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What’s a Fair Price to Pay for Conserving Tropical Forests?

November 2017

Lindsay Leonard

Nov 29, 2017

Student Spotlight: Lindsay Leonard

Paper Science and Engineering major Lindsay Leonard spent her summer and fall semesters on co-op with two different companies that allowed her to see the many sides of the pulp and paper industry.

Center for Geospatial Analytics

Nov 27, 2017

Getting in Touch to Stop an Epidemic

Devon Gaydos, Ph.D. student in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, is using tangible user interfaces designed by the Center for Geospatial Analytics to help Oregon stakeholders fight infectious forest disease.
Zach Sansavera

Nov 27, 2017

Student Spotlight: Zach Sansavera

Sport Management major Zach Sansavera spent his summer as a Brands Retainer Intern in the Marketing Division at Wasserman, a sport and entertainment consulting agency.

Nov 26, 2017

Carolina Hemlock: Isolated and Imperiled

Hemlocks are under attack. U.S. Forest Service scientists and their partners are working to save the native conifers from the hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), an invasive insect from Japan. Carolina hemlock (Tsuga caroliniana) trees can survive HWA infestation for a decade or more but often die within four years.

Nov 25, 2017

New Arkansas Industrial Wood Pellet Mill Raises Green Stakes

More than 150 wood pellet manufacturing mills operate across the U.S., many supplying the domestic woodstove pellet market with home heating fuel.

Sarah Dance in China

Nov 22, 2017

Student Spotlight: Sarah Dance

Environmental Sciences major Sarah Dance studied abroad in China, where she focused her time on plant identification and Chinese culture.
Merritt Twins

Nov 21, 2017

Double The Impact

Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology majors and sisters, Olivia and Vanessa Merritt, strive to make campus more bird-friendly.
Jake Veilleux

Nov 20, 2017

Student Spotlight: Jacob Veilleux

Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology major Jacob Veilleux interned with the with the Illinois River Biological Station in Havana, Illinois, where he focused his time studying Smallmouth Buffalo fish.

Nov 19, 2017

Research Analyzes Pokémon GO Student Players

Claudia Alberico, a graduate teacher and research assistant in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, Aaron Hipp, associate professor of community health and sustainability in the College of Natural Resources, and Oriol Marquet, researcher in parks and management, recently shared their research on video games that incorporate physical activity, including Pokemon Go.

Nov 18, 2017

What’s a Fair Price to Pay for Conserving Tropical Forests?

In a study published in World Development, NC State researchers estimated the opportunity costs of foregoing deforestation (and related activities), using surveys at 17 sites in six tropical countries.