A Mississippi State University Extension forestry specialist is the Forest Landowners Association's Extension Forester of the Year.
The organization, which is comprised of forest landowners in 17 southern states, selected MSU Extension professor Timothy Traugott for the 2007 honor.
During 22 years as an MSU Extension forest...
Camping often brings people closer to nature, but Mississippi State University is also offering the opportunity to learn about wildlife, fisheries and the great outdoors to parents, teachers and children as young as 10.
Two camps will be offered this summer: June 3-7 and July 8-12. The cost for each camp is $225 per person and includes...
Tor P. Schultz of Mississippi State is a new Fellow of the American Chemical Society's Cellulose and Renewable Materials Division.
A professor in the university's Forest and Wildlife Research Center he is being honored by the professional organization for his dedication, leadership and longstanding service to the division.
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A senior Mississippi State aquaculture scientist is receiving the university's 2007 Ralph E. Powe Research Excellence Award.
Louis R. D'Abramo, a wildlife and fisheries professor, was honored Tuesday night during the university's annual spring research awards banquet. He was among 23 whose achievements were praised at the Hunter Henry...
Mississippi State associate extension professor Debbie Gaddis and university senior Amber D. Breland of Maben are receiving top awards of the state's oldest conservation organization.
Gaddis, a timber taxation specialist, is the Mississippi Wildlife Federation's Forest Conservationist of the Year. Breland, a senior wildlife science ma...
A senior Mississippi State aquaculture scientist is receiving a major honor from an international professional society.
Louis R. D'Abramo was presented with a meritorious award recognizing outstanding leadership and dedicated service to the National Shellfisheries Association, which recently held its annual meeting in San Antonio, Texa...
A current and a former graduate student in Mississippi State's College of Forest Resources are top winners in a recent regional conference.
Forestry majors Michael R. Guttery of Leoma, Tenn., and David W. "Dave" Wilkinson of Dayton, Wash., were among students from 15 universities competing during the recent 14th Biennial Southern Silvi...
Four wildlife and fisheries science graduate students in Mississippi State's College of Forest Resources are top winners in recent regional research competitions.
Heather J. Theel of Aurora, Ill., Nathaniel C. "Nate" Hodgins of Sioux City, Iowa, and Amy B. Spencer of Columbus, Ohio, were among seven competing at the annual meeting and ...
Mississippi's annual Water Resources Research Conference is set for April 24-25 at the Hilton Hotel in Jackson
Eight sessions will cover topics including Delta groundwater, modeling, invasive plant species, agriculture, sedimentation, wastewater and water treatment, surface water quality, flooding, and water supply.
During the ...
It is a cold January morning, the sun is just breaking through the trees, birds are chirping, and Marvell Howard sits in his favorite tree stand; about 500 yards away, his teenage son occupies his own tree stand.
Both father and son hope to get a shot at elusive white-tailed deer near their Oktibbeha County home.
Howard's ...
Flying low across the water, looking for a good meal, the black-crowned night heron quickly caught the attention of Mississippi catfish producers.
Farmers first noticed the 22- to 28-inch, stocky-bodied bird in the spring of 2004. With its black cap, gray wings and red eyes, the bird concerned producers because it appeared to prefer f...
A one-day workshop for farmers, landowners and resource managers will provide the tools to start and manage a natural resource enterprise.
The March 20 event will begin at 8 a.m. at Cato Baptist Church in southern Rankin County. Following lunch, the afternoon session will be located on and hosted by Springwater Ranch, which is 15 min...
Research by Mississippi State University scientists has yielded a new weapon in homeowners' battle with wood-destroying termites.
Terry Amburgey of MSU's Forest Products Laboratory and employees of the U.S. Forest Service were called to Hawaii by the U.S. Navy about 14 years ago to combat infestations of Formosan termites in wooden pol...
Teachers, 4-H agents, volunteers and other group leaders are among those who are invited to take part in a two-day facilitator training for people interested in conservation activities.
Mississippi State University's Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is sponsoring the Leopold Education Project training Feb. 8-9 at the Noxubee Nation...
Stephen C. Grado of Mississippi State is a new fellow of the Society of American Foresters.
A professor in the university's Forest and Wildlife Research Center, he is being honored by the professional organization for his outstanding contributions to the society and the forestry profession.
"Dr. Grado is considered a nation...
A company formed on the discovery of new termite-control technology by a Mississippi State researcher and two doctoral students is the first beneficiary of a university endowment promoting student entrepreneurship.
Created by MSU forest products professor Terry Amburgey and doctoral students Shane Kitchens and Kevin Ragon, TermiSys Tec...
A new painting by Mississippi State associate professor Jeanne Jones is being used to benefit Bear Education and Restoration Mississippi.
The artist's limited-edition signed and numbered prints of a mother bear with two cubs are being offered for sale to aid the Rolling Fork-based non-profit organization.
Founded in 2004, BE...
Furniture manufacturers facing stiff global competition from China and other foreign suppliers are turning to Mississippi State researchers for help in meeting the challenge.
"We're helping an industry re-invent itself," said Steve Taylor, interim director of the university's Franklin Furniture Institute and a seasoned business profess...
With just the click of a mouse, furniture manufacturers can "test drive" a management system to make their factories more productive.
A computer simulation training model developed by researchers at Mississippi State University will be demonstrated during a Nov. 15-16 workshop at the Franklin Center on the MSU campus. The Simulating ...
A Georgia-based company is doing much more than building upscale residences these days.
Scenic Homes, a family owned business, also is working to further waterfowl and wetland conservation through a $424,000 scholarship endowment recently established at Mississippi State.
The owner and partners of the construction firm--whi...
The Forest and Wildlife Research Center at Mississippi State University has announced administrative changes designed to better position the center for the future.
George Hopper, director of the center, announced Monday the transfer of Liam Leightley, head of forest products, to the Office of the Dean and Director.
"Liam has a we...
A collection of short stories and conservational essays by a veteran Mississippi State fisheries biologist and nationally recognized conservationist now is on bookshelves.
"Tracks" reflects on the 20-year professional career--spent largely outdoors--of university professor Donald C. Jackson. The 279-page collection is published by Univ...
The executive director of an international organization specializing in wildlife capture and handling will speak Oct. 26 at Mississippi State.
Dr. Mark Johnson of Global Wildlife Resources Inc. will lead an hourlong public program beginning at 11 a.m. in the Tulley Auditorium of Thompson Hall. A reception follows in the lobby.
<...Sweetgum trees are a common sight in forests across the South, but their usefulness in the lumber industry has been limited.
"The sweetgum tree is a species that is underused," said Rubin Shmulsky, forest products associate professor in Mississippi State University's Forest and Wildlife Research Center. "Sweetgum lumber is prone to war...
A College of Forest Resources doctoral student at Mississippi State University is receiving national recognition for his research presentation on waterfowl populations in the Magnolia State.
Aaron T. Pearse of Oberlin, Kan., received a top award for an oral report given at the recent Fourth North American Duck Symposium in Bismarck, N....
The slogan on specialty license plates ‘First in Forestry' is more than words to MSU's department of forestry. This tradition of excellence has been practiced in the department for over 50 years.
The department educates future natural resource professionals; provides learning opportunities for landowners, foresters, and loggers; and c...
An analysis of 25 years of a Mississippi hunters survey reveals both a decline in the number of licensed hunters and a noticeable shift in species sought.
Mississippi licensed big game hunters have decreased from 211,063 in 1980 to 180,765 in 2005, or 14 percent. Small game hunters have decreased from 255,932 to 185,478, or 27 percent...
Take high temperatures, drought and forest fires, add the woody debris caused by Hurricane Katrina and the result is the recipe for South Mississippi's worst bark beetle outbreak in more than a decade.
"Pine trees are severely stressed due to the hurricane and the drought that followed," said Glenn Hughes, Mississippi State University...
Millions of ducks and geese depend on waste rice -- grain that escapes combines during harvest -- as a rich source of energy while wintering in major rice-growing states such as Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Texas.
Rice producers do not intentionally waste rice, but combines are unable to collect all the ri...
Mississippi State University researchers are announcing their identification of the gene that controls the first-time and annual flowering of trees.
The breakthrough in pinpointing what is known as "FT2" could have significant environmental and economic implications. The findings recently were published in the international j...
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