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News article: Wild pawpaw plantings, harvesting and more

The 2023 Ohio Pawpaw Conference features research on wild pawpaw survival rates led by SENR faculty member Matt Davies and pawpaw harvesting, cleaning, and processing pawpaws by Sarah Francino, a PhD student in the Environmental Science Graduate Program at The Ohio State University.

Event: 2023 Pawpaw Conference

The 2023 Pawpaw Conference will provide a blend of research and insight via producers from multiple states. The conference will take place at the Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center in Columbus on May 20. See the attached flyer for more information; register at go.osu.edu/pawpaw2023.

News article: Chainsaw training completed by ENR 4800 students

Students in ENR 4800 - Practical Skills for Terrestrial Ecosystem Restoration completed chainsaw safety training with the Ohio Forestry Association this semester. The course is taught by Associate Professor Matt Davies.

News article: Faculty member awarded funding to improve woodland Pawpaw fruit yield and quality

With a new investment by the North Central Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NCR-SARE) grants program to develop and promote woodland Pawpaw production practices SENR caught up with Matt Davies, associate professor of Soil and Plant Community Restoration and lead investigator on the new project to find out more.

 

 

Event: Tree University: Powerful Pawpaws

Join Chadwick Arboretum for this 1-hour webinar with Dr. G. Matt Davies, Associate Professor on Soil and Plant Community Restoration at OSU. Dr. Davies will explain his research on using the Pawpaw tree, Asimina triloba to find ways to make forest management and restoration pay in order to tackle the issues of declining forest health due to "mesophication" and invasive species.

News article: Prescribed burn "flawless"
Students at The Ohio State University in the School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) were able to practice their skills during a prescribed burn of a prairie plot on the Ohio State Lima campus.

The 19-acre prairie plot was planted in 2017 with more than 100 species of native prairie plants represented on the site.

Event: Picking Pawpaw Patches - Managing Woodlands for Pawpaw Production, a webinar provided by the Ohio Woodlands Stewards Program

Join SENR Assistant Professor in Soil and Plant Community Restoration Matt Davies to explore pawpaw production in Ohio woodlands.

News article: Faculty awarded BETHA funding

Assistant professors Matt Davies and Matt Hamilton in the School of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University, along with Bryan Mark (Geography, Ohio State), Jessica McCarty (Miami University) and Katrine Raundrup (Greenland Institute of Natural Resources) received funding through the annual Battelle Engineering, Technology and Human Affairs (BETHA) grant competition for “Can Novel Technologies Promote Social and Ecological Resilience to Novel Disturbances in a Changing Arctic Climate?” 

News article: Partnership will help launch careers in ecological restoration

Ohio State’s graduate specialization in ecological restoration and the undergraduate specialization in ecosystem restoration are now aligned with the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER)’s Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner (CERP) program. It is one of only four certified programs, and one of only two in the US (the other being Virgi

Event: Jordan Reding's Graduate Exit Seminar

Jordan Reding will present his Graduate Exit Seminar, Rock Climbing or Lichen Climbing? How Rock Climbing Impacts Moss and Lichen Communities Within The Red River Gorge, Kentucky on Monday, June 10th at 10AM in Kottman 245.

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News article: Promoting a fruit few have eaten
Ohio’s little-known, native fruit might gain more notice soon.  

Excerpt from the March/April 2019 CFAES Impact for Ohioans.

News article: Controlled Prairie Burn Featured in The Columbus Dispatch

A controlled prairie burn at The Wilds is described via photos and a video feature in The Columbus Dispatch on March 16.