Congratulations Graduates!
Spring 2018
Images of the College of Agriculture Diploma Ceremony and the RNR Graduates' Reception are available on the Photo Gallery page.
Spring 2018 Issue of Louisiana Agriculture Now Available Online
The spring 2018 issue of Louisiana Agriculture, the quarterly magazine published by the LSU AgCenter, is now online. This issue focuses on one of today’s most important topics: globalization. Louisiana agriculture reaches around the world not only through trade, but in many other ways as well.
RNR Faculty members have articles featured in this issue:
- Aquaculture: A Global Perspective (click to view article)
- Greg Lutz and Chris Green
Almost half a billion people worldwide depend on fish as their principal source of protein. The LSU AgCenter contributes to global aquaculture in many ways. - Globalization and Forestry: Environmental Awareness Changes an Industry (click to view article)
- Richard P. Vlosky, Eric Hansen and Rajat Panwar
A combined effect of accelerating globalization and the global recession of 2008 has produced dramatic changes in the forest industry.
Workshop for Coastal Wetland Wildlife Managers
The McGraw Center for Conservation Leadership sponsored a workshop for coastal wetland researchers and managers in May, 2018 at the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in southwest Louisiana. Thanks to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for the video.
Organized by Dr. Andy Nyman of Louisiana State University and financed by the McGraw Center for Conservation Leadership and Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, the workshop included 35 participants from regulatory agencies, academic institutions, state and federal agencies, and environmental consulting firms, representing Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire. The hope was to increase the effectiveness of wetland management and restoration through a four-day conversation about the challenges facing coastal wetlands and those who manage them. (Ashley Booth, PhD student; PI: Dr. Sammy King) [PDF]
For more information, to see presentations, and photos go to Dr. Nyman's post-Workshop for Coastal Wetland Wildlife Managers webpage
RNR Student Honored with First Barton Scholarship
Scholarship recipient Cassandra Skaggs (front) with from left, Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation Executive Director Kell McInnis, LSU Alumni Association Presedent Cliff Vannoy, John Barton, Jr., Association Vice President Tracy Jones, and School of Renewable Natural Resources Instructor, Luke Laborde.
Cassandra Skaggs, a graduate research assistant in the School of Renewable Natural Resources, was awarded the first John W. Barton, Sr. College of Agriculture Wildlife Scholarship in March.
"I am honored to be selected as the first recipient of the John w. Barton, Sr. College of Agriculture Wildlife Scholarship," said Skaggs. "While the monetary award will help me personally as I finish my thesis, I am further humbled to be associated with the legacy of Mr. Barton. In particular, his conservation and civic leadership are an inspiration, and I am thankful to be recognzed as I start my career in wildfife conservation."
The scholarship was established by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation to honor Barton, who received a bachelor's degree in sugar-chemical engineering from LSU in 1939. He was a fonding member of the National Turkey Federation and active in the Quality Deer Management Association. During his career, he played key roles in numerous business, civic, and professional organizations
The $2,500 award wil be made annualy to a full-time School of Renewable Resources graduate student studying in the fields of wildlife management or wildflife ecology.
Congratulations, Cassie!
permalink: LSU Alumni Magazine: Summer 2018
Dr. Tiersch Named as Chair of the USDA
National Genetic Resources Advisory Council
Dr. Terrence Tiersch, Professor in the School of Renewable Natural Resources and Director of the Aquatic Germplasm and Genetic Resources Center, has been named to serve as the Chair of the National Genetic Resources Advisory Council.
The Advisory Council formulates recommendations on actions and policies for the collection, maintenance and utilization of genetic resources. It also makes recommendations for coordination of genetic resources plans of several domestic and international organizations, and advises the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and the Director of the National Genetic Resources Program (NGRP) of new and innovative approaches for conservation of genetic resources.
The NGRAC can consist of up to nine members appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture and seven or more ex-officio members. Two-thirds of the appointed members represent scientific disciplines relevant to the NGRP, and one-third represent activities relevant to the general public. Thus it is likely that each of the relevant life forms (e.g., plants, forest species, animals, aquatics, insects and microbes) is represented by an appointed scientific member.
More recently, the Council was charged with advising the U.S. Department of Agriculture on ways to ensure that the NGRP serves the needs of farmers for high quality and diverse germplasm, as well as how to develop a broad strategy for maintaining biodiversity available to agriculture and strengthening public sector breeding capacities.
Research Matters - Spring 2018
The Spring 2018 edition of Research Matters is now available. Download your copy and catch-up on happenings in School of Renewable Natural Resources.
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TOPICS INCLUDE:
- Highlights of ongoing student and faculty research projects
- RNR Scientists Investigate Factors to Guide Nesting Island Restoration
- RNR Welcomes New Wildlife Extension Specialist: Dr. Ashley M. Long
- New Instructor welcomed to RNR: Dr. Chris Reid
- What is happening in the classroom: Hands-on experience for students
- International travel experiences for Students
- Tiger Chapter Ducks Unlimited raises $100,000
- 2017-2018 Student Scholarships awarded
- Graduate Student news
Alumni News: Checking In -
Dr. Bob Blackmon, PhD '69
RNR Director 2000-2005
During 2017, I continued to make progress on my second career – art. As some of you know I am an oil painter, painting mostly Baroque-style still life. I began painting in 1973 but took a 25-year leave of absence, because of career and family. Since my retirement in 2005, I have been able to paint a lot, though never as much as I would like to.
Last year I had two very successful solo shows (three are planned for 2018) and exhibited my work in several group shows. I also continue to be represented by the Ardmore Gallery in County Waterford, Ireland. Having an invited presence there for some time now has been very rewarding and an honor for me. I am also active in the eastern New York arts community, with membership in five art organizations and serving as co-founder, officer, and board member in one of those groups.
In the spring of 2017, I had the honor of being juried into the organization, Oil Painters of America, members of which are considered to be some of the best painters of representational art in the Americas. I also do a monthly art blog. Send me your e-mail address and you can become a subscriber.
My work can be found on www.blackmonstudio.com
as well as the international website, www.dailypaintworks.com/Artists/bob-blackmon-4057. Check them out!
Probably the greatest honor of 2017 for me personally was, along with my lovely wife, Mary Beth, being able to spend a full month in Ireland. This was our fifth trip to our favorite spot on earth, and we hope to make at least five more! Come for a visit (but please, not all of you at one time!) and we can thrill or bore you with lots of art and thousands of pictures of Ireland.
A selection of Dr. Blackmon's paintings can also be viewed on our Gallery page
Bob & Mary Beth Blackmon, 21 Ahern Avenue, Troy, NY 12180, still.life.guy@gmail.com
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