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You may have found salamanders while flipping over rocks and logs in the woods or you may have seen them scurrying in and out of your pond. In this episode of FNR Ask the Expert, join Dr. Rod Williams, extension specialist Nick Burgmeier and IU Northwest’s Dr. Spencer Cortwright as they discuss all things salamander, including the different species as well as some threats to these amazing amphibians.
If you have any questions regarding trees, forests, wildlife, wood products or other natural resource topics, feel free to contact us by using our Ask an Expert web page.
Resources
Ask An Expert, Playlist, Purdue Extension – Forestry and Natural Resources YouTube channel
Help the Hellbender, Purdue Extension – FNR Playlist
A Moment in the Wild, Purdue Extension – FNR Playlist
The Nature of Teaching: Adaptations for Aquatic Amphibians, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center
How Our Zoos Help Hellbenders, The Education Store
Help the Hellbender, Website, Purdue College of Agriculture
Rod Williams, Professor of Wildlife Science
Purdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
Nick Burgmeier, Research Biologist and Wildlife Extension Specialist
Purdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
Join this Ask An Expert Live session and learn about snakes and turtles, their natural history, interesting research happening in I
ndiana, and why you don’t need to worry about water moccasins in your pond!
Date: April 1st, 2021
Time: 12 p.m. EST.
Speaker: Dr. Rod Williams, Professor of Wildlife Science, Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources; Dr. Bruce Kingsbury, Director of the Environmental Resource Center, Purdue Fort Wayne; Dr. Vicky Meretsky, Director of the Environmental Master’s Programs, Indiana University Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Contact: Diana Evans, Extension and Web Communications Specialist, evans44@purdue.edu
For the Facebook live link and more information, visit Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources Facebook event page.
Resources
Turtles of Indiana, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center
Snakes of the Central and Northeastern United States, The Education Store
Snakes of Indiana, The Education Store
Indiana Amphibian and Reptile ID Package (4 softcover books), The Education Store
Reptiles: Turtles, Snakes, and Lizards, Purdue Nature of Teaching Website
Ask An Expert, Playlist, Purdue Extension – Forestry and Natural Resources YouTube channel
A Moment in the Wild: Eastern Hognose, Purdue Extension – FNR Video
A Moment in the Wild: Eastern Kingsnake, Purdue Extension – FNR Video
A Moment in the Wild: Racer, Purdue Extension – FNR Video
Rod Williams, Professor of Wildlife Science
Purdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
Learn interesting facts about frogs and toads, their natural history, interesting research about the threats they face, and what can you do to help frogs?
Date: March 18th, 2021
Time: 3 p.m. EST.
Speaker: Dr. Rod Williams, Professor of Wildlife Science, Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources; Dr. Jason Hoverman, Associate Professor of Invertebrate Ecology, Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources; Dr. Michael Lannoo, Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine
Contact: Diana Evans, Extension and Web Communications Specialist, evans44@purdue.edu
For the Facebook live link and more information, visit Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources Facebook event page.
Resources
Ask An Expert, Playlist, Purdue Extension – Forestry and Natural Resources YouTube channel
Frogs and Toads of Indiana, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center
Indiana Amphibian and Reptile ID Package (4 softcover books), The Education Store
Appreciating Reptiles and Amphibians in Nature, The Education Store
Amphibians: Frogs, Toads, and Salamanders, Purdue Nature of Teaching Website
Rod Williams, Professor of Wildlife Science
Purdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
Talk with the aquaculture experts including different fish species, the benefits of fish, shrimp farming, aquaponics, and much more.
Date: March 4th, 2021
Time: 3 p.m. EST.
Speaker: Bob Rode, Aquaculture Research Lab Manager, Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources; Amy Shambach, Aquaculture Marketing Outreach Associate, Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources
Contact: Diana Evans, Extension and Web Communications Specialist, evans44@purdue.edu
For the Facebook live link and more information, visit Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources Facebook event page.
Resources
Ask An Expert: Hot and Cold, Video, Purdue Extension – Forestry and Natural Resources YouTube channel
Ask An Expert, Purdue Extension – FNR Playlist
Walleye Farmed Fish Fact Sheet: A Guide for Seafood Consumers, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center
Sustainable Aquaculture: What does it mean to you?, The Education Store
Fish: Healthy Protein Handout, The Education Store
Rod Williams, Professor of Wildlife Science
Purdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant: Freedom Seekers were environmentalists who learned to navigate the land as they escaped slavery. Songs like “Wade in the Water” and “Follow the Drinking Gourd” remind us that history has always been connected to the land we occupy. The lessons featured in this free curriculum, Freedom Seekers: The Underground Railroad, Great Lakes, and Science Literacy Activities, acknowledge the enslaved Africans who had to rely on environmental science principles in their quest for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. These lessons provide educators with cross-curricular teaching opportunities for middle and high school students.
“I didn’t realize that the Great Lakes were linked to the Underground Railroad at all,” said Megan Gunn, aquatic education specialist with Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant and Purdue University Forestry and Natural Resources. Gunn worked with partners across the region to finalize the curriculum. “I grew up near Lake Michigan and never learned how my cultural roots were so closely connected to the natural world, so I’m excited for the next generation to have this educational opportunity.”
The Freedom Seekers curriculum is a collaborative project between several organizations and schools throughout the Great Lakes. It is part of a professional development effort for educators to increase their knowledge of the Great Lakes and environmental issues while incorporating Environmental Justice Education (EJE) approaches to K-12 teaching. These EJE approaches leverage cross-curricular connections that focus on increasing the awareness of local issues and history in the Great Lakes region.
Resources
Center For Great Lakes Literacy (CGLL), Website
Ask An Expert: Hot and Cold, Video, Purdue Extension – Forestry and Natural Resources YouTube channel
Diets of Lake Michigan Salmonids, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center
Informing the Development of the Great Lakes Region Decision Support System, The Education Store
Salmon and Trout of the Great Lakes: A Visual Identification Guide, The Education Store
New website: Eat Midwest Fish, Got Nature? Blog, Purdue Extension – Forestry and Natural Resources
Scientists bring the Great Lakes to students learning from home, Got Nature? Blog
ID That Tree: Alternate Leaved Dogwood, Got Nature? Blog
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG)
A variety of different types of regeneration openings can be created on properties to provide different structures and species of plants that are suitable to a wide variety of wildlife species. In this episode of Woodland Stewardship for Landowners, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee talks about two types of regeneration openings – clearcuts and shelterwoods. These two techniques produce an even-aged forest, where all the plants regenerating in that area are approximately of the same age.
If you have any questions regarding wildlife, trees, forest management, wood products, natural resource planning or other natural resource topics, feel free to contact us by using our Ask an Expert web page.
Resources
Woodland Stewardship for Landowners, Playlist, Purdue Extension – Forestry and Natural Resources (FNR) YouTube Channel
Woodland Management Moment, Purdue Extension – FNR Playlist
Woodland Stewardship for Landowners: Single Tree and Patch-Cut Harvesting, Purdue Extension – FNR Video
Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment: Uneven-aged Management, Purdue Extension – FNR Video
Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment: Even-aged Management, Purdue Extension – FNR Video
Finding help from a professional forester, Indiana Forestry & Woodland Owners Association
Forest Improvement Handbook, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center
Lenny Farlee, Sustaining Hardwood Extension Specialist
Purdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resource
Join this Ask An Expert Live session and learn interesting facts about salamanders, their natural history, interesting research happening in Indiana, and what can you do to help salamanders?
Date: February 18th, 2021
Time: 3 p.m. EST.
Speaker: Dr. Rod Williams, Professor of Wildlife Science, Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources; Nick Burgmeier, Research Biologist and Extension wildlife specialist; Dr. Spencer Cortwright, Associate Professor of Biology, IU Northwest
Contact: Diana Evans, Extension and Web Communications Specialist, evans44@purdue.edu
For the Facebook live link and more information, visit Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources Facebook event page.
Resources
Help the Hellbender, Purdue Extension Website
Ask an Expert: Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment (HEE) Birds and Salamander Research, Video, Purdue Extension – Forestry and Natural Resources YouTube Channel
Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment (HEE) Highlights: Salamanders, Purdue Extension – FNR Video
Help the Hellbender, Purdue Extension – FNR Playlist
How Our Zoos Help Hellbenders, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center
Help the Hellbender, North America’s Giant Salamander, The Education Store
Rod Williams, Professor of Wildlife Science
Purdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
Browsing by deer on planted and naturally regenerated hardwood seedlings is one of the greatest obstacles to seedling establishment in many parts of the central hardwood region. In this Woodland Stewardship For Landowners, Purdue Wildlife Extension Specialist Brian MacGowan talks about different types of deer damage and how landowners could mitigate the damage.
If you have any questions regarding wildlife, trees, forest management, wood products, natural resource planning or other natural resource topics, feel free to contact us by using our Ask an Expert web page.
Resources
Woodland Stewardship For Landowners, Playlist, Purdue Extension – Forestry and Natural Resources YouTube Channel
Woodland Management Moment, Purdue Extension – FNR Playlist
A Woodland Management Moment – Deer Fencing, Purdue Extension – FNR Video
Wildlife Habitat Hint: Exclusion Cage, Purdue Extension – FNR Video
How to Build a Plastic Mesh Deer Exclusion Fence, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center
Forest Improvement Handbook, The Education Store
Finding help from a professional forester, Indiana Forestry & Woodland Owners Association
Brian MacGowan, Wildlife Extension Specialist & Extension Coordinator
Purdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
Join this edition of Ask an Expert video series with Dr. Joy O’Keefe and PhD candidate Elizabeth Beilke as they share about their studies of bats on the Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment.
The HEE is in its initial stages and is planned as a 100-year project. Data were collected for two years prior to the first round of timber harvests and inventories have been conducted annually since, allowing us to quantify the varied responses of plants and animals to active forest management. This data will ultimately be used to develop management prescriptions that provide for resilient and sustainable managed forest ecosystems in Indiana.
If you have any questions regarding trees, forests, wildlife, wood products or other natural resource topics, feel free to contact us by using our Ask an Expert web page.
Resources
Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment (HEE) Highlights: Bats, Video, Purdue Extension – Forestry and Natural Resources YouTube Channel
Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment (HEE), Playlist, Purdue Extension – Forestry and Natural Resources
Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment, Website
Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment – Wildlife Responses to Timber Harvesting, Purdue Extension – Forestry and Natural Resources
The Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment: Indiana Forestry and Wildlife, The Education Store
Ask An Expert: Bats on the Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment, Video, Purdue Extension – Forestry and Natural Resources Facebook
Bats in Indiana, Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR)
Bat Houses, Bat Conservation International
Joy O’Keefe, Assistant professor and Wildlife Extension Specialist,
University of Illinois (Champaign) Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Join Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee and extension wildlife specialist Brian MacGowan with another new video added to the Ask an Expert YouTube Playlist. This episode of Ask an Expert covers everything from the change in fall foliage to invasive species identification and control, fall foods for humans and wildlife, habitat prep and management and planning ahead for spring plantings.
If you have any questions regarding trees, forest management, wildlife, wood products or other natural resource topics, feel free to contact us by using our Ask an Expert web page.
Resources
Ask An Expert, Playlist, Purdue Extension – Forestry and Natural Resources (FNR) Youtube channel
A Woodland Management Moment, FNR Playlist
Woodland Stewardship for Landowners, FNR Playlist
Invasive Species, FNR Playlist
Fall Color Pigments, FNR Video
Wildlife Habitat Education Program – Teaching and Learning Wildlife Management Practices, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center
What Nurseries Need to Know About the Invasive Species Regulation, The Education Store
Invasive plants: impact on environment and people, The Education Store
Lenny Farlee, Sustaining Hardwood Extension Specialist
Purdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resource
Brian MacGowan, Extension Wildlife Specialist
Department of Forestry & Natural Resources, Purdue University
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