Environmental Stewardship

UTIA Announces June 2021 Field Days and Educational Seminars

Apr 28, 2021 News Release
Picture of an Instructor in a Field

Five Events, Three Occurring In Person, Will Showcase UTIA Research and Extension

Economy / Farm & Food / Human & Animal Health / Insects & Pests / Landscape & Gardening / 2021 Field Days / AgResearch / Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Community and Economic Development / Animal Science, Department of / Beef and Forage Center / Extension / Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center / Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center at Spring Hill / Plant Sciences, Department of / UTIA / West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center / Agri-business Economics and Entrepreneurship / Agricultural Education / Beef / Beginning Farmer Education / Commercial Horticulture / Commercial Landscape Management / Cotton Production / Crop Production / Crop Production Systems / Environmental Stewardship / Farm Financial Management / Food Products / Forage / Fruit and Vegetable, Commercial / Fruit and Vegetable, Home / Landscape / Livestock and Forage Systems / Nursery Production / Pesticide Safety Education Program / Plant Production / Plant Protection / Residential and Consumer Horticulture / Tobacco Production / Turf / Value-Added Agriculture / Weed Management

Step Outside: Describing Structural Complexity of a Forest with LiDAR

Mar 17, 2021 Podcast
Bret Elgersma standing in an oak-pine plantation.

In this episode, MS student Bret Elgersma tells us about his research using LiDAR on an experimental oak-pine plantation to capture data on the forest’s structural complexity and composition.

General / experimental plantation / forestry / LiDAR / oak-pine plantation / Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center / Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, Department of / Herbert College of Agriculture / UT Arboretum / UTIA / Environmental Stewardship / Natural Resources / Natural Resources, General / Timber Sales and Landowner Relations

Step Outside: Investigating the Life History of the Laurel Dace through a Surrogate Species

Feb 15, 2021 Podcast
MS student Shawna Fix kneels in a stream researching the laurel dace.

MS student and Tennessee Aquarium employee Shawna Fix explains how studying the life history of a closely related species gives scientists more information on the endangered Laurel Dace. Listen to…

General / endangered species / endemic species / fisheries research / laurel dace / Tennessee dace / wildlife management / Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, Department of / Herbert College of Agriculture / UTIA / Animal Behavior / Animal Protection / Environmental Stewardship / Natural Resources, General / Water / Wildlife