Purdue University - Extension - Forestry and Natural Resources
PROGRAM IMPACTS
Aquaculture
Issue: Although not a large industry in the state, existing and potential aquaculture producers look to Purdue for information to assist with improving their operations and getting started. Additionally, the...
Aquaponics
Issue: There is an increasing interest in aquaponics, the combination of fish production with hydroponic vegetable production. In most cases producers are interested in small scale rearing for home consumption....
Enhancing the Value of Public Spaces
Issue: Public spaces are essential to the social, economic, and environmental sustainability of communities. They are the shared resources such as parks and town centers that define a sense of...
Forest Management for the Private Woodland Owner Course
Issue: Forests cover nearly 20% of Indiana, and approximately 85% is in private ownerships like farms and families. Less than 20% of those owners have a forest management plan to...
Forest Management Twilight Tour
Issue: Woodlands provide a multitude of environmental (e.g., carbon sequestration, enhance water quality, wildlife habitat), economic (e.g., timber, wood products manufacturing, tourism), and social (e.g., recreation, aesthetics) benefits to Indiana...
Indiana Woodland Steward
Issue: Woodlands provide a multitude of environmental (e.g., carbon sequestration, enhance water quality, wildlife habitat), economic (e.g., timber, wood products manufacturing, tourism), and social (e.g., recreation, aesthetics) benefits to Indiana...
No Adverse Impact Approach Workshop
Issue: The No Adverse Impact approach to floodplain management was developed by the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) in 2001. This managing principal was the product of a realization;...
Professional Landscape Management School
Issue: Professional arborists, horticulturists, including lawn and tree care companies, garden centers, and landscapers, require training in proper management techniques and pest control to better serve their customers and protect...
Rainscaping Education
Issue: Rainscaping includes the use of sustainable landscape design and management practices at both the household and community scales to prevent pollution from reaching water bodies by directing stormwater to...
Raising Marine Shrimp in Indiana
Issue: There continues to be significant interest in rearing marine shrimp in Indiana and the Midwest. Two issues of interest to existing and potential producers are supply of shrimp larvae...
Tipping Points
Issue: Throughout the Great Lakes Basin, community leaders are challenged with long-term management decisions that result in substantial impacts to ecological integrity and community quality of life. To protect natural...
Recent Blog Posts
- Woodland Management Moment: Maintaining Some Open Cover
Posted: November 13, 2024 in Forestry, Urban Forestry, Wildlife, Woodland Management Moment - Help Feed Hungry Hoosiers- MyDNR
Posted: in Community Development, Forestry, How To, Wildlife - Botryosphaeria Dieback and Canker, Purdue Landscape Report
Posted: in Forests and Street Trees, How To, Invasive Plant Species, Urban Forestry - Professor of Wood Processing and Industrial Engineering Rado Gazo Featured in ANR Newsletter
Posted: November 12, 2024 in Forestry, Wood Products/Manufacturing, Woodlands - Learn to Process Your Own Deer – Wild Bulletin
Posted: November 11, 2024 in Aquatic/Aquaculture Resources, Forestry, How To, Wildlife - Leaving Leaves Benefits Wildlife – Wild Bulletin
Posted: in Forestry, Forests and Street Trees, Gardening, Urban Forestry, Wildlife - Experience Indiana’s Sandhill Crane Fall Migration
Posted: November 8, 2024 in Forestry, Wildlife - Purdue Extension’s Showcase, Impacting Indiana
Posted: in Community Development, Forestry, Forests and Street Trees, Gardening, Land Use, Natural Resource Planning, Timber Marketing, Urban Forestry, Wildlife, Wood Products/Manufacturing, Woodlands - Deer Season is Here, MyDNR and Wild Bulletin
Posted: in Forestry, Wildlife, Woodlands - ID That Tree: Learn to Identify Hoptree/Wafer Ash
Posted: October 30, 2024 in Forestry, Forests and Street Trees, How To, Urban Forestry, Wildlife