Give to Duke Forest on #GivingTuesday We are reflecting on a wonderful year of teaching, research, and community outreach here in the Duke Forest office. And this Thanksgiving, we have a lot to be thankful for. Community support has really made much of our work possible. To further our unique […]
Yearly Archives: 2019
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You’re invited to the Orange County Environmental Summit at NC Botanical Garden on December 4th (details in the flyer). Hear about our recent collaboration in the Eno-New Hope Landscape Conservation Project. Register here
The Office of the Duke Forest at Duke University announces the purchase of land at the corner of Old NC 86 and Eubanks Road in Orange County. We are excited to add this acreage to the Duke Forest’s Blackwood Division, which is critical to our research mission. The Blackwood Division […]
This year, we had about 50 entries into our annual photo contest. Photographers could enter three of their top shots to be considered by our seasoned judges (i.e. Duke Forest staff). Judges chose pictures that best captured the uniqueness and magic of the Duke Forest. There were five winners this […]
The North Carolina Forestry Association and local Scouts BSA troops held a Forestry Merit Badge Day in the Duke Forest at the end of September. Over 50 Scouts learned about trees, mast, tree disease, forest wood products and more. Staff from the North Carolina Forest Service and representatives from timber […]
DUKE FOREST PHOTO CONTEST IS NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS One of the highlights of the Annual Gathering is the revealing of the winners of our Annual Duke Forest Photography Contest. This is the official announcement that the Photo Contest has begun and we are taking submissions! What makes Duke Forest […]
On Saturday October 12th at 9.a.m. Duke Forest staff will lead an “official” tour of the Shepherd Nature Trail, a beautiful .8 mile interpretive trail in the Durham Division. The SNT is the best introduction to the the Duke Forest. Learn about the forestry practices we use to manage the […]
Below are some images from our fun Volunteer Cookout on August 8th, 2019 at the R. L. Rigsbee Shelter at Gate F in the Durham Division. Photos from Volunteer Photography Corps member Terry Smith. Photos from Duke Forest staff.
The Lambda Nu Chapter of APO, a service fraternity at Duke, showed up in a big way for the Duke Forest this weekend. With 16 volunteers on a beautiful Saturday morning, we cleaned up our wonderful interpretive trail in the Durham Division called the Shepherd Nature Trail. With guidance from […]
Durham, NC artist Heather Gordon held residency at Duke University’s Rubenstein Arts Center this summer (2019). To inform her art, she searched the Duke Forest archive at Duke Libraries for data sets that give structure to her geometric designs. Watch this interview as she tells Duke Forest Communications and Engagement […]
The Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke is honoring the hard work and talent of the Duke Forest Volunteer Photography Corps by hosting a selection of their photographs in a gallery at Duke. Title: Field Notes from the ForestLocation: Wegner Gallery, Grainger Hall, 2nd floor (9 Circuit Dr.)When: Pictures […]
Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke’s Professor Nicki Cagle’s Environmental Science Summer Program was held in August 2019. These pictures are from a day of exploring New Hope Creek in the Korstian Division searching for macro-invertebrates, to assess water quality. Learn more about ESSP and Dr. Cagle.
The Office of the Duke Forest would like to announce that our 12th annual deer herd reduction program will commence on September 23rd and end on December 13th, 2019. During this time, the Durham, Korstian, and Blackwood Divisions are closed to public access and for all recreation Monday through Friday. Saturdays and […]
A name you often hear around the Duke Forest office is Charles Mitchell. Whether sending a new student to pick up keys and parking passes, requesting our help to maintain his two study sites, or sending us a list of published papers from his Duke Forest based research, Charles Mitchell […]
We are always excited to see publication of research coming out of the Duke Forest. In June, Duke Forest staff were excited to see the announcement of publication for important water quality research from the Bernhardt lab at Duke Biology. From the June edition of the academic journal Biogeochemistry the […]
by Barb Dietsch, Herpetofauna of the DUke Forest Volunteer Lead Season 1 of the Duke Forest Citizen Science Herpetofauna Program has seen two significant species trends: One trend is the abundant numbers of Red-Backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus) of both color morphs, red-back and lead-back, found in March. A salamander of […]
Duke Forest Volunteers… Please join us on August 8th for a volunteer cookout in the Duke Forest! Since last summer, we have had more volunteers on the Duke Forest than ever before. Our volunteers have helped move our teaching and research mission forward and helped us rebuild and maintain our […]
UPDATE 7/31/19: The Edeburn Division is closed Thursday August 1st until thinning operation is complete. We will announce the reopening via our newsletter and social media. Beginning sometime in July, timber management operations will commence in the Edeburn Division. Recently renamed for our beloved Judd Edeburn, this division is just […]
We are thrilled to have a stellar management intern team working with us this summer. Matt Brantley and Colin Carroll (left and center in image, respectively), are Masters of Forestry students in the Nicholas School of the Environment. Trevor Franklin (pictured on the right) joins us from NC State University […]
Every ten years, Duke Forest performs a forest inventory to ensure that we are responsibly managing the Forest over time. The inventory focuses on measuring tree volume, growth, and regeneration, but it also allows us to collect data on issues that might be affecting the Forest such as invasive plant […]
Forever Duke Award Congratulations to our 2018-2019 Graduate Assistant and Master of Forestry candidate Matt Brantley on being awarded the Forever Duke Student Leadership Award. We are so proud of all Matt has accomplished while here at Duke and at the Nicholas School. We have received so much from his […]
Protecting the Duke Forest Advised by Dr. Mark Borsuk and doctoral student Jonathan Holt from the Pratt School of Engineering, Duke undergraduate environmental engineering student Monika Dharia conducted a major project on the Duke Forest for her senior thesis and in order to graduate with distinction from Duke. Monika modeled […]
Engineering first-years build mast collector Under the supervision of Biomedical Engineering Professor Ann Saterback and Duke Forest Director Sara Childs, first-year Duke engineering students Jin Cho, Jack Horton, Tommy Howell, Jenny Xin, and Leo Young, designed (fall semester) and modified (spring semester) a mast collection device to sort falling mast […]
GIS mapping salamander habitats Julia Geschke completed an ambitious masters project in the Duke Forest in fulfillment of her Master of Environmental Management degree at the Nicholas School of the Environment. Julia used GIS (geographic information system) data to model salamander habitats across the Duke Forest. As development and urbanization […]
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