Forestry Student Spotlight – Lee Spangler
April 1, 2021
Hometown: Holly, MI
Favorite Hobbies
Camping, hiking, kayaking, telling my friends more about ecology/trees than they really care to know, and spending time with my dog Skipper.
Interesting Experience in Forestry
I think one of the most interesting/awesome experiences I had was during FOR 420 (Forestry Field Studies) last year. After realizing our planned day had much more free time than anticipated, Dr. Rothstein and the class decided to visit Tahquamenon Falls as it was only about 20min from our last field stop. We enjoyed a nice break in one of Michigan’s most beautiful parks while getting to experience him making the most of the impromptu “vacation” by tossing in the occasional ecology/forestry nuggets of wisdom. It was also interesting because the falls were massively flooded due to the time of year. Dr. MacFarlane provided a similar experience later on in the course, though the weather was against us on t