Forestry and Natural Resources

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Smokey forest wildfire
Digital forestry can help mitigate and prevent wildfires
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Lydia Pultorak holds a pair of binoculars while conducting a bird survey; a nest of red-winged black bird eggs; Lydia holds an eastern ribbon snake
FNR Field Report: Lydia Pultorak

Sophomore wildlife major and forest ecosystems minor Lydia Pultorak worked as a Bird Atlas field...

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Ben McCallister, urban forestry specialist in Purdue University’s Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, looking at green leaves turning orange in light of the fall season.
Is fall foliage a sign of seasonal change or response to heat waves?

As autumn settles in, we eagerly await the transformation of leaves into vibrant hues of red,...

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The front facade of Pfendler Hall
FNR Welcomes New Faces to Faculty, Staff

The Purdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources includes many new faces for the 2024-25...

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Emma Johnson holds an antenna as she conducts a radio telemetry survey on pronghorns in Oklahoma.
FNR Field Report: Emma Johnson

Emma Johnson, a senior wildlife major, spent the summer working as a pronghorn field technician...

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FNR Extension Specialist Lenny Farlee speaks to a crowd
Purdue FNR Extension specialist receives national recognition for work in forestry

Lenny Farlee, sustaining hardwood Extension specialist for Purdue’s Department of Forestry...

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Photos from Hardwood University: timber sales 101 course with Lenny Farlee and a marketing hardwood veneer, stave and sawlogs course in Edinburgh, Indiana.
Hardwood University Offers Cutting-Edge Information, Training to Industry Professionals

The 2024-25 edition of Hardwood University’s industry curriculum is available now with the...

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Globally renowned faculty

World-class faculty impact the U.S. and beyond.

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Students Impact the Future

98% FNR graduate students are successfully employed or continued with their education.

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Cutting Edge Research Facilities

 Research conducted with 25 forest properties across the state and 18 labs.

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Globally renowned faculty

World-class faculty impact the U.S. and beyond.

Graduation hat and diploma, students impact the future.
Students Impact the Future

98% FNR graduate students are successfully employed or continued with their education.

Leaves, research properties
Cutting Edge Research Facilities

 Research conducted with 25 forest properties across the state and 18 labs.

What's Trending for FNR

A new indoors . . . for a greater outdoors.

A new, state-of-the-art, Forestry and Natural Resources building is essential to increasing our technological capabilities, expanding space for program growth, and bringing all FNR faculty, staff, and students under one roof to foster greater interdisciplinary collaborations.

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