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Publication: Transporting Food Waste

This Nature of Teaching lesson plan teaches students how the transportation of food and food waste affects the environment. Students will expand their vocabulary, broaden their geography, and have fun working on their math skills as they calculate food miles....

Tree Defect Identification

Well-maintained trees provide many benefits including increased property values, improved air quality and curb appeal. Trees are living organisms making them vulnerable to pests and environmental extremes resulting in health issues which result in defects. This publication will help guide...

Walleye Farmed Fish Fact Sheet: A Guide for Seafood Consumers

Seafood is a protein category that has many commercially and recreationally available options. Selecting seafood is more like shopping for fruits and vegetables than animal proteins. This publication is the first in a series of fact sheets that describe fish...

Wildlife Habitat Hints: Prescribed Fire Techniques – Flanking Fire

In this second of five prescribed fire ignition technique videos, Purdue Extension wildlife specialist Jarred Brooke describes a flanking fire. If you have any questions regarding wildlife, trees, forest management, wood products, natural resource planning or other natural resource topics, feel...

Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment: Even-aged Management

In this video, we explain the second treatment technique utilized on the Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment, even-aged management. This technique aims to create areas where all of the trees are the same age. Watch to learn how this is accomplished. The...

Wildlife Habitat Hints: Prescribed Fire Techniques – Strip Head Fire

In this third of five prescribed fire ignition technique videos, Purdue Extension wildlife specialist Jarred Brooke describes a strip head fire and how this technique differs from other options. If you have any questions regarding trees, forests, wildlife, wood products...

ID That Tree Fall Color Edition: Shagbark Hickory, Video

Hickories aren't often thought of for their fall foliage, with some exceptions. Meet the shagbark hickory and its stunning golden leaves. Learn more in this edition of ID That Tree with Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee. If you have any...

Tubakia and Bur Oak Blight

Purdue Landscape Report: Tubakia leaf spot, caused by the fungus Tubakia, is the disease we find more commonly on oak than any other. Throughout the world, there are 11 species of Tubakia known to infect oak, with Tubakia dryina (previously known as Actinopelte dryina) being the...

FNR Ask The Expert: Planning and Resources for Conservation Tree Planting

Join Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee and Dr. Carrie Pike, a forest regeneration specialist with the USDA Forest Service, as they share about conservation tree planting, what species are available to plant, where to get them and more. If you...

Ask an Expert: Handling Harvested Deer, Processing and Cooking Deer After Harvest

You can improve the taste and enjoyment of your wild venison by following a few important tips that our extension specialists and educators shared in the FNR Facebook LIVE session from November 12th. Many easy step by step resources are...

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