5 Questions with CNR Dean Mary Watzin
Our college’s vision is to be the go-to place for solutions to natural resource challenges. We don’t think it is enough to make a name for ourselves by describing problems. We want to develop...
View ArticleTree Change – A Challenge for Planners and Policy makers
Is Raleigh, NC becoming more like Baltimore? According to a study published in the journal Ecosystems by researchers Kevin Bigsby, Melissa McHale and George Hess in NC State’s College of Natural...
View ArticleThe Origin of Flowers: Tree Experts Help Unravel Evolutionary Mystery
NC State scientists had a hand in a massive research project highlighted in Science that sheds light on how flowering plants suddenly came into prominence more than 200 million years ago – what Charles...
View ArticleIncrease in Human-Alligator Encounters Spurs Student Research
It’s becoming more and more common these days to run into an alligator, whether near your home, in the park, or somewhere else. Now wildlife researchers in Raleigh are interested in finding out why....
View ArticleNCSU Study Demonstrates Value of State Parks
For the third straight year attendance at North Carolina state parks and state recreation areas hovered at a record level with 14.2 million visits. Travelers spent an average of $23.56 per day to enjoy...
View ArticleOpening of $6 million golf clubhouse will enhance N.C. State’s PGA degree...
N.C. State’s new $6 million Carol Johnson Poole Clubhouse which opened earlier this month, will benefit the Professional Golf Management program of the College of Natural Resources, the turf grass...
View ArticleCAMCORE Demonstrates the Role of Industry in Conservation of At-Risk Forest...
“International extension agents”— that’s how CAMCORE director Bill Dvorak sometimes refers to the people who work for CAMCORE (the Central America and Mexico Coniferous Resources Cooperative), a...
View ArticleWhy We Should be Worried About the Rapid Growth in Global Households
Demographers are not as worried today as they were several decades ago about the prospect of a “population bomb,” a scenario where so many people come to populate the planet that we exhaust its...
View ArticlePRTM Student Is NCAA Wrestling Champ
NC State University junior, Nick Gwiazdowski, just capped a record-breaking season by becoming the sixth NCAA wrestling champion in NC State University history. A program management major in the...
View ArticlePeople First Tourism is subject of WCOM radio program
NC State Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management professor Duarte Morais and two of People First Tourism’s micro-entrepreneurs were guests on WCOM-FM 103.5 (Chapel-Hill-Carboro Public Radio). In...
View ArticleOpinion – Insurance Industry Behind The Curve In Addressing Wildfire Danger
Dr. Toddi Steelman, co-director of the Fire Chasers Project at North Carolina State University’s Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources and executive director of the School of Environment...
View ArticleDr. Hess’s Teaching Award Spotlighted in Eastern Wake News
A focus on sustainability and hands-on activities for students are what Knightdale Land Use Review Board member George Hess considers some of the reasons he was chosen to receive North Carolina State...
View ArticleYahoo Road Trip Video Tracks Wolfpack Timbersports Athlete in Training for US...
Griffith Wilson, a sophomore in Forest Management at NC State University, is used to working hard. That includes the work he has put into becoming the winner of the US STIHL® TIMBERSPORTS® Southern...
View ArticleCarnivore Mystery: Why Fishers Thrive in East, Not West
For weasel-like fishers it’s a good time to live in the East. The fierce little carnivores are reclaiming historic habitats, including the Bronx, New York. But it’s a different story for fishers in...
View ArticleSustainable Forestry Teachers’ Academy Garnering High Praise
The Sustainable Forestry Teachers’ Academy is just wrapping up another year and it is already getting fantastic reviews from its students — the teachers. The Academy is a four-day residential program...
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