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Purdue’s Department of Forestry and Natural Resources is one of the nation's leading natural resource programs. Our world-class expertise in forestry, wildlife, fisheries and aquatic sciences, natural resources social science, and interdisciplinary ecology is helping solve some of the most important natural resource problems around the globe.

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FNR Outstanding Students: Alyssa Johnson (Junior); Alex Dudley (Senior); Rebeca Appelmann (Sophomore); Lydia Pultorak (Freshman).

FNR Celebrates Students at Annual Awards, Scholarship Ceremony

Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources recognized the department’s student award and...

The Milnes Family Farm - photos of the forest and the agricultural space with a barn

Purdue Alumni Couple Funds Forestry Internship Program

Vince Milnes grew up spending time on the family farm in Brown County, Indiana, owned by his...

Alex Dudley receives her award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student for the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society.

Dudley Receives TWS Outstanding Wildlife Undergraduate Student Award

Alex Dudley, a senior double major in wildlife and forestry, was honored with the Outstanding...

View of the 12 Apostles on the Great Ocean Road in Melbourne; Lauren Wetterau takes a selfie while doing reef flat surveys; view of the landscape from the Karunda Scenic Railway

FNR Field Report: Lauren Wetterau Caps Purdue Experience Studying Abroad in Australia

Before Lauren Wetterau graduated with her degree in wildlife in December, she had one more...

Professor emeritus Carl Eckelman sits in front of his 89th birthday cake; a least bell vireo sits on a branch; a juvenile eastern hellbender found in the Blue River in the summer of 2023

FNR's Most Read Stories of 2023

In 2023, our FNR website featured news stories on topics ranging from student, faculty, staff and...

Lara Santiago-Sacarello drives a boat during her summer as an oyster farm intern in Maine

FNR Faces in the Crowd: Lara Santiago-Sacarello

Over the past 18 months, Lara Santiago-Sacarello has studied abroad in Australia, interned in the...