We are back in Snowden Hall!

We are moved back in and looking forward to seeing everyone at Homecoming or at any time when you are in town. Thanks to all of you for your support, the building is beautiful, and the students are very excited to have such a nice place to study forestry, geology, and natural resources.

Island Ecology news

Sewanee's home page has an article about Sewanee's Island Ecology Program and some changes in the program that involve faculty from Snowden Hall.

http://news.sewanee.edu/news/2010/09/08/island-ecology-program-marks-its-25th-year.750

recent news from Snowden alumni

Ian Turner (C'08, Nat. Res.) recently wrote in and let us know that he was living in South Lake Tahoe, working for the Tahoe Resource Conservation District. His work focuses on aquatic and terrestrial invasive species---sampling, mapping, education and outreach.

The real reason that he wrote was to inform us of some great work conducted by another alum, Patrick Rakes, a former Natural Resources major. Ian wrote "Conservation Fisheries, a non-profit that specializes in breeding rare and endangered freshwater fish, was started by a Natty Re Alum: Patrick Rakes. A number of fish from his lab were featured in a National Geographic article last year."

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/04/freshwater-species/chadwick-text/1
http://conservationfisheries.org/

It is always good to hear from the Snowden people around the world, and please let us know what you are up to!

more on St. Catherines Island

Potter, Knoll, Smith and students in action during June 2010

Island Ecology on St. Catherines

As usual, Bran Potter and TKL started off the St. Catherines Program this year. Martin Knoll and Ken Smith also spent time on the island teaching 10 excellent students. Shown here are Mary Michael Forrester (Geo/Math C'12, driving the boat with TKL) and Arden Jones (C'13) during a trawling session in June.

Summer news from Snowden Hall

Karen Kuers is part of a team that has received a $494,980 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish an ecological research and education network among faculty at primarily undergraduate institutions. The network, known as EREN (Ecological Research as Education Network), will begin with 12 institutions, including Sewanee, and will be expanded over time to include additional partners.

On May 25, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint Ken Smith as a member of the Board of Directors of the Valles Caldera Trust, which manages the Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico. Smith was nominated for the position by N.M. Senators Jeff Bingaman, the chair of the US Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee, and Tom Udall.

Further information about both of these events is located at Sewanee News on the University's home page.

More prescribed fire

Deanna Wolford (C'12, Nat Res.) obtained experience using a drip torch at the Compartment 46 restoration site during the first week of May. Under the supervision of Nate Wilson, our new Domain Manager, she helped finish the burning at the 30 acre site.