big cat

big cat on the prowl at the Cheston Farm

patch burn grazing fire at the Cheston Farm, March 2012

Sewanee natural resource major finds hemlock woolly adelgid in town

article in the Sewanee messenger

http://www.sewaneemessenger.com/resources/current-issue/2-3-12.pdf

soil chemistry and human settlement

Patrick Vestal and Deanna Wolford (C'12) looking for soil chemical clues to past human habitation on the Domain. This is part of their senior project.

Sewanee farm manager position

http://sitemason.sewanee.edu/files/c796WQ/University%20Farm%20Manager%201.11.12.pdf

job openings

two positions at the Valles Caldera National Preserve

http://www.vallescaldera.gov/about/employment/?utm_source=Jobs12-02-03&utm_campaign=Job12-02-03&utm_medium=email

Lucas Ridley, C '06

Check out Lucas' new video, burr oak vs. buckeye

http://vimeo.com/35039789

Compartment 20 after thinning

October on the canopy walkway

Keri Bryan, C'12

firelane plantings from the 1960s

thinning white pine regen

Restoration students after an afternoon of manual thinning.

Compartment 20 thin

The Studer family forwarders in action at Compartment 20

Lewis Affronti with drip torch - Piney Point, Nov 2011

fire at Piney Point

Forest and watershed restoration students conducted a small prescribed fire at Piney Point in October 2011. The goals was to create forest floor conditions conducive to regenerating shortleaf pine.

Dr. Glen Smalley

A recent shot of Dr. Smalley. He recently revised his land type map of the Domain and this map will be included in the 2012 Domain Management Plan.

students digging fire line

Forest and Watershed Restoration students digging fire line for the 2012 prescribed fire at the recent airport clearing. The goal is to create a wet savanna.