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Elizabeth McCarty receives Warnell’s 2019-2020 Alumni Association faculty award for Outreach

Elizabeth McCarty is willing to help out.

From her office and lab at the University of Georgia’s Tifton campus, a typical day for McCarty could include a few phone calls from… Read Article

Matt Head’s ‘student-focused’ approach, use of technology cited in Outstanding Advising Administrator award

He might not be a superhero, but to faculty and students at the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Matt Head’s advising skills certainly seem to raise… Read Article

Award-winning wildlife professor says he enjoys students’ energy

There is no template for teaching in higher education.

Professors draw from myriad influences when they engage their own students. Past teachers and experiences in graduate school often top the list, but… Read Article

Study helps municipalities take a proactive approach to improving drinking water

If a community wants to improve its drinking water, one option is to spend money on upgrading equipment. But another option is to focus on how land upstream is managed, improving the water… Read Article

Every day, Americans touch fibers that came from trees, whether it’s in the cardboard box holding our breakfast cereal or the contents of our mailbox picked up at the end of the day.

The trees used in the pulp-making process are constantly being replanted, making these products inherently… Read Article

Every fall, visitors flock to the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina.

But these aren’t families looking for a sandy spot on the beach; rather, these visitors are butterflies on their annual migration.

The orange and black wings of monarch butterflies get the most attention, and… Read Article

Cody Tisdale’s recent presentation for his master’s thesis was groundbreaking—but maybe not in the way you might expect.

Yes, his work examining the levels of contaminants in wild turkeys opened up new avenues of research, but it was his method of presenting his work—via a… Read Article

The smartest woodworking tool at the University of Georgia lives in a brick building at the edge of Whitehall Forest.

Here, amid machines that test wood for its stiffness and strength, sits a router that automatically determines the size and depth of a wood disk, and then adjust its cuts… Read Article

Earlier this year, the Georgia Board of Regents approved a new professorship at Warnell that will provide a clear benefit for both the forestry program as well as Georgia taxpayers.

The Stuckey Professorship in Forest Economics and Taxation, established with support from W.S. Stuckey Jr… Read Article

UGA class connects with local school to assist in expanding science curriculum

As the group worked its way down the forested pathway, a few members stopped, mulling over some logs rolled off to the side.

Kris Irwin knelt down and rolled one toward him—exposing the… Read Article