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2022 FNR News & Stories

Find out what our students, faculty, staff, alumni and partners are doing by our Forestry and Natural Resources' News and Stories.

 

December

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

November

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
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

October

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
Black maple tree and leaves
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Black Maple

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 07 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

September

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

August

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
Bitternut hickory leaves
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Bitternut Hickory

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

Research Looks at Changes in Lake Michigan Nearshore Fish Assemblage

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 11 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

July

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

June

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

May

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

April

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
American Basswood leaf and bark
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: American Basswood

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 15 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
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

March

White Ash Leaves.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: White Ash

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 25 March 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
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

February

Forest displaying fall colors
Forestry & Natural Resources

MacGowan, Carlson to Speak at Ohio River Valley Workshop

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 24 February 2022
Adult hellbender laying on rocks
Forestry & Natural Resources

Hellbender Research Featured in New Documentary

  • 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

January

Purdue Landscape Report team teaching a workshop.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Purdue Landscape Report Selected for TEAM Award

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 20 January 2022
Purdue Alumni Magazine Goes Into the Woods with FNR Foresters
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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