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Paddlecraft Wildlife Index – MyDNR

MyDNR, Indiana's Outdoor Newsletter: Become a Paddlecraft Wildlife Index volunteer and help DNR by documenting the wildlife you observe while on the water from June 1 to July 31. After signing up online, you will be mailed a packet with...

ID That Tree: Persian Walnut

In this episode of ID That Tree, Recep Yildiz a FNR graduate student shares his expertise on how to ID Persian walnut or sometimes called common walnut or English walnut. It is not native to Indiana but is widely cultivated...

Re-mulch Your Trees – Landscape Report

Purdue Landscape Report: It’s that wonderful time of year again where temps are rising, life is coming back into the landscape, and people are thinking about how to improve the urban canopy around them.  Well, maybe not that specifically, but...

Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae on lilac and other woody ornamentals – Landscape Report

Purdue Landscape Report: Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae is an opportunistic bacterial pathogen that attacks a diversity of woody ornamental plants. The bacteria cause flower blights, cankers, shoot blights, and diebacks. Symptoms Symptoms often begin as expanding leaf spots. On lilac...

ID That Tree: Invasive Callery Pear

This exotic invasive tree species is commonly found in Indiana landscape, callery pear. Callery pear has been planted as an ornamental tree in the midwest for decades. The original selection bradford pear was actually infertile and would not spread from...

Asian jumping worms: Where to get started – Landscape Report

Purdue Landscape Report: Asian jumping worms, a group of invasive earthworms, have gained a significant amount of media attention in the last several weeks, and for good reason.  Unlike the nightcrawlers and other earthworms we know, Asian jumping worms do...

Publication-Atlantic Salmon Farmed Fish Fact Sheet

This is the eighth in a series of consumer guides that describe fish and shellfish farmed in the Midwest region of the United States. The fact sheet also includes culinary characteristics, cooking tips and a recipe for Easy Baked Salmon....

Publication-Introduction to Rain Garden Design

A rain garden is a green infrastructure project that can improve the quality of stormwater, minimize pollution, and enhance biodiversity and pollinator habitat. Purdue, Iowa State and Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant researchers explain how to site, size, design, install and maintain...

Natural Resources University Podcasts Earn ANREP Gold Award

The Natural Resources University podcast group received the gold award in the podcast or radio category from the Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals (ANREP). The NRU podcast group includes the Habitat University podcast co-hosted by Purdue Extension wildlife specialist...

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Jack 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...

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