Tags: Service and Outreach/Extension


Sarah Frances McNair

Sarah McNair is a research and outreach technician working with Dr. Jay Shelton and Wesley Gerrin at the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. She has two years of professional experience within Warnell, in addition to a master of natural resources degree.  Her primary research interest is aquatic nuisance species, with emphasis on how those species are distributed across the landscape and how they interact…


Dr. Nick ("Ranger Nick") Fuhrman

Nick Fuhrman loves teaching! He enjoys teaching undergraduate courses in natural history, environmental education, and teaching methods and graduate courses in educational program development and statistics. He hosts a national television series, “Ranger Nick,” and radio broadcasts on NPR. In 2018, he delivered a TED Talk, “The One Thing All Great Teachers Do” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwTpfVQgkU0), where he shares his passion for…


Holly Campbell

My position at Warnell is a blend of public service and outreach and undergraduate instruction. My outreach work focuses on wildland fire, community forestry/ arboriculture, woody plant identification, and wild harvesting education. I instruct/co-instruct undergraduate and split-level courses and am part of the core faculty of the Community Forestry and Arboriculture (COFA) Area of Emphasis. 


Jason Gordon


Michel T. Kohl

I was born and raised on the Ft. Peck Sioux and Assiniboine Reservation of rural northeastern Montana. I received my A.S. from Dawson Community College in Glendive Montana, and then my B.S. and M.S. in Wildlife Biology from the University of Montana in 2009 and 2012, respectively. My M.S. focused on the conservation implications of bison reintroduction in central Montana and southern Saskatchewan. I obtained my Ph.D. in Ecology (2019) from…


Olivia Walden


Dr. Michael T. Mengak

Outreach My outreach focus is on nuisance wildlife management and human-wildlife conflict resolution.  I work with county extension agents and various landowners and clients to solve urban nuisance wildlife issue.  I also work with county extension agents to resolve wildlife damage issues related to wild pigs, white-tailed deer, and common urban wildlife. 


Chuck Bargeron

Chuck is the Director of the Center for Invasive Species & Ecosystem Health and has a Public Service Faculty appointment in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia.  Chuck has been with the University of Georgia since 1999, where his work focuses on invasive species and information technology.  Websites he designed have been featured twice in Science Magazine, received regional awards for…


Dr. Kim D. Coder

Elected world President of the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), past President of the Southern Chapter of ISA (9 states), past President of the international Arboriculture Research & Education Academy (AREA), and founding member and past President of the Georgia Urban Forest Council. Appointed to the USDA-Secretary’s NUCFAC (National Urban & Community Forestry Advisory Council), advising on urban and community…


Dr. David Dickens

Dissertation title: Growth and Elemental Pool Response of a Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda L.) Plantation to a Biosolids Application


Leslie Boby

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