District Forester - Nia Becker

Our  Forester offers the following services in Clare and Gladwin Counties:

• Free on-site property evaluation
• Outreach Presentations and workshops
• Promote wildlife habitat recommendations
• Tree and Shrub planting recommendations
• Tree identification
• Insect and disease identification
• Forest Stewardship program
• Commercial Forest Act
• Qualified Forest Program
• Quality Deer Management
• Christmas Tree Management
• Cost-share opportunities for Michigan Landowners
• Other Natural resource topics
• MAEAP- Forest, Wetlands, and Habitat A-Syst
• Referrals to consulting foresters or loggers
• Enrollement or Inspections for the American Tree Farm System

​Meet our Forester! Nia Becker joined the District March 2017 as our FAP Forester. She is from DeWitt, Michigan and graduated from Michigan Technological University with a Bachelor's Degree in Forestry and minor in Ecology. She has traveled to many places and last worked in Montana as a Wildland firefighter. In her free time she enjoys biking, cooking and anything outdoors! She has a dog, two rabbits, and an ever-growing garden.

Former Forester's Blog

Kylee has started blogging about some of her adventures and things she sees throughout her days.  Click here for that blog.

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Red Pine Plantation Photo: Kylee Berger

Photo: by Kylee Berger

Photo By: Kylee Berger (Aspen Harvest)

Harvest Site