Environmental Stewardship

Tennessee’s Inaugural Food Waste Awareness Week is April 4-9

Mar 21, 2022 News Release

UT Extension Encourages Tennesseans to Rethink Food Habits

Economy / Environment / Farm & Food / General / Youth & Family / Extension News You Can Use / Extension / Family and Consumer Sciences, Department of / Environmental Stewardship / Food Products / Food Safety / Food Security / Fruit and Vegetable, Home / Health and Safety / Natural Resources, General / Nutrition and Food Safety

UT Researchers Awarded Grant to Develop Dynamic Solution to Conservation Planning

Mar 18, 2022 News Release

Pioneering Framework to Optimize Conservation Investment Strategies

Environment / General / conservation / AgResearch / Agricultural and Resource Economics, Department of / Climate / Environmental Stewardship / Natural Resources, General

UTIA Forestry Researcher Receives Fulbright-Saastamoinen Foundation Grant

Mar 11, 2022 News Release

Adam Taylor to Study Connections Between Forests, Forest Products and Climate

Environment / General / International / Awards and Promotions / Fulbright / AgResearch / Center for Renewable Carbon / Natural Resources, School of / Awards / awards and promotions / Climate / Environmental Stewardship / Forest and Range Resources / Natural Resources

ESA Selects 2022 Graduate Student Policy Award Recipients

Feb 07, 2022 News Release

Rounak Patra, a UT Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science Graduate Student, Is Among the Cohort

General / AgResearch / Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, Department of / Climate / Environmental Stewardship / Soil

UTIA Joins Multi-institutional, $12.5 Million NSF Study of Amphibian Resilience to Infectious Disease

Nov 10, 2021 News Release

Lab to Act as a Hub for Mathematical Modeling for Disease Dynamics

Environment / AgResearch / Natural Resources, School of / Animal Protection / Bioinformatics / Environmental Stewardship / Natural Resources

Keyser to Present on Working Lands Conservation

Sep 16, 2021 Highlight

Johnny Richwine and Pat Keyser inspect a field of native grasses.

Professor Patrick Keyser will present a seminar titled “Working Lands Conservation” on Wednesday, September 22.

General / working lands conservation / AgResearch / Herbert College of Agriculture / Natural Resources, School of / Animal Protection / Beef / Environmental Stewardship / Forage / Livestock and Forage Systems / Natural Resources / Wildlife

UTIA’s Robert Burns Recognized Nationally for Engineering Contributions

Jul 27, 2021 News Release

Receives Top Award from ASABE Structures and Environment Division

General / AgResearch / Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, Department of / Extension / Agricultural Engineering / Environmental Stewardship / Precision Livestock Farming

Seed Planted for Franklin to Be First-ever Certified Smart Yard Community in Tennessee

Jul 22, 2021 News Release

Current Pilot Program Underway, Set to Expand Statewide

Environment / Human & Animal Health / Landscape & Gardening / Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, Department of / Extension / Animal Protection / Environmental Stewardship / Landscape / Natural Resources / Sustainable Residential Landscapes / Water / Wildlife

UTIA Announces June 2021 Field Days and Educational Seminars

Apr 28, 2021 News Release

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 / Herbert College of Agriculture / Natural Resources, School of / UT Arboretum / UTIA / Environmental Stewardship / Natural Resources / Natural Resources, General / Timber Sales and Landowner Relations