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Many of the 60,000 wildfires occurring annually across the U.S. flare up in the intersection between wildland and urban areas. The National Science...
Tam Tran, a December 2025 graduate with a major in wildlife and minor in aquatic sciences, has been named FNR’s Outstanding Transfer Student.
Bryan Pijanowski, professor in Purdue University’s Department of Forestry and Natural Resources and director of the Center for Global...
Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources recognized the department’s award and scholarship recipients at a ceremony on April 21, 2026.
Digital tools are transforming how forests and natural resources are managed. A new fellowship program from Purdue University helps natural...
Spring Break season is here, and many Indiana residents are boarding planes and flying south to escape the cold. At the same time, birds are...
A new AI-based method is making urban tree inventories faster, cheaper, and accessible to smaller cities. Unlike traditional surveys, it can...
Dr. Michael O. Hunt came to West Lafayette in February 1960 as an assistant professor and FNR’s first Extension Specialist of Wood...
Andrew DeWoody, professor in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources (FNR), has been named the inaugural Conservation Scholar, a title...
Master’s student Emma Johnson (BS 2025) received the Janice Lee Fenske Memorial Award for Wildlife at the Midwest Fish and Wildlife...
Jingjing Liang, a University Faculty Scholar and associate professor of forestry and natural resources, has been appointed a Global Forest...
Purdue Extension leads efforts to combat invasive species like spotted lanternfly, protecting Indiana’s forests, vineyards and economy.
A Purdue University digital forestry team has created a computational tool to obtain and analyze urban tree inventories on public and private lands...
Purdue University has grown a thriving forest of more than 2,000 geographic information systems (GIS) users across campus. The largest numbers come...
Two FNR students are celebrating recent scholarship awards. Senior wildlife major Beca Appelmann received the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation...
They’re microscopic. But they have the potential to help address food insecurity and environmental degradation. We’re talking about...
FNR videos were viewed nearly 310,000 times on YouTube in 2025, accounting for more than 7,400 hours of watch time. Additionally, FNR videos were...
Existing algorithms can partially reconstruct the shape of a single tree from a clean point-cloud dataset acquired by laser-scanning technologies....
The Purdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources has named the recipients of its five alumni and career awards for 2025. Ted Cable (MS 1980,...
2025 was a productive year for Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources across the three land grant mission areas of teaching, research and extension....
When people think about habitats on Earth, they likely picture forests, oceans or grasslands. Few think to look up. Yet the lower atmosphere, or...
The Purdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources has honored four individuals for their service in 2025: Dr. Mike Saunders, Charlie Warner,...
2023 wildlife alumna Lauren Wetterau is coming to a television screen or streaming service near you. Wetterau, now a master’s student at the...
Do you want to learn more about trees, forests and how to better manage your woodlands for a variety of purposes? Sign up for one of four upcoming...
For Collin Morris, choosing Purdue Agriculture meant choosing a place that was close to home but still offered big opportunities to learn, explore...