Pennsylvania native and graduate student Anna Talucci took a two-pronged approach to studying the natural resilience of insect damaged and burned forests. She tramped into the wilderness, setting up 63 fire-burned plots and measuring fire severity, regeneration and structure.
Bill Ripple has spent much of his personal and professional life trying to understand the complex clockwork of natural processes.
Co-author Christopher Still says, “Careful and targeted afforestation and reforestation can help with the climate crisis, but only if done in certain regions and with appropriate safeguards for biodiversity, water availability, and in concert with local communities.”
The Conway Science Fellowship in social science was awarded to the team of Evan Bredeweg, a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife in the College of Agricultural Sciences; and Ashley D’Antonio, an assistant professor in the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society in
Joe Peters says the online Master of Natural Resources program became an opportunity for him to advance his career and offer a local Native American perspective to a virtual classroom of students worldwide.
Jacob holds two degrees from OSU, a bachelor’s in forest management and a recently completed master’s in sustainable forest management.
