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ID That Tree: Yellow Buckeye

In this episode of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces the yellow buckeye. This native species, found in southeastern Indiana on high quality sites, features palmately compound leaves, like fingers on a hand, mostly featuring five leaflets...

Purdue Extension to Connect Underserved Communities with Funding for Energy and Environmental Improvements

Purdue Agriculture News - Purdue Extension has been selected to support a multistate effort to help rural, tribal and underserved communities access federal funding for energy and environmental improvement efforts. The University of Minnesota will lead the effort as an...

Illinois Groundwork Provides a Rich Supply of Green Infrastructure Resources

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Newsroom - During large rainstorms, many Illinois residents brace themselves for flooding in their basements, streets and neighborhoods. A new online tool, Illinois Groundwork, provides communities and stormwater professionals with resources on green stormwater infrastructure, which provides a...

Observing Seasonal Changes in Nature-IFWOA Webinar

Everyone experiences phenology. What is phenology and how can observing plant and animal life cycle stages help us understand changes in climate, water, light and other abiotic factors? In this webinar hosted by Indiana Forestry & Woodland Owners Association (IFWOA),...

Question: What is the best management process with cut invasive brush tops?

Question: Once I've pulled or cut, and have treated the bush honeysuckle stumps, can it be left to decay, particularly if not piled directly on the ground in a woodland? When deciding what methods to use to control invasive brush...

Oak Leaf Tatters-Purdue Landscape Report

Purdue Landscape Report: Each spring the PPDL receives several samples of oak trees showing curled, twisted, stunted and/or generally ratty looking leaves. When there are holes in the leaves or leaf edges are missing tissue, we add another symptom name...

Woodland Management Moment: Deer Fence

In this episode of A Woodland Management Moment, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee talks about the high deer populations around forest land, which can make it difficult to get hardwood seedlings established. This video brings more details and introduces a...

Agriculture Natural Resources Newsletter Features Specialist – MacGowan

Agriculture Natural Resources (ANR) Newsletter: Dr. Brian MacGowan is an Extension wildlife specialist and Extension coordinator in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources (FNR). Brian grew up in rural St. Joseph County and began his career in Extension in...

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Virginia Pine

The classic and trusted book "Fifty Common Trees of Indiana" by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species.  Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated through a joint effort by the Purdue Department of Forestry...

Get out of your shell and help protect Indiana’s Eastern box turtle – Wild Bulletin

Wild Bulletin, Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Fish and Wildlife: The Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina) is a species of hinge-shelled turtle that lives on forested land in Indiana. Box turtles are long-lived, slow to mature and have few offspring...

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