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Purdue pursues industry hardwood partnerships through NSF-backed center
Purdue Agriculture News, October 6, 2020
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Saunders Looks at Impacts of Prescribed Fire
on Quality, Economic Value
Mike Saunders, associate professor of ecology and natural resources, is the principal investigator on a project with the U.S. Forest Service that aims to answer those questions by determining the effects of prescribed fire on tree and stand quality, resulting potential lumber grade recovery and projected economic value.
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The Silent Work of Forests
In a mature forest, woody vines, flowering shrubs, ferns and other plants all blend together in a medley of greens and browns on a floor shaded by a thick overstory. To the casual hiker, a cluster of saplings standing a few feet tall isn’t much to stop and look at.
Gordon McNickle, however, sees something that most people don’t. Those saplings, just a few leaves shooting off from thin green stems, have been locked in a waiting game for years. If they opportunity arises, they’ll set off on an arms race that will end with only one survivor. Read more.
Purdue College of Agriculture ENVISION Winter 2020
Op-ed: Indiana’s yellowwood trees ‘unlike any other on the planet’
Three years ago, on behalf of The Nature Conservancy I supported the designation of a portion of Yellowwood State Forest as a High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF). My reason for doing so was clear: I wanted to save the yellowwood tree. Read more.