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Sep 21, 2020

New Environmental Sciences Course Promotes Student Eco-Entrepreneurship

Written by Dr. Eli Typhina and Jena Keesee A new elective in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at NC State has helped recent graduate Jena Keesee learn eco-entrepreneurship skills…
Amazon rainforest aerial view - Impact of Effort to Reduce Amazon Deforestation Overestimated, Study Finds - Forestry and Environmental Resources NC State University

Sep 21, 2020

Impact of Effort to Reduce Amazon Deforestation Overestimated, Study Finds

Projects designed to protect the Amazon rainforest and reduce greenhouse gas emissions overestimated their impact, a team of researchers found.
Researchers test drones to detect resistant ash trees - Scientists Pilot Drones in Effort to Save Trees From Invasive Beetle - Forestry and Environmental Resources NC State University

Sep 17, 2020

Scientists Pilot Drones in Effort to Save Trees From Invasive Beetle

NC State are using drones to try to find ash trees with natural resistance to the emerald ash borer invasive pest.
An image of a wildfire burning trees - Wildfires: Expect Answers to Your Burning Questions - Forestry and Environmental Resources NC State University

Sep 7, 2020

Wildfires: Expert Answers to Your Burning Questions

Wildfire season is here. NC State researcher Joseph Roise has answers to all your questions.
Josh Gray - Faculty Profile: Josh Gray - Forestry and Environment Resources NC State University

Sep 1, 2020

Faculty Profile: Josh Gray

Dr. Josh Gray leads the Spatial Ecosystem Analytics Laboratory and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources, and the Center for Geospatial Analytics at NC State…
a pine forest - How Climate Change May Reshape Pine Plantations - Forestry and Environmental Resources NC State University

Aug 27, 2020

How Climate Change May Reshape Pine Plantations

To be sustainable, and turn a profit, the forestry sector is already thinking about how to evolve in the face of climate change.
Alaska Pipeline - How Oil and Gas Drilling Could Disrupt the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Forestry and Environment Resources NC State University

Aug 26, 2020

How Oil and Gas Drilling Could Disrupt the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

A plan to open the refuge to drilling could negatively impact wildlife and tourist.
Will Reckling pilots a drone custom-equipped to sample water - Taking Research with Drones to New Heights -Forestry and Environmental Resources NC State University

Aug 13, 2020

Taking Research with Drones to New Heights

NC State alum and current doctoral student Will Reckling is putting drones to work in new and unique ways to monitor the environment––from finding rare plants on the tops of mountains to mapping harmful algal blooms and even collecting water samples.
Lumbee River - N.C. Tribes Faced Obstacles to Atlantic Coast Pipeline Water Planning, Study Shows - Forestry and Environmental Resources NC State University

Aug 11, 2020

N.C. Tribes Faced Obstacles to Atlantic Coast Pipeline Water Planning, Study Shows

A case study evaluated challenges faced by Indigenous people in North Carolina during planning of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
Martina Nordstrand - Meet Our Fall 2020 Incoming Students -Forestry and Environmental Resources NC State University

Aug 6, 2020

Meet Our Fall 2020 Incoming Students

Join us in welcoming our fall 2020 incoming students. They come from different backgrounds and will be working towards a variety of degrees, but are all connected by the College of Natural Resources to Think and Do.