McCall Outdoor Science School Makes a Splash with Free Boat, Kayak and Canoe Demo Day
Posted: Friday, August 7 2009
MCCALL, Idaho – Beginning and advanced paddlers will have opportunity to test the waters and new equipment during a paddling clinic Sunday, June 28, at the Ponderosa State Park Visitor Center in McCall. The event takes place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and is open to the public of all ages. Food and refreshments are included. Participants who drive to the park must pay a $4 park entry fee. Boat, ka...
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Natural Resources | Gary Thompson

Student Graduate Project Encourages Environmental Awareness and Stewardship for the Land
Posted: Friday, August 7 2009
MOSCOW, Idaho – When it comes to community sharing and support centered on the environment, education and sustainability, the Moscow-Pullman community is tops. University of Idaho student Anne Izard found that out when she began her master’s degree research project last fall. Izard worked with McDonald Elementary School second and sixth graders to create a visual outdoor classroom garden space i...
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Natural Resources | College of Graduate Studies

University of Idaho Students, Staff Partner with Natural Resource Organizations to Gain Fire Leadership Experience
Posted: Friday, August 7 2009
MOSCOW, Idaho – Four people dealing with fire research and education from the University of Idaho College of Natural Resources “burned the midnight oil” earlier this semester by driving more than 60 hours roundtrip to work with The Nature Conservancy on using fire to improve landscapes. The team, comprised of Brian Austin, from Manchester, Mo.; Gabe Cortez, from Los Angeles, Calif.; Cody Fox, fr...
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University of Idaho Conservation Science Students Help Local Landowners Conserve Species
Posted: Wednesday, February 18 2009
Feb. 18, 2009 Photo available at www.today.uidaho.edu/PhotoList.aspx Written by Sue McMurray MOSCOW, Idaho – American Idol’s harshest judge, tired of human caterwauling, perhaps would find welcome relief in the blend of harmonies produced by the American kestrel, western meadowlark and 26 other bird species that frequent Ten Mile Creek Ranch. Located on the Snake River south of Lewiston, the ranc...
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Natural Resources | Lisette Waits | Lee Vierling | Conservation Social Sciences | News Release

University of Idaho Honors Teaching, Research, Outreach and Advising Achievements
Posted: Monday, April 20 2009
April 20, 2009 Written by Joni Kirk MOSCOW, Idaho – University of Idaho faculty, staff and students will be honored at a ceremony later today for outstanding achievements in teaching, research, outreach and advising. The annual Excellence Awards banquet will take place at 6 p.m. at the University Inn Best Western, 1516 Pullman Rd. in Moscow. Research or Creative...
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University of Idaho Alumni Association Honors Taiwanese University President
Posted: Friday, June 12 2009
June 12, 2009 Written by Jeff Olson MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho Alumni Association will honor alumnus Ming-Jen Lee with a Silver and Gold Award. The award recognizes Idaho alumni who have a distinguished record of achievement and service in their specialized areas of endeavor, thus bringing honor and recognition to the university. Lee is president of National Chiayi University in...
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Student Firefighters Won’t Get Burned by the University of Idaho
Posted: Monday, August 10 2009
Aug. 10, 2009 MOSCOW, Idaho – Student firefighters are feeling the heat as fire season continues. Though classes begin at the University of Idaho on Monday, Aug. 24, some firefighters will continue to battle forest and wildland fires across the state and the West, even after school starts. Continuing with tradition, University of Idaho students have options when the fire season bumps up agains...
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Kick-off Celebration Marks 100 Years of Forestry Education
Posted: Tuesday, August 11 2009
Aug. 11, 2009 Written by Sue McMurray MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho's College of Natural Resources will celebrate 100 years of forestry education Sept. 11-13 on the Moscow campus. The kick-off event is the first of several leading up the college’s centennial in 2017. A celebration package registration fee of $100 includes Friday lunch and Saturday barb...
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University of Idaho Events for Sept. 7-13
Posted: Friday, August 28 2009
MOSCOW, Idaho – The following is a list of University of Idaho-sponsored events for the week of Sept. 7-13. Events will take place in Moscow, Idaho Falls and Seattle, Wash. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Monday, Sept. 7 The University of Idaho is closed in observance of Labor Day. Vandal Booster Luncheon 11:45 a.m. University Inn Best Western 1516 W. Pul...
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Natural Resources | Idaho Falls | News Release

Natural Resources Research Assesses Impact of Changing Snowpack on Climate in Western U.S.
Posted: Friday, August 28 2009
MOSCOW, Idaho – Water researchers across the state are collaboratively embarking on a three-year hydrologic study that will contribute to a greater understanding of the altered distribution of winter snowpack, one of the greatest climatic impacts on the semi-arid mountains of the western U.S. University of Idaho, Boise State University and U.S.D.A. Agricultural Research Service project...
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Natural Resources | Forest Resources | Timothy Link | Water Resources | News Release

Volunteer Opportunity at McCall Outdoor Science School
Posted: Thursday, September 10 2009
MOSCOW — A weekend of volunteer service at the University of Idaho McCall Field Campus is open to the public Friday through Sunday, Sept. 25-27. Volunteers will help prepare field campus for winter operation. Projects include painting, chinking, trail building, weather stripping and firewood cutting. Vans will leave the University of Idaho Moscow campus at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25, ...
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Natural Resources | Steve Hollenhorst - MOSS

From Department to Premier Natural Resources College: Looking Back Over the Past 100 Years of Forestry Education
Posted: Wednesday, September 9 2009
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho College of Natural Resources will celebrate 100 years of forestry education Sept. 11-13 during events on the Moscow campus. The kickoff event is the first of several leading up the college’s centennial in 2017. “The College of Natural Resources faculty and graduates are positioned to be key players at the regional, national and global levels for sustainabil...
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Natural Resources | Forest Products | Bill McLaughlin | News Release

University of Idaho Wins $3.2 Million Renewal of Interdisciplinary Graduate Research and Education Project
Posted: Thursday, September 17 2009
MOSCOW, Idaho – A successful educational partnership between the University of Idaho and Costa Rica's Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center to train graduate students will continue with a $3.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program, or IGERT, is the National Science Foundation's flagship interdi...
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Keeping the Tradition Alive: 100 Years of Homecoming at Idaho
Posted: Tuesday, September 29 2009
MOSCOW, Idaho – When the University of Idaho celebrates homecoming Oct. 25-31, the week takes on a special meaning. "We're celebrating 100 years of homecoming with the theme 'Keeping the Tradition: Centennial Edition,'" said Anna Marie Limbaugh, 2009 Homecoming chair. A great deal has changed at the University of Idaho in the last 100 years: the former farmland has been developed into a tree-c...
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Natural Resources | Art & Architecture | Alumni | News Release

Warm River Temperatures Lead to Cool Down in Steelhead Survival Rates
Posted: Wednesday, October 7 2009
Written by Sue McMurray MOSCOW, Idaho – While some may enjoy hot August nights along the Columbia River, migrating steelhead take exception. Many of the fish, uncomfortable in the Columbia’s warm summer water, have been seeking refuge in cool-water tributaries along their migration route. This behavior intrigued a University of Idaho fisheries research group, who say some upriver steelhead pop...
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University of Idaho Submits Midyear Budget Holdback Plan to State
Posted: Monday, October 12 2009
MOSCOW, Idaho – In a letter to faculty, staff and students statewide today, University of Idaho President Duane Nellis outlined the institution's midyear budget holdback plan. The plan came after meetings with university executive staff, faculty, staff, student and other leadership constituent groups, and from internal economic and budget modeling. Under the plan, the university, which...
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Natural Resources | Art & Architecture | Presidents Office | News Release | Office of the President

University of Idaho Sustainability Center Sponsors Cell Phone and Ink Cartridge Recycling on Campus
Posted: Monday, October 26 2009
Written by Fatou Sogoyou-Bekeyi MOSCOW, Idaho - The University of Idaho Sustainability Center has placed collection boxes around campus to encourage recycling of old cell phones and empty ink cartridges. The collected cell phones will be reused, refurbished, or smelted down for metal and plastic components to be made into new products. Empty ink cartridges will be refilled and reused. Many cel...
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Natural Resources | Environmental Science | News Release | Sustainability

Nevada, New Mexico and Idaho Band Together to Battle Effects of Climate Change
Posted: Wednesday, November 11 2009
Written by Ken Kingery MOSCOW, Idaho - Today’s issues related to climate change and water resources require an abundant flow of information between scientists across the country. Because of this fact, the National Science Foundation not only is providing bigger pipes for three states, it also is making sure they fit together. The NSF’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Compe...
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Kerri Vierling
Posted: Wednesday, November 25 2009
College of Natural Resources
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University of Idaho Graduate Student Wins National Conservation Award
Posted: Monday, November 30 2009
Written by Sue McMurray MOSCOW, Idaho – Improving our understanding of risks to threatened species populations worldwide is the ambition of Jan Schipper, a University of Idaho graduate student. He is the recent winner of the William T. Hornaday Conservation Award, a national award from the American Society of Mammalogists that recognizes Schipper's significant contribution as a student to the con...
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Natural Resources | College of Graduate Studies | Conservation Social Sciences | Wildlife Resources | Conservation Social Sciences | News Release | COGS homepage | Graduate

Symposium to Address Natural Resource Management in a Political Climate
Posted: Friday, December 11 2009
Written by Sue McMurray MOSCOW, Idaho – Natural resource stewardship is one area of focus for rangeland managers, landowners, conservationists, and federal, state and private agencies during a January symposium in Boise. The "Congress on Western Rangelands" will bring together groups interested in the most innovative strategies to manage western working landscapes in the midst of controversy. The...
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Lauren Fins
Posted: Tuesday, December 29 2009
Professor of Forest Genetics
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University of Idaho Events for Jan. 25-31
Posted: Friday, January 22 2010
Written by Casey McDaniel Moscow, Idaho – The following is a list of University of Idaho sponsored event for the week of Jan. 25-31. Events will take place in Moscow and are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Monday, Jan. 25 Vandal Booster Luncheon 11:45 a.m. Best Western University Inn 1516 Pullman Rd. The Latah County Vandal Boosters invite everyone to attend its weekly lunch...
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Natural Resources | Lionel Hampton School of Music | Music Performance or Composition | News Release

McCall Outdoor Science School Educates Idaho Kids About Climate Change
Posted: Wednesday, January 27 2010
Written by Sue McMurray Wal-Mart grant will help with student-focused program MCCALL, Idaho – Snow-day school closures in early October, extra-hot summers and an overabundance of creepy insects to scare little sister may seem like a great way to live to some Idaho kids. But while these factors may be fun now, they are signs of impending climate change that could alter their futures. A new clim...
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Natural Resources | Steve Hollenhorst - MOSS | University of Idaho Boise | News Release | Sustainability | Southern Idaho | McCall Outdoor Science School

Climate Change, Wood Bioenergy and Carbon Emissions to be Explored at Forest Sustainability Conference
Posted: Wednesday, January 27 2010
Written by Sue McMurray MOSCOW, Idaho – Forest managers, landowners, conservationists, and federal, state and private agencies will benefit from a natural resource conference focusing on climate change, bioenergy and sustainable forest management. The conference will help people connect global-scale issues – regarding renewable energy, carbon emissions and more – to potenti...
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Natural Resources | Jay O'Laughlin | Conservation Social Sciences | University of Idaho Boise | News Release | Sustainability

University of Idaho Report Predicts Idaho Forest Products Industry Conditions and Forecast
Posted: Friday, January 29 2010
Written by Sue McMurray MOSCOW, Idaho – A new report from the University of Idaho's College of Natural Resources examines the Idaho forest products industry’s operating conditions, sales, employment and production for 2009, and forecasts conditions for 2010. The report, entitled “Idaho’s Forest Products Industry: Current Conditions and Forecast, 2010,” provides historic trend data and provides r...
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Natural Resources | Forest Products | Francis Wagner | Steve Shook | Forest Products | News Release

University of Idaho Joins Elite Forestry Research System
Posted: Monday, February 1 2010
Written by Sue McMurray MOSCOW, Idaho – A $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will help University of Idaho forestry researchers solve industry-wide problems beyond the scope of what one institution’s scientific resources can provide. The university will use the funding to establish a research site in the Center for Advanced Forest Systems. CAFS links top un...
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Natural Resources | Forest Resources | Alistair Smith | Mark Coleman | Paul McDaniel | Forest Resources | Research | News Release | Idaho at Glance

Kelly Crane
Posted: Sunday, February 7 2010
Extension Range Specialist
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Policy Analysis Group Releases Idaho Sheep Report
Posted: Monday, February 22 2010
Written by Ken Kingery MOSCOW, Idaho – A report from the University of Idaho’s College of Natural Resources Policy Analysis Group (PAG) details the current situation with Idaho’s Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep and domestic sheep populations. The peer-reviewed report outlines the varying issues surrounding bighorn sheep viability and domestic sheep grazing. It provides background on the issue for ...
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Natural Resources | Jay O'Laughlin | Angelique EagleWoman | News Release

Rangeland Ecology and Management Students Take Top Honors
Posted: Monday, February 22 2010
Students of Karen Launchbaugh, associate professor of rangeland management, earn national kudos.
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Ken Cain
Posted: Monday, February 22 2010
Associate Professor of Fishery Resources
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Sanyal and Pulsipher Present on Green Infrastructure Concepts
Posted: Friday, April 2 2010
Nick Sanyal, associate professor of conservation social sciences, and Liza Pulsipher, bioregional planning graduate student, presented “Application of Green Infrastructure Planning: Lessons learned From Two Years of a Service-Learning Project in Southeast Washington. A planning Framework Linking People and Working Landscapes” at the second annual Inland Northwest Green Fair. The fair was held Marc...
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O'Laughlin Presents Policy-Related Studies
Posted: Friday, April 2 2010
Jay O'Laughlin, professor of forestry and policy sciences, was invited by the Idaho House of Representatives Resources and Environment Committee to present the results of three policy-related studies he completed. The studies dealt with: the potential benefits and challenges of public land exchanges; bighorn sheep and domestic sheep situation in Idaho; and wood bioenergy opportunities and challen...
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Sam Ham Receives Fulbright Award to LaTrobe University, Australia
Posted: Friday, April 2 2010
Sam Ham, professor of conservation social sciences and director of the Center for International Training and Outreach, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to spend October and November 2010, with LaTrobe University, Australia, as a Fulbright Senior Specialist. His work will focus on strengthening the expertise of LaTrobe faculty and graduate students to conduct research related to community a...
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Burbank Receives Top Student Award From U.S. Aquaculture Society
Posted: Wednesday, April 14 2010
David Burbank, master’s candidate in CNR’s Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, received the Best Student Oral Presentation Award in the U.S. Aquaculture Society’s Oral Presentation category.He gave his presentation, “Assessing Candidate Probiotic Use for the Possible Control of Flavobacterium Psychrophilum in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)” at the recent World Aquaculture 2010 conferen...
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Sanyal and Service-Learning Students Assess Likely Futures For Moscow
Posted: Wednesday, April 14 2010
Nick Sanyal, associate professor of conservation social sciences and bioregional planning, and Liza Pulsipher, bioregional planning graduate student, facilitated two scenario-planning workshops, along with 28 conservation planning and management undergraduate students and three CSS/bioregional planning graduate students in Moscow on March 31 and April 7. The two public workshops were designed to e...
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Natural Resources | Nick Sanyal | Acknowledgements | Register Features

Hendee Receives U.S. Forest Service Lifetime Leadership Award
Posted: Tuesday, April 20 2010
John Hendee, professor emeritus and former dean of the College of Natural Resources (1985-94), has received the U.S. Forest Service Lifetime Leadership Award for Education in Wilderness Management and Stewardship. Forest Service Deputy Chief Joel Hoeltrop presented the award to Hendee at a plenary session of the 9th World Wilderness Congress in Mérida, Mexico, Nov. 12, 2009.
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University of Idaho Advising, Teaching, Collaborative, Outreach and Creative Activity Achievements Shine
Posted: Wednesday, April 21 2010
Written by Amanda Cairo MOSCOW, Idaho – Excellence is its own reward, but as many University of Idaho faculty found out, a ceremony and an award can make the reward a little bit sweeter. The university's annual Excellence Awards banquet honored 16 faculty and graduate students at an on-campus ceremony for outstanding achievements in teaching, research, outreach and advising. New this year to the ...
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Letters, Arts & Social Sciences | Natural Resources | Science | Law | Engineering | Art & Architecture | Education | College of Graduate Studies | News Release

Natural Resources Departments Consolidated to Expand Efficiencies
Posted: Friday, April 23 2010
Written by Sue McMurray MOSCOW, Idaho – The Idaho State Board of Education / University of Idaho Board of Regents yesterday approved the consolidation of five departments within the university's College of Natural Resources into three. This action will allow the college to expand its efficiencies in how it structures and administers academic degree, research and outreach programs. ...
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Natural Resources | Bill McLaughlin | News Release | Idaho at Glance | Register Features

McCall Outdoor Science School Offers Summer Workshops for Idaho Science and Math Teachers
Posted: Thursday, May 13 2010
Written by Sue McMurray MCCALL, Idaho – While their students are enjoying summer vacation, Idaho science and math teachers will have opportunities to learn how to bring elements of the outdoors into their classrooms by the time the fall term begins. Two federally sponsored environmental technology, climate and water science workshops are being offered to middle school and high school science, te...
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Natural Resources Service-Learning Project Promotes Global Environmental Stewardship
Posted: Thursday, May 20 2010
Written by Sue McMurray MOSCOW, Idaho – The words “required reading” can strike dread in the hearts of many high school graduates coming off the high of summer vacation, about to enter their first year of college. But for at least 26 honors freshmen, the University of Idaho’s required reading, “Deep Economy” by Bill McKibben, struck a chord. Students in College of Natural Resources Associate Pr...
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Natural Resources | Lee Vierling | News Release | Service-Learning

University of Idaho Rangeland Experts Release New Greater Sage-grouse Habitat Guidebook
Posted: Wednesday, June 2 2010
Written by Sue McMurray MOSCOW, Idaho – A new guide to sage-grouse habitat written by University of Idaho rangeland ecology and management scientist Eva Strand and environmental science master’s degree candidate Jeffrey Gillan will help land owners and managers conserve Greater sage-grouse by identifying habitat conditions favorable to each part of the bird’s life cycle. “Sage-grouse Habitat in ...
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Natural Resources | Rangeland Ecology and Management | Eva Strand | News Release

Preventing Home Damage from Wildfire
Posted: Thursday, June 24 2010
MOSCOW, Idaho – It may be wet and cool now, but summer will bring hot and dry conditions throughout the state. With above normal amounts of precipitation this spring, the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise is forecasting a slow start to the 2010 Idaho fire season. But with little to no snowpack in the high elevations, July, August and September are predicted to have an above normal potent...
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Natural Resources | Fire Ecology & Management | News Release | Idaho at Glance | Fire Ecology & Management | Register Features

How to Treat Landscape to Prevent Wildfire
Posted: Friday, June 25 2010
MOSCOW, Idaho – Landowners in Idaho should do more than rely on a wet, cool spring and early summer to stave off wildfire. According to Yvonne Barkley, University of Idaho associate extension forester, they should take steps now to prepare landscapes surrounding homes and other structures. Despite the above normal amounts of precipitation this spring, the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise...
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Natural Resources | Fire Ecology & Management | News Release | Fire Ecology & Management | Extension

Gorman Helps USDA Forest Products Lab Celebrate Centennial
Posted: Friday, June 25 2010
Tom Gorman, professor of forest products, participated in the June 23 Centennial Celebration of the USDA Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) in Madison, Wis. The laboratory was initiated by Gifford Pinchot in 1910 and Gorman has an active project underway at the facility. As part of FPL's 100th anniversary activities, Tom Tidwell, chief of the U.S. Forest Service, and Ann Bartuska, deputy chief for ...
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Safe Evacuation Procedures During Wildfire
Posted: Monday, June 28 2010
MOSCOW, Idaho – During wildfire, do not wait to be told to evacuate. Doing so could cost your life. "Sixty percent of lives lost to wildland fire are of those that chose to stay and wait and see, and then evacuated too late," said Yvonne Barkley, University of Idaho associate extension forester. Barkley's advice comes as the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise is forecasting an above norma...
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Natural Resources | Fire Ecology & Management | News Release | Fire Ecology & Management | Extension

First-Generation College Student Makes Splash in Fish Health Research Improvements
Posted: Tuesday, June 29 2010
Written by Sue McMurray MOSCOW, Idaho – For some, a college education is overrated, especially in hard economic times when a diploma from a four-year institution no longer guarantees a job. While growing up, David Burbank’s family was of this opinion and did not encourage him to attend college just to have “the experience.” But Burbank had a different vision. Burbank’s passions for fishing, t...
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Moffit to Receive National Award for Diversity Efforts
Posted: Thursday, July 1 2010
Christine Moffitt, professor of fishery resources and assistant leader of the Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, will receive the Emmeline Moore Career Achievement Award from the American Fisheries Society (AFS). The award is named after the first female AFS president, Emmeline Moore and recognizes efforts of an individual member in the promotion of demographic diversity in the so...
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Natural Resources | Christine Moffitt | Acknowledgements | Register Features

Scott Helps Western Governors' Association Work Across Borders
Posted: Friday, July 2 2010
J. Michael Scott, professor of wildlife and senior scientist with U.S. Geological Survey, was on a plenary panel at the June 28 meeting of the Western Governors' Association in Whitefish, Mont. Scott and panel members spoke on the topic of working across borders to conserve landscapes. Western states and Canadian provinces have a long history of working across borders to protect important resourc...
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Scientists Explore How Landscape Affects Wildlife, Plant Genetics
Posted: Friday, July 23 2010
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho College of Natural Resources is leading efforts to advance scientific understanding of a relatively new area of research called “landscape genetics,” a science that has high potential for practical conservation and management of natural resources. “The study of landscape genetics has the potential to greatly enhance our knowledge of how landscape and envi...
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Natural Resources | Lisette Waits | News Release

Sanyal Addresses Community-Building Institute
Posted: Friday, July 30 2010
Nick Sanyal, associate professor of conservation social sciences and bioregional planning, conducted a workshop entitled, “Moving from Conflict to Consensus in Small Groups: Building Bridges to Better Decision-making” at the 2010 Northwest Community Development Institute, in Boise, July 14. The institute is an annual four-day opportunity to help people become certified as professional community an...
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McCall Outdoor Science School Cultivates Green-STEM Program
Posted: Friday, July 30 2010
Written by Sue McMurray MCCALL, Idaho – A new $50,000 Steele-Reese Foundation grant will support the University of Idaho’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education initiative. STEM is part of a national effort to ensure that all American students receive the skills and knowledge required for success in the 21st century workforce. The McCall Outdoor Science School (MOSS...
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Helping Haiti: University of Idaho Advances Capacity for Science and Science Education
Posted: Tuesday, August 3 2010
Written by Sue McMurray MOSCOW, Idaho – University of Idaho faculty and nearly two dozen other scientists, science policy experts and educators are reaching out to Haitians to help advance science and science education for long-term, sustainable development and an improved life for Haiti citizens. Gary Machlis, College of Natural Resources professor and adviser to the director of the National P...
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Natural Resources | Gary Machlis | Ecology & Conservation Biology | News Release

Excel on Steroids: McCall Outdoor Science School Offers Ramped Up Data Analysis and Graphing Workshop
Posted: Thursday, August 5 2010
Written by Sue McMurray MCCALL, Idaho – Anyone who uses traditional spreadsheet software packages will benefit from a Sept. 11-12 workshop offered by the University of Idaho McCall Outdoor Science School. The “R Workshop” will train users in a robust data, programming, graphics and statistics software program. The $160 fee includes workshop materials, food (Saturday and Sunday) and lodging (Fr...
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Natural Resources | Statistical Science | Statistical Science | Natural Resources, Ph.D. | News Release | Natural Resources, M.S. | Graduate Education | McCall Outdoor Science School

Pinel Gives Presentation on Asset-Based Rural Development
Posted: Sunday, August 15 2010
Sandra Pinel, assistant professor of conservation social sciences and bioregional planning, recently gave a presentation on asset–based rural development strategies to the Clearwater Basin Collaborative. The collaborative is a cooperative advisory-making body working for consensus relating to conservation and development priorities with the U.S. Forest Service and federal land managers in the Clea...
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Natural Resources | Bioregional Planning | Conservation Social Sciences | Acknowledgements | Register Features

University Communication on Arboretum and Botanical Garden
Posted: Tuesday, August 24 2010
MOSCOW, Idaho - Late last week, President Duane Nellis met with leadership from the Arboretum and Botanical Garden for a discussion on fiscal stewardship issues. This is the text of the memo conveyed today to Arboretum leadership as a follow-up to that meeting: “I appreciated the opportunity to meet with you last week and discuss what we all acknowledge is important to the University of Idaho: th...
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Volunteer Opportunity at McCall Outdoor Science School Sept. 24-26
Posted: Monday, August 30 2010
MCCALL, Idaho – A weekend of volunteer service at the University of Idaho McCall Field Campus is open to the public Sept. 24-26. Volunteers will help prepare the field campus for winter operation. Projects include painting, chinking, trail building, weather stripping and cutting firewood. Vans will leave the University of Idaho’s Moscow campus at 1 and 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24, and return by 2 p....
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Natural Resources | Steve Hollenhorst - MOSS | Steven Hollenhorst | News Release | McCall Outdoor Science School

Montana, Colorado and Idaho Universities Partner on Study of Fire and Climate Change
Posted: Wednesday, September 1 2010
BOZEMAN, Mont. – Faculty at Montana State University, the University of Colorado, the University of Idaho and collaborators at the USDA Forest Service received a $3.85 million grant to study fire and climate change in sensitive forests in the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand. The National Science Foundation is funding the project, which starts today, through their Partnerships in International Re...
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Natural Resources | Fire Ecology & Management | News Release | Graduate | Philip Higuera | Idaho at Glance | Fire Ecology & Management | Register Features

O'Laughlin Tapped for National Forest Science Award
Posted: Thursday, September 2 2010
Jay O’Laughlin, professor of forestry and director of the University Policy Analysis Group, recently received the Society of American Foresters’ 2010 Award in Forest Science. The award recognizes individual research in any branch of the quantitative, managerial and/or social sciences resulting in substantial advances in forestry. The award will be presented Oct. 29 at the SAF National Convention i...
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University of Idaho Scientist Leads Strategic Sciences Working Group to Assess Cascading Effects of BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Posted: Monday, September 13 2010
Written by Sue McMurray MOSCOW, Idaho – Gauging long-term impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is the focus of an inter-disciplinary Strategic Sciences Working Group led by Science Advisor to the Director of the National Park Service Gary Machlis, a professor in University of Idaho College of Natural Resources. Machlis will lead the group in developing and applying an innovative scenario-...
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Natural Resources | Gary Machlis | News Release | Idaho at Glance | Register Features

Moffitt and Students Receive National Awards from American Fisheries Society
Posted: Thursday, September 30 2010
Fishery resources students and faculty in the College of Natural Resources recently were recognized by the American Fisheries Society (AFS) annual conference held in Pittsburgh, Pa. Zachary Penney, doctoral candidate, and Kelly Stockton, master's candidate, both received one of the nine Skinner Memorial awards given. The Skinner awards provide travel moneys for exceptional graduate or undergradu...
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Natural Resources | Christine Moffitt | Acknowledgements | Register Features

Scott Receives Public Service Award
Posted: Sunday, October 10 2010
J. Michael Scott, professor of wildlife resources and leader of the Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, received the 2010 Spirit of Defenders Award for Public Service from the Defenders of Wildlife. The award recognizes Scott’s innovative, scientific research and development of effective tools to inform decisions on how to best protect biodiversity on public lands. Scott received th...
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Idaho Student to Receive American Planning Association Award
Posted: Wednesday, October 13 2010
MOSCOW, Idaho – Ryan Urie, a Hagerman native and recent graduate of the University of Idaho's graduate program in bioregional planning and community design, will receive the 2010 Planning Student Award of Merit from the Idaho Chapter of the American Planning Association Thursday, Oct. 14, in Boise. The award recognizes outstanding achievement in planning. Urie was recognized for helping to found...
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Natural Resources | Sandra Lee Pinel | Bioregional Planning | News Release | Graduate | Kootenai County

University of Idaho Graduate Programs Shine in National Ranking
Posted: Wednesday, October 20 2010
Several graduate programs at the University of Idaho, earned good marks in recent ranking of graduate programs.
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University of Idaho Research Leader Gains Seat on Congressional U.S.D.A. Advisory Board
Posted: Wednesday, November 3 2010
Written by Sue McMurray   MOSCOW, Idaho – Steven Daley-Laursen, senior executive to the University of Idaho’s vice president for research and economic development and professor in the College of Natural Resources’ Department of Forest Ecology and Biogeosciences, has been appointed by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to a three-year term on the National Agricultural Research...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | Natural Resources | John McIver | Research | News Release

Paradise Creek Restoration Project Dedication Ceremony Slated for Nov. 12
Posted: Friday, November 5 2010
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho, in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, will have a dedication ceremony for the Paradise Creek Ecosystem Restoration Project on Friday, Nov. 12, at 10 a.m. The event will take place on Paradise Path, north of the Student Recreation Center. A reception will follow. "This is a tremendous project, improving the physical l...
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Natural Resources | News Release | Paradise Creek

McCall Outdoor Science School Offers Winter Environmental Education to Idaho Teachers
Posted: Wednesday, December 1 2010
By Sue McMurray   MCCALL, Idaho – The McCall Outdoor Science School is offering a winter science institute focusing on climate and water research in Idaho. The institute is open to Idaho teachers and will be held at the University of Idaho McCall Field Campus in McCall Feb. 25-27. Teachers will spend a long weekend on Payette Lake to explore climate and water research topics alongside univer...
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Natural Resources | Science | Steven Hollenhorst | Environmental Science | Water Resources | News Release | Idaho at Glance | Register Features | McCall Outdoor Science School

It’s in the Water: University of Idaho and Industry Scientists Patent Fish Disease Vaccine
Posted: Wednesday, December 8 2010
Written by Sue McMurray   MOSCOW, Idaho – Tainted water is one of the most deadly conduits for disease known to man – and fish. Bacterial coldwater disease (CWD), caused by the bacterium Flavobacterium psychrophilum, is a lethal infection that causes significant losses of hatchery-reared salmonids worldwide. The disease is regarded as the No. 1 problem for Idaho’s trout industry, resulting ...
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Natural Resources | Fish & Wildlife Resources | Kenneth Cain | Ecology & Conservation Biology | Fishery Resources | Fishery Resources | News Release | Fishery Resources | Register Features | Duane Nellis | Ecology & Conservation Biology | Fish & Wildlife Sciences

McCall Field Campus Open for Winter Lodging, Recreation
Posted: Monday, December 13 2010
Written by Sue McMurray   MCCALL, Idaho – The University of Idaho's McCall Field Campus is open for the winter season, offering affordable accommodations to the public in a rustic and scenic location on Payette Lake in McCall. The campus’ location in Ponderosa State Park makes it an ideal place for exploring the 1,000-acre peninsula and its miles of Nordic and snowshoe trails. Nearby Brunda...
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Natural Resources | Sacha Jackson | News Release | McCall Outdoor Science School

University of Idaho Report on Forest Products Industry Conditions in 2010 and Outlook for 2011
Posted: Tuesday, January 18 2011
MOSCOW, Idaho – A new report from the University of Idaho's College of Natural Resources describes trends in industry sales, production, profitability and timber harvest. The report, entitled “Idaho’s Forest Products Industry: Current Conditions and Forecast, 2011,” also features survey responses from Idaho business firms in the forest products industry. Business executives say the industry is ...
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Natural Resources | Forest Products | Renewable Materials | Forest Products | News Release | Forest Products

CNR Park Studies Unit helps National Park Service Improve Marketing Efforts
Posted: Friday, January 21 2011
Margaret Littlejohn, National Park Service Visitor Services Project (VPS) director in the CNR Park Studies Unit, presented, “The Visitor Services Project after 20+ years” on Nov. 20, 2010 at the National Association of Interpretation conference in Las Vegas, Nev. The presentation apprised National Park Service and other interpreters of the VSP's work and shared data from the more than 20 years of ...
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CNR Faculty Member Publishes New Article on Using Forest Biomass for Energy Production
Posted: Friday, January 28 2011
Jay O’Laughlin, professor and director of the College of Natural Resources Policy Analysis Group, recently published “Forest Biomass Markets: Economics and Policy Primer” in the January-February 2011 edition of the Western Forester, a publication of the Society of American Foresters. O’Laughlin’s article focused on practical matters foresters should know in order to advise their landowner client...
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Innovative Environmental Science PSM Acknowledges Real World Complexities, Seeks Sustainable Solutions
Posted: Wednesday, February 2 2011
By Donna Emert MOSCOW, Idaho – In his recent State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama noted that one government agency deals with salmon when it inhabits fresh water, while another agency oversees them in salt water. He quipped that “things really get complicated” once the salmon is smoked. Institutions of higher education also are beginning to recognize and address...
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Natural Resources | Interdisciplinary Programs | Environmental Science | Environmental Science | News Release | Sustainability | Environmental Science & Water Resources | Idaho at Glance | Register Features | Stephen Mulkey

CNR Fisheries Scientist Educates Public About Washington and Idaho Lakes and Watersheds
Posted: Monday, February 7 2011
Frank Wilhelm, associate professor of fisheries resources, and fisheries master’s student Tim Caldwell, presented “Mysids in the Lake Pend Oreille Food Web: History and Current Research,” at the10th Annual Regional Lakes Conference, held February 5 at the Spokane Community College. The conference provided a forum for exchanging information and experiences of residents and lake associations in an...
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Recipe for Success: $20 Million Grant Supports Collaborative Climate Research
Posted: Friday, February 18 2011
Feb. 18, 2011 MOSCOW, Idaho – Thanks to a major investment announced today by the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, the University of Idaho will lead research to better understand and plan for a changing climate in the Pacific Northwest. The five-year, $20 million USDA award will fund the work of a research team led by University of Idaho entomologist Sanford...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | Natural Resources | Sanford Eigenbrode | Agricultural Economics | Research | News Release | Sustainability | Idaho at Glance | Register Features | Duane Nellis | Plant Science

Rangeland Ecology and Management Program Captures High Awards at International Society for Managment Meeting
Posted: Friday, February 18 2011
The Rangeland Ecology and Management program’s faculty, staff, students and alumni report several recent awards earned at the international meeting of the Society for Range Management (SRM)held Feb. 6-10 in Billings, Mont. Undergraduate Julia Workman, a sophomore from Grangeville won first place in the Undergraduate Range Management Exam. With more than 180 participants from 25 range programs ac...
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McCall Outdoor Science School Helps Idaho Low-income Youth Earn Higher Test Scores
Posted: Tuesday, February 22 2011
MCCALL, Idaho – A new $10,000 grant from The Lightfoot Foundation will support the University of Idaho McCall Outdoor Science School (MOSS) Southwest Idaho Learning Initiative, an academic enrichment program that targets Idaho’s low-income youth in fifth through twelfth grades. “We are always pleased to support those organizations who have dedicated themselves to achieve the same goals...
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Natural Resources | Greg Fizzell | News Release | Idaho at Glance | Register Features | McCall Outdoor Science School

Palouse Unit of the American Fisheries Society Chapter Takes Top Honors
Posted: Friday, March 11 2011
More than 30 students from the University of Idaho’s Palouse Unit of the American Fisheries Society attended the annual meeting of the Idaho Chapter of the American Fisheries Society 1-4 March 2011 in Boise. Fisheries students Kelly Stockton, master’s candidate, won the best student poster presentation; and Amy Long, doctoral student, won the Susan B. Martin Scholarship. Students from the Univ...
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College of Natural Resources Students and Gap Analysis Staff Present at George Wright Society Conference
Posted: Thursday, March 24 2011
Two natural resources students and two staff members from the National Gap Analysis Program (GAP) gained professional presentation skills and networking opportunities at the George Wright Society Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites held March 14-18 in New Orleans, La. Two master’s students from the Department of Conservation Social Sciences presented their thesis research. A...
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National Gap Analysis Program Staff Attend Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium
Posted: Thursday, March 24 2011
Anne Davidson, spatial ecologist for the National Gap Analysis Program at the University of Idaho, attended the annual Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium meeting, March 9-10 in Denver, Colo. The Consortium was founded in 1992 to share land cover mapping expertise and spread the high costs of obtaining and processing the required satellite images. The National Gap Analysis Pr...
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University of Idaho Student Range Club Earns Top Honors at Society for Range Management International Meeting
Posted: Monday, March 28 2011
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho Rangeland Ecology and Management program’s faculty, staff, students and alumni earned top awards at the international meeting of the Society for Range Management in Billings, Mont.   Undergraduate Julia Workman, a sophomore from Grangeville, won first place in the Undergraduate Range Management Exam. “With more than 180 participan...
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Natural Resources | Rangeland Ecology and Management | Karen Launchbaugh | Rangeland Ecology and Management | Rangeland Ecology and Management | News Release

Fisheries Professor Collaborates with Kootenai Tribe and Bonneville Power to Recover Burbot
Posted: Wednesday, March 30 2011
Ken Cain, associate professor of fishery resources and associate director of the University of Idaho Aquaculture Research Institute, received $168,365 from the Kootenai Tribe and Bonneville Power Administration to continue work on a collaborative multi-agency program. This research is aimed at recovery and rehabilitation of Burbot, a freshwater fish species, in Idaho and British Columbia. Additi...
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Natural Resources | Acknowledgements | Register Features

Natural Resource Summer 2011 Courses Now Open for Registration
Posted: Friday, April 1 2011
For detailed information, visit www.uidaho.edu/cnr/academics/summercourses or contact the College of Natural Resources Dean’s Office at: (208) 885-8981 or e-mail: cnr@uidaho.edu. CSS 235 Society and Natural Resources (3 credits), June 13 -July 08, MTWR, 10:30 am - 01:20 pm. Meets U-Idaho Core Social Science Requirement. REM 221 Ecology (3 credits) June 13 - July 22, World Wide Web. CSS 572 H...
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Natural Resources | Faculty and Staff Announcement

Natural Resources Students and Faculty Earn Awards at the Idaho Chapter of the Wildlife Society
Posted: Tuesday, April 5 2011
Mike Scott, professor of wildlife resources and unit leader of the Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit in the College of Natural Resources, recently received the Charles E. Harris Professional Wildlifer Award at the Idaho Chapter of the Wildlife Society’s annual meeting held March 29-31 in Idaho Falls. The award recognizes outstanding professional contributions to wildlife resources ...
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Natural Resources | Acknowledgements | Register Features

Screening of Documentary on Legendary Conservationist Aldo Leopold Leads Earth Week Celebration
Posted: Tuesday, April 5 2011
MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho's College of Natural Resources and Sustainability Center will co-host a free screening of a new film called “Green Fire,” the first full-length, high-definition documentary film ever made about legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold. The film will be shown on Wednesday, April 20, at 7 p.m. in the University Auditorium in the Administration Building, and is...
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Natural Resources | News Release | Sustainability | Idaho at Glance | Wildlife Resources | Register Features

David Burbank Earns Top Honor at Fish Health Workshop
Posted: Monday, April 11 2011
David Burbank, a master's student studying fish health in the College of Natural Resources, recently received the Best Student Paper Award at the 36th Eastern Fish Health Workshop held March 28-April 1 in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. Burbank presented, "Assessing Candidate Probiotic Use for the Control of Flavobacterium psychrophilum in Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss.” Burbank will receive $200 and a p...
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GAP Conservation Biologist Presents at Idaho Chapter of The Wildlife Society Meeting
Posted: Monday, April 18 2011
Jocelyn Aycrigg, a conservation biologist for the National Gap Analysis Program at the University of Idaho, attended the Idaho Chapter of The Wildlife Society meeting in Idaho Falls March 29-31. She presented "Placing the Keystone: Elucidating Interactions Among Woodpeckers and Cavity-dependent Species for Improved Vertebrate Conservation and Management." Co-authors from the University of Idah...
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National Gap Analysis Program Staff Receive United Nations Recognition
Posted: Monday, April 25 2011
Mason Croft, conservation database manager for the National Gap Analysis Program, was recently recognized by Jon Hutton, director of the United Nations Environmental Program World Conservation Monitoring Centre, for collaborative efforts enabling widespread analysis of biodiversity and ecosystem service protection at regional, national and global levels.
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CNR Junior Katie Ward Receives $2,000 Fire Science Scholarship
Posted: Tuesday, April 26 2011
Katie Ward, a junior majoring in fire ecology and management, forest resources, and international studies, received a $2,000 scholarship from the Interior West Fire Council. CNR alumnus Mike Behrens, fire management officer on the Idaho Panhandle National Forest, presented Ward with the check on April 15 after a presentation by the Student Association for Fire Ecology, of which Ward is a member. W...
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USDA Grant Supports Research Team’s Focus on Sustainable Practices for Livestock
Posted: Wednesday, April 27 2011
MOSCOW, Idaho – Researchers at the University of Idaho will focus their efforts on how to develop a sustainable livestock food system in the Pacific Northwest thanks to funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “The University of Idaho’s research enterprise is strengthened through the support of interdisciplinary grants such as this,” said Jack McIver, vice president for research and econo...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | Natural Resources | Business & Economics | John McIver | Dev Shrestha | Tracie Lee | Steven Peterson | Nick Sanyal | Bioregional Planning | Research | News Release | Sustainability | Northern Idaho | Funding | Idaho at Glance | Register Features | Eastern Washington

Forest Resources Graduate Students Invited Presenters at Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Association Annual Meeting
Posted: Thursday, April 28 2011
Forest resources graduate students Olga Kildisheva and Matthew Aghai are invited to present their research at the Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Association annual meeting scheduled Aug. 16-18 in Denver, Colo. Kildisheva will present, "Restoration Strategies for a Native Perennial: Investigating Seed Dormancy and Seed Physiology of Munro’s Globemallow," and Aghai will present, "Improved...
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Kavanagh's Collaborative Forest Ecology Research Featured on PBS
Posted: Thursday, May 5 2011
Collaborative research by Katy Kavanagh, forest ecology and biogeosciences professor, was featured May 2 on PBS’s program “Nature” in an episode entitled, “Salmon: Running the Gauntlet.” The televised feature investigated the parallel stories of collapsing Pacific salmon populations and how biologists and engineers have become instruments in elaborate experiments to replicate every stage of the fi...
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Natural Resources | Katy Kavanagh | Acknowledgements | Register Features

Natural Resource Scientists' Work Featured in International Outlets
Posted: Monday, May 9 2011
A College of Natural Resources research team was featured in "Space Laser Spies for Woodpeckers," an article by BBC news correspondent Jonathan Amos who writes for "News Science and Environment," an online BBC news web site www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11867165. The article reports on the team's use of a satellite-borne laser to try to predict where woodpeckers might live in state for...
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Natural Resources | Lee Vierling | Acknowledgements

Gap Analysis Program Staff Present Conservation Strategy at National Conference
Posted: Monday, May 9 2011
Lisa Duarte, stewardship coordinator for the Gap Analysis Program at the University of Idaho, presented, “A 21st Century Conservation Strategy for America’s Great Outdoors,” at the U.S. Geological Survey GIS Workshop/National Map Users Conference May 10-13 in Denver, Colo. The presentation described GAP’s three national conservation databases, including land cover, protected areas and vertebrate...
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Tinkham Receives Prestigeous NASA Fellowship
Posted: Monday, May 9 2011
Wade Tinkham, a natural resources doctoral candidate studying forest resources, was selected as a NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium fellow and will receive $15,000 in funding. Tinkham will use the funding to pursue research into the influence of spatial diversity in vegetation and terrain on how snow is deposited and repositioned in a semi-arid mountainous landscape. "The fellowship will allow m...
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Natural Resources | Acknowledgements

Natural Resources Camp Connects Youth to the Environment for 53rd Year
Posted: Monday, May 16 2011
Written by Bill Loftus KETCHUM, Idaho – Young people ages 12 to 14 who want to learn about the environment first hand at the Idaho Natural Resources Camp this summer need to act fast to make the May 21 early registration deadline and save some money. So far 30 campers have registered, about half of the normal turnout. "We usually get a lot of applications just before the early registration deadl...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | Natural Resources | Amber Moore | News Release | Extension | Randy Brooks

Natural Resources Camp Connects Youth to the Environment for 53rd Year
Posted: Monday, May 16 2011
Written by Bill Loftus KETCHUM, Idaho – Young people ages 12 to 14 who want to learn about the environment first hand at the Idaho Natural Resources Camp this summer need to act fast to make the May 21 early registration deadline and save some money. So far 30 campers have registered, about half of the normal turnout. "We usually get a lot of applications just before the early registration deadli...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | Natural Resources | Soil | Extension | Forestry

McCall Outdoor Science School Summer Events
Posted: Monday, May 16 2011
MCCALL, Idaho – The following is a list of University of Idaho McCall Outdoor Science School sponsored events from June 13 through August 12. Events are open to the public unless otherwise noted. McCall Field Campus Open for General Booking McCall Field Campus 1800 University Lane in McCall The McCall Field Campus is available year-round for booking events, meetings, retreats and more. For reserv...
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Natural Resources | News Release | McCall Outdoor Science School

Christine Moffitt Receives Outstanding Faculty Award for Environmental Science Program Collaboration, Mentorship
Posted: Wednesday, May 25 2011
Christine Moffitt, professor of fisheries resources and assistant leader of the Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, was honored by the Environment Science Program with a 2010-2011 Outstanding Faculty Award. Moffitt was recognized because of her commitment to environmental science student success and interdisciplinary scholarship. She has mentored graduate students when serving as ...
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GAP Conservation Biologist Invited to Western Governors Associate Wildlife Council Meeting
Posted: Wednesday, May 25 2011
Jocelyn Aycrigg, conservation biologist for the National Gap Analysis Program at the University of Idaho, was invited to attend the Western Governors Association Wildlife Council meeting, May 16-18 in Boise. Aycrigg was invited to attend because species models being created by the National Gap Analysis Program will be reviewed and used as part of the data being compiled to identify wildlife corrid...
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