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Upcoming Facebook LIVE Events: Virtual Tours Along with Q&A Time With Our Experts

Mark your calendar for four upcoming Facebook LIVE events from Purdue FNR Extension specialists. On April 30, tune in at 3 p.m. to expand your knowledge about the Hellbender husbandry program as Dr. Rod Williams chats live with Dr. Stephen...

Checkout This New Video: How to Stop Woodland Animals from Digging in Your Flower Pots

Do you have issues with wildlife digging in your flower pots and disturbing or even killing your plants? Extension wildlife specialist Brian MacGowan has a few simple tips that you can try in order to deter these animals and save...

Need help with pond or wildlife management? Looking for a professional to contact for help?

The Purdue Extension Pond and Wildlife Management website has been updated with a contact search function to better help you find the right professional biologist or conservationist in your county to serve your needs. The newly created County and Habitat...

Purdue Extension – Forestry and Natural Resources is Here For You

While our FNR Purdue Extension specialists can't be with you in person at workshops, meetings or in the field right now, they are still here to assist you. Don't hesitate to reach out. Purdue Extension - Forestry and Natural Resources, purdue.edu/fnr/extension Ask...

Join us on Facebook LIVE – Hellbender Virtual Tour

Have you heard of a Hellbender? No? Have you been living under a rock? Eastern hellbenders are the largest salamander in North America, a rare species that has been getting a lot of conservation attention over the past two decades....

Invasive Species: the Good News and the Bad News

Many of our favorite plants have multiple personalities. There is a good side and a bad side, shown especially when they escape the landscape and spread to our native areas, becoming invasive. When it comes to invasive plants in landscapes,...

Updated Publication Available: Iron Chlorosis of Trees and Shrubs

Many trees, shrubs, and other ornamental plantings in Indiana and throughout the Midwest suffer from iron deficiency caused by high pH (alkaline) soil. Soil pH affects plant growth directly and indirectly by affecting the availability of essential nutrients and microbial...

Managing Your Woods for White-Tailed Deer

Many woodland landowners are interested in improving their properties for one of Indiana's most abundant game animals, white-tailed deer. This publication titled Managing Your Woods for White-Tailed Deer outlines different options landowners have to enhance white-tailed deer habitat in their...

The Chill-Out is over for our landscapes

Purdue Landscape Report: We all have heard about dormancy and the restful time of woody plants in our landscapes. That “chill-out” time is nearing the end and it’s time to think about tree maintenance. Trees and shrubs have actually been...

We need trees and here’s why…

Purdue Landscape Report: Yes, we need trees and here’s why… Trees have presented as more than just a pretty face as research has indicated that trees are even more valuable for their function as much as their form. Currently, more...

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