Graduate teaching assistant and master’s student Brittnany Graham spoke about the Watts Bar walleye project she’s working on with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and how anglers can help with…
Step Outside: Brittnany Graham on walleye research at Watts Bar Reservoir
Step Outside Series: Jacob Chitwood on his experience in outdoor recreation
Jacob Chitwood graduated with a BS in forestry in 2024. He recently worked at the Theodore Roosevelt Nature and History Association in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota.…
Step Outside: Adam Willcox on Sustainable Hunting Research
Data collected by SNR research associate Adam Willcox almost 30 years ago is part of a new extensive study that focuses on wild animal hunting patterns in African tropical forests.…
Step Outside: Graduate Teaching Assistant Mel Mount
Graduate Teaching Assistant and natural resources doctoral student Mel Mount shared her research on developing a tool to improve tree risk assessment accuracy during episode 33 of the Step Outside…
Step Outside: Senior Eli Thurston
For episode 32, senior Eli Thurston shares his experience taking new outdoor recreation and park management (ORPM) courses and interning with the U.S. Forest Service at Maroon Bells Scenic Area…
Step Outside: Alum Mallory Cogburn
Alum Mallory Cogburn (’20) traveled to Belize in July 2024 to help Adam Willcox, SNR research associate professor, instruct students for the course WFS 425 Tropical Ecology, Conservation and Field…
Step Outside: MS student Caleb Moses
For episode 30, Caleb Moses shares his work on reintroducing native freshwater mussels to Abrams Creek in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. You can watch the full interview on…
Step Outside: MS Student Ellie Burken
Episode 29 of our Step Outside series features Wildlife and Fisheries Science MS student Ellie Burken. Her research focuses on the northern bobwhite population and spatial use dynamics across three…
Step Outside Podcast: UT Tree Improvement Program lifts white oak seedlings
The program lifted two-year-old white oak seedlings from the East Tennessee Nursery for a U.S. Forest Service research project in Virginia in February. Program Director and septuagenarian Professor Scott Schlarbaum…
Step Outside Podcast: MS Student Kayla Stuart
Urban Forestry MS Student and Tree CPR Program Director Kayla Stuart is examining the intersection of employment barriers and green industry workforce opportunities for people living in communities identified as…
