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Tam Tran holds a snake; Tam holds a goose; Tam holds a fish.

FNR Field Report: Tam Tran

Tam Tran, a senior majoring in wildlife and minoring in aquatic sciences, spent the summer as a habitat management intern at Carlos Avery Wildlife...

Dr. John Kershaw conducting terrestrial laser scanning in Newfoundland with students in 2017; Dr. Kershaw with the first UNB-MAHE nursing cohort in July 2023.

Dr. John Kershaw Receives 2024 FNR Lifetime Achievement Award

When Dr. John Kershaw grew up in southern Indiana between Mooresville and Martinsville, he had a plan. He would go to Purdue University, become a...

Prescribed burn in woods

Prescribed burns: A vital conservation tool for Indiana landowners

Prescribed fire has long been a cornerstone of land conservation. From restoring native plant communities to reducing wildfire risks, this...

Hannah Kaluf releases a bird; Hannah Kaluf stands in front of a waterfall; Hannah Kaluf holds a worm

FNR Field Report: Hannah Kaluf

Senior forestry major Hannah Kaluf, who has a concentration in forest management and minors in psychology and wildlife, spent her summer as an...

BJ Meadows with her family at the Fish Fry; BJ Meadows receiving her Lifetime Achievement plaque from Dr. Zhao Ma

Betty Jane "BJ" Meadows Named 2024 FNR Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

Betty Jane “BJ” Meadows was the first female graduate from Purdue’s master’s degree in forestry program in 1963, but that...

Jinyuan Shao

Jinyuan Shao - Graduate Ag Research Spotlight

From a young age, Jinyuan Shao was drawn to computers and fascinated by how things worked. In high school, that curiosity turned into hands-on...

Kyle Horton in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resource’s ornithology teaching classroom.

Kyle Horton lands at Purdue to advance bird migration research

Purdue University’s College of Agriculture is proud to welcome Kyle Horton, a nationally recognized expert in ornithology and aeroecology, as...

Dr. Jacob Goheen with former students Simon and Ali in 2007

Dr. Jacob Goheen Named 2024 FNR Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient

Dr. Jacob Goheen, who received his master’s degree from Purdue in 2002, has contributed to the education of students, professionals and...

Jackson Schwartz with extension specialist Jarred Brooke and another student at a prescribed burn.

FNR Field Report: Jackson Schwartz

Jackson Schwartz, who completed his bachelor’s degree in wildlife in May, spent the summer as an extension intern with Purdue Extension...

Dr. Ken Kellner at a computer; Kellner teaching; Kellner at Denali National Park.

Dr. Ken Kellner Named 2024 FNR Outstanding Young Alumni Award Recipient

Dr. Ken Kellner, who earned his master’s degree (2012) and PhD (2015) from Purdue and followed with two years as a postdoc in the program, is...

Dr. Joe Robb releases ducks with his son Jason; Dr. Joe Robb on a prescribed fire scene; Dr. Joe Robb holds a hognose snake.

Dr. Joe Robb Earns Chase S. Osborn Award for Wildlife Conservation

Dr. Joe Robb, who has spent the last 26 years serving the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the Big Oaks and Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuges,...

Bella Hilaski looks at the forest in Sweden; Bella and a friend stand with a Rauk, or stone pillar; the Visby church.

FNR Field Reports: Bella Hilaski Recaps Week 3 of the Study Abroad Trip to Sweden, Finland

Throughout the 2025 Sustainable Natural Resources study abroad course in Sweden and Finland, FNR students will check in to provide weekly updates...

Dr. Zackary Delisle holding two frogs as a child; Dr. Zackary Delisle holding a cottonmouth snake during his master's degree research; Dr. Zackary Delisle doing an aerial survey in Alaska in his current role as an ecologist with the National Park Service.

Dr. Zackary Delisle Receives 2024 Chase S. Osborn Early Career Award for Wildlife Conservation

Dr. Zackary Delisle (PhD 2023), whose research in Indiana was instrumental for enacting deer reduction zones and estimating deer population size...

Dr. Rado Gazo holds some sliced pieces of wood called cookies

Rado Gazo Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Forest Products Society

Dr. Rado Gazo, professor of wood processing and industrial engineering who has been a part of the Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources faculty...

Clément P. Bataille smiling with trees in the background.

Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources names chair in environmental sustainability

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Clément P. Bataille has been appointed the Richard and Suzanne Belcher Endowed Chair in Environmental...

Visiting undergraduate students William Brandenburg and Caroline Cousins fish with Tyler Hoskins, research assistant professor of forestry and natural resources.

Monitoring “forever chemicals” in your favorite fishing holes

Tyler Hoskins and Andrew Todd of the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources are studying the kinds of ponds many people like to fish in...

Grace Brown banner photos from her Sweden study abroad trip, castle, Grace holding turtle and shoreline with rocks.

FNR Field Reports: Grace Brown Recaps Week 2 of the Study Abroad Trip to Sweden, Finland

Grace Brown, a senior aquatic sciences major, shares her experiences on the Sustainable Natural Resources study abroad trip to Sweden and Finland...

Photos from Week 1 of the Sweden/Finland Study Abroad trip

FNR Field Reports: Autumn Hall Provides Week 1 Update from Sweden/Finland Study Abroad Trip

Autumn Hall, who is going into her senior year as an aquatic sciences major with a wildlife minor, provides a recap of Week 1 of the Sustainable...

A view the Lake Superior shoreline

Max Moran Receives Norman S. Baldwin Fishery Scholarship for Research in Great Lakes

Graduate student Max Moran, a master’s degree student in the labs of Drs. Tomas Höök and Peter Euclide, received the Norman S....

Ethan Enochian (far right) with the 2025 FNR Outstanding Students

Meet FNR Outstanding Freshman Ethan Enochian

Ethan Enochian, an aquatic sciences major with a fisheries concentration, has been named as FNR’s Outstanding Freshman for 2024-25.

Jingjing Liang

New research determines soil-dwelling fungi affect global tree species

A team co-led by a Purdue University researcher has found that groups of fungi influence global tree species in distinct ways, depending on...

Upinder Kaur, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering, works on a robot dog that finds ticks and identifies tick activity.

Using artificial intelligence to understand the natural world

Purdue Agriculture researchers are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to amplify their ability to solve...

Lydia Pultorak works in the Geoinformatics, Ecosystem Management and Soil Sustainability Lab; Lydia holds a small snake; Lydia holds a Northern Saw-whet Owl.

Meet FNR Outstanding Sophomore Lydia Pultorak

Sophomore wildlife major Lydia Pultorak has been selected as FNR’s Outstanding Sophomore for 2024-25. The Brazil, Indiana, native, who was...

Yunmei Huang: Purdue’s Esri student of the year

Yunmei Huang: Purdue’s Esri student of the year

What if? It’s a question that drives innovation, and one that inspires Yunmei Huang, a PhD student in Purdue’s Department of Forestry...

Four maps depicting maximum levels of PFAS — PFOA, PFHxS, PFOS and PFNA — in drinking water across all Indiana counties based on data from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.

Purdue’s Institute for a Sustainable Future publishes first look at ‘forever chemicals’ statewide

Purdue University’s Institute for a Sustainable Future (ISF) has released the first Indiana Statewide PFAS Assessment report summarizing the...

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