing, Louisiana Forest Products Development Center, email: Vlosky@lsu.edu; phone: (225) 578-4527; fax: (225) 578-4251, 227 School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803