Ray Miller is the Upper Peninsula Forest Properties Manager. He oversees land management and research projects on all three of M.S.U.'s forests in Upper Michigan. Ray is a research specialist in forest regeneration, having received his Ph.D. in Forestry from Michigan State University, his M.S. in Forestry and B.S. in Resource Management from the State University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry.  His current research projects include (1) northern white-cedar regeneration studies, (2) short rotation production of wood fiber, and (3) red pine yield comparisons with larch and spruce species. Ray has managed operations at UPTIC in Escanaba, MI since 1988 and at the Dunbar Forest Experiment Station near Sault Ste. Marie, MI since 1990.

Email: rmiller at msu dot edu

Brad received his B.S. from Grand Valley State College and has been a member of the Upper Michigan Forestry staff since 1989.

Email: benderb at msu dot edu

Kile received his degree in Forestry Technology from Michigan Technological University. He has been a member of the U.P. Forestry team since 1989 and became a full-time staff member in 1992.

Email: zuidemak at msu dot edu

Bill Cook has been the UP District Forester for MSU Extension since 1997. Bill works with the private landowners, forest industry, and public agencies to implement forestry education programs across the UP. Bill came to the UP from the Red Lake Indian Reservation in northern MN where he worked for seven years. He has degrees in forestry, wildlife management, biology, and resource management from the University of Wisconsin, and a master's degree in forestry from the State University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, NY. Bill also has international experience in Germany, Great Britain, and southeast Asia.

Email: cookwi at msu dot edu

Ingrid received her Associates degree in information processing from Bay College.

Email: klotzi at msu dot edu