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News article: It all started with students!

Did you know that Ohio State is making maple syrup?! 

In a 19-acre woods on the Ohio State Mansfield campus, researchers, Extension specialists, instructors, and others are collecting sap from a variety of maple trees and making syrup. And it all started with students!

Learn more when Extension Today visits the sugarbush nearby!

 

Event: 2022 Ohio Maple Days

Ohio Maple Days will take place December 10th at the Ashland University Convocation Center.

Registration is $45 per person which includes a continental breakfast and lunch.  Vendor registration for the day is $100 and includes a table and 2 meal tickets for the day.

News article: Discover all things maple at Ohio Maple Days (Dec. 10)

Ohio Maple Days on December 10 at Ashland University’s John C. Meyer Convocation Center will bring together producers, researchers, educators, vendors and those interested in learning more about maple syrup production. Plan to attend the program and discover all things maple.

Ohio Maple Days (Dec. 10) will be held at Ashland University’s John C. Meyer Convocation Center. 

Multimedia: All You Can, Where You Can

In All You Can, Where You Can learn how the Monarch Butterfly can serve as an organizing species for natural resource conservation through awareness raising and positive feedback loops and specific ways to engage in the conservation and protection of pollinator habitat. 

Event: Management: Deer and Habitat, a webinar provided by the Ohio Woodland Stewards Program

Interested in learning how to manage the deer in your woods? Join Gabe Karns, Assistant Professor in the School of Environment and Natural Resources as he discusses white-tailed deer ecology and habitat needs, and how to manage their populations.

News article: SENR Picks with Gabriel Karns
SENR Picks with Gabriel Karns Tracking Migration with Citizen Science

Learn about a pioneering online migration tracking database citizens can contribute to in this SENR Picks.

News article: From the Field – TWEL Assessment Informs Award Winning Proposal

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) released their list of awardees for their Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program and the Ohio Division of Wildlife’s proposal to develop the Ohio Public Access for Wildl

Event: Syrup and Salamanders

We know what you’re thinking. What do syrup and salamanders have in common?! Bring the family to the OSU Mansfield Campus this leap year, and it will all make sense. The College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Science faculty, staff, and extension educators are working with the campus to manage its 600+ acres of woodlands. There are many exciting areas to tour on campus, such as a new sugar bush (the place where trees are tapped for maple syrup) and a vernal pool that is home to salamanders!

News article: Team awarded funding to promote maple syrup production

A team of School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) faculty and staff at The Ohio State University were awarded $482,000 from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service for “Leveraging Education and Research to Promote Maple Syrup Production in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.”  The funding is made possible through the

Basic page: ENR 4900.02 Capstone May 2019
ENR 4900.02 Natural Resources Management for Forestry Fisheries & Wildlife      First Summer Term 2019 (3 credits)

Instructors:    Dr. Gabriel Karns                 Mr. Daniel Yaussy                        karns.36@osu.edu               yaussy.3@osu.edu

News article: SENR’s Terrestrial Wildlife Ecology Lab Contributes to 50-State Milestone for Nationwide Forage Initiative
From the Field:  Grant from Feed a Bee used to Establish Pollinator Habitat on Pipeline Rights-of-Way in Eastern Ohio
News article: From the Field: Partnering for Pollinators
From the Field:  Partnering for Pollinators

In continuing efforts to help the declining Monarch butterfly population, the Save Our Monarchs Foundation (SOM) is creating Monarch butterfly and other pollinator habitat along TransCanada Corporation rights-of-way in central Ohio’s Three Creeks Metro Park.  The planting results from a strong partnership between TransCanada, Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks, Ohio Pollinator Habitat Initiative, and the School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University. 

News article: ENR 4900.02 Capstone in Pictures

Seniors majoring in Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife and Natural Resources Management in the School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) spent a week on the campus of The Ohio State University at Man