Fall 2011 The

An Alumni Association Publication Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources LogThe University of Georgia

A Hotspot of Change Will rising temperatures affect outdoor play?

In memoriam: Former Professor Peter Dress • Alum takes aim at winged aircraft dangers A Message from the Dean

Focusing on Annual Wildlife Supper Hosted by the UGA Student Chapter recovery of the Wildlife Society he past three years will be remembered by many as the most significant economic April 21, 2012 Tdownturn they will ever experience. The recession has impacted all sectors of our economy and forestry, and the forest products industry has been particularly hard hit due Social Hour 5-6 p.m. to its dependence on the housing industry. Many of Georgia’s local rural economies are still trying to recover from mill closures, industry downsizing and substantial reductions Dinner at 6 p.m. in wood prices. Warnell has also felt these impacts through reductions in state funding, a more challenging fund raising environment, and an increasingly competitive outside grants environment. We have Tickets $8, children 5 and under free decreased our faculty and staff support, refocused our efforts on those core areas of natural resources management, and are excited about the opportunities that a recovery will bring to our school.

Our faculty is constantly looking for new and innovative ways to pursue Warnell’s teaching, research and outreach activities. Contact Cody Seagraves Warnell believes that these teaching, research and service activities are at the core of providing well-trained natural resource [email protected] managers capable of meeting our society’s needs in this arena. This past year Warnell faculty generated more than $13 million in external federal research grant funding — a 74 percent increase from the previous year. Our programs have become increasingly interdisciplinary and span regions of North America and the world. Our graduate programs have grown to more than 200 students — one of the largest and most recognized programs in the country.

This year our faculty has concentrated on re-evaluating and refocusing our curricula to ensure it meets the needs of our stu- dents and our state. We continue to place great importance on being a forestry program accredited by the Society of American Foresters and providing seamless certification opportunities for our wildlife students with the Wildlife Society. Our programs clearly meet those standards. With undergraduate enrollment up more than 100 percent in the last four years we are excited about the breadth, depth and size of our education programs at Warnell.

Forests are a primary component of our future in Georgia — with more than 24 million acres of forestland and a forest prod- ucts industry that contributes more than 28 billion dollars to the state’s economy, we are poised for a strong and prosperous economic recovery in our sector. More importantly, these forests contribute jobs, clean and plentiful water, wildlife habitat, recreation opportunities, and renewable resources to our state. Warnell is excited about participating in this contribution Nov. 1 - 2 Introductory Master Timber Harvester Workshop in Forsyth through better, more informed management of these valuable resources. Nov. 11, Aerial Photogrammetry Refresher, Warnell Nov. 21-22 Introduction to ArcGIS, Warnell Nov. 22-23 Advanced ArcGIS with Raster Data, Warnell Mike Clutter, Dec. 11-13 8th Southern Forestry and Natural Resource Dean, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources Management GIS Conference, Georgia Center in Athens Dec. 7-8 Deer Ecology and Management, Flinchum’s Phoenix in Athens Dec. 12-13 Timber Income Tax , Georgia Center in Athens Fall 2011 1 Inside The Log

10 Lighting up on sight: Deer vision research takes a high-tech turn 11 A question of quality: How can landowners grow better loblolly pines? 12 Invasive solutions: New study sheds light on public preferences for Cumberland Island

13 Robust research: Project hopes to ease strains on Robust Redhorse spawning grounds

14 A Heated Subject: How is climate change affecting the way people use the outdoors?

24 Alumni on the Job: J.C. Griffin assesses wildlife dangers to military aircraft in Iraq

In Every Issue 4 School News 8 Faculty Q&A: Jeffrey Dean 18 Student News 24 Alumni News 27 A Word from the Development Office 28 Class Notes 30 Obituaries

The Log magazine staff: The Log Warnell School of Forestry On the Cover: A trout fisherman uses a net in the In compliance with federal law, including the provisions of Title IX of Editor Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and Natural Resources Chattahoochee River in north Georgia. Warnell researchers the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of Sandi Martin believe that climate change could raise temperatures and affect 1964, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the University of Georgia Administration the way people use the outdoors, including dramatically altering Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the University of Georgia does Contributing Writer 180 E. Green St. not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, color, national or Mike Clutter, Dean Sara Baldwin, J.C. Griffin, Athens, GA 30602 trout habitat in Georgia. Photo by Sandi Martin ethnic origin, age, disability, or military service in its administration Allen Sherrod, Rebekah Tuck Sarah Covert, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs of educational policies, programs, or activities; its admissions Table of Contents photo: policies; scholarship and loan programs; athletic or other University- Senior Graphic Designer THE LOG is an Alumni Association Jim Sweeney, Associate Dean of Research and Service Warnell researchers are going high-tech in studying how deer see. administered programs; or employment. In addition, the University Elizabeth Hagin publication. It is published twice a year in Emily Nuckolls, Director of Alumni Relations A new phase of an ongoing project will use LCD screens to test deer does not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation consistent How are we doing? the fall and spring. vision. Photo by Elizabeth Hagin with the University non-discrimination policy. Inquiries or complaints Bob Izlar, Director of the Center for Forest Business should be directed to the director of the Equal Opportunity Office, We welcome letters to the editor and feedback from Warnell on the Web: Anuj Sinha, Director of Finance and Administration Peabody Hall, 290 South Jackson Street, University of Georgia, Athens, our readers. Submit news items, questions or address GA 30602. Telephone 706-542-7912 (V/TDD). Fax 706-542-2822. changes to: [email protected] www.warnell.uga.edu Mike Hunter, Lands and Facilities Director Fall 2011 3 School News School News Timberland ownership changing, new study shows Students battle it out at Lumberjack Ball

Xi Sigma Pi spiced up the Lumberjack Ball this year, with • The top 10 companies owned 38.7 million acres in 2000. the honor society hosting a day full of dancing, contests Today, after a historic divestiture by nearly all of the large for- and flannel-clad attendees. The Lumberjack Ball was est products companies, private corporate timberland own- held on April 2 at Flinchum’s Phoenix, drawing dozens ership in the U.S. is more diverse and less integrated. The of attendees and contestants. The day started with non- top 10 forest products company owners hold only 21.5 mil- competitive games like volleyball and horseshoes and a lion acres and four of the top five are Real Estate Investment Pie-the-Professor contest, and ended with competitions Trusts (REITs), tax advantaged entities with timberland/real in Tug-of-War, arm wrestling and finally the “Lumberjack estate as their principal business. Battle.” Boys and girls had two minutes to showcase their hernandez

• Timberland Investment Management Organizations talent. (TIMOs) purchased many of the acres sold by the forest

danielle products companies. Only one TIMO, Hancock Timber Right: Associate Dean Sarah Covert gets pies in the face by several by Lumberjack Ball competitors. Resources Group, held more than 3 million acres under management in 2000. In 2010, the three top TIMOs each photo held more than 3 million acres, and the top 10 TIMOs held more than 20 million acres. ‘Toast for Terrapins’ raises money for vital research • In general, timberland appears to have been traded more frequently than in the past. Transition activity peaked mid- org Generous donors have helped fund a vital research project this sum- . decade. The timberland acreage sold per year in large trans- mer. Held on July 30 at the Frederica Golf Club Boathouse on St. actions increased from about one million acres in 2000 to Simons Island, the Toast for Terrapins fundraiser drew dozens to a

bugwood peak at about seven million acres in 2006. By 2010, sales had

reception and auction to benefit the UGA’s Costal Georgia Terrapin fallen back to 2000 levels. from Project. The fundraiser brought in nearly $7,000 to supplement re- • Timberland prices also increased over the period. Prices hambright search into the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin), which

is a high-priority species for conservation efforts within coastal habi- photo averaged around $800 per acre nationwide from 2000 through 2004, peaked in 2007 at almost $1,800 per acre in harlan tats. Factors contributing to M. terrapin population declines include

by 2007, and fell back by 2010. However, prices only returned bycatch in commercial and recreational crab pots, and vehicle strikes By SARA BALDWIN along busy coastal roads. Editor, Timber Mart-South to 2006 levels. photo • REITs and TIMOs are widely thought to manage their Dr. John Maerz shows fundraiser attendees two terrapins and discuss the vital The Warnell School has several research projects in the works to Private timberland ownership in the United States has land held for timber production in a similar manner to in- research into the species under strife in coastal habitats. identify specific threats to the terrapin populations and is tracking the changed structure over the past 10 years. More than 40 million dustrial owners. However, portions of the land may be man- effectiveness of management strategies at stabilizing or rehabilitating acres of U.S. timberland have shifted ownership in approxi- aged less intensively or set aside for environmental purposes. the species in Georgia. Maerz said Georgia is in a position to maintain the relatively healthy status of its terrapin populations and avoid the mately 600 large transactions since 2000. The global timber- Sales of non-core timberland and acquisitions that compli- declines that have occurred in other portions of the species range that have led to costly crisis legislation and management. Commercial land investment community gathered in March at Reynolds ment holdings can be part of the business model. crabbing and coastal development are vital to Georgia’s coastal communities, Maerz said, but we think our research program can help Plantation, Georgia, for the 2011 Warnell Center for Forest make management of the terrapins compatible with those activities. Business Timberland Investment Conference to discuss the cur- • One implication of forest industry divestiture of timber- rent timberland investment climate and challenges ahead. land is that more wood is now sold on the open market. This trend has increased the role of consulting foresters in timber- Jacek Siry, who is with the Center, presented “Private Forestland land management. Further, there are new market dynamics Warnell team places high in wood supply game Ownership Change in the U.S.” He summarized findings from for both buyers and sellers. Supply chain instruments such his new book, “US Timberland Markets: 2000 to 2010,” which as supply agreements and timber leases have become promi- For a team with little training on supply chain management was jointly authored with Tom Harris and Sara Baldwin of nent parts of timberland transactions. Wood supply chain theory, the UGA Wood Supply Team did a great job, placing in the Timber Mart-South. Siry included some of the following points: efficiency has changed but how the new relationships affect top three in their first competition on Sept. 30. The group came in • In 2000, forest products companies owned approximately wood flow and costs are still under scrutiny. hagin

behind two Swedish teams in the International Wood Supply 20 percent of privately owned US timberland, of which 36 To learn more about the new book or to order, please visit Game Competition, placing third by coming in behind the second million was in the U.S. South. By the end of 2010 much of our website at http://www.timbermart-south.com or contact place team by one dollar. Pictured left to right are: Corey Dukes, elizabeth these Southern U.S. timberland holdings had changed hands, Sara Baldwin by phone at (706) 542-4760 or by email at by

Caleb Warnock, Reid Yates, Harrison Hood, Jess Cadwallender, some more than once, and most of the rest had moved to dif- [email protected]. Carter Coe, Justin Wright, Steve Smith, Brandon Hatchett and ferent ownership structures. photo Shawn Baker.

4 The Log Fall 2011 5 School News

Dale Greene Former professor inducted into two-time suprise honoree

or someone who tends to shun the lime- light, Dr. Dale Greene has found himself in it a lot this year. The reserved professor added two more awards to the prodigious Fcollection in his office, both honoring a man known for his achievements and unassuming nature: A “Heroism Award” from the Boy Scouts of America Klaus Steinbeck taught at Warnell for 32 years and the Wise Owl Award from the Georgia Forestry Association. “I’ll never forget former students quickly surrounding me after receiving the Wise A beloved former professor has won one of The Georgia Division of the Society of American Foresters ad- Owl Award that night,” Greene said. “That was a the state’s highest forestry honors. Dr. Klaus ministers the Hall of Fame. Nominees to the Georgia Forestry very emotional moment. And knowing many pre- Steinbeck, a distinguished professor at the Hall of Fame must have made notable contributions to the vious recipients, I feel truly humbled to have even Warnell School for 32 years, was inducted forest community. Among the qualifications: Served in a lead- been considered for the award.” into the Georgia Forestry Hall of Fame in ership role in service to forest resources, helped implement Greene didn’t know either was coming. First in August 2011. Being named to such a pres- forestry programs to improve quality, notable contributions to April at the Warnell School’s annual spring awards tigious list is just one more accolade this ac- conservation, support of forestry organizations or institutions, banquet, Bob Izlar surprised him with the award example to the Boy Scouts and Warnell community on the need complished teacher has earned over a long and overall recognition of one’s work and efforts by others. Dr. from the Boy Scouts’ National Court of Honor for saving the to know and be able to respond in emergency situations,” Izlar and storied career. Steinbeck fits the bill, said Scott Merkle, professor at Warnell. life of a fellow forester at a meeting at Auburn University last said. “During the decades Klaus spent in the Forest Service and the year. When the man collapsed from an apparent heart attack, Dr. Steinbeck earned his B.S. and M.S. in forestry at UGA, Warnell School, he was an outstanding contributor in all of Greene drew on recent first aid training and performed CPR Greene has been a member of both GFA and the Warnell fac- and his Ph.D. in tree physiology at Michigan State University. until paramedics arrived. His colleague survived with no long- ulty since 1986. As a member of the GFA, he has served as the areas emphasized in the Hall of Fame criteria.” Before joining UGA’s faculty in 1968, he performed research term effects. the chair of the Logging and Transportation Committee and for the U.S. Forest Service’s Forest Science Laboratory in Merkle said Steinbeck’s accomplishments as a professor are the Association’s Treasurer, and is currently on the GFA Board But Greene found himself in the spotlight again in June, this of Directors. He has also served as a trustee for the Georgia Athens. His collegiate work pioneered research of short rota- “legendary.” Dr. Steinbeck has a long list of accomplishments time as the 2011 recipient of the Wise Owl Award, given an- Forestry Foundation, the GFA’s affiliated fundraising arm. At tion woody crops, conducting experiments to optimize rota- and awards dating to his 32 years on the Warnell School’s nually since 1980 to someone in the forestry community who Warnell, Greene has won numerous teaching awards, as well as tion lengths, spacing and other cultural practices for multiple faculty, including training hundreds of undergraduate and has made outstanding contributions to the industry through ad- international service awards. Six times in the past seven years, fast-growing southern hardwood species. His groundbreaking graduate forestry students, teaching silviculture and regional vocacy or improvements benefitting landowners and businesses. he or his graduate students have won technical writing awards work with coppice-regenerated sweetgum, black locust and silviculture, among other courses. Dr. Steinbeck also served This time it was Greene’s outstanding body of work that landed from the Forest Resources Association – twice winning the na- American sycamore plantations garnered millions of dollars for several years as Faculty Advisor to the UGA Forestry him the award, through his longtime volunteerism with GFA, tional award. Warnell Dean Mike Clutter said he is honored his efforts to help pass safety legislation for log truckers, and his and privileged to call Dr. Greene a colleague and a friend. “Dale of research funding from the U.S. Department of Energy that Club, and he was so popular with students they honored him distinguished research and teaching at Warnell. has made superlative contributions to Warnell, the University of resulted in dozens of research publications in scholarly jour- with Professor of the Year, Outstanding Faculty Member and nals and elsewhere. Today, his work with short rotation woody Outstanding Advisor awards. Dr. Steinbeck won the Superior Center for Forest Business Director Bob Izlar nominated Greene Georgia and our profession here in Georgia,” Clutter said. “Our for the award from the National Court of Honor, particularly industry has benefitted from his sage advice and his wood supply crops is gaining renewed interest as biomass energy is once Teaching Award at UGA Honors Day in 1980 and again in because of Greene’s affiliation with the Boy Scouts’ Northeast chain research which has contributed to Georgia’s pre-eminence again attracting national attention. 1999. Georgia Council. Greene helps organize the biannual Cherokee in the forest products industry worldwide. However, in my view District Advance-a-Rama, hosted by Warnell, which draws hun- it is Dr. Greene’s abilities to mentor students and colleagues that dreds of Boy Scouts to UGA’s campus. “His actions serve as an make him such a special member of our profession.”

6 The Log Faculty & Staff News Jeffrey Dean

started my hikes are making a vigorous qualities. Among other things, a 5recovery in many areas. It gives me genomic roadmap will allow breeders hope that our research might produce to test the progeny from crosses observable benefits in these forests immediately and recognize from the within my lifetime. pattern of inherited genes which are Preserve the Future superior. The “bread and butter” research for your Warnell laboratory has been One of your ongoing research the sequencing of conifer genomes. projects investigates the Sirex You have been very active in the woodwasp, a destructive insect that Conifer Genome Network (pine- injects venom into trees. What has genome.org), and you even helped your research discovered about Jeffrey Dean spearhead efforts to establish an how southeastern trees can resist international consortium to expand this potentially devastating pest? Current Position: Professor of conifer genome resources. Why is it Sirex noctilio is coming to Georgia and Forest Biotechnology; Professor of so important to crack this code? Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; probably much sooner than the 50 All of the instructions for how to Associate Director of the Institute of years it would take for the insect to become a tree and how to survive all Bioinformatics spread from upstate New York on its manner of environmental challenges own. Given the economic damage this Education: Ph.D, Purdue University; are encoded in these genomes. Whether pest creates in southern hemisphere B.S., Stanford University we are interested in selecting trees pine plantations we need to take the for wood properties that add value to threat seriously and be prepared. Teaching: Scientific Research in Forestry commercial products or identifying and Natural Resources, General genes that confer resistance to new However, I’m cautiously optimistic Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, pests and diseases, having the genome from the results we’ve seen recently that Introduction to Bioinformatics sequence available will speed the native predatory insects will do a good process. job keeping S. noctilio populations in You’ve been hiking Mt. LeConte in check. Great Smoky Mountain National You’ve said that having a complete ithout alumni and friends like you, we would not be able to provide our In other work, your lab is also trying Park for nearly two decades, ob- reference genome sequence for students and faculty with outstanding academic programs and opportunities. serving the changes over the years conifers would be “like having a to figure out how a man-made hy- as an indicator of forest health. detailed roadmap” for breeding brid of desert sunflower produces Consider supporting the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. We What have you seen that has in- improved pines. What are the a woody stem. How might the have giving opportunities to fit your needs and would love to guide you to the spired your research focus on forest implications for having a reference findings from this work be used to biotechnology? sequence for a genome that is seven supplement other wood sources for opportunity which suits you best. Learn more online at warnell.uga.edu/giving or It has been disheartening to watch times the size of a human genome? a more sustainable world? Wcontact the Office of Alumni Relations and Development. Giving back to Warnell is I can’t emphasize enough my balsam wooly adelgid and then About half the wood consumed each exciting and rewarding, and your gift will make a difference! hemlock wooly adelgid sweep through admiration for the patience and year worldwide is used as fuelwood the mountains killing dominant perseverance of conifer breeders. The in cooking fires. A dream result from conifers and changing the entire feel of size of the trees, their slow maturation, this research would be production of the forest. At the same time, I’ve been and their various genetic quirks make a sunflower hybrid that could produce Emily Nuckolls, Alumni Relations and Annual Giving amazed at the speed with which these conifer tree improvement an inefficient a seed crop for food and then a wood (706)542-0713 • [email protected] same forests can rebound. Red spruce, process, largely because we must wait crop to cook that food. which had been nearly wiped off the 10-20 years to see whether a specific mountain tops by acid rain when I first cross will yield trees with the desired

8 The Log Fall 2011 9 Research News Research News hagin Deer vision research is elizabeth Early competition control can affect wood quality,

by going high-tech new Warnell study finds New phase will use LCD photo screens to test what deer see

he light goes on, the trap doors open, and the curious deer in the pen wanders over. Which one will he choose? Choose correctly, and he gets a food treat. Choose wrong, and the Tdoors close, denying him something tasty. It may seem like a mean little game, but Warnell researchers are doing this to learn a lot about how deer see. Discovering the intricacies of deer vision has widespread implications, affecting everything from how people hunt to how carmakers design headlights.

At Warnell, deer vision research is getting even more high-tech, moving on to using LCD monitors that will display a modified color blindness test. These computer-generated images will be similar to the pseudoiso- chromatic plate tests administered to humans to test for color blindness. new Warnell study shows that early herbaceous Alexander Clark and Warnell’s Dr. Richard Daniels – focused on The premise will stay the same – the doe has two choices when these and woody competition control can significantly expanding this research and presenting a complete analysis. They images are displayed. One image will have a section of colored circles improve the growth and yield of plantation-grown looked at changes in growth and wood quality related properties, amongst gray circles, while the other image will only have gray circles. loblolly pine, but may lead to inferior-quality wood including ring specific gravity (SG), earlywood and latewood SG If the deer cannot discriminate that specific color, both screens should A compared to slower-grown trees. Knowing how to manage plan- within individual rings and percent latewood. appear the same. If she moves toward the image with the color incorpo- tation-grown trees can help landowners improve growth while rated, she will receive a food reward. If she chooses wrong, the door will The team collected data from 13 sites that were part of the 1984 maintaining good wood quality. close once she crosses an invisible infrared beam that lets researchers Competition Omission Monitoring Project (COMP) experi- know if the correct decision was made, and therefore what the deer saw. This latest phase is part Of course, it all depends on the definition of “wood quality,” mental trials established by the USDA Forest Service across the of a larger, ongoing deer vision project funded by the Georgia Department of Transportation said Dr. Laurie Schimleck, one of the co-authors of the paper Southeast and included four levels of competition control: that was started several years ago by Drs. Bob Warren and Karl Miller, who have been looking recently published in Forest Ecology and Management. Although ›› No weed or competition control for ways to cut down on the number of deer-automobile collisions on Georgia roads. “There are the lumber industry wants wood that meets certain levels of stiff- ›› Herbaceous vegetation control about 1.5 million deer-vehicle collisions each year nationwide, and understanding how deer see ness and strength, paper and pulp producers want quality fiber. › may allow us to develop some alternative methods to reduce this number,” Warren said. “But Studies like this can help landowners devise management strat- › Wood vegetation control the potential for reducing collisions is only one application of this research,” Miller added. “For egies and techniques to help them produce high-quality wood, ›› Woody plus herbaceous vegetation control. example, consider the implications for the hunting camouflage industry.” he explained. It is important for landowners to be aware that They found that “there are large benefits in growth. While silvicultural treatments can influence wood properties. By being M.S. student Elizabeth Miller, under their supervision, is conducting the current phase of this wood properties such as specific gravity (SG) in a particular aware of these effects they can manage their stands to optimize project and has installed the LCD monitors in certain pens at Warnell’s Deer Barn. The initial year’s growth remain largely unchanged compared to controls, growth and wood quality. phase was conducted by graduate student Bradley Cohen, who designed the device and used it is important for landowners to realize that the diameter of the simple LED lights to confirm previous physiologically based studies. “Brad’s research further con- Pine plantations in the southeastern U.S. are typically managed juvenile core is increased. The juvenile core has inferior wood firms that deer can only perceive color through two different cone photopigments, unlike human in ways that will reduce rotation age and maximize cash returns. properties, and if these trees are harvested at an early age, which ability to see through three. That means they don’t see the color spectrum the same way we do,” They grow fast, respond well to silvicultural practices and adapt is possible owing to their improved growth, they will yield a high Elizabeth said. “We theorize that deer see color similar to humans with protanopic red-green well to a wide range of sites. But growth can be adversely af- percentage of lumber that is low in stiffness and strength,” said colorblindness.” fected by the availability of resources and competition, particu- Antony. Antony doesn’t know yet how lumber and pulp quality larly within the first five years of establishment. Previous studies will change in response to common silvicultural treatments. This By retrofitting the stalls with the LCD screens, Elizabeth will investigate how well deer see color, have shown that controlling the competition can positively affect needs to be studied further, he said. “The question is, ‘What will and how well they distinguish certain colors from others. She’ll also be testing color discrimina- growth and yield but the effect on wood properties has rarely be an optimum management practice for a landowner?’” he said. tion within patterns. The applications of this research are far-reaching. Their results could lead to been studied. In a Wood Quality Consortium (WQC)-sponsored “I think it should depend on the end product the landowner is the development of new color patterns for camouflage, strategic color patterns for roadside fenc- study Schimleck and his co-authors – Warnell research scientist targeting.” ing, and strategic color patterns for fencing around gardens, landscaping and food plots. Finto Antony, Weyerhaeuser’s Lewis Jordan, U.S. Forest Service’s

10 The Log Fall 2011 11 Research News Robust Redhorse focus of Savannah River project

he Robust Redhorse was once lost. Thought to be history. Originally described in the late 1800s, the fish was extinct until it was rediscovered in the latter part thought to be extinct until it was found in the Savannah and of the 20th century, the fish can be found in a less Pee Dee rivers in the early 1980s. The fish species was official- Tthan ideal habitat below dams in the Savannah, ly rediscovered in the early 1990s by the Georgia Department Oconee and Pee Dee rivers, all of which have many demands of Natural Resources, which found several specimens in the on their water resources. Pull too much water for the people Oconee River. The U.S. fish and Wildlife Service consid- who need the water upstream, and the Redhorse’s spawning ers the Redhorse a “species of concern,” because it has a low habitat downstream could be affected. Dr. Rhett Jackson and population and a shortage of suitable spawning habitat. It other Warnell and UGA researchers are helping find out how has become a conservation priority and a Robust Redhorse much. Conservation Committee has formed to come up with a strategy for its recovery. Unfortunately, its population in the Jackson has funding from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah River has only two known spawning sites on mid- to develop a summary of biological, hydrological and water channel gravel bars, where it excavates gravels and lays eggs larson quality information for the Savannah River Basin Sustainable in the depression, covering the nest with more gravel. A key Public divided over how to manage invasive Rivers Project. That project was developed a few years ago to question is how the quality of this spawning habitat responds lincoln restore ecologically beneficial flow patterns in the Savannah by to flow management before and during the late spring spawn- animal and plant species on Cumberland Island River and restore habitat quality over miles of river and thou- ing season.

photo sands of acres of forestland and estuary. There are several ani- mals, including the Robust Redhorse, at risk from hydrograph Fish biologists have already evaluated the habitats to docu- alteration caused by flood control efforts, hydropower genera- ment the previously unknown spawning behavior, finding where they spawn, when, how long and what could possibly isitors to Cumberland Island flock to the barrier work towards socially acceptable management practices.” tion and other human activities. “These dams provide many affect their spawning season. What Jackson will do now is re- island to see its famed feral horses, likely un- benefits to society, but when they were built, little thought Sharp, Green and Larson surveyed visitors to Cumberland view what scientists know about how the Redhorse responds aware of the damage the wild animals can inflict was given to their ecological effects,” Jackson said. “The Island National Seashore in Georgia during the summer of to variations in flow and water quality and provide this to a on the seashore’s ecosystem. And park managers Sustainable Rivers Project aims to balance the needs of hu- 2009 to gauge public support for invasive species manage- large interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers who areV often in a quandary over what to do about the horses and mans and the ecosystem.” other invasive species that threaten a local environment. But ment. Although it’s a management priority, controlling in- will revise the Savannah flow guidelines for the Corps of a new study published in Biological Conservation by Warnell vasive species can spur controversy because the public might The Robust Redhorse (Moxostoma Robustum) lives in Engineers based on new scientific information in a process researchers could help shed some light on what management find management techniques distasteful or because they don’t freshwater streams of the eastern U.S. and has an unusual known as adaptive management. methods the public would support – and that could help understand its necessity. Although a tourist draw, the Island’s shape future park policies on how to control damaging inva- non-native feral horse population tramples beach ecosystems sive species like the island’s charismatic horses. and can spur erosion by eating grasses along the dunes. “At this point, we have a pretty good grasp on the ecological Dr. Gary Green and graduate students Lincoln Larson and damage caused by invasive species,” Larson said. “However, Ryan Sharp found that among all the invasive species on we are just beginning to comprehend some of the economic Cumberland Island, feral pigs were singled out as the greatest and social ramifications.” danger to Cumberland Island’s ecosystem – with 72 percent of visitors saying they were either a moderate or severe threat. The survey team questioned 1,166 visitors leaving the Although the well-known feral horses that roam the island Cumberland Island boat docks, asking specifically about were ranked second, with 68 percent of visitors identifying potential threats posed by conspicuous invasive plants and them as a damaging species, visitors were strongly divided on animals like feral horses, feral pigs, ambrosia beetles, tung oil what should be done about the invasive species problem fac- trees, privet and bamboo. Their study shows that visitors to ing the island. Results showed that public support for various Cumberland Island prefer that land managers use non-lethal shelton invasive species management methods depends on many dif- methods to control invasive species’ populations rather than jay

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ferent factors. “Understanding public preferences could min- other methods such as leaving them alone or eliminating imize conflict should steps be taken to reduce the spread of them completely. Non-lethal approaches were also the least an invasive species,” said Ryan Sharp, who is now a Warnell controversial methods. Visitors were particularly opposed to courtesy

alumnus. “Once we know more about the control methods completely eradicating the feral horse population, and in-

that stakeholders will or will not tolerate, we can begin to stead preferred alternative measures such as contraceptives. photo

12 The Log Fall 2011 13 (L-R) Drs. Nate Nibbelink, Neelam Poudyal and Jeff Hepinstall- Cymerman are conducting three projects with a similar climate change theme. They theorize that rising temperatures could affect how people use the outdoors for recreation, including trout fishing and hiking. But they are also looking for ways to use trees to offset A Heated Subject heat effects, particularly in urban areas. How is climate change affecting the way people use the outdoors? by SANDI MARTIN

It was one of those local stories meant to amuse the populace, but instead made national news and became fodder for comedians. The Athens Banner-Herald’s headline blared, “Man says it’s too hot to fish.” Just a few paragraphs long and buried inside the paper, the quirky story struck a nerve across the country. For many, it was something to laugh about, espe- cially when producers from Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” came looking for an interview. But behind Bobby Kirk’s homespun wisdom, there was truth. This past summer, temperatures were scorching. It was too hot to fish. Is climate change affecting the way people spend their time outdoors?

Warnell researchers want to know. The school has several cli- “Understanding how recreationists perceive climate change mate change projects in the works, and a handful are now phenomenon, and likely adjust their outdoor pursuits to looking at what global warming is doing to natural lands. expected change in climate condition and outdoor resources One focuses on how lower stream levels affect trout fishing. will be important in managing outdoor resources and pre- Another looks at how forests can help reduce a community’s dicting its economic and social impact,” Poudyal said. “For vulnerability to rising heat. Although climate change contin- example, how rural communities in North Georgia will be ues to be a polarizing political topic, it is widely accepted in impacted by potential decline in trout fishing.” the scientific community. Global warming, researchers say, has far-reaching effects that can harm more than just the ob- Poudyal and two other Warnell professors are working on vious, like melting glaciers. It could have a widespread im- three different climate change projects: pact, said Dr. Neelam Poudyal, assistant professor of Natural  Poudyal is teaming up with Dr. Nate Nibbelink, Resources Recreation and Tourism. But some scientists are associate professor in GIS and spatial ecology, on a U.S. now looking into the less tangible effects climate change Forest Service project to identify “hotspots” of change —

martin could have – like how it can change the way people use the where the multiple impacts of human population growth outdoors. sandi

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and climate change might intersect to stress our natural lands, “Our research will combine ecological and social data to  Many North Georgia streams have already been particularly with respect to the multiple ways in which hu- provide meaningful planning tools for managers to use found to have suffered a significant number of high wa- mans benefit from intact natural systems. They will use spa- public lands to help mitigate the likely effects of climate ter temperature and trout mortality cases in recent years. tial statistics and mapping tools in a geographic information change on natural and social systems,” said Hepinstall- Because those streams lie in the southernmost edge of trout system (GIS) to identify areas where projected future impacts Cymerman. There has already been a great deal of research habitats, the heat effects usually happen early. But the im- to natural resources — such as intact forests, biodiversity and conducted on topics that relate to these projects, all with pacts of those heat effects depend on several factors, includ- water availability — will show the greatest change from current interesting results that are helping Warnell’s team shape ing how anglers react to changing resource conditions. Will conditions. These data will be intersected with human popu- their studies. And global warming is proving to be a worri- they keep fishing there, or move toward headwaters or even lation growth projections to identify “footprints on the land” some phenomenon: other states? Or will they wait until water gets cooler? Some where human impacts resulting from changes to our natural re- anglers may give up on trout and start fishing for other spe- source base will be the highest. This unprecedented nationwide  The No. 1 cause of weather-related deaths is cies or seek alternative outdoor pursuits, Poudyal theorizes. analysis is made possible by the 2010 Forest and Rangeland heat related, with 3,442 people dying from this cause Renewable Resources Planning Act Assessment, conducted by between 1999 and 2003. Climate research has projected The Warnell team’s research results could be useful in guid- the Forest Service and partner scientists, which reports on the that temperatures across North America could increase ing future planning and management of recreational fishery status and trends of renewable resources nationwide. Nibbelink between 1.8 and 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit during the first and other land management decisions. “Policymakers are in- said the study should increase understanding of how natural half of the 21st century, and many southeastern U.S. terested in knowing how factors that are beyond individual’s lands in the nation are likely to be affected by both human urban areas could see temperatures rise more than 9 de- control should be better managed to cope with the negative pressures and global climate change. Experts are predicting that grees over the same period. outcome of climate change, such as the heat effects,” Poudyal by the year 2060, urban land use will likely increase by 70 mil- said. “If we find evidence that two otherwise identical com- lion acres, resulting in a loss of forest, cropland, pasture and  If projections are true and urban areas increase munities may experience or have the ability to withstand rangeland. Poudyal and Nibbelink hope to identify the “po- their footprints by 70 million acres by 2060, it could different levels of heat stress simply because of the difference tential hotspots” that will be affected, including possible water mean an 8 percent loss of forestland in the South alone. in the way forests and other green vegetation are managed, shortages and species at risk of extinction. The southern U.S. could lose another 2 percent of appropriate intervention programs such as urban forestry, rangeland area, while northern states could lose up to 7 community green areas and other public forest reserves can be  Dr. Jeff Hepinstall-Cymerman, a landscape ecologist in

martin percent of food-producing cropland. favorable policy options.” Warnell, and Poudyal have started a project that will examine

sandi how forest resources could be used to offset a community’s

by vulnerability to heat effects, such as heat stroke and heat ex- haustion, which are likely to increase as temperatures rise. Also photo funded by the Forest Service, this project will develop a social Using data from the vulnerability index specific to heat effects that can be calculated U.S. Forest Service, for different communities. It will also complement existing re- Poudyal and Nibbelink search on the driving factors of heat effects by evaluating how believe these are the forest resources under various levels of canopy coverage and areas in the country health condition can moderate those effects. The pair will also that will see a “hotspot” compare different species and management regimes to see how of population growth they contribute. over the next 30 years,  Poudyal is currently working on a survey of trout anglers whereas the “coldspots” in Georgia with funding and logistic support from the Forest are places that are pre- Service and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ dicted to show growth Wildlife Resource Division. Scientists just don’t know how cli- that is less than the mate change is affecting nature-based activities, he said, but the national average. The very people affected might not know much about it either. The two think a lot of new survey aims to find out how much anglers know about climate development will occur change, how they perceive its potential threats to their angling, near places like public gov . and how they might react to the expected change in resource lands because of the conditions due to climate change. Previous studies have shown outdoor recreational op- that an increase in stream temperature can cause a substantial portunities, such as the savannahga loss of trout habitat. Great Smoky Mountain (Above) Urban forestry, as seen in Savannah, could be one way to help offset tempera- National Park (inset). tures in cities, even as the heat possibly affects outdoor recreation, like hiking (top).

16 The Log Fall 2011 17 Student News Student News Graduate Profile: Jane Diener Christian Hoadley Undergraduate Profile

trap a backpack on him and let him loose in the mountains, It was at URJ Camp Coleman around six and seven years ago and Christian Hoadley is in heaven. The Warnell graduate that Jane Diener had an epiphany. Then in high school, the future student has a few hobbies that have come in handy during his Natural Resources Recreation and Tourism student held a tradi- diener

tional view of spirituality and religion. But that summer camp

time at school, but hiking through the skyscraping mountains hagin

jane ignited an awakening in her – and a career philosophy. “Until that is his favorite. “I get the greatest amount of personal satisfaction from of

S first summer, I thought Judaism was a bunch of prayers and laws being in the mountains, exploring backcountry trails with my father or

elizabeth that shaped a person’s life,” said the 21-year-old senior. “But I was a small group of friends,” Hoadley said. “Spending a week or two in the by taught that religion is only what you want it to be, even if that courtesy wilderness with minimal gear is challenging, but at the same time very means that instead of praying I just want to listen to the trees blow- rewarding.” But the extracurricular activity that has translated the best for photo ing in the breeze and watch the rain fall. After those two summers, photo this soils student was his time competing in soil judging contests with the nature was not just something I loved, but the basis of my spiritual UGA Soil Judging Team, even finishing fifth in the nation in 2010. But beliefs.” his path didn’t lead straight to Warnell. He took a couple of detours along the way. It has also become the focus of her career plan. Diener wants to become an environmental educator and combine spirituality and Hoadley credits his parents, Robert and Cheryl Hoadley, for their guid- religion with nature education to “give children an understand- ance and support for helping him succeed through school. His family, he ing that there is something greater than them.” It’s a bold plan, said, has been invaluable over his life. But his background is full of people but Diener is passionate about her philosophy that nature and and experiences that have helped lead him to Warnell, including his spirituality are deeply connected. This is even more important, she fourth grade teacher, Mr. Prins, who “was very enthusiastic about science. says, now that fewer children truly experience a childhood spent His passion for geology and the intricacies of nature helped spark my in- outdoors. “My goal in environmental education is to allow people, terest in science and the natural world.” After graduating from Central especially children, to experience nature in ways that they never Gwinnett High School in 1994, Hoadley joined the U.S. Army and was a have before,” she explained. “With all the technology keeping soldier until 1997. Those years, he said, taught him “to set personal goals children too busy to play outside, it is becoming increasingly dif- and to work hard to overcome obstacles.” ficult to come across a child who knows how to identify a tree or catch a salamander.” Hoadley worked for Honda for six years after he left the Army, but he ultimately followed his longtime goal to work in forestry and enrolled Diener plans to connect nature and spirituality by using religious at UGA, graduating cum laude in 2010 with his bachelor’s degree. Now stories, parables and other morality tales. “While children may he’s started on his master’s, working with Drs. Larry Morris and Dan expect lessons on values from a Bible story, it is surprising when Markewitz on soils projects. The big project coming up is developing Soil they learn those same lessons from nature,” she said. “For example, I teach a lesson Quality Indicators to learn how harvesting for bioenergy needs is affecting on environmental ethics through the Jewish Law, Bal Tashchit, or ‘do not destroy.’ soils. Biomass harvesting is more intense than normal timber harvesting, This lesson ties in great with the Leave No Trace Principles, so instead of reading the Hoadley said, because workers take more of the trees and slash. His part law to the students and leading a discussion, we actually go out in nature and discuss of the research will involve taking soil samples, doing lab analyses and why it is important to treat the earth with respect.” hagin using technology such as near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and elec- tromagnetic inductance (EMI) to gather data. They are choosing sites in While Diener’s parents, Barbara and Alex, raised her in the traditional Judaism faith, elizabeth North Carolina and Georgia to conduct the research, which is particularly she said her spiritual beliefs and connection to nature are now so closely intertwined by relevant because scientists believe the South will be a significant source of that it would be hard to separate the two. “While I was raised a traditional Jew, I always had more of a connection to the setting I prayed in than the words I was biomass. It’s called the “wood basket,” Hoadley said. photo reading,” she reflected. “From a young age I realized that by sitting outside to listen It’s an important project he is very interested in, he explained. “I recog- to the trees blow in the breeze or watch the rain fall, I was witnessing the work of a nize the importance for the United States and the rest of the world to higher power. While the exact identity of that higher power is unclear to me, nature become less reliant on fossil fuels,” Hoadley said. “I fully support research reminds me of the fact that there is something greater than me. Knowing that na- that explores green energy alternatives, and I believe that the Southeast ture has made me a better person on so many levels encourages me to teach others. could play a very important role in meeting the future demand for woody Hopefully, by working with a lot of children from all over, I will inspire at least a biomass in support of our nation’s energy needs. It is our responsibility handful to explore a connection with nature as deep as mine.” as concerned citizens and scientists to ensure that bioenergy harvests are conducted with the least amount of impact to the landscape.” Fall 2011 19 photo by elizabeth hagin Student News

believe my exact words were, “So you want me to hit some- It looks pretty physically demanding — what do you do to stay on body so hard they are knocked on their kiester, and I won’t top of your game? My position requires a lot of running so get in trouble with the ref? Sign me up!” I try to keep the cardio up on days we don’t have practice. Fortunately, I have great teammates that are always there It also looks pretty physically demanding -- what do you do to stay when I need a workout partner. on top of your game? Other than going to practice, I work out on my own at home with free weights or the weight room at Ramsey, and I run. Brittany Furtado Forward (Both Prop & Lock) Amanda Mercer, Wings & Fullback Age: 25, Senior Age: Major: Wildlife and Fisheries Ryan 21, Senior Major: Wildlife, with a French minor Hometown: Decatur, Ga. Pemberton Hometown: Savannah, Ga. Plans post-Warnell: Graduate School Amonae Plans post-Warnell: Research abroad Dabbs-Brown It looks like a pretty rough sport— why are you attracted to it? Amanda Brittany Why are you attracted to it? I’m extremely competitive, and I The raw physicality of the sport is what appeals to me most. Mercer Julie Furtado needed a sport that I could let all my aggression out and just When I can successfully tackle a woman that is twice my tackle someone and run like a madman. I couldn’t find that size, I consider that quite the accomplishment. Creamer in the five years that I played soccer, but I found that in the Caitlyn Finley It also looks pretty physically demanding — what do you do to first rugby practice. stay on top of your game? Honestly beyond rugby practice and It also looks pretty physically demanding — what do you do to occasional rugby fitness I don’t go out of my way to stay fit. stay on top of your game? Haha, well I have a few things that I The five hours (more if we have a game that week) are typi- martin

have to do before I play a rugby game. I have a specific rugby cally more than enough to keep me in shape. sandi

sports bra and underwear that I consider lucky that I wear by every game day. I have to listen to a specific rugby playlist at Amonae Dabbs-Brown, 8 man Getting rough: Warnell girls tough on rugby opponents least twice and I usually have to eat a chicken biscuit before photos Age: 22, fifth-year senior a rugby game. As far as day to day to stay on top of my game Major: — besides the grueling Tuesday and Thursday practices, Wildlfie Hometown: These Warnellers aren’t afraid of getting tough on the field. Of all the players on the UGA Women’s Rugby I honestly don’t do much during the week, except maybe Marietta, Ga. Club, six of them are Warnell undergrads who’ve been keen on tackling other players and dragging them to sprint to a bus to get to class. I also like to race my room- Plans post-Warnell: Graduate School in ecology. Then who the ground — no protective equipment necessary. They’re pretty good, too, earning an overall winning com- mate, Amonae Dabbs-Brown every now and then. knows. Maybe the Olympics for rugby! petitive record the last two seasons and winning the 2010 Georgia Rugby Union women’s tournament. It looks like a pretty rough sport— why are you attracted to it? I Meet Warnell’s contribution to the UGA Women’s Rugby Club: Fullback Julie Creamer, wasn’t at first. My best friend told me to come to practice Age: 21, Senior and I stayed around, then fell in love. A lot of it is the friend- on top of your game? Keep hydrated, that’s the biggest part, Caitlyn Finley, Forward (Hooker) Major: Fisheries and Wildlife ships, not only with people on our team, but also the other and do some conditioning outside of practice. Hometown: Milton, Ga. teams. And it’s fun to play a sport where you really do exert Age: 20, Junior Plans post-Warnell: Graduate School your entire body. It requires every muscle you have. Major: Wildlife Ryan Pemberton, Hometown: Fenton, Mich. It also looks pretty physically demanding — what do you do to Flanker & Scrum Half Why are you attracted to rugby? “Rugby is a gentleman’s game Position: Hooker played by hooligans!” It’s aggressive and a total adrenaline stay on top of your game? Pretty much I just have to workout Plans post-Warnell: Graduate school, then the Peace Corp Age: 21, Senior rush, but also the only sport where you party with your op- in addition to rugby. Going to the gym, and we have fitness ponent afterwards. every Wednesday. It looks like a pretty rough sport — why are you attracted to it? My Major: Forestry and Wildlife dad played when I was growing up and I’ve always thought Hometown: Flower Mound, Texas it was much more exciting than any other sport. There’s also Plans post-Warnell: I am still exploring my options, but I a strong bond on rugby teams that you don’t usually see know that I would like to something in Natural Resources. elsewhere. It looks like a pretty rough sport — why are you attracted to it? It also looks pretty physically demanding — what do you do to stay Pretty rough? It is rough, and that’s what attracted me to it. I

20 The Log Fall 2011 19 A summer of discovery Student News A summer of discovery Spring Awards Banquet recognizes, honors outstanding students New Costa Rica study My crazy summer at the Warnell abroad program expands Forest Education Center horizons The Warnell School held its annual Spring Awards Banquet on April 14, 2011, awarding scholarships and awards to dozens of Allen Sherrod spent his summer at the Mary Kahrs Warnell outstanding students. Held every year, the spring awards banquet recognizes the spirit of excellence made possible by donors and the Forest Center Education Center, on loan from the Georgia Rebekah Tuck attended the new Natural future natural resources leaders who win these prestigious scholarships. Resource Problem Solving: Warnell Core in Forestry Commission. Costa Rica program in 2011, learning how By Allen Sherrod Earl D. and Wanda Taylor Barrs N.E. Georgia Quail Unlimited Gordie J. Yancey Scholarship spatial, economic and social science tech- Entrepreneur and Leadership Scholarship Sheila Wright niques can be solutions to natural resource Senior, Natural Resources Scholarship Dallas Paul Grimes Recreation & Tourism Young Alumni Scholarship for problems. Rebekah is a Sophomore majoring Clayton Smith Archie E. Patterson Scholarship Leadership and Training in Wildlife/Pre-Vet My summer internship with the Georgia Forestry E.L. Cheatum Award Henry Stone Pepin IV & James Vance Laci Coleman & Katharine Servidio

shrrod Commission was very interesting to say the least. However, By REBEKAH TUCK Jason Scott because the Devil really did go down to Georgia — and Robert W. & June C. Porterfield AGHON

Sophomore, Wildlife/Pre-vet allen Forestry Alumni Scholarships set all of it on fire — I gained more valuable experience Memorial Scholarship Blake McMichael & W. Amos Tuck of (New Freshman) Katherine Partrick, answering phones than I did as a forester. I also ended up Kim Sonderman Blue Key Honor Society The question everyone has been asking (New Professional) Alyson Davis, John spending more time with teachers than foresters. Ernie E. Provost Scholarship Ami Flowers, Cassandra Skaggs & Austin is, “What did you do in Costa Rica?” My Rossow, Ethan Robertson & Cody courtesy Zachary Walton Smith study abroad trip was a life-changing ex- My summer abruptly shifted gears when, on one excur- Seagraves, (Continuing) David Garrett, W. Amos Tuck, Sarah Hardeman, William Tyler Ray Scholarship Rotoract Student Service Award perience that I will never forget. I have photo sion with a forester, landed me not in the middle of a for- Jamie Smoak learned so much from my professors, guest est, but in the middle of Thunderbolt Elementary with Cassandra Skaggs & Jonathan Owens (New) Aaron Mathys, Joel Adair & Anakela Popp (Continuing) Morgan speakers and even friends — things that will the entire second and third grades, a lady named Gail Georgia Forestry Association/Georgia Warnell Faculty Award Hickson, Sarah Mills, Mark Butler & Andrew Yonkofski help me with my major, my future career, Lutowski Westcot, and a half-dozen serpents. Since all Forestry Foundation Fellowship of the GFC employees were being called to various fires (Thorborn Ross Tolleson III) Brynn Davis and in life in general. In one month, our Who’s Who in American Colleges and throughout the state, the agency was more than willing Gerald B. & Charlotte Alexander Universities instructors taught us how to use geographic Earl Jenkins/Gladys Beach Memorial to loan me, somewhat permanently, to the forest educa- Award Saunders Scholarship Blake McMichael, Emily Reed & Amos information system and mapping to collect tion center, where I was able to help Gail with other forest Joyce Huang Viviana Gonzalez & Rachel Mahan Tuck data and then create a tangible map. We education programs. Fred W. Haeussler Scholarship Society of American Foresters Georgia Outstanding Senior in Forestry learned how economics relates to the envi- I attended the Georgia Teacher Conservation Workshop Katharine Servidio Division Award Blake McMichael ronment, and forestry and wildlife majors. and met some very nice folks, such as Lynn Hooven, for- C. Cory Dukes Outstanding Senior in Wildlife Our trip even extended into the wild, as we Elmo Hester Memorial Scholarship mer Brave Ryan Klesko, and Earl and Wanda Barrs. While Alexandria Owens Stoddard-Burleigh-Sutton Award Jackie Sherry ziplined across parts of Costa Rica, flying at the workshop I became Project Learning Tree (PLT) Excellence in Wildlife Conservation Hogan Graduate Support Scholarship Outstanding Student in Natural over the Cloud Forest and then hiking to a certified, as well as becoming certified in Projects WET Brian Shamblin and Sean Sterrett watkins Resources Recreation & Tourism Carter Coe breathtaking waterfall. Our bungalows were and WILD. I also worked with Gail at the Billy Lancaster Matthew Walter Fredrick William Kinard, Jr. C.M. & Bernice C. Stripling

right in the middle of the rain forest. Some jessica Forestry Camp. Here I was able to test my new certifica- Scholarships UGA Outstanding Graduate Teaching

of Scholarship of the locals had the most majestic views tions. The middle schoolers attending the camp seemed to Jeffrey Reichel (Freshman Scholarship) James Price Assistant Award of Monteverde right in their backyards. I enjoy my sessions as the Project WILD lesson, “Oh Deer!” Barnett (Professional Scholarship) Doug Aubrey, Jayna DeVore & Wally Charles A. & Rose Lane Leavell

courtesy landed me in a solid second place of all the sessions pre- Zachary Clark could just walk outside my bungalow and Woods Scholarship see wildlife and exotic plants and sometimes sented that week. Annie Davis & Seth Sofferin Superior Pine Products Scholarship Graduate School Excellence in Teaching even glowing beetles. photos My last major event of the summer was the Georgia Tyler Allen Award Arnett C. and Ruth Mace Memorial Landforms Teacher Workshop. This workshop had me Lincoln Larson Between encouraging professors, passionate Scholarship William N. Thompson Scholarship driving all over the state of Georgia, starting in Savannah guest speakers, vivacious friends, and heart-to-heart conversations in the bungalows, Sudip Shrestha Tyler Lock Warnell School Outstanding Teaching and travelling to Stone Mountain, Tallulah Gorge, Assistant Award I have discovered so much about my own character, my desires in life and my goals. Martha Love May Memorial Trout Unlimited Cold Water Fisheries Brasstown Bald, Vulcan Mines in Kennesaw, Providence Anna McKee & Andrew Taylor The people I have met along the trip have grown to be some of my best friends in Scholarship Scholarship Canyon State Park, and a kaolin mine in Sandersville. Annaliese Ashley, Kristen Cecala & Zachary Anglin Warnell School Ambassador of the Year life, and the connections I have made I know will last a lifetime. Not only did I Over the course of my summer, I learned a few things: Lauren Satterfield W. Amos Tuck make lasting friendships with the people on my trip, I also made friends with natu- Gail is awesome; the Georgia Forestry Commission is Warnell School Study Abroad Scholarship ralists at the UGA campus and even Costa Ricans that I still talk to daily. I think the about more than just trees; teachers can actually be fun Arlene C. & Tilden L. Norris Williams, Reid Yates J. Reid Parker Scholarship Ashlee Janda, Jamie Smoak & Brianna Memorial Merit Scholarship biggest thing that Costa Rica has done for me is to help me realize what I truly want outside of the classroom; and most importantly, an in- Jeffrey Poston Williams Caitlyn Finley in life and giving me friends locally and internationally that want to see me succeed. tern’s work is never done.

22 The Log Fall 2011 23 Alumni on the job Alumni News Alum assesses Iraqi wildlife dangers to military aircraft griffin . . c . j

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John ( J.C.) Griffin (BSFR ’99, MS ’01) is a wildlife biologist at Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, Ga. After graduating from Warnell, he spent 10 years specializing in wildlife damage in Florida and Georgia. Griffin focuses his work on reducing hazards and And then there are the rooks, a migratory crow-like bird pres- lethal control to disperse or remove hazardous wildlife from the risks to military aviation by wildlife, especially birds. Last year, he volunteered for an assignment at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, to evalu- ent here during the fall and winter months. When these birds airfield environment. Education is also a vital part of any success- ate the dangers posed to aircraft on the base by wildlife. Joint Base Balad ranks in the top three every year with number of strikes and leave and return to their Tigress River roost sites, there is no ful mitigation program. Flying squadrons were provided briefings total cost from damagaing strikes. He arrived in November 2010 and returned to the U.S. in March 2011. better term to describe the sheer number other than “biblical.” and written advisories to increase their awareness of local haz- Imagine the devastating impact of a flock of over a million crow- By J.C. GRIFFIN ardous wildlife activity. Joint Base Balad has all the ingredients sized birds. If this was occurring back home, Wildlife Services for a hazardous flying environment. The flightline never sleeps fter a rather interesting C-130 tactical landing to avoid enemy fire, my first sight of Iraq was at would be helping these farmers with the depredation. If allowed — F16s, C130s, C17s, C5s, and numerous other transient and night. My first thought was how far I was from home, but a gaze upward revealed familiar stars and to travel outside the wire to conduct direct control activities, I constellations. I felt relieved knowing that I was still indeed on planet Earth–even after traveling would be helping farmers increase their harvest, while managing surveillance aircraft are constantly arriving and departing. When Afor 50 hours. I was on a military base surrounded by some pretty hostile territory and received immediate you combine this busy day and night flying schedule with an air- wildlife/aircraft strike threats at the same time. Perhaps one day, training on procedures to follow in the event of an Indirect Fire (IDF) attack. This was my welcome to but for now, such assistance is impossible. space filled with birds, strikes are a constant threat. Mortaritaville, a nickname given to Joint Base Balad (JBB) due to the daily barrage of IDF mortar and rocket attacks over the years. One cannot dwell on the dangers, or you could never appreciate Keeping JBB’s airfields free of birds helps pilots and other ser- this land’s beauty. It’s magical being in the birthplace of man- vicemen complete the mission and return home safely, which is The next days were spent learning the base. It became clear that mitigating wildlife hazards was going kind. Lands surrounding Balad are an oasis in the desert; fertile vital for the success of Operation New Dawn and the future of to pose unique challenges. For instance, in the States, I never really concerned myself with sniper fire soil grows lush green crops in fields divided by rows of eucalyptus Iraq. Wildlife Services is committed to our role in this enormous while working! But while in Iraq, the possibility always exists of stumbling upon Unexploded Ordinances and evergreen trees. I cannot imagine any place with more im- cause. When I joined Wildlife Services nearly 10 years ago, never (UXO’s), fired rockets and mortars that failed to detonate. Don’t assume there is little wildlife here in this pressive sunrises and sunsets. At these special times, you forget could I have dreamed that there would be an opportunity such desert. The ancient Tigress River runs within a half-mile of the east perimeter fence, giving life to this that you are in a desert far from home. desolate land. Agricultural fields dominate as far as the eye can see. Local Iraqis grow and survive on almost as this. This was a chance to serve my country and be a part of every fruit or vegetable imaginable but how they keep any of their grain crops for themselves, I cannot To help mitigate bird strikes, I used direct control activities in- the fight. It was an opportunity to see and experience things that fathom. Tens of thousands of wood pigeons, rock doves and collared doves relentlessly feed in those fields. cluding pyrotechnics, such as bird bangers and screamers, and most will not. 24 The Log Fall 2011 25 A Word from the Development Office Reid Parker’s legacy lives on with fundraising competition Over the years, the Warnell Young past tournament donors, as well as the hard work of our Young Alumni Golf Tournament has become Alumni Committee over the years, the principle for our Young the event that many alumni and friends Alumni Endowment for Leadership Training has been met and is use to kickoff their UGA Homecoming fully endowed. Our goal, established in October of 2005, to pro- Weekend experience. Traditionally held vide a permanent source of funding to support and enhance un- at the UGA Golf Course the Friday be- dergraduate leadership programs, opportunities, and activities has fore Homecoming, the Warnell Young been successfully met. We have been able to give out scholarships Alumni Committee serves as the tour- to deserving undergraduates for the past two years, and can now nament hosts and all funds raised will provide leadership opportunities to students for years to come. support helps be used to further the education and Thanks again to all our past donors for making this possible. leadership mission of the school. We are Warnell do things proud and honored to announce that this year the Warnell Young Starting this fall the Young Alumni Committee will begin a new Alumni Golf Tournament will be renamed the Parker Memorial and more ambitious goal: helping to endow a graduate assistant- Alumni Golf Tournament after the beloved professor, alumnus and ship. In response to Dean Clutter’s call to all alumni to help sup- great lifelong friend of Warnell, J. Reid Parker. Dr. Parker passed away port vital graduate student positions, we are designating all funds this January, leaving behind a legacy of support and enthusiasm for raised from this tournament, as well as future fundraising efforts, to great the school he so dearly loved. Dr. Parker was an alumnus of Warnell the school’s graduate assistantship endowment needs. This year the Greetings from the Warnell development team! Fall classroom space, some storage space for materials, and (BSF ’50), served the school as an Associate Professor Emeritus for money raised will go towards the Ernie Provost Graduate Support is a busy time of year for our office – football games, restroom facilities for the Mary Kahrs Warnell Forest 32 years, and started this golf tournament for alumni to coincide Fund and the Center for Forest Business Graduate Support Fund. homecoming activities and various club and alumni Education Center. We still need additional funds to with UGA Homecoming festivities many years ago. For more information about the golf tournament or for ways functions all make it an exciting time to be on campus make this pressing need a reality. to help, please contact Emily Nuckolls at (706) 542-0713 or and at Warnell. But we have some other new and exciting changes to our tourna- Dr. Karl Miller and Dr. Bob Warren have recently started [email protected]. ment. We are proud to announce that with generous help from our We continue to focus our efforts on graduate education a Deer Management Research Group to help landowners support through endowing several new graduate better understand and address management challenges assistantships in Warnell. The Center for Forest Business associated with deer. After a couple of initial meetings, support fund, the Dr. Ernie Provost assistantship fund, many Georgia landowners have joined this effort to fund and the Warnell graduate support fund all continue to additional research and outreach activities by some of grow toward annually funding a graduate student. We the most recognized deer researchers in the world. If you hope that you will consider remembering these worthy have an interest in improving deer herd management on Class Agents program revamped, expanded causes while making your annual pledge to Warnell. A your forestland we would enjoy discussing this new and Get ready to show some class pride! We primary part of continuing to grow and improve our innovative approach to our deer research and outreach. are proud to announce a newly revamped and already strong graduate program here at Warnell is to Finally, we wish to thank all of our alumni, donors, and expanded Class Agent program here at Warnell provide assistantships for promising students. and through UGA Annual Giving. We are taking supporters of Warnell. Much of what we do, particularly the Class Agent program and making it more We want to thank the Plum Creek Foundation for in these lean budget times, is due to the great support we exciting, more interactive and more fun! We a $30,000 contribution to help fund the outdoor receive from y’all. As our programs continue to grow we will officially unveil the program at our alumni meeting Nov. 4, 2011, classroom at our Warnell Demonstration Forest rely on the resources provided from our endowment to before the Homecoming dinner. Here’s a quick overview of what’s to in Effingham County, Georgia. This facility, and meet these increasing needs. We look forward to seeing come: specifically Gail Lutowski, does a phenomenal job with you in Athens. Each year we will recognize one graduating class from each decade and K-through-12 natural resource education that teaches one graduate will represent their class as the official Class Agent. our kids about the natural environment, forests and the Throughout the year your class agent will work to gather information importance of forests and the forest products industry to and updates from you and your classmates, help the Warnell Alumni our state. However, our facilities are limited and we need For more information: Office plan a reunion, and help raise money for a special fund, to expand. We have designed an outdoor classroom to Office of Alumni Relations and Development dedicated to your class year. Your class will have a special profile help meet the needs of an ever-growing outreach mission 180 East Green Street, Athens, GA 30606 The Log (706) 542-0713 • [email protected] in , sharing all that you have accomplished during your class for Warnell. The space will provide covered outdoor reunion year! Hopefully we can inspire some friendly rivalry between the classes, and when it is YOUR class year you will really shine! If you would like to serve as a Class Agent and participate in this new program, or for more information please contact Emily Nuckolls at 26 The Log (706) 542-0713 or [email protected]. Fall 2011 27 Class Notes

Kylie Hamlin-Filkins (BSFR ’07) is now working for the University of Bryant named GFA Georgia in the Northeast District 4-H Class Notes Office. She and husband Tim Filkins Logger of the Year recently bought a home in Danielsville. Coley Bryant (BSFR ‘94) was honored by the the National Conservation Leadership related to sustainable business manage- Georgia Forestry Association at the organization’s Institute. Williams will be responsible ment and best practices in the travel and 2011 annual meeting this past summer as Logger Frank1950s E. Craven (BSF ’51) and wife for supporting the North American Bird tourism industry. In July 2011, he mar- of the Year. Given annually every year since Millie celebrated their 61st wedding Conservation Initiative, national Flyway ried Tiffany Solana, a UGA Vet School 1986, the award recognizes a logging contractor anniversary with a 14-day cruise of the councils, technical and regulatory alumna. They now live in Portland, Ore. who consistently demonstrates exceptional quali- Caribbean, visiting ports in Jamaica, aspects of migratory bird conservation, ties in business, environmental protection, safety, the Cayman Islands, Belize, Honduras and promoting bird conservation on and maintenance operations categories. and Mexico. They were accompanied private lands by facilitating the delivery 2000s by their daughter and son-in-law, Karen Nathan Parry (BSFR ’03) is now living of the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Bryant’s award-winning career began with a part-time job with and Chuck Mauizi. in Anchorage, Alaska, and working for Patrick Work (BSFR ’08) and wife Program and Bird Habitat Joint Venture the U.S. Department of Agriculture Avery welcomed son Owen Atticus Work Georgia Pacific in its land management office, followed by a consult- Lester O. Thompson (BSF ’54) has partnerships. in its Natural Resources Conservation on Aug. 30, 2011. Owen weighed in at ing job with O.D. (Dill) Middleton for two years. He became a retired but is still doing his own pre- Service. He is a project soil scientist 7 pounds, 1 ounce, and was 21 inches registered forester in 1996, which is when he began his own business, scribed burning and helping neighbors finishing a two million acre soil and long. The couple also has a daughter, Flatwoods Forestry Services Inc. Bryant did consulting work for determine the height of a dead tree with ecological survey at the Yukon-Charley 1990s Reagan. private landowners, contract timber cruising and some wildlife con- his clinometer. Thompson said nothing Rivers National Park and Preserve. His sulting at first, but later changed the scope of his business. In 1999, pleases him more than to ride through next project is Glacier Bay, a 3-year, Daniel Farrae (MS ’09), who graduated Bryant bought his own wood and began harvesting. the areas he managed as a consultant, three million acre national park. He from Warnell in May, is now working remembering his clients. says is work is all remote field work that for the South Carolina Department of requires intensive helicopter or boat use Natural Resources in Charleston, S.C., because of limited or no road access. “I as a wildlife biologist, focusing on fish am addicted!” he says. population genetics of marine and fresh- William1970s (Bill) F. Miller III (BSFR Find us on: water species throughout the state. ’71) has moved from Savannah, Ga., to Andrew Taylor (BSFR ’98) is working Fernandina Beach, Fla. on his master’s degree at Warnell. His Garrett D. Mack (BSFR ’09, MFR ’11) research involves a shoal bass population is now a resource planning analyst for assessment in the lower Flint River, Ga. the resource support team for Hancock 1980s Forest Management’s Charlotte, N.C., facebook.com/UGAWarnell @UGAWarnell Lenise Lago (BSFR ’83, MFR ’85) has Bobby Chappell (BSFR ’99, MNR been named the deputy chief of business office. ’09) relocated to Hood River, Ore., facebook.com/WarnellAlumni operations for the U.S. Forest Service. in the summer of 2009 to work with Ryan Sharp (PhD ’10) has accepted a Lago was previously the deputy regional Sustainable Travel International, where position of assistant professor in the rec- forester in the Pacific Northwest Region he is currently the director of Standards reation and park administration depart- for the federal agency. Lago oversees all ment at Eastern Kentucky University. the business functions that make the Development and Eco-certification. His Andrew (BSFR ’05, MFR ’07) and He and wife Julie (MS ‘09) recently agency operational, including appropria- work focuses on education and training Emily Saunders (BSFR ’05, MNR ’10) warnell.info warnell.smugmug.com tions, civil rights, human resources, IT, welcomed the arrival of their first child, welcomed a baby girl, Ivy. safety, property and procurement, and Riley Faith, on Aug. 6, 2011. Riley homeland security. weighed in at 8 pounds, 12 ounces and was 21.5 inches long. Emily Jo Williams (BSFR ’83, MS ’86) Calling all Warnell grads! has been named the chief of migratory Matthew McKinney (BSFR ’06) is Tell us what you’re up to these days, and we’ll send you a free Warnell birds department for the U.S. Fish and now living in Starkville, Miss., pursuing School bumper sticker. Don’t forget to include your address! Wildlife Service’s Southeast Region a master’s degree in wildlife ecology at Alumni Office in Atlanta. A native of Waynesboro, Mississippi State University. He married Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources University of Georgia Williams is a certified wildlife biolo- Megan Annette Ford of South Wales, Athens, Georgia 30602 gist and a graduate of, and coach for, Australia, on Sept. 3. Fax: (706) 542.8356 e-mail: [email protected] 28 The Log Fall 2010 29 In Memoriam: Obituaries Former Professor Peter Dress

The Warnell School lost a beloved former professor in May. Dr. Peter Edward Dress, 75, died Thursday, May 12, 2011, at his Athens home. The forestry pro- fessor taught at the Warnell School for 24 years, focusing his research on devel- oping decision models for natural resource management planning, particularly president of Middle Georgia Technical College. In July 1990, for the National Forest System. Dr. Dress, who was the Warnell School’s first Col. Billy Edenfield, former presi- he was elevated to the position of president and made signifi- associate dean of instruction, was a treasured member of Warnell’s faculty, said dent of Middle Georgia Technical cant strides in the school’s enrollment, adult literacy program and economic development training. He also led the effort Dean Mike Clutter. College, passes away at 74 to plan, construct, equip and occupy a new 163,000-square- “Dr. Dress was one of the best instructors UGA and Warnell have ever had – he Col. Billy Gene Edenfield foot campus. He later served as interim president of Heart of (BSF ’59) died Sunday, July Georgia Technical Institute. loved teaching and working with students,” he said. “My introduction to com- 3, 2011, in West Monroe, puter programming was from a summer experience in 1974 where Dr. Dress La., at age 74. Born on June Mr. Edenfield volunteered for a number of organizations and taught a number of faculty, children of faculty, and others how to program in Fortran. He had an incredible agencies in Middle Georgia, including United Way, the execu- 8, 1937, in Metter, Ga., talent for taking complex problems and breaking them down into manageable pieces. To this day I still re- tive committee of the Boy Scouts of America and the Warner he graduated from UGA member many of those lectures and lessons taught. Pete continued his involvement here at Warnell even after in 1959 as a distinguished Robins Salvation Army Board of Directors, among many oth- his retirement, providing lectures in our graduate research methods class. We will miss Pete Dress and the military graduate and was ers. He was preceded in death by his parents, Clyde and Cordie support he provided our school over the years.” awarded a bachelor’s degree Edenfield. He is survived by his wife, Ginger Edenfield. in management. In 1978, Born in Abington, Pa., in 1935 to the late Louise and Edward Dress, Dr. Dress was a graduate of Canton Mr. Edenfield earned a High School in Ohio and earned his B.S. in forest science and M.S. in biometrics from Pennyslvania State master’s degree in personnel Shannon Smalley Zimmerman management from Troy State Shannon Smalley Zimmerman (BSFR ’00), of LaFayette, Ga., University. He earned his Ph.D. from Purdue University and then returned to Penn State to teach. But Dr. University and continued his passed away Aug. 31, 2011, at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Dress joined the UGA faculty in 1972, teaching for 24 years before retiring in 1997. His distinguished UGA education and training while in the military. Mr. Edenfield’s Tampa, Fla. Born June 14, 1977, Shannon graduated from career included teaching courses on statistical sampling, biometrics, resource management, and data struc- LaFayette High School in 1995. She attended the University military career began with an initial assignment in the civil ture and computer algorithms. An award winning faculty member, Dr. Dress was named both Xi Sigma of West Georgia before enrolling at the University of Georgia, engineering career field. After flight training, he performed Pi Professor of the Year and the UGA Outstanding Researcher in the Agriculture Experiment Station. He crew duties in both B-52 and B-57G aircraft, including 170 earning a BSFR in forest resources in 2000. Throughout her was named a University of Georgia Senior Teaching Fellow in 1989-1990. He served on numerous Warnell combat sorties during the Vietnam War. As a senior officer, college and professional careers, Mrs. Zimmerman’s passion his positions included deputy commander for maintenance at for the outdoors continued and she worked from Georgia to School of Forestry and Natural Resource and University of Georgia committees, and chaired the Executive Andersen Air Force Base, Guam; director of material manage- Yellowstone, to Washington to West Virginia, and to Southern Committee of the University Council from 1990-1992. He was instrumental in enhancing the Warnell in- ment of Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins Air Force and Northern California, chasing everything from Peregrine structional programs when he was appointed the first Associate Dean of Instruction in the Warnell School in Falcons to salamanders to deer. In 2010 she moved to Lake Base, Georgia; commander, RAF Kemble, England; and com- 1992. mander of Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. He retired from the Wales, Fla., and continued her environmental consulting career Air Force in 1989 at Robins after a 30-year career, holding the while being a wife and mother of three. She loved her family, Outside of Warnell, Dr. Dress enjoyed many hobbies, including golf and woodworking. With help from his friends and everything outdoors. She was always a kind and giv- rank of colonel. grandson, Michael, he built a full-sized woodworking shop in his backyard, which housed his substantial tool ing person; even in her illness her spirit was strong and she nev- Mr. Edenfield’s military decorations and awards include the collection, finally making room for a second car in the garage. He was a skilled sailor and watched the winds Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, Distinguished Flying er complained. She touched the lives of everyone she met in her carefully for opportunities to take friends or grandchildren for a day on his sailboat at Lake Hartwell. He was Cross with two oak leaf clusters, the Air Medal with seven oak too-short life. She is survived by her husband Pat Zimmerman, also an avid reader, often reading several books at a time, both fiction and non-fiction. This reading habit leaf clusters, the Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf children Cali, Zeke and Levi; her father, Dr. Robert E. Smalley clusters, and the Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak and his wife, Darla; and her mother Phyllis C. Smalley; sister facilitated another of Peter’s favorite pastimes: the art of good and thoughtful conversation on virtually any leaf cluster. Dr. Suzanne Storey and her husband Joe; and several nieces and subject. Dr. Dress is survived by his wife of 52 years, Virginia Morrow Dress; daughters, Susan Dress Johnson nephews. A memorial service was held Sept. 17, 2011, at the (David), of Savannah; daughter, Carolyn Dress Dykes, of Athens; son, Stephen Dress (Garnett), of Athens; In December 1989, Mr. Edenfield was selected by the Rock Spring United Memorial Church. daughter, Beth Dress Bailey (Tim), of Athens; two sisters and multiple grandchildren. A memorial scholarship Department of Technical and Adult Education as executive vice has been established in Dr. Dress’ name. Donations can be sent to the Peter Dress Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Office of Development, Warnell School of Forest Resources, 180 East Green St., Athens, GA 30602.

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