2009

Items posted after May 26 2009 can be found at CNR News Central

May 26, 2009
CNR Community Invited to Participate in Summer Shape-U Program

April 22, 2009
Dr. Leung named President-elect of Sigma Iota Rho - Eta ChapterApril 7, 2009
News Release: Tiny Super-Plant Can Clean Up Hog Farms and Be Used For Ethanol Production
Dr. Anne Marie Stomp

April 2, 2009
News Release: College Offers Diverse 2009 Study Abroad Courses

March 27, 2009
New Tourism Extension Website Brings Resources to Local Communities
Samantha Rosier and Stacy Tomas

March 26, 2009
The Technician: New coal could be boost to N.C. needs :State finds way to locally produce green energy
Chris Hopkins

March 24, 2009
PRTM and the Cary Senior Center receive award from American Society of Aging/National Council on Aging
Dr. Karla Henderson

March 24, 2009
News Release: Three CNR Faculty Members Honored with 2009 Teaching Awards
Dr. John Heitmann, Dr. George Hess, Dr. Hasan Jameel

March 20, 2009
Dr. Orlando Rojas Named 2009 Finland Distinguished Professor

March 11, 2009
News Release: Carolina "Clean" Coal: NC State Researchers Work to Make Wood a New Energy Source
Chris Hopkins

March 4, 2009
News and Observer: Heroism a Family Tradition
Chandler Haynie, PRTM Sport Management Senior

March 2, 2009
Tourism Researcher & Professor Receives 2009 Winner Circle Award for Significant Contributions to the Tourism Industry
Dr. Larry Gustke

March 2, 2009
News & Observer:- Point of View - Stimulus for the Environment
Dr. Toddi Steelman

February 27, 2009
News Release: NC State to Celebrate North Carolina's Arbor Day

February 19, 2009
The Technicianonline.com: Natural Resources Library may close due to budget cuts

February 17, 2009
News Release: Defying Disaster: NC State Researcher Explores Reslient Housing
Dr. Dave Tilotta

February 16, 2009
News Release: CNR Associate Dean Jackson B. (J.B.) Jett to Retire / Robison and Bardon Appointed
Retirement reception planned     5pm - 7pm February 27 McKimmon Center, NC State Campus

February 11, 2009
News and Observer Obituary: William Jackson Barton, 1983 College Distinguished Alumnus and former NC Forestry Foundation Board Member Passes Away

February 11, 2009
Smoky Mountain News: The Naturalist's Corner - Birder Bucks
Dr. Stacy Tomas

February 11, 2009
PRTM Ph.D. Candidate profiled as Outstanding Grad Student by NC State Graduate School
Mike Edwards

February 9, 2009
Natural Resources Senior Wins 2009 Krispy Kreme Challenge / Glazed and Confused Raise $35,000
Eric Mack

February 5, 2009
Innovations Report, Reptile and Amphibian News, Science Centric, EurekAlert!:
Holy Guacamole: NC State Researcher Tracks Invasive Beetle Threatening Florida's Avocados
Dr. Frank Koch

February 4, 2009
WRAL.com: Students Sending LifeStraws to African Village (Video) - Students and faculty in our Environmental Technology major and members of the Wolfpack Environmental Student Association are raising money to make portable water purification a reality in the Congo.

February 1, 2009
Congratulations to our own Extension Forestry group for being selected to represent North Carolina as the winner of the Southern Growth Policies Board 2009 Innovator Award. Their program, NC Woody Biomass, was chosen from a strong pool of nominees in the Southern region as an outstanding initiative that encourages economic opportunities relating to bio-products, alternative energy, and energy efficiency.

January 22, 2009
WRAL.com: N.C. State Researchers Studying Bird Flights Near Airports
Dr. Chris Deperno

January 13, 3009
News & Observer: 'Green Coal' To Get a Tryout - Chris Hopkins, Forestry Doctoral Student, is working with other NCSU researchers, Progress Energy and an Asheville company to test specially produced charred wood chips as a source of bioenergy.

2008

December 15, 2008
Chicago Sun-Times, Sauk Valley Newspapers: Economy can't chop down Christmas tree sales
December 15, 2008
News and Observer: Farmers Work to Save Firs
AnneMargaret Braham, John Frampton
December 15, 2008
USA Today: Christmas Trees Still Selling
Jeff Owen
Early Snow Gives Ski Areas A Lift
Dr Gene Brothers
October 28, 2008
News Tip: NC State Experts Address Economy, Iraq and Other Key Election Issues
Dr. Steve Kelley - Alternative Energy
October 24, 2008
Biomass Magazine: Collaborative Meets to Discuss Biomass Projects
October 2008
RESEARCH RESULTS, Vol VIII, No 2
"Green Energy From Forests"
"Researchers Find Fuel in Odd Places"
October 13, 2008
Despite Drought, NC State Expert Anticipates Colorful Fall Foliage
October 6, 2008
Dvorak honored with Prestigious Borlaug Award for Service to Society and the Environment
September 26, 2008
NASULGC President to Deliver 2008 Borlaug Lecture October 6, 2008
August 27, 2008
Educating Landowners about Biofuels, Biopower
August 21, 2008
News Release: Trees Into Fuel: NC State Garners USDA Rural Development Grant to Study
Wood as an Alternative Feedstock
August 20, 2008
Media Advisory: NC State Garners Alternative Fuels Grant from USDA
July 1, 2008
College of Natural Resources Launches New Magazine
June 16, 2008           
News & Observer: Wildfires Not Unusual in South: Pocosin fire's size makes it notable
 Dr. Toddi Steelman
June 1, 2008             
PRTM Department Head to Retire June 30, 2008
Dr. Doug Wellman
May 30, 2008            
Biomass to Gas: The Road to Synthetic Fuels
Drs. Steve Kelley and Hasan Jameel
May 30, 2008           
NC State Tourism Initiative is 'For the Birds'
Dr. Stacy Tomas
May 29, 2008        
"Research and Graduate Studies at NC State. Results-Spring 2008":  South America Seeing Green in Tropical Forest Management.
April 23, 2008
Go Native' By Turning Your Yard into a Hospitable Landscape for Area Wildlife
Dr. Chris Moorman
April 15, 2008  
WRAL TechWire: N.C. Biofuels Center Awards 15 Alternative Projects $2.5M
Three of the 15 projects are lead by - or include significant participation by-
NCSU College of Natural Resources' Faculty
April 9, 2008
Business Wire: ImageTree Expands Advisory Board: Experts in Forestry, Remote Sensing and Carbon Market Join To Play Active, Strategic Role
Dr. Lee Allen
April 1, 2008
Park-goers May Not Be Getting Much Exercise, Study Finds
Dr. Myron Floyd
April 1, 2008   
Tomas to be Honored for Superior Extension and Outreach
Dr. Stacy Tomas
April 1, 2008             
Media Advisory: IPARC Group Hosts Summit Aimed at Getting People Moving
Feb 18, 2008
News Release: NC State's Kelley Makes AAAS Annual Meeting Presentation
Dr. Steve Kelley
Feb 15, 2008           
Dr. Baran Publishes in Journal of Urban Design
Dr. Perver Baran
Feb 15, 2008           
Dr. Floyd's Physical Activity And Parks Research Featured on Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Website
Dr. Myron Floyd
Feb 14, 2008          
Southeastern Recreation Research Conference(SERR) To Be Held
Feb 4, 2008            
Now Accepting Applications for the Forestry & Environmental Resources'
Summer Exploration for High School Students
Feb 1, 2008            
Dr. Werner Dorgeloh in Study Abroad Faculty Spotlight
Feb 1, 2008            
News Release:  Glues to Fuels - NC State, Partners Get Grant to Make Low-Cost Fuels from Forest Biomass
Feb 1, 2008             
Freshwater Mussels are First Topic in 2008 Fisheries and Wildlife Seminar Series
Jan 7, 2008             
NCSU.edu:   Can't Replant, Recycle Those Christmas Trees
Dr. Chris Moorman

2007     

Dec 16, 2007           
NRPA News Release: NRPA, Oglebay and PRTM Launch New Director's School
Dr. Phil Rea

Dec 14, 2007 
Wood Products Extension to Offer Hardwood Lumber Grading Short Course

Dec 12, 2007 
News Release: NSF Grants $1.2 Million to Establish Center for Advanced Forestry Systems

Dec 9, 2007 
RockyMount Telegram: Farmers fight battles for seasonal harvest
Dr. John Frampton

Nov 30, 2007 
The Technician:  Sipping Salvation - Student group sells a solution to improving water quality in developing countries

Wolfpack Environmental Student Association (WESA)

Nov 29, 2007 
The Alleghany News: Christmas Tree Quality High Due To Late Season Rain
Jeff Owen, Christmas Tree Extension

Nov 26, 2007 
Donald E. Moreland Honored as 2007 CNR Distinguished  Alum

Nov 20, 2007
NY Times: Through Genetics, Tapping a Tree's Potential as a Source of Energy

Dr. Vincent Chiang

Nov 19, 2007            

Fantastic Firs

Jeff Owen, Christmas Tree Extension

Nov 19, 2007            
CNR Graduate Student and Assistant College Forest Manager doesn't let
Type 1 Diabetes hold him back

Jimmy Dodson, Forestry & Environmental Resources

Nov. 16, 2007           
News Release:  Despite Drought, N.C. Christmas Trees Looking Good for
the 2007 Holiday Season

Jeff Owen, Christmas Tree Extension

Nov 14, 2007            
News Release:  17 Seed Grants Will Aid NC State Personnel Addressing
NC's Critical Issues
Phillip Mitchell, Wood Products Cooperative Edication

Nov 05, 2007            
News Tip:  Professor Available to Discuss NC Wildfire Risk, Lessons from
the California Fires
Dr. Toddi Steelman

Oct 26, 2007            
 Harvesting Biomass

Drs. Joe Roise and Glenn Catts

Oct 25, 2007              
Wide Array of Study Abroad Options Offered by CNR Faculty

Oct 25, 2007              
Eden Daily News: In the sky! Is that a bird? A plane? No finally - RAIN!

Dr. James Gregory

Oct 24, 2007             
News Tip: Well-Water Users Should Conserve Water Too, Says NC State Expert

Dr. James Gregory

Oct 24, 2007             
The Technician:  Runoff in the Long Run - The impact of pollution on water sources
Drs. Gary Blank and Robert Bruck

Oct 15, 2007             
USDA CSREES Research Results: Trees: A Poplar Source for Biofuels

 Drs. Vincent Chiang, Hou-min Chang, Ron Sederoff

Oct 8, 2007               
Wilson Daily Times:   Farm News, Making Space for Wildlife

Sept 27, 2007      
News & Observer: New life for paper mills - They could make ethanol

Dr. Steve Kelley, Richard Phillips, WPS

Sept 26, 2007        
The Technician:  Hanging Out With A Three-Toed Sloth

 Hannah Litzenberger, Natural Resources Student

Sept 21, 2007       
N.C. Senior Games Keeps Seniors From 'Growing Old'

Dr. Beth Wilson, PRTM

Sept 10, 2007       
Fairbanks Daily News- Miner: Education Fellows Visit UAF
 Dr. Dan Robison

Sept 5, 2007          
UNC-TV Slated to Air Segment on IPARC Grant in September

Dr. Jason Bocarro, PRTM

Sept 5, 2007         
News Release: Expert Says Drought May Affect Fall Color Across State

 Dr. Bob Bardon, Forestry Extension

Sept 4, 2007         
The Technician: Tree Health Vulnerable During Drought

Dr. Bob Bardon, Forestry Extension

Aug 30, 2007        
The Technician:Miller Pushes Green Fee

Dr. Gary Blank, Forestry & Environmental Reources

Aug 11, 2007        
News & Observer/Knight-Ridder:   Scientists at Center Stage
 Dr. Vincent Chiang, Forest Biotechnology Group &
 Dr. Bob Brown, Dean of the CNR

Aug 7, 2007           
News-14 Carolina:  NC Pushing Ethanol Production

Dr. Vincent Chiang, Forest Biotechnology Group

Aug 6, 2007           
Congressman Etheridge Reviews NC State's BioFuels Research

Aug 2, 2007           
News & Observer: Learning the Wild Life -
Fur, fish 'n game rendezvous is a campof a different color  / 
Related content - The Campers on Camp

 Dr. Chris Moorman, Forestry Extension

 Renee Strnad,  Project Learning Tree  

July 25, 2007          
PRTM to offer new State Park Leadership School at Oglebay

July 14, 2007         
News & Observer:  Wood Creates Golden Opportunity creating power,
fertilizer and roads 

 Dr.. Lucian Lucia and Dr. Glenn Catts

July 11, 2007          
Paper Science and Engineering Students Receive Prestigious 2007
Cullison Scholarships

Catherine Currence and Dane Grismer

June 28, 2007       
Forestry & Environmental Resources Professor Named American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering Fellow 

Dr. Awatif Hassan, Forestry & Environmental Resources

June 5, 2007        
Where the Kids Aren't

Dr. Jason Bocarro, Parks Recreation & Tourism Mgmt
May 1, 2007           
Two Outstanding CNR Faculty Members Recognized By AOFEE

Dr Ellis Cowling & Carol Kline

Apr 25, 2007          
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources Launches New
& Improved Website

March 2007            
PRTM Alum duplicates "Cold Mountain"  Trek Across NC
Tim Pegram -  Read more in the March PRTM Alumni Newsletter

Feb 20, 2006         
News & Observer: Point of View -  Cool It - Our Oaks Don't Add To Warming

Dr. Ted Shear

Feb 16, 2007         
The Technician: Achieve! Campaign keeps momentum

Feb 4, 2007            
Applications for FER High School Summer Camp Now Being Accepted

Feb 2, 2007           
News Release: Distinguished Alumni Honored at ‘Evening of Stars’ Ceremony

Earl Deal

2006                                                                                                

Dec 14 , 2006       
News Release: Researchers to Study Genomes of Chestnuts, Oaks and Beeches for Clues to Disease Resistance

Dr. Ron Sederoff, Forest Biotechnology

Dec 5, 2006            
The Technician:  Hunting for Any Season - Student Hunters Said Hunting is a Lifestyle, Not a Sport

Tim Ward, Senior in Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences

Dec. 4, 2006           
News Release: Chiang One of Seven NC State University Professors Named AAAS Fellows

Dr. Vincent Chiang, Forest Biotechnology

Nov. 15, 2006         
News.ncsu.edu Feature:  O Christmas Tree: NC Growers Find New Ways to Attract Customers 
Jeff Owen, Forestry Extension and Stacy Tomas, Tourism Extension

Nov 17, 2006          
N.C. Christmas Tree Crop Looking Good for 2006 Season

 Jeff Owen, Forestry Extension

Nov 9, 2006            
KSHB-TV / Scripps Howard News Service:  Unique Seed Project Aims To Save Threatened Hemlock

Camcore

Nov 8, 2006            
NBC-17:  "Environmentors Hope to Get Students Involved"

Dr. Myron Floyd,  Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management

Nov 2, 2006            
News Release:   Professor Forges International Partnership for 'Green Chemistry' Research

 Dr. Dimitris Argyropoulos,   Paper Science & Engineering

Oct 24, 2006           
News Release:  Chiang Receives $700,000 to Develop Alternative Fuel Resources

Dr. Vincent Chiang, Forest Biotechnology

Oct 17, 2006           
Announcement:  Professor Receives First CNR/CALS Service to the Society and the Environment Award 

Dr. Steve McKeand, Tree Improvement Program

Oct 17, 2006            
China Partnership Website :  CNR Students' China Experiences Profiled

Hannah Litzenberger and Kate Caldwell