Ocotober 2011 harvest map

October forestry meeting in Sewanee

We are hosting a forest restoration meeting in late October in Sewanee. The link will take you to the current agenda.

http://www.forestguild.org/meetings/SE_regional_mtg_11_agenda.pdf

temp job

Forestry field technician - temporary full time

There is currently an opening for a temporary field technician, to work full-time from Aug. 1 to Sept. 30, 2011. The job will entail measuring young trees, and making measurements of herbaceous vegetation on recently reclaimed mine sites. Much of the work will be outdoors, under rough conditions and in all types of weather. There will also be some lab work, primarily data entry, and work with spreadsheets and image files. A current drivers license is required. Some background in forestry, environmental science, biology, or related field is desirable. Experience with data management and plant identification are desirable, but not required. Compensation will be between $8-12 per hour, depending on experience. Please send a resume, along with contact information of 3 references, to Jennifer Franklin (jafranklin@utk.edu).

Job in Arlington County, Virginia (nat resources)

A great opportunity for a Sewanee alum - follow the link

http://bit.ly/jHbymU

more Scientific Sewanee

Patrick Vestal and Sarah Long presenting dendrochonology/drought estimates in Savage Gulf and biomass estimations (and C stocks) for vegetation on the Domain.

Scientific Sewanee

Snowden students Bestor Ward and Forrest Hogsette and Arden Jones presenting work related to forest restoration and soil analyses and gardening.

SAF student chapter tshirts

Email John Mulloy at mullojt0@sewanee.edu if you would like to have one

seeding vegetables for soils class

Last week we had PPS fix the Snowden greenhouse and students in Soils and Cultivation seeded 24 species of vegetables. Meanwhile, in the garden, cold frames were constructed and peas were seeded.

looking at forest restoration

Intro to forestry students dodged rain drops while measuring trees at the compartment 46 restoration experiment.

Soils and Cultivation

What better way to learn about soils than to get dirty in the garden. These shots are from Jan 19 as students made their way through some blackberry to prepare beds that will become their own during the semester.

Happy New Year

Best wishes for a productive new year to all you Snowdenites.

Seven inches fell on January 10, and the campus is very quiet right now.