by Osmar Lopez | Mar 5, 2025 | Fall 2024 Newsletter
Digital Forestry offers a variety of tools and technologies to address resource management challenges. One of the greatest challenges currently is catastrophic wildfires threating communities and natural resources around the world. Learn how researchers at Purdue...
by Osmar Lopez | Mar 5, 2025 | Fall 2024 Newsletter
The tree physiology research of Dr. Morgan Furze and several other collaborating HTIRC scientists was highlighted in a recent article. “We’re interested in how trees store and move carbohydrates throughout their bodies and how that impacts their ability to survive and...
by Osmar Lopez | Mar 5, 2025 | Fall 2024 Newsletter
The 2023 HTIRC Annual Report details how the Center worked to further our mission of advancing the science and application of tree improvement, management and protection of hardwood forests. See the report at HTIRC 2023 Annual Report to learn more about HTIRC projects...
by Osmar Lopez | Mar 5, 2025 | Fall 2024 Newsletter
Linked article by Lucas Davis, KZRG News, Talk, Weather A recent theft of walnut timber was solved using DNA identification techniques being developed to assist with black walnut tree breeding. See how U.S. Forest Service science helped solve a timber theft case on...
by Osmar Lopez | Mar 4, 2025 | Fall 2024 Newsletter
Carrie Pike and Nick LaBonte with the U.S. Forest Service, and also HTIRC colleagues, are working with a diverse group of researchers to develop guidelines for future tree planting efforts. Projections indicate changes in climate may outpace the rate of natural plant...