Forestry News

A sapling is burned in the lab at Idaho State University. Courtesy Raquel Partelli-Feltrin

Study digs into how fire kills trees—and it’s not what most have thought

For decades, it’s been assumed that trees die from forest fires because they lose their leaves or the ability to move water within their trunks. In theory, they die of dehydration or starvation. But a new study co-authored by a professor at the University of Georgia challenges these conventional—…
The sun shines through the trees at the governor's mansion in Buckhead

Student arborists help gauge governor’s trees

When a tree limb fell on the grounds of the governor’s mansion, staff there turned it into a teachable moment. The event launched a larger assessment of all 300 trees across the property and incorporated students at the University of Georgia to assist and learn from the process. As a result, two…
University of Georgia researchers (from left) Maria Ortega, C.J. Tsai, Ran Zhou and Margot Chen look through poplar specimens in a lab on campus. (Photo by Kristen Morales)

Say it with flowers: Scientists develop trees that flower in months, not years

When scientists want to improve a variety of vegetable, it can take a year or less to see changes—just the length of a reproductive cycle. But breeding improvements into trees can take years—sometimes decades—before changes can be seen. Now, a process developed by researchers at the University of…
A cross-section of the cemetery measured via ERT

Soil science explores what lies 6 feet under (and beyond)

Cemeteries can serve as archives of history. But if a headstone or marker is lost, so is that connection to the past.   This is the puzzle caretakers of the cemetery at First United Methodist Church in Franklin, North Carolina, were eager to solve. Headstones at the cemetery, which dates to…

Seminar: Bringing Back Longleaf: Forests for the Future

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