AFRC NEWS
Geospatial Mapping Study Shows Drought Trend in Ag-Dominated Arkansas Delta
The Delta, a regional powerhouse for Arkansas agriculture built by river flows, is showing a trend of increasing droughts. Using satellite imagery, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers comprehensively analyzed drought dynamics over five years to reveal…
LISTEN: Tracking Mallards Migration: Research and Conservation for Arkansas’ Duck Season
Duck hunting season takes place in November and December in Arkansas and duck hunters and experts are watching for birds coming into the area in October, a group often referred to as “Halloween ducks”. Dr. Doug Osborne, professor in the College of Forestry, Agriculture and Natural Resources….
Red Oaks Take Root in Restoration of Bottomland Hardwood Forests
As trees begin changing colors this fall, a new generation of red oaks will be planted on 40 acres in eastern Arkansas, just a small part of a project that aims to re-establish 600 acres of hardwood forests in the state over the next three to five years. Over the next few weeks, a team …
LISTEN: How Replanting Forests Can Improve Ecological Benefits and Empower Landowners
In this episode of Arkansas Food, Farms & Forests, we explore the Restoring Bottomland Hardwood Forests project with principal investigator Dr. Nana Tian, a researcher for the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station and associate professor at the University of Arkansas at Monticello..
Sims is Here to Help Defend our Forests
With Arkansas’ multibillion-dollar forestry industry to defend, forest health researcher Laura Sims has been named director of the recently announced $16.8 million Arkansas Forest Health Research Center based at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. Sims comes to the College of Forestry…
LISTEN: Rooting for the Future – Restoring Arkansas’s Bottomland Hardwood Forests
In this Food, Farms & Forests episode, we travel to the University of Arkansas at Monticello to explore efforts to restore bottomland hardwood forests in Arkansas. Dr. Michael Blazier, Dean of the College of Forestry, Agriculture, and Natural Resources at the University of Arkansas at Monticello…
Machine Learning Leads to a First in Forestry Management Tools
A new dataset is providing a bird’s-eye view of Arkansas’ forests 1 meter at a time. An Arkansas researcher has developed the first high-resolution forest canopy cover dataset for an entire state, providing valuable insights for forest management and conservation to a major economic sector in Arkansas….
Geospatial AI Provides New Avenue for Forest Health Research
While an emerging fungal disease continues to chip away at the forestry industry in the southern United States, remote sensing researcher Hamdi Zurqani is developing artificial intelligence models to seek answers from the skies.
New UAM Forestry Faculty Member Yáñez Seeks to Develop Research Related to Climate Extremes
Marco Yáñez, assistant professor of silviculture and forest ecology for the University of Arkansas at Monticello, has a keen interest in climate effects. Yáñez, who hails from Chile, joined the faculty on Aug. 1 and will begin teaching in January. He conducts research at UAM…
Ark-La-Tex Feral Hog Damage Assessment Provides Deeper Understanding
Managing feral swine — the land-damaging, disease-carrying wild hogs that roam throughout the country — starts with good data, according to Nana Tian, a forest economics researcher for the Arkansas Forest Resources Center. To serve as a baseline for feral swine…