Our recent publication about forest change on the Domain has been featured online in the blog entitled "Natural History of Ecological Restoration" maintained by Leighton Reid C'06, assistant professor of restoration ecology at Virginia Tech University.  The publication:  "Differential resistance to tree species loss between two dominant communities in a resilient southeastern landscape" was published this summer in t...

Professor Evans and Herbarium Fellow Sidnee Everhart C'21 were interviewed today by Steve Hall (shown in picture), the producer of the Public Televsion show, "Tennessee's Wild Side."  Program was about the moon trees in Tennessee and will be aired in October.  These are trees that were grown from seeds carried on the Apollo 14 mission.  Sewanee has a sycamore tree growing next to Spencer Hall that is one of these "moon tr...

We are delighted to announce that Sidnee Everhart C'21 has been chosen as our fourth Undergraduate Fellow.  Sidnee joins George Burruss C'22, Lillian Fulgham C'21 and Angus Pritchard C'22 as our team of Herbarium Fellows this academic year. The Fellowship program is supported by an endowment established by the family of Ashley Block, C’13, in her memory. We are excited about the expertise in GIS and invasive plants that Sidnee...

Angus and Lillian worked hard this summer helping me archive and metadata the 18 year dataset associated with my work at Sinking Pond being funded by  a grant from the United States Geological Survey.  Angus and Lillian also helped collect the field data for the sassafras spatial genetic structure project - a collaboration with Jason Palagi, who is a visiting professor this year in the Biology Department.

The Conservation Educator of the Year award that Professor Evans received from the TN Wildlife Federation was recently highlighted on the University website .  Evans was recognized for the different capacities he has promoted environmental education at Sewanee and for his long-standing work in promoting forest conservation on the Cumberland Plateau.

Excellent visit with Callie Oldfield C'15.   She was in town this week to work with me on the King Farm manuscript and other collaborations.  She is in her third year as a PhD student in the Botany Department at the University of Georgia working with Chris Peterson.   Callie got to re-visit the Chestnut Oak study plot with the Herbarium Fellows.

Our paper,  "Differential resistance to tree species loss between two dominant communities in a resilient southeastern landscape"  was just published in the Natural Areas Journal (vol 32, issue 2).   Lab alumni, Leighton Reid (C'06) and Callie Oldfield (C'15) were co-authors.    Quote from our paper was featured on the cover of the journal.   The concept of resiliency is commonly used by both land managers and ecologists when...

Lab alumnus, Dr. Brett Scheffers C'05 stopped by the Herbarium this week and got to meet our Herbarium Fellows,  Lillian and Angus.  Brett is an assistant professor in the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida.  His lab focusses on global climate change ecology and conservation.  Scheffers lab paper on global climate change impacts was one of the most featured papers in the media for 2016...

Dr. Evans was awarded a one year $31,000 one year grant from the U.S.  Department of Interior to study the effect of climate change on wetland forest regeneration at the Arnold Air Force Base (AEDC).  This research follows up on previous grant funded research conducted in 2000 at the Sinking Pond Natural Area, where Evans and colleagues found that increased rainfall over the last 50 years has led to longer ponding durations wi...

Great visit with Nathan Bourne C'11 who was in Sewanee to officiate a wedding.  Nathan is a Curate at  St. John's Episcopal Church in New Hampshire and works with youth groups. As part of his position there he is exploring ways to include the stewardship of the earth into the mission of the church.  Nathan worked with me when I was Asst. Provost to write the University Sustainability Master Plan in 2013.  As a Herbarium Fellow...