Office: 206 Owen Hall
Phone: 218-281-8130
E-mail: pbaird@umn.edu

Courses Taught at UMC:

• Hort 1021 "Woody Plant Materials" (Fall) 
• Hort 1031 "Herbaceous Perennial Plant Materials" (Fall) 
• NatR 1233 "Introduction to Natural Resources" (Fall) 
• NatR 1244 "Elements of Forestry" (Spring) 
• NatR 3203 "Park and Recreation Management" (Spring) 
• NatR 3344 "Land Use Planning" (Spring) 
• NatR 3364 "Plant Taxonomy" (Spring) 
• NatR 3495 "Special Topics in Wilderness Management" (Spring)
• NatR 3630 "Geographic Information Systems" (Spring)
• SWM 3224 "Soil and Water Conservation" (Fall)

Research Interests:

• Presettlement vegetation
• Storm disturbances and forest succession
• Digital photography - plants

Selected Publications:

• Dyer, J.M., and P.R. Baird (1997) "Remnant Forest Stands at a Prairie Ecotone Site: Presettlement History and Comparison with Other Maple-Basswood Stands." Physical Geography, Volume 18, No. 2.
• Dyer, J.M., and P.R. Baird (1997) "Wind Disturbance in Remnant Forest Stands Along the Prairie-Forest Ecotone, Minnesota, U.S.A." Plant Ecology, 129:121-137.

Awards and Honors:

• University of Minnesota President's Award for Outstanding Service, 1999 
• Horace T. Morse-University of Minnesota Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contributions in Undergraduate Education, 2004

Educational Background:

• M.S. Forestry, Iowa State University
• B.S. Outdoor Recreation Resource Management, Iowa State University

Joined UMC in August 1979

Natural Resources Program
Plant Industries Management--Horticulture Program
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