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City Fit: NSF Grant Explores Evolution in Urban Areas
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) scientists have received $540,000 as part of a four-year, $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant to explore principles that shape evolutionary processes in urban areas. (9/25)
Chittenango Ovate Amber Snails Released at Chittenango Falls State Park
Chittenango ovate amber snails (COAS), a captive-bred endangered landsnail, were released at Chittenango Falls State Park Sept. 25. The individuals released were raised in a SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) laboratory. COAS is known only from one location at the Central New York state park. (9/25)
Landscape Architecture Students Activate ESF Quad
How do you re-invigorate a campus quad amid a pandemic that involves social distancing rules? Landscape architecture students at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) have set out to do just that.
(9/23)
ESF Lauded in College Rankings
ESF continues to be recognized for excellence with placement on several top-college listings including U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review and U.S. News & Money. (9/17)
Wolf Pups Born in Isle Royale National Park
Isle Royale National Park and SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry (ESF) have documented reproduction for wolves introduced to Isle Royale in 2018 and 2019, a key element of the National Park Service wolf introduction program's success, https://globalwildlifecc.org/research/species-recovery/isle-royale-wolf-recovery. GPS collar data and images from remote cameras suggest pups were born in 2019 and 2020. An exact number of pups is yet to be determined. (9/14)
Three New Book Projects for Distinguished Professor
A SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) Distinguished Teaching Professor helped put the finishing touches on three books this summer. Dr. Donald Leopold, from the Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, leveraged his expertise in botany and photography in Wildflowers of the Adirondacks, Wildflowers of New York City, and Trees of New York. (9/11)
Grant funds New York State Center for Sustainable Materials Management
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF) and Syracuse University are collaborating to establish the New York State Center for Sustainable Materials Management (SMM), funded by a $5.75 million grant over five years from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC). (9/11)
ESF in the Media
- Alliance for Science: USDA to decide fate of American chestnut restoration:
ESF researchers are seeking approval to restore the iconic chestnut to American forests by using a genetically engineered (GE) variety that can tolerate the blight that has killed billions of wild trees. 8/20
- Spectrum News: SUNY ESF Pledges To Be Plastic-Free by 2025:
ESF is working toward zero waste, and is the fourth college in the US to pledge to go plastic-free. 3/3/20
- SciTechDaily: How Ear Bones of a Fish Unraveled the Mystery of Spinal Deformities:
Dr. Karin Limburg's techniques for examining otoliths were instrumental in identifying selenium contamination as the cause of spinal defects in fish in the San Joaquin River. 2/24/20
- Princeton Review: ESF on the List of Best Value Colleges:
ESF is on the 2020 list of the 200 US colleges that are the best value for education. 2/20
- Blue Fish Radio: Goby Virus Causing Decline in St Lawrence River Muskie:
ESF's Dr. John Farrell and Anna Conklyn were interviewed about their work with muskies in the St. Lawrence River, which are being affected by a virus transmitted from invasive round gobies. 2/11
