The Post-doctoral Research Associate’s primary responsibility will be to continue existing research on silvicultural studies of various hardwood species throughout the Central Hardwood Region. The experiments were established with pedigreed…
Search underway for Post-Doctoral Research Associate in SNR
SNR professor shares how publishing peer-reviewed articles has changed over 50 years
Imagine not relying on computers or word processing to write an academic article, but instead using a typewriter. “Back then, things were a lot slower,” Scott Schlarbaum, School of Natural…
Conserving Eastern hemlock in East Tennessee
A reproductively mature Eastern hemlock seed orchard grows in the Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center, Cumberland Forest unit. The trees grew from seeds procured by the UT Tree Improvement…
UT Tree Improvement Program signs new agreement with USDA
The UT Tree Improvement Program (UT-TIP) entered into a new agreement with the USDA Forest Service to conserve and improve hardwood resources of the southern Appalachian region. The agreement outlines…
Step Outside: Riley Rines on summer roost selection for tricolored bats and Southeastern myotis
Master’s student and graduate teaching assistant Riley Rines spent the 2024 summer in the West Gulf Coastal Plain of Arkansas researching tricolored and Southeastern myotis bat roost selection for a…
Identifying freshwater fish in Puerto Rico
The new publication, Freshwater and Diadromous Fishes of Puerto Rico, focuses on identifying native and non-native fish species found in freshwater environments in Puerto Rico. Augustin Engman, assistant professor in…
Step Outside: Brittnany Graham on walleye research at Watts Bar Reservoir
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…
Chytrid 101: Causes, Treatments, and Prevention from Dr. Matt Gray
Bear relocation study highlighted in Word from the Smokies column
Word from the Smokies: For bears, relocation is ‘no happily ever after,’ focuses on research by adjunct associate professor Joe Clark and research specialist Kristin Botzet.
Producing seed for future trees: updates on the UT Tree Improvement Program
Harbison’s Hawthorn seed orchard established The UT Tree Improvement Program established a Harbison’s hawthorn seed orchard at the Milan AgResearch and Education Center in March. The tree is one of…
