by Wendy Mayer | Oct 8, 2025 | 2025 Newsletter, Fall 2025 Newsletter, News
Dr. Morgan Furze, assistant professor of botany and plant pathology and forestry and natural resources, considers herself an eco-physiologist. Her work considers how plants function in response to their environment. Although Morgan’s favorite activity as a child was...
by Wendy Mayer | Oct 8, 2025 | 2025 Newsletter, Fall 2025 Newsletter, News
Success with tree plantings for conservation purposes like wildlife habitat, re-establishing forest areas, controlling erosion, creating windbreaks or riparian buffers, or future timber products involves prior planning and preparation before the first tree is planted....
by Wendy Mayer | Oct 3, 2025 | 2025 Newsletter, Fall 2025 Newsletter, News
The HTIRC, along with Purdue’s Institute for Digital Forestry and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, hosted the North Central Forest Pest Workshop September 29 – October 2 with the theme of “Application of Digital Technology for Forest Health.” The...
by Wendy Mayer | Sep 26, 2025 | Fall 2025 Newsletter, News
On October 31, Purdue Forestry & Natural Resources forestry staff will be hosting the Indiana Woodland Owner Conference at the department’s Nelson-Stokes-Lewman Woodland property in Putnam County. This morning tour will visit the 162-acre property used for...
by Wendy Mayer | Sep 15, 2025 | 2025 Newsletter, Fall 2025 Newsletter, News
by Caleb Kell, HTIRC Operational Tree Breeder 2025 Harvest Outlook An unusually wet and rainy June and July have transitioned into an extend period of cool, dry weather which has stimulated many nut trees to begin dropping seeds two weeks earlier than usual. Combined...
