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FNR Ask the Expert: What is Aquaculture?

In this episode of Ask an Expert, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant‘s aquaculture marketing outreach associate Amy Shambach and Purdue Aquaculture Lab Manager Bob Rode share more about aquaculture, a growing method to increase the food supply. If you have any questions...

Nature of Teaching Virtual Workshops With Certifications

The Nature of Teaching Extension program includes formal standards-based curricula and informal activity-based curricula, all centered around getting youth outside. Topics included are Food Waste, Health & Wellness, and Wildlife. Each program area provides standards-based, classroom-ready, free lesson plans with...

Ask An Expert: Salamanders

You may have found salamanders while flipping over rocks and logs in the woods or you may have seen them scurrying in and out of your pond. In this episode of FNR Ask the Expert, join Dr. Rod Williams, extension...

Yellow Perch Becoming Popular

The publication Yellow Perch is the second in a series of fact sheets that describe fish and shellfish produced in the Midwest region of the United States. (See FNR-608-W, Walleye Farmed Fish Fact Sheet.) Yellow perch have been popular among...

ID That Tree: Chestnut Oak

In this edition of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces you to chestnut oak, sometimes called rock chestnut oak. It is an oak species commonly found in the southern part of the state on high dry sites....

What do Trees Do in the Winter?

Purdue Landscape Report: So, what do trees do in the winter? Do they freeze up like unprotected water pipes? Or burst when it gets below freezing? Yes, the below-ground parts of a tree are kept insulated by mulch, soil and...

ID That Tree: Mockernut Hickory

In this edition of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces the mockernut or white hickory. This species is typically found on high dry ridges and other dry soil locations. Identifying characteristics include a very rounded and oftentimes...

FNR Ask An Expert: Pond Management-What to Do in Winter, How to Plan for Spring

Join Purdue Extension fisheries expert Mitch Zischke and Purdue Extension - Ripley County extension educator Dave Osborne as they share about pond management, including how to create a management plan, getting things ready for spring, what to do about early...

ID That Tree: Paw Paw Tree

In this edition of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces you to a native Indiana tree sometimes called the Indiana banana. Meet the pawpaw, a shade-tolerant, fruit-producing, simple-leaved species. If you have any questions regarding trees, forests, wildlife,...

FNR Ask The Expert: Prescribed Fire

In this episode of FNR Ask the Expert, Purdue Extension wildlife specialist Jarred Brooke and Dr. Mike Saunders, associate Professor of Ecology and Natural Resources, talk about prescribed fire and how you can use this technique to manage your fields...

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