Between row-crop agriculture, urban sprawl, and more, almost nothing remains of the original grassland ecosystems that once sustained the immense biodiversity of the American South. The Center for Native Grasslands…
Center for Native Grasslands Management cited in NYT article on preserving Southern grasslands
Neelam Poudyal co-authors paper on carbon benefits gained from using mass timber for buildings
The paper published by PLOS ONE looks at using mass timber in new mid- to high-rise buildings in the U.S. and the combined carbon benefits from carbon storage and avoided…
SNR-CRC Professor David Harper named Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year
The UT Office of the Provost honored School of Natural Resources and Center for Renewable Carbon Professor David Harper with the award at the Academic Honors Banquet on May 1.…
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…
SNR faculty collaborate with TWRA, others on elk reproduction study
The UT School of Natural Resources worked with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA), the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF), and the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources to…
Researchers with the School of Natural Resources use helicopter capture for deer monitoring study to collect data on COVID-19, Chronic Wasting Disease and other disease transmission
FAYETTE COUNTY, Tenn. — Crews flew a helicopter over the Ames AgResearch and Education Center in March to capture deer for a monitoring study conducted by faculty members of the…
