Forestry
Monitoring Forest Edges—Gateways to Our Woodlands
Scientists with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES) and the UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture are using unpiloted aerial systems to examine how fragmented forests and the creation of new forest edges are changing ecosystems and forest composition. Read More
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05/20/22Forest Impacts
What impact do nonnative pests and diseases have on the vegetation of the Northern Forest? How will climate change impact the range of the northern... -
09/06/18Bellwether Beetle
While the emerald ash borer is threatening to reshape New Hampshire’s forests, new research aims to stop this invasive insect. -
12/11/17Into the Woods
Steve Caracciolo '17 will graduate this month with skills, connections, and experience in his field. -
12/16/15No Chestnuts To Roast on an Open Fire
New Englanders searching the woods for chestnuts to roast on an open fire this holiday season will be hard pressed to find a mature American chestnut...
Recent Stories
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02/05/15 - Pinpointing a Pint-Sized Pest From On HighUNH graduate student Justin Williams inspects a hemlock branch. (Photo: Kristi Donahue, UNH/EOS) The hemlock woolly adelgid is the single greatest threat to hemlock health and... Read More -
10/22/14 - The Spirit and Sport of LumberjackingThink about where the axe is going to hit. Don't overthink where the axe is going to hit. Be sure to exhale through your downswing, and follow through as the bone-cuttingly... Read More -
07/09/14 - Extension Enlists Allies to Battle Ash Tree PestEmerald ash borer larvae eat away new wood that supports tree growth. The shiny green, half-inch-long bugs on display one recent evening at Canterbury Shaker Village don’t sting... Read More -
06/19/14 - Forest SentinelsImagine a class full of students arrayed around a white pine tree in a 30-meter square, staring up through toilet paper tubes at the foliage. Now imagine a satellite 500 miles... Read More -
05/08/14 - Touchdown in the OzoneOne-hundred-foot-tall white pine by the Soucook River in Loudon, NH. Photo courtesy of Phil Browne. Until this past February, Barry Rock had no idea that over twenty years of... Read More -
01/20/14 - Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Davila ’15Environmental Conservation and Sustainability with a Minor in Forestry Leominster, Mass. (Born in Humacao, Puerto Rico) What made you want to choose this course of study? I... Read More -
01/24/13 - Linking Water with the LandscapeEcohydrologist Heidi Asbjornsen adds a vital new dimension to Earth Systems Research Center work and brings experience to UNH’s nascent agro-ecosystems research. Read More -
09/06/12 - Anna Boudreau Honored with Friend of Extension AwardUNH Cooperative Extension Dean and Director John Pike presented Anna Boudreau with its “Friend of Extension” award for all her efforts on behalf of the organization. Anna Boudreau... Read More -
08/09/12 - Seeing the Forest for the Trees: The History of Forestry at UNHIn a state full of trees, a state that is the second most forested in the country, it is fitting that the study of our woods is an integral part of the university’s early history... Read More