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2022 FNR News & Stories

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Leaves from a shingle oak tree
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Shingle Oak

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 30 December 2022
Pin oak branches, leaves and acorns
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Pin Oak

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 23 December 2022
Florida panther captured on a trail camera
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Alumni Update: Andrus Releases Short Film, Set for Career in Scientific Documentaries

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 21 December 2022
Wisconsin river
Forestry & Natural Resources

Alumni Trio Creates Model to Help Prevent Spread of Invasive Carp

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 19 December 2022
December 2022 graduates Kaitlyn Young, Sonja Georgiefski-Rios, Tim Radtke and Maria Surman.
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Celebrates 29 December 2022 Graduates

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 17 December 2022
Black oak leaves - photo by Jay Sturner
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Black Oak

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 16 December 2022
The Purdue Quiz Bowl Team: Alex Dudley, Evan Kinnevan, Anne Talbot, Ashlanna Murray and Lauren Wetterau participating in the event at the TWS Conference in Spokane in November.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Quiz Bowl Team Places Third at TWS Conference

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 14 December 2022
Francis Asare, December 2022 master's degree graduate
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Graduate Student Spotlight: Francis Asare

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 13 December 2022
Northern red oak leaves
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Northern Red Oak

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 09 December 2022
Dr. Dan Cassens with student workers in a sleigh at Cassens Trees; Dan and wife Vicki at the statehouse with Governor Mike Pence; student workers in Cassens Tree Shop
Forestry & Natural Resources

Cassens Trees Provides Learning Ground for FNR Student Workers

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 06 December 2022
Chinkapin Oak
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Chinkapin Oak

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 02 December 2022
FNR's Elizabeth Flaherty and Julie Pluimer among the 2022-23 Purdue College of Agriculture Faculty and Staff Teaching Awards recipients
Forestry & Natural Resources

Flaherty, Pluimer Earn College of Agriculture Excellence in Teaching Awards

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 01 December 2022
Nathan Lutz as an Indiana conservation officer: with a pair of antlers, assisting a child shooting a bow, holding an owl, and with a family at a shooting range.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Alumnus Nathan Lutz Continues to Evolve in Career

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 30 November 2022
Glee Club member Steven Kelly with his family
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Faces in the Crowd: Steven Kelly, Glee Club

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 28 November 2022
Chestnut Oak leaves
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Chestnut Oak

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 25 November 2022
Swamp white oak leaves
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Swamp White Oak

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 18 November 2022
Dr. Shaneka Lawson with her REM Presidential Safety Award
Forestry & Natural Resources

Lawson Named REM Presidential Safety Award Honoree

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 17 November 2022
2022 John F. Datena Distinguished Forester Award honorees Burney Fischer, Joe Schuerman Jr., and Ken Day
Forestry & Natural Resources

Alumni Fischer, Schuerman Honored with Datena Distinguished Forester Award

  • Liz Jackson
  • 14 November 2022
Bur oak leaves
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Bur Oak

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 11 November 2022
This frog hangs from a waterproof sheet in the Martell Forest that diverts water from tree roots as part of a U.S. Department of Energy study that monitors how plots of forest respond to drought. DOE has now funded a second, related study. Purdue’s Elin Jacobs and her associates are working on both studies.
Forestry & Natural Resources Agricultural Economics

New Study to Examine How Plants Transport Water from Soil to Atmosphere

  • Steve Koppes
  • 07 November 2022
White oak leaves
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: White Oak

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 04 November 2022
David Savage with acoustic monitoring equipment
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Graduate Student Spotlight: David Savage

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 02 November 2022
Red mulberry leaves and trunk
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Red Mulberry

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 28 October 2022
Master's student Erin Christian stands in a field
Forestry & Natural Resources

Master's Student Erin Christian Earns ILMS Scholarship

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 26 October 2022
Eastern Hellbender salamander
Forestry & Natural Resources

Help the Hellbender Program Receives Hoosier Outdoor Writers Conservation Award

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 24 October 2022
Red maple leaves
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Red Maple

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 21 October 2022
Silver maple leaves
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Silver Maple

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 14 October 2022
Purdue College of Agriculture.
Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication Forestry & Natural Resources

W. Huang Awarded NSF Grant for Cyber Training Curriculum for CWE Sustainability

  • 10 October 2022
Black maple tree and leaves
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Black Maple

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 07 October 2022
This image shows the input and output data of the tree segmentation algorithm. The input data (left) is colored by elevation. The results of the algorithm (right) use color to segment each tree from the point cloud.
Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Purdue Team Introduces Advance in Automatic Forest Mapping Technology

  • Steve Koppes
  • 04 October 2022
Dr. Rob Swihart at a ceremony renaming Lugar Farm.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Swihart Honored for Work in Mammalogy Education

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 03 October 2022
Sugar maple tree featuring bright orange fall color
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Sugar Maple

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 30 September 2022
Dr. Tian Li & Dr. Eva Haviarova photos with background of section of balsa wood showing porous material.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Researchers Aim to Produce Naturally Strengthened Wood

  • Purdue School of Mechanical Engineering
  • 30 September 2022
Honey locust leaves and pods
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Honey Locust

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 23 September 2022
FNR 378000 students gained hands-on training in field sampling at Marine Biology Practicum at Seahorse Key Marine Lab in Florida.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Marine Biology Practicum Introduces Students to Field Work

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 21 September 2022
Fran Rivas doing research in Mongolia.
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Field Report: Fran Rivas

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 19 September 2022
Black locust leaves and flowers
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Black Locust

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 16 September 2022
Master's student Tori Hongo backpacking in the Smoky Mountains
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Field Report: Tori Hongo

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 15 September 2022
The FNR 465 class, taught by Jarred Brooke, traveling to LaSalle Fish and Wildlife Area to help band wood ducks, gain knowledge about managing a property for wildlife as well as get hands-on experience working with waterfowl.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Duck Banding Gives Students Hands-On Experience in Wildlife Conservation

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 14 September 2022
Ironwood or eastern hop hornbeam tree and fruit
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Ironwood

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 09 September 2022
PhD student Sam Lima in the field in Mongolia
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Field Report: Sam Lima

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 08 September 2022
Northern Leopard Frog
Forestry & Natural Resources

PFAS Publication Named Among Exceptional Papers of 2021

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 07 September 2022
Russell Duke speaking at a Wednesdays in the Wild event at Stephens Forest.
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Field Report: Russell Duke

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 06 September 2022
Pignut hickory leaves
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Pignut Hickory

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 02 September 2022
Sophomore wildlife major Gabby Dennis posed in front of a plane with her Middleton Island colleagues.
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Field Report: Gabby Dennis

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 02 September 2022
Lauren Laux with a Biltmore stick, teaching citizens how to measure trees at Wednesdays in the Wild
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Field Report: Lauren Laux

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 31 August 2022
Junior forest-forest management and wildlife double major Alex Dudley
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Field Report: Alex Dudley

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 29 August 2022
Senior wildlife major Summer Brown planting trees during her summer job with Purdue FNR.
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Field Report: Summer Brown

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 26 August 2022
Mockernut hickory tree with golden leaves of fall in the canopy
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Mockernut Hickory

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 26 August 2022
Junior wildlife majors Evan Kinnevan and Jade Stuber
Forestry & Natural Resources

Kinnevan, Stuber Honored with Wildlife Leadership Awards

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 25 August 2022
Sonja Georgiefski-Rios during her internship at Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Field Report: Sonja Georgiefski-Rios

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 24 August 2022
Hoosier Hardwood Festival logo
Forestry & Natural Resources

Hoosier Hardwood Festival to Feature FNR Faculty, Staff

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 23 August 2022
Senior aquatic sciences major Kirsten Adams pictured with fish she caught during her internship with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Field Report: Kirsten Adams

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 22 August 2022
The facade of Pfendler Hall on the campus of Purdue University
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Introduces New Faculty and Staff Members

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 19 August 2022
Shagbark hickory tree with bright yellow fall foliage.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Shagbark Hickory

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 19 August 2022
Sophomore wildlife major Arlene Polar Piñeiro with fellow OTS students in Costa Rica.
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Field Report: Arlene Polar Piñeiro

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 18 August 2022
American marten in the snow in northern Wisconsin
Forestry & Natural Resources Agricultural Research and Graduate Education

Publication Evaluates Legacy of American Marten Reintroduction Efforts

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 17 August 2022
Senior forestry-forest management major Mikaela Agresta
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Field Report: Mikaela Agresta

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 16 August 2022
Eastern Hellbender salamander
Forestry & Natural Resources

USDA Awards Farmers Helping Hellbenders Project $2.7 Million in Funding

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 15 August 2022
Nearshore southern Lake Michigan coastline during sunset.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Research Looks at Changes in Lake Michigan Nearshore Fish Assemblage

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 15 August 2022
Bitternut hickory leaves
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Bitternut Hickory

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 12 August 2022
Sophomore wildlife major Emma Johnson holding a bald eagle skull, presenting her Anyone Can Bird program for the first time at Vega State Park.
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Field Report: Emma Johnson

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 10 August 2022
A bobcat in Indiana
Forestry & Natural Resources

Researchers Develop Tools to Assess Habitat Selection, Suitability for Bobcats

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 08 August 2022
Hackberry leaves
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Hackberry

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 05 August 2022
Leaves of a sweetgum tree
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Sweetgum

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 29 July 2022
Wednesdays in the Wild Tour group in the woods at Stephens Forest
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Brings Wednesdays in the Wild to Stephens Forest

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 28 July 2022
Passenger pigeon mount is handed off from April Shepherd to FNR's Dr. Barny Dunning, Laura Fehling and Rachel Brent.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Alumni Donation Brings Rare Passenger Pigeon to FNR Collection

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 25 July 2022
Black gum tree showing its bright red fall foliage
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Black Gum

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 22 July 2022
Slippery elm leaves and bark
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Slippery Elm

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 15 July 2022
American elm leaves
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: American Elm

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 08 July 2022
Professor Emeritus Harvey Holt throughout his career
Forestry & Natural Resources

Tales from FNR with Professor Emeritus Harvey Holt

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 06 July 2022
Flowering dogwood flowers
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Flowering Dogwood

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 01 July 2022
Eastern cottonwood tree
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Cottonwood

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 24 June 2022
Kentucky coffeetree leaves and trunk
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Kentucky Coffeetree

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 17 June 2022
Eastern Hellbender salamander
Forestry & Natural Resources

Local Brewery Creates Beer to Help the Hellbender

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 16 June 2022
Lake Erie
Forestry & Natural Resources

Alumna Zoe Almeida Investigates Hypoxia, Environmental Impacts on Fish

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 13 June 2022
Black cherry flowers
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Black Cherry

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 10 June 2022
Purdue College of Agriculture.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Science-i beta is now online

  • Jingjing Liang
  • 10 June 2022
northern leopard frog
Forestry & Natural Resources

Research Shows Toxicity of Forever Chemicals Varies Among Amphibian Species

  • Marisa Lubeck, USGS
  • 09 June 2022
Costa Rica study abroad group photo
Forestry & Natural Resources

Costa Rica Study Abroad Trip Teaches Biodiversity Through Hands-On Experiences

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 08 June 2022
Northern Catalpa leaves
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Northern Catalpa

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 03 June 2022
Soraida Garcia stands in front of convention banner at Esri
Forestry & Natural Resources

Garcia Shares Experiences as Underrepresented Minority in Magazine Article

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 31 May 2022
Freshman aquatic sciences major Jack Dempsey at Machu Picchu with his study abroad classmates.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Dempsey Learns Culture, Conservation Studying Abroad in Peru

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 27 May 2022
Ohio Buckeye leaves and flowers
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Ohio Buckeye

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 27 May 2022
Boxelder leaves
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Boxelder

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 20 May 2022
Purdue Gateway Arch
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Celebrates 53 Spring 2022 Graduates

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 16 May 2022
Pfendler Hall on the Purdue campus
Forestry & Natural Resources

Flaherty Honored; Hardiman, Liang Promoted

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 13 May 2022
Group of students on Smoky Mountain trip.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Smoky Mountain Trip Gives Students In-Person Look at Disturbance Ecology

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 09 May 2022
River birch trunks with peeling bark
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: River Birch

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 06 May 2022
Students at the Natural Resources Teachers Institute, researchers working on a progeny project with the Tropical HTIRC, man on a boat emptying water from crane
Forestry & Natural Resources

2021 Year in Review: The Collaboration

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 06 May 2022
Shaneka Lawson pictured with REEU interns and members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Forestry & Natural Resources

Lawson Receives Forest Service Cultural Diversity Award

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 05 May 2022
Blue beech trunk and branches
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Blue Beech

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 29 April 2022
Dr. Bryan Pijanowski holds a field microphone
Forestry & Natural Resources

Pijanowski Speaks on Biodiversity, Soundscapes at Think Corner Helsinki

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 26 April 2022
Dr. Bob Wagner and Dean Karen Plaut cut the ribbon to officially open the WERF Building
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Dedicates Wildlife Ecology Research Facility

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 22 April 2022
American beech tree leaves
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Beech

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 22 April 2022
2022 FNR scholarship winners
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Celebrates 2021-22 Award Winners at Annual Banquet

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 20 April 2022
Glenn Juday gives a presentation at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks
Forestry & Natural Resources

Glenn Juday Named FNR Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 18 April 2022
Petra Bohall Wood pictured with her family in front of a mountain rangeily
Forestry & Natural Resources

Petra Bohall Wood Tabbed as FNR Distinguished Alumna

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 15 April 2022
American Basswood leaf and bark
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: American Basswood

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 15 April 2022
Seth Harden with his family near a stream
Forestry & Natural Resources

Seth Harden Honored as Outstanding Young Alumnus

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 14 April 2022
Scott Johnson holding a bobcat
Forestry & Natural Resources

DNR's Scott Johnson Earns Osborn Lifetime Achievement Award

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 13 April 2022
Patrick Ruhl pictured with his family
Forestry & Natural Resources

Patrick Ruhl Selected for Osborn Early Career Award

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 12 April 2022
Leah Griffin, Ruby Sanders, Madison Kresse, Lina Bernabe
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Names Outstanding Students of the Year

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 11 April 2022
A grove of quaking aspen trees
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Quaking Aspen

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 08 April 2022
Long-Tailed Salamander lays on a cover board
Forestry & Natural Resources

How Do Terrestrial Salamanders Respond to Timber Harvest

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 04 April 2022
Large tooth aspen
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Large Tooth Aspen

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 01 April 2022
A map of trees of the world and a photo of black vultures eating
Forestry & Natural Resources

2021 Year in Review: The Research

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 25 March 2022
White Ash Leaves.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: White Ash

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 25 March 2022
A Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton at the Field Museum
Forestry & Natural Resources

Advanced Mammalogy Class Goes Behind the Scenes at Field Museum

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 16 March 2022
Alumnus Steve Creech relaxes on a wildfire scene, Dr. Elizabeth Flaherty holds on a small mammal trap, wildlife student Amanda Heltzel stands in front of a lake
Forestry & Natural Resources

2021 Year in Review: The People

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 14 March 2022
Dr. Barny Dunning with Dean Karen Plaut and newly named University Faculty Scholar Pat Zollner
Forestry & Natural Resources

Zollner Named University Faculty Scholar

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 11 March 2022
Weather station at Martell Forest
Forestry & Natural Resources

Researchers Add Weather Station at Martell Forest

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 09 March 2022
Dr. Russell Mumford pictured with (Left to Right) Charles Keller, Amy Wilms and Carl Wilms at an Indiana Audubon Society meeting in 2010.
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Remembers Professor Emeritus Russell Mumford

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 04 March 2022
Adult hellbender laying on rocks
Forestry & Natural Resources

Hellbender Research Featured in New Documentary

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 24 February 2022
Forest displaying fall colors
Forestry & Natural Resources

MacGowan, Carlson to Speak at Ohio River Valley Workshop

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 24 February 2022
A northern leopard frog held by Dr. Marisol Sepulveda
Forestry & Natural Resources

Sepulveda Receives AgSeed Grant for Northern Leopard Frog Research

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 22 February 2022
Urban forester Lindsey Purcell was honored for his work on a micro tree injector.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Purcell's Tree Microinjector Earns Excellence in Technology Transfer Award

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 21 February 2022
Dr. Eva Haviarova, professor of wood science, poses in the Forest Products building.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Haviarova Selected as Woman Ambassador of Wood Science

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 11 February 2022
Llamas on a farm in Peru
Forestry & Natural Resources

Researchers Share Lessons Learned From Peru's Water Management Program

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 02 February 2022
Purdue Landscape Report team teaching a workshop.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Purdue Landscape Report Selected for TEAM Award

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 20 January 2022
Trees showing fall color in the FNR woodlands
Forestry & Natural Resources

Purdue Alumni Magazine Goes Into the Woods with FNR Foresters

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 13 January 2022
Young Forest in a Clearcut Area on the Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment
Forestry & Natural Resources

New Videos Stress Importance of Young Forests

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 10 January 2022
Pfendler Hall on the Purdue campus
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Faces in the Crowd: Dante Francomano, Matthew Aghai

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 07 January 2022
Block P carved rock statue located on the Purdue campus.
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Announces 2021 Service Award Winners

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 03 January 2022

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