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Dave Case delivers a keynote speech

FNR Names Dave Case as 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources is proud to name Dave Case as its 2023 FNR Lifetime Achievement Award honoree. Case, a 1980 forestry alumnus,...

Seedlings on Week 1 of Kadian's internship; seedlings on Week 9 of her internship; Kadian with a frog found in the greenhouse. Frogs are beneficial in the greenhouse because they eat fungus gnats, which can damage roots of seedlings.

FNR Field Report: Kadian Brown

Kadian Brown, a senior forestry major with a forest management concentration, worked as a forest nursery intern at the Franklin H. Pitkin Forest...

Andrew Tucker takes a break in front of a tree with Don Carlson and Zane Smoldt

FNR Field Report: Andrew Tucker

Andrew Tucker, a junior forestry major with a concentration in sustainable biomaterials and a minor in environmental policy, spent the summer as a...

This region of northeastern China was a sandy desert 50 years ago. Today the region contains hundreds of thousands of acres of forests.

Study improves accuracy of planted forest locations in East Asia

An international team led by Purdue University scientists has created the first spatial database of planted forests in East Asia by combining data...

Instructor and student holding bird.

Letter of Support

Bernie Engel, Glenn W. Sample Dean of Agriculture of Purdue University, shares letter of support for Forestry and Natural Resources new...

Mikaela Agresta spraying invasive species with a UTV sprayer.

FNR Field Report: Mikaela Agresta

Mikaela Agresta, who completed her degree in forestry with a minor in wildlife science in May 2023, worked as a forestry intern under Ron Rathfon...

The 2023 FNR Awards recipients: Dave Case, Trent Osmon, Adam Janke, Emily McCallen and John “Jack” Seifert.

FNR Honors 2023 Career Award Recipients

The Purdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources honored five individuals for their career achievements at an awards ceremony held at Purdue...

Zane Smoldt plants a tree during urban forestry practicum in June 2023

FNR Field Report: Zane Smoldt

Zane Smoldt, a junior forestry major with a concentration in forest management, worked as a forestry intern on the Purdue Forestry and Natural...

A view of Clingmans Dome in North Carolina

FNR Field Report: Lucas Wilson

Lucas Wilson, a senior wildlife major from Batesville, Indiana, worked as a breeding bird atlas technician for the North Carolina Wildlife...

Zhao Ma engages with students during a lecture.

How the future benefits from the contributions of social scientists

When Zhao Ma hears the term “hard science” used in contrast to “social science,” she internally sighs before making a joke...

The XPRIZE Rainforest semifinal competition was held in Singapore’s urban rainforest last spring. Purdue University was a member of Team Welcome to the Jungle, led by the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Purdue Digital Forestry team advances to $10 million XPRIZE Rainforest competition finals

Purdue University competitors for XPRIZE Rainforest, a global cross-disciplinary challenge of monitoring tropical biodiversity, and their Illinois...

Lillian Hannon hiking Mount St. Helens with colleagues.

FNR Field Report: Lillian Hannon

Lillian Hannon, a senior forestry major from Indianapolis, worked as a forestry recreation technician for the U.S. Forest Service, based at Mount...

Lauren Schiller fishing at Deam Lake

FNR Field Report: Ren Schiller

Ren Schiller, a senior interdisciplinary agriculture major with a minor in aquatic sciences, served as an interpretive naturalist with the Indiana...

Martel Forest

Purdue announces new USGS Cooperative Research Unit

A dream half a century in the making is finally a reality. Starting this year, Purdue will be home to the Indiana Cooperative Fish and Wildlife...

Autumn Hall holds a garter snake; Autumn holds two large redear sunfish; Autumn holds a baby barn owl

FNR Field Report: Autumn Hall

Autumn Hall, a sophomore wildlife major from Bedford, Indiana, worked as an intern with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources alongside...

Hoosier Hardwood Festival logo with dates of August 25-27, 2023 listed underneath

Learn from FNR Professionals at Hoosier Hardwood Festival

Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources will be well represented in the educational and children’s programming lineups throughout the weekend...

Shedd Aquarium research biologist Austin Happel with Purdue master's student Luke McGill holding acoustic sensors for a fish tracking project

Alumnus Austin Happel Turns Curiosity about Fish, Pet Store Job into Career at Shedd Aquarium

Growing up in Huntertown, Indiana, Austin Happel could often be found playing in the woods and a small pond near his house, trying to figure out...

Representatives from Purdue FNR and Bartlett Tree Company with the donated chipper. From left to right: Liz Jackson, Liz Flaherty, Brian Beheler, Forest Summerfield and Ben McCallister from FNR and Scott Jamieson, Sean Rock, Kyle Armstrong and Zach Nemeth from Bartlett

Bartlett Tree Experts Donates Chipper to Urban Forestry Program

Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources has added a chipper to its list of machinery available for students to utilize and gain hands on experience...

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Keeping up with the 2023 recipients of the D. Woods Memorial Fund

The D. Woods Thomas Memorial Fund to Support International Studies was established in the name of D. Woods Thomas, former Dean of International...

The view from the train in the morning upon arrival to Uppsala

FNR Field Reports: Sweden Study Abroad Week 4 Update - Keegan Abeson

Throughout the 2023 Sustainable Natural Resources study abroad course in Sweden, FNR students will check in to provide weekly updates on the trip...

A maple syrup producer at work

Researchers Need Community Participation in Maple Syrup Producers Survey

A survey aimed at gathering insights from Indiana maple syrup producers regarding their production practices and challenges, is available online...

Hellbender eggs, a gilled larvae and an adult hellbender

Researchers Discover Young Hellbender in Blue River

Biologists with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Purdue University recently documented a very young hellbender salamander, a...

A photo of the Swedish landscape including a rainbow in the distance

FNR Field Reports: Sweden Study Abroad Week 3 Update - Arlene Polar Pineiro

Throughout the 2023 Sustainable Natural Resources study abroad course in Sweden, FNR students will check in to provide weekly updates on the trip...

A double rainbow in Gallivare, Sweden

FNR Field Reports: Sweden Study Abroad Week 2 Update - Jonathan Shimizu

Throughout the 2023 Sustainable Natural Resources study abroad course in Sweden, FNR students will check in to provide weekly updates on the trip...

Professor emeritus Dr. Bill Hoover speaks at the FNR Centennial in 2013; Hoover at a farm show in 2003; Hoover with his son Sam on an honor flight

Tales From FNR with Professor Emeritus Bill Hoover

Before embarking on a 40-plus year career guiding students and constituents across the state on the topics of timber tax and forest economics,...

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