Winning Halloween by a 2-to-1 margin:

Congrats to members of the TWS quiz bowl team: national champions! Dare Scott/Seamus O'Brien/Rhys Medcalfe/Katherine Carlsrud + advisors Michel T. Kohl, PhD and Gino D'Angelo.

During the winter, trees look pretty bare. But there's more going on under the surface. Researchers UGA & Oak Ridge Lab are examining what the cells of poplar trees do during the winter and what that tells us about their genetics: news.uga.edu/project-examin…

Following the success of the first #forest #carbon #landowner #workshop, we are organizing a second workshop on Feb 10, 2023 (Guyton, GA). Visit bit.ly/3sZgHzI for the agenda and registration ($15/person). Please RT. UGA's Warnell School UGA Public Service & Outreach

Wildlife agencies rely on hunters to report suspicious lagomorph mortalities and engage in voluntary biosecurity actions to mitigate the spread of RHDV2. We surveyed 22,511 hunters about their willingness to engage in voluntary biosecurity. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cs…

Diamondback terrapins are up against a lot in Georgia. Many of the threats are exacerbated by human activity. But Warnell researcher 𓆏 John Maerz 𓆏 is using his expertise as an animal ecologist to dig into these challenges and others: t.uga.edu/8JS

Check out the latest issue of New Phytologist with a cover story by Dan Johnson on how #fire kills #trees. Turns out, it's not how you think: t.uga.edu/8Ny

Second #MotusWTS tower for our "Documenting Activities of Wildlife in Georgia" project. These towers will allow us to track birds (& other wildlife) to enhance teaching & research UGA's Warnell School. Thanks to @labrushing (& Chandler) lab members who spent their Thursday getting this up

We have an opening for an MS student to work on decision support for species status assessments. The student would work with me and Brian Irwin at the GA Coop Unit and ⁦UGA's Warnell School⁩. Happy to answer any questions!

Warnell is part of a new $10M Dept. of Agriculture-NIFA grant to help landowners adapt forests to increasingly complicated conditions. Working with Purdue Agriculture and Center for Research on Sustainable Forests, we'll explore ways to merge data in an AI environment to automate forest inventories (+more): t.uga.edu/8OM

Warnell and members of @ugaafs were well represented this week at the Georgia chapter of the American Fisheries Society annual conference on St. Simons! instagram.com/p/CoyRFKoroaK/…

Wild turkeys are one of the most distinctive North American birds, wouldn't you say? 🦃 Turkey #473 has some special features and an affinity for trucks. Hear her story from Dr. Michael Chamberlin on this week's Wild Animals podcast: bit.ly/WildNature0304 📷: Melissa Dowland

💡 Regional Forestry Groups give you the opportunity to learn from forestry experts and connect with the forestry community in your region! Remember to RSVP for the upcoming meetings near you! 🔗 gfagrow.org/regionalmeetin… @gatrees UGA's Warnell School

Recent research looked into the potential for problems when pigs are relocated, often illegally for hunting. UGA's Warnell School t.uga.edu/8ZZ

Today is my favorite day of the year because it’s the day we get to celebrate the work of our outreach and extension faculty and staff! #UGAserves UGA Agricultural & Environmental Sciences UGA College of Veterinary Medicine UGA's Warnell School UGA College of Pharmacy UGA Vinson Institute t.uga.edu/90M

Thanks to the hard work of UGA's Warnell School graduate student Hunter Scully, Georgia Baseball's series this weekend against Arkansas will be waste-free and divert all materials away from the local landfill! Go Dawgs and Go Green! ♻️ t.uga.edu/91F | #EarthDay

Not all wood is created equal. But beyond looking at the grain, how do you know a wood's properties? That's where assoc. prof. Joe Dahlen comes in: He creates new machines to measure such things. Read more: t.uga.edu/94A

UGA's Warnell School researchers are going nuts over their latest research that could bring back native chestnuts and prevent the crop from going nearly extinct. t.uga.edu/99Q | #UGAResearch

Congratulations to Warnell Ph.D. student Nicholas Bakner, the 2023 recipient of the E.L. Cheatum Award! This award recognizes excellence in academic achievements, personal qualities and participation in professional affairs and public issues.  Nick Bakner

Join us Thursday for the first Speaker Series event of the fall semester: Dr. Dan Johnson, presenting "Climate Change, Fire and Southeast US Forest Resiliency.” Starts at 3:30 p.m. in Room 1-304. Bring a mug for coffee/tea. #UGA