From battling problematic plants like sericea lespedeza to reducing dense native grass, the Managing Conservation Plantings publications focus on specific challenges & aims to provide practical guidance to improve native plantings for wildlife. ag.purdue.edu/news/departmen…

Join us in wishing good luck and sending positive vibes to Francisco Rivas as he presents his dissertation on "New Tools in Bioacoustics and Soundscape Ecology" this afternoon. Fran is advised by Dr. Bryan Pijanowski.

Our student chapter of The Wildlife Society recently went on a bone hike and found several bones, skulls and sheds. Here is a small sample. We love seeing our students get out and get hands-on in nature in addition to their classroom and field work!

Recently students from our Purdue chapter of American Fisheries Society went electrofishing at Martell Forest. Here are some of their catches and some other photos from the day of hands-on learning.

Repost this video and use #purduefnr and #purduedayofgiving to help us try to earn bonus funds for Purdue Day of Giving on April 30. Reposts and shares count.

Help us win a share of $2,150 in bonus funds toward our Purdue Day of Giving fundraising total! 🎥Share this video ❗Include #PurdueDayofGiving and #purduefnr in your post 📅Challenge ends April 22 🔗Learn more at dayofgiving.purdue.edu 📣All hail our own Purdue 📣

Happy Earth Day! Take a moment today to disconnect from screens and step outside. Feel the sun on your face, listen to birds chirp and breathe in the fresh air. Reconnect and remember what we’re working for, together. Then continue the momentum here: nature.ly/4jEcERq

Come join us in celebrating the wonders of nature at our Spring Into Nature event from 4-7 p.m. at Hort Park/Stewart Woods. We will have nature hikes highlights birds, trees, wildflowers and fungi plus educational tables, a nature related art activity & a guided meditation.

We are excited for the future of FNR with Dr. Tomas Hook as our department head beginning in July. Many thanks also go out to Dr. Zhao Ma for serving as interim head for the last year.

Spring cleaning? Need to update your wardrobe? Want to represent FNR? We've got you covered. Check out our annual FNR apparel sale (petescustom.printavo.com/merch/purdue-f…). Pick out your favorite item by May 8, including 2 options designed by FNR students, & support our FNR student council.

Thank you to Dr. Marta Venier from IU Bloomington's O’Neill School of Public & Environmental Affairs for sharing about PFAS in the Great Lakes and the atmosphere. It was a great way to wrap up our FNR Spring Seminar series.

A postdoc in my lab is available ASAP to develop and employ epigenetic clocks for demographic studies. Prospective applicants should review this out-of-date webpage (purdue.edu/fnr/sites/dewo…), then contact me via email (attach a current CV) to see if a video chat is warranted.

Don't miss your chance to donate toward the future of FNR. Find our general fund under the College of Agriculture pull down. The fun starts at midnight: dayofgiving.purdue.edu/organizations/…

From analyzing DNA strands to study endangered species, to scanning trees to determine type and value, we use technology to advance natural resources. Use yours to help us fund the future of #PurdueFNR at dayofgiving.purdue.edu

Get out your phone and show us your FNR pride. Bonus if you are out in nature! From noon to 1 p.m., post the best selfie and help us add to our Day of Giving fundraising total by using #PurdueFNR and #PurdueDayofGiving in your post.

We're throwing it back to 2019 for a look back at Summer Practicum. Every cohort has their own memories. As you reminisce, join in the #PurdueDayofGiving alumni challenges at 3 p.m. or 9 p.m. (for alumni 2014-2024). Give at: dayofgiving.purdue.edu/organizations/… and select FNR in the pulldown

Help us earn bonus funds for FNR on #PurdueDayofGiving by posting your most creative picture of your pet(s) in Purdue gear from 8-9 p.m. Be sure to include #PurdueDayofGiving and #PurdueFNR in your post.

Wonderful news for extension at Purdue and in Indiana. We are so proud to have a rich extension history and amazing current extension professionals within our department.

Help us celebrate Luke McGill, who successfully defended his master's thesis on "Stable Isotopes and Acoustic Telemetry Elucidate Movement Patterns, Habitat Selection and Food Web Ecology of Largemouth Bass (Micropterus nigricans) in an urban river) on April 15.

"I hope my winning this award inspires other transfer students in the FNR program to not hold back during their time here and to have the audacity to go after everything that they want." - FNR Outstanding Transfer Student Emma Johnson. Meet her: ag.purdue.edu/news/departmen…