A message from Assistant Director of Engagement Blake Tedder Forest Greetings, Every year, late summer and fall is our busiest time when our staff are working on the many varied and important fronts of our mission and strategic plan seemingly all at once. Much (maybe most) of this work goes… Read More
In May, we hosted a special joint research site visit with some of our Friends of the Duke Forest and students in the Unearthing Duke Forest Story+ project. We met with UNC-Chapel Hill professor Dr. Steve Davis and his students in the summer field school of the Research Laboratories of Archaeology to learn… Read More
For immediate release ‐ March 29, 2022 (published with permission from the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. See the original here) Contact: Jon Pishney, 919.707.8083. Images available upon request By Bryan Stuart, Research Curator of Herpetology The Dwarf Waterdog (Necturus punctatus) is a fully aquatic salamander that occurs in rivers and… Read More
The Office of the Duke Forest is excited to announce the creation of the first privately funded endowment for the Duke Forest Teaching and Research Laboratory. The Angle Family Duke Forest Fund, established by long-time friends Dr. Marcia Angle and Mark Trustin, recognizes and strengthens the Duke Forest as a vibrant resource for teaching, research, and community… Read More
BY DUKE TODAY STAFF Originally posted here Founded in July 1931 as the demonstration lands for the Duke School of Forestry, the Duke Forest has become Duke’s biggest and oldest laboratory and outdoor classroom with its 7,100 acres of teaching and research lands stretching across Durham, Orange, and Alamance Counties.… Read More
DURHAM, NC – OCTOBER 14, 2021 The Office of the Duke Forest is delighted to share the news that the Duke Forest Teaching and Research Laboratory at Duke University is one of the 21 winners of the Forest Stewardship Council United States 2021 Leadership Award celebrating “forest owners, builders, architects,… Read More
This page has a collection of items from related to the 90th anniversary of the Duke Forest. Enjoy videos and images produced by the Office of the Duke Forest, the Nicholas School of the Environment, and Duke University Communications. Read More
Many people have had trouble finding their creativity amidst the prolonged uncertain time of the global pandemic. But what to do when creativity itself is your job and livelihood? Leah Sobsey is the director of the photography program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a 10-year neighbor… Read More
New research coming out of the Duke Forest and sites all over the world from the renowned Clark Lab show that older and larger trees produce less fruit and peak in production in an intermediate phase. New evidence emerges from a long-term and widespread fecundity study. Read the full paper… Read More
Each year as we get deeper into Atlantic hurricane season and especially in the month of September, there is always an uneasiness in the back of the minds of Duke Forest staff. Whenever a named storm heads towards North Carolina, there is always the question: “Could this one be another… Read More
