Forestry
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May 8, 2012 | General News
UGA students use crowd funding as they compete in SciFund Challenge
Two University of Georgia doctoral students are participating in the second round of the SciFund Challenge, an experiment in crowd funding for scientific research. Alyssa Gehman, in the Odum School of Ecology, and Sean Sterrett, in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, are raising money from individuals to fund their research.
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March 30, 2012 | General News
Wood Demand Research Program donated to UGA Center for Forest Business
The University of Georgia Center for Forest Business recently received a data collection program from forest industry consulting firm Forisk Consulting. The firm donated its Wood Demand Research Program, which tracks and analyzes the consumption of raw materials by companies and manufacturers in the forest industry.
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March 21, 2012 | Honors & Awards
UGA receives its second Tree Campus USA designation from the Arbor Day Foundation
The University of Georgia has repeated its designation as a Tree Campus USA, an honor given by the Arbor Day Foundation to universities and colleges nationwide that show a commitment to effective community forestry management. UGA received its first recognition last year.
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January 10, 2012 | Research News
UGA study offers hope for hemlock attack
Thousands of broken trees line the banks of the Chattooga River. The dead gray stabs were once evergreen monsters offering shade to trout and picturesque views to visitors. These Eastern hemlocks are dying rapidly, and University of Georgia researchers are working to save them.
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August 31, 2011 | Events on Campus
UGA to host free screenings of movie about conservationist Aldo Leopold
Athens, Ga. - The University of Georgia is holding two free screenings of the first full-length documentary film ever made about legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold, author of the classic conservation novel, A Sand County Almanac.
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August 23, 2011 | General News
Springfield Legacy Foundation supports UGA Programs
The University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and the Georgia Sea Grant Program are two of the four organizations supported by the Springfield Legacy Foundation established in 2007 by Laura Devendorf of Midway, Ga.
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August 8, 2011 | Research News
UGA researchers study threats to white sturgeon
University of Georgia researchers are working to understand why the nation's largest freshwater fish, the white sturgeon, is struggling in northern California's Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta, an environmentally endangered area suffering from declining fish populations and pollution.
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June 8, 2011 | General News
U.S. agriculture deputy secretary announces national agroforestry plan at UGA
U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan unveiled a federal plan to help farmers and landowners use agroforestry to earn more money and protect the environment during a national conference held at the University of Georgia June 6.