Plant and Earth Science

Teaching is the top priority in the Plant and Earth Science Department. From the moment you arrive on campus, our faculty take a personal interest in your education. We strive to bring interactive and engaging experiences to the classroom and beyond and we work closely with workforce partners to ensure you have the skills and training to be successful in your future career.

A female student checks a hanging net for butterflies

Food, fuel and fiber production, clean air and water, mineral resource discovery and extraction, declining biodiversity, sustainable land development, habitat management, land restoration and climate change are just some of the challenges that we face today. Our array of academic programs takes a multidisciplinary approach to helping you understand and tackle these issues. We bring together five majors that aren’t typically found in the same academic unit, with the connections and intersections among these disciplines providing us with novel teaching and research opportunities.  


A group of people stand in the Kinnickinnic River in waders conducting research
Our Programs
A female faculty member points to information on a sheet of paper for a student in the campus greenhouse
Faculty and Staff
A group of students pose during a study abroad in the Netherlands
Experiential Learning
Three students pry the bark off a section of a tree to study and take data
Student Involvement
A male and female student pose for the camera holding poinsettia plants
Facilities, Equipment and Resources
A student wears fire protective gear and assists with a planned prairie burn as part of the Ecological Restoration Institute
Ecological Restoration Institute

Plant and Earth Science

324 Agricultural Science
611 S. 3rd St.
River Falls, WI 54022

pes@uwrf.edu

715-425-3345