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Apr 27, 2023

Graduation to Vocation: Houston Bumgarner to Protect Endangered Frogs for National Park Service

After graduating from NC State, Bumgarner will work as a biological science technician for the National Park Service at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in California.

Water quality information written in chalk - Student Profile: Jada West - Forestry and Environmental Resources NC State University

Apr 24, 2023

Student Profile: Jada West

Name: Jada West Major and Concentration: Environmental Sciences, Focal Area: Renewable Energy  Year: Senior Hometown: Rose Hill, NC 1. What led you to select your major at NC State? What…

Apr 18, 2023

Natural Resources Student Gains Hands-On Experience With Endangered Lemurs

As a communications assistant at the Duke Lemur Center, Rhiannon See photographs free-ranging lemurs for the organization’s social media platforms and much more.

Apr 11, 2023

Allergy Season is Getting Worse — Thanks to Climate Change

Climate change is causing plants to produce higher concentrations of pollen for longer periods of time, according to one NC State expert.

Mar 29, 2023

5 Questions with Goodnight Doctoral Fellow Prabin Bhusal

Prabin Bhusal is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at the College of Natural Resources. He is studying the socioeconomic and political processes that influence the institutions of community forestry in Nepal.

Mar 24, 2023

Professor’s Podcast Explores the Wild Side of Animal Tracking

NC State professor Roland Kays brings you crazy stories about animals, told by the people who study them.

Shasta Lake during a drought in California - Drought, Heat Waves Worsen West Coast Air Pollution Inequality - Forestry and Environmental Resources NC State University

Mar 23, 2023

Drought, Heat Waves Worsen West Coast Air Pollution Inequality

Drought and heat waves could make air pollution worse for communities that already have a high pollution burden in California, a study led by NC State researchers found.

A stream in Costa Rica - Tropical Streams Reveal Climate Change Insights - Forestry and Environmental Resources NC State University

Mar 22, 2023

Tropical Streams Reveal Climate Change Insights

NC State’s Marcelo Ardón studies streams in in Costa Rica’s rainforests to reveal climate change insights.

Mar 22, 2023

New Campaign Hopes to Bring New Life to Forestry Summer Camp

Join the Slocum Camp Hill Forest Enhancement Campaign to contribute to the renovation of cabins and other facilities utilized by our forestry and wildlife students every summer.

female firefighter walking in forest - Into the (Prescribed) Fire - Forestry and Environmental Resources NC State University

Mar 16, 2023

Into the (Prescribed) Fire

Emilie Rossignol clearly remembers the day eight years ago when a customer pushed his iPad across the counter in her office in Nova Scotia, Canada, to show her a video of a group of women in fire management learning how to conduct a prescribed wildland fire. In the video there were dozens of women from…