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The nuclear power plant's exclusion zone is home to a new population of wildlife

In the decade since a tsunami washed over the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, triggering the second-largest nuclear disaster in history, the surrounding towns have struggled to… Read Article

Every year, tens of millions of people flood into national parks across our country.

Two of America’s most popular outdoor destinations can be found in the Southeast: Great Smokey Mountains National Park, which saw 12.1 million visitors in 2019, and the Blue Ridge Parkway, with more than… Read Article

The alarm bells began ringing when dozens of eagles were found dead near an Arkansas lake.

Their deaths—and, later, the deaths of other waterfowl, amphibians and fish—were the… Read Article

It’s a story Warnell student Jacqueline Miner hears again and again: Women come to own forestland through a family member but don’t know what to do with it.

Selling the land is one option, but they know it… Read Article

Across South Florida, wildlife find ways to thrive in some of the unlikeliest of places.

Take, for example, the islands of trees in the middle of man-made lakes, often found as part of golf course communities. These… Read Article

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Human land use activities, particularly urbanization, have done extensive harm to the environment. Now, it’s up to people to fix it. Warnell's Rhett Jackson believes even small steps can go a long way to improving our water quality. But to tackle the problem, people must know about it.

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Mike Hunter just wants to be outside.

As a forester registered in the state of Georgia, his love for the outdoors led him down a path to become the lands and facilities director at the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources.

“That’s the reason I went into the forestry and… Read Article

Two University of Georgia faculty members associated with the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources have received national teaching awards from the USDA.

Pete Bettinger, the Leon "Buddy" Hargreaves Jr.… Read Article

It’s been 40 years since Rex Benham (BSFR ’82) traded the rolling hills of Georgia with the open skies of East Texas, but he feels he got a good deal in the end.

“Texas isn’t all that different from Georgia,” says Benham, who manages about 240,000 acres of pine stands for Resource… Read Article