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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… Read Article

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… Read Article

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… Read Article

African Americans’ expertise in agriculture and natural resources goes back thousands of years—and we need to work to remake those connections.   This was part of… Read Article

Hold a single pine needle in your hand. What do you see? 

Better yet, what if you pulled out your pocketknife and sliced a thin sliver from the center of that needle? That’s the part that Warnell associate professor Dan Johnson is looking at. 

That small green speck in… Read Article

The University of Georgia is moving closer to finalizing a sale of property on Lake Blackshear in South Georgia.    The 2,500-acre lakefront parcel was donated to the UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources by Charles Wheatley in 1989. UGA is now working with Forest… Read Article