by Wendy Mayer | Oct 13, 2025 | 2025 Newsletter, Fall 2025 Newsletter, News
Understanding how individual trees interact with their neighbors is essential for developing management prescriptions that support the regeneration and growth of hardwood species. A newly-funded HTIRC research project led by Drs. Insu Jo and Mike Jenkins seeks to...
by Wendy Mayer | Oct 13, 2025 | 2025 Newsletter, Fall 2025 Newsletter, News
Dr. Insu Jo grew up on Jeju Island, the largest island in South Korea. His parents were farmers, operating a mandarin orange orchard. Insu played around the farm and had a “quite close connection to nature,” which eventually led him to study plant ecology at Seoul...
by Wendy Mayer | Oct 10, 2025 | 2025 Newsletter, Fall 2025 Newsletter, News
White oaks are a keystone species in the Central Hardwood Forest Region, for many reasons from aesthetics to cultural, ecological and economic value. White oak is used in a variety of commercial forest products from whiskey barrels to flooring, cabinetry and furniture...
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...
