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… Read More
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. Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
