Author: Sandi Martin

Sick gopher tortoises are unusually mobile, could be leading to disease spread, UGA study finds

Assumptions about how much and how far chronically ill gopher tortoises move around could be…
More wolf spiders feasting on American toads due to invasive grass, UGA study shows

An invasive grass species frequently found in forests has created a thriving habitat for wolf…
UGA professor wins national fisheries conservation award

On Aug. 18, University of Georgia professor Gary Grossman received the 2014 Carl R. Sullivan…
University of Georgia professor wins international arboriculture award

University of Georgia professor Kim Coder has been honored with an international arboriculture award for…
UGA researchers win writing award from national forestry association

Three University of Georgia researchers won a national writing award for their analysis of how…
UGA researchers co-author natural resources roadmap outlining ‘grand challenges’ to U.S.

Two University of Georgia researchers have co-authored a new “roadmap” intended to help prioritize research,…
UGA receives $1.4M to study ‘critical zone’ in national forest

Five UGA researchers are joining with the U.S. Forest Service to calculate how past land…
University of Georgia professor wins highest award from Arbor Day Foundation

University of Georgia professor Kim Coder has been honored with a national award from the…
UGA awarded $1.4 million to study critical earth zone in Sumter National Forest

Looking back now, it’s easy to see where farmers in the 1800s went wrong. Attempting…
UGA celebrates 100 years of forestry student leadership in April

What started off as a small group of forestry students who wanted to mingle with…
Wood pellets boosting efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions

European power plants that burn wood pellets imported from the Southern U.S. to generate electricity…
UGA study: Southern wood pellets boosting European efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions

European power plants that burn wood pellets imported from the Southern United States to generate…
UGA’s Warnell School honors distinguished alumni at Homecoming

The University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources recognized two alumni over…
New aquaponics food production system goes online at Athens middle school

Robby Ratajczak was looking for a Boy Scouts’ project this past summer and didn’t have…
UGA professor wins national teaching award from The Wildlife Society

The University of Georgia’s Robert Warren recently won the 2013 Excellence in Wildlife Education Award,…
Researchers receive $1.3M to ‘fingerprint’ sea turtles

UGA researchers have been awarded a $1.3 million grant to continue genetically “fingerprinting” the threatened…
Professor researches ways to turn trees into biofuel

Chung-Jui “C.J.” Tsai has a lot of patience. Anyone studying forestry does, as trees don’t…
UGA researchers receive $1.3 million to genetically ‘fingerprint’ endangered loggerhead

University of Georgia researchers have been awarded a $1.3 million grant to continue genetically “fingerprinting”…
Acid test

Salicylic acid is key to protecting plants from everything, from extreme temperatures to diseases. But…
UGA researchers find way to improve plant defenses without negatively impacting growth

Salicylic acid is key to protecting plants from everything from extreme temperatures to diseases. But…
UGA sustainable forestry coordinator wins Wise Owl Award

The Georgia Forestry Association, one of the state’s leading forestry advocacy organizations, has awarded a…
UGA plant geneticist wins international fellowship

University of Georgia plant genetics researcher Chung-Jui Tsai has been named an International Academy of…
Against the flow

Nearly 100 California white sturgeon used in a UGA swimming study could have been tossed…
UGA donates research sturgeon to Atlanta Community Food Bank, Tennessee Aquarium

A hundred California white sturgeon used in a University of Georgia swimming study could have…