News - October 2022


Seminar: Integrated Carnivore Conservation in Shared Lanscaping

   

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Turn up the heat: Longleaf pine survive extreme conditions

A pine tree native to the Southeast may have the ability to withstand extreme drought and fire—conditions that kill pines native to the western United States—according to a new study by a University of Georgia researcher.   The study is the first to investigate the ability of longleaf pine to survive these severe conditions and reveals key aspects of the tree’s structure that may aid its resilience. It was recently published in the journal…

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Artificial intelligence answers the call for quail information 

When states want to gauge quail populations, the process can be grueling, time-consuming and expensive.    It means spending hours in the field listening for calls. Or leaving a recording device in the field to catch what sounds are made—only to spend hours later listening to that audio. Then, repeating this process until there’s enough information to start making population estimates.    But a new model developed by…


Seminar: Sustaining & Enhancing Productivity in Intensive Pine Silvicultural Systems

   

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New guidebook offers ‘cure’ for ivory tower illness

An innovative graduate program at the University of Georgia is one of a handful across the country that is teaching students through “real world” problem solving.   Today’s students increasingly require a deeper level of study—not just classroom teaching, but also research and learning connected with climate change, misinformation, widespread social unrest and other sustainability, environmental and social challenges. Too often, say the…


Project examines how trees’ cells work during winter dormancy

Trees in the summer get all the attention. Leafy green trees are symbols of growth and prosperity. Their leaves bring valuable shade, and as they change color people make extra effort to see the show. Once they drop, it’s easy to assume that the plants are “asleep” until springtime arrives. But there is a lot going on under the bark, says a University of Georgia researcher, even during winter dormancy. Now, a new federally funded project will…


Seminar: Bringing Back Longleaf: Forests for the Future


Financial literacy classes give grad students an edge

Graduate students are tasked with answering a lot of big questions.   But sometimes, the complicated equations and rigorous lab tests required of advanced degrees pale in comparison to financial decisions like employer insurance or savings plans. To help students navigate these life-changing questions, UGA’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources is offering a series of classes focusing on topics such as credit scores, retirement…

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Soil science explores what lies 6 feet under (and beyond)

Cemeteries can serve as archives of history. But if a headstone or marker is lost, so is that connection to the past.   This is the puzzle caretakers of the cemetery at First United Methodist Church in Franklin, North Carolina, were eager to solve. Headstones at the cemetery, which dates to the Revolutionary War, typically only covered portions of rows. Church members were curious: Were there more graves that had been lost to time?   A…

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Faculty retirements: The art of making new connections

When Gary Grossman arrived at the Warnell School of Forest Resources in 1981, he realized there was a jigsaw puzzle that needed to be solved. With research interests focused on population dynamics and community ecology, Grossman was interested in what we now call biodiversity—but at the time, it was a novel idea still being explored. As a fisheries ecologist—a burgeoning field but one with few faculty positions across the country—he was…

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