THE 2017 ANNUAL REPORT IN THIS ISSUE: Summer 2018

Trees of the future Warnell alums change forestry one seedling at a time

Distinguished Alumni: Andy Stone and Dan Forster

Alumni on the Job Ben Hornsby A Message from the Dean Summer a chance to LOVE reflect on achievements and future changes

WARNELL? t is now mid-June with the Georgia summer weather pattern firmly in Iplace—a good time to reflect on the accomplishments of another strong year Kendra does. of research, teaching and outreach at the Warnell School.

Our talented and successful students continue to set the bar ever higher. Fisheries master’s student Guy Eroh received both the Udall Award and the Goldwater Awards. These are nationally competitive awards, and receiving both is truly a unique accomplishment. He will use the awards to further his graduate research. On the faculty side, James Beasley was selected for the Fred Davison Early Career Research Award— Choosing Warnell was easy, said Kendra Jenkins. As a student who relies on financial assistance to Warnell’s second year in a row for a faculty member to earn this recognition. Michael Yabsley received a Creative Research pay for school, Jenkins isn’t just grateful for the Medal for his impactful work with Guinea worm in Africa. Michael Tarrant received the Richard Reiff Internationalization Warnell scholarship she won in 2017. She’s also Award for his leadership of our successful Discover Abroad program. Kim Coder was recognized with the Walter Barnard grateful for the encouragement and enthusiasm Hill Fellow Award—UGA’s highest award for public service and outreach. David Moorhead is receiving the Forest from alumni and donors eager to help the next Landowners Association Extension Forester of the Year Award this month. generation of natural resource leaders. Thanks to our generous supporters and matches from the senior administration, we also endowed two professorships this past fiscal year. A gift from Laura Devendorf made possible the John Porter Stevens Distinguished Professorship in Water “We get to make the forest and nature our Resources that will be held by Rhett Jackson. The Terrell Professorship in Wildlife was made possible by income from the classrooms, where we have the chance to ex- Charles Terrell property given years ago, and Michael Chamberlain will be the inaugural holder of it. plore, research and develop new conservation and sustainability methods. Warnell prepares us You will soon hear of new faculty searches underway as we take steps to fill positions of key members who have or will well as we go out into the job force and make our soon retire. Jon Caulfield retired after 2018’s spring semester and Tom Harris has similar plans before the year ends. mark in the natural resources fields, and I am so Dave Moorhead and Ben Jackson have announced January 2019 retirement dates. Larry Morris and Karl Miller are grateful to have a part in that.” considering later 2019 dates. Each will be missed—but they leave lasting legacies as well. I am meeting with the faculty in each discipline group this summer to do some visioning and discuss our options to strongly position us for the future in Kendra Jenkins, BSFR ‘18 research, teaching and outreach as we hire new faculty. Fisheries & Wildlife, Pre-Vet This fall we will offer a newly revised outdoor recreation major now named parks, recreation, and tourism management, as well as a new curriculum in community forestry and arboriculture under our natural resource management and PRESERVE THE FUTURE sustainability major. Stakeholders in both of these areas have shown great interest in these curricula and helped launch them by assisting with field courses and offering student internships. We will be aggressively marketing these and our other majors to recruit talented students. As always we appreciate your directing promising students to us when you can. There are many ways to give back, and we would love to help you discover how you can make a Change is inevitable—but we get to decide how we respond to it. With your continued support, together we will adapt to meaningful impact. changes in ways that will further strengthen our top programs and grow some other strong ones alongside them. We look forward to hearing from you and seeing many of you this fall when you visit campus. warnell.uga.edu/giving Go Dawgs!

Dale Greene, Dean

Summer 2018 1 On the cover: Technology has changed how forest owners grow trees, and two Warnell alumni have been at the forefront of these FEATURES new, improved seedlings. Illustration by Wade Newbury Table of Contents photo: The Georgia Bulldogs had a winning season, and UGA honors Warnell professors Warnell alumni came home in droves to cheer them on 5 Homecoming weekend—and to celebrate being Warnell Dawgs. Photo by Wade Newbury New name, new focus for Parks, Recreation and The Log magazine staff: 10 Editor/Writer Tourism Management major Sandi Martin Contributing Writer April McDaniel On the Cover: Two Warnell alumni are at the 16 Senior Graphic Designer forefront of how technology is changing forestry Wade Newbury How are we doing? We welcome letters to the editor and feedback from our Student clubs dominate at conclave competitions readers. Submit news items, questions or address changes to: 22 [email protected]

The Log 30 Warnell honors two alumni with Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources distinguished honors 180 E. Green St. IN EVERY ISSUE University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602 April McDaniel steps into alumni director role School News 33 4 THE LOG is an Alumni Association publication. It is published twice a year in Faculty Q&A: Elizabeth Benton the summer and winter. 2017 Annual Report 6 40 Warnell on the Web: 12 Research Notes www.warnell.uga.edu 20 Student News

26 Ben Hornsby, Alumni on the Job WARNELL SCHOOL OF FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION Dale Greene, 34 Class Notes Dean Robert Bringolf, 37 Obituaries Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Mike Mengak, Associate Dean for Outreach Scott Merkle, Associate Dean for Research Gary Green, Assistant Dean of Student Services Bridget Harden, Director of Development April McDaniel, Director of Alumni Relations Bob Izlar, Director of the Harley Langdale Jr. The University of Georgia does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, Center for Forest Business color, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, Anuj Sinha, genetic information or military service in its administrations of educational Director of Finance and Administration policies, programs, or activities; its admissions policies; scholarship and loan programs; athletic or other University-administered programs; or employment. Mike Hunter, Inquiries or complaints should be directed to the Equal Opportunity Office 119 Director of Lands and Facilities 2 The Log Holmes-Hunter Academic Building, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. Telephone 706-542-7912 (V/TDD). Fax 706-542-2822. School News

A changing of the guard: Bringolf, Jackson Warnell professors win prestigious honors step into new roles at Warnell rs. James Beasley and outreach. Since coming to UGA in 1985, Dr. Coder rs. Robert Bringolf and Rhett Jackson are whatever I can to maintain and enhance our DMichael Yabsley were both has been recognized internationally for taking complex Dfinding themselves in unfamiliar territory strong trajectory.” Bringolf plans to stay connect- recognized for their outstanding con- academic research materials and making them under- these days. Both have stepped into new positions ed with students by remaining active in teaching tributions to research. Dr. Puneet standable to a lay audience. His work has helped ar- at Warnell that will help shape undergraduate and research, though in a limited capacity. Dwivedi was honored by the Office borists, urban foresters, tree health care providers and and graduate education at the school. of Sustainability, and Dr. C.J. Tsai property owners take better care of their trees. Robert Bringolf Jackson said the graduate program is already was just one of three UGA profes- Bringolf is now the new associate dean for running so well he’s very pleased and optimistic sors named Fellows of the American Dwivedi, an assistant professor of sustainability scienc- academic affairs, taking over for Dr. Steven about his new position. “The graduate program Association for the Advancement of es in the Warnell School, was named the 2018 UGA Castleberry, who has opted to return to teach- administrator, Kate DeDufour, and her assis- James Beasley Science. And Dr. Kim Coder was Outstanding Faculty winner by Sustainable UGA. The ing and research. Bringolf had been serving tant, Shira Hersonsky, both manage the graduate honored for his outreach work. Office of Sustainability each year bury as Warnell’s graduate coordinator—a position program so well that I’m hoping I will just be a w recognizes those who “go above and e Jackson will now take over. cheerleader and figurehead!” N Beasley, assistant professor in the beyond to demonstrate dedicated ade Savannah River Ecology Laboratory efforts to conserve natural resources, Bringolf said he’s thrilled about his new position Bringolf, professor of fish biology and ecotoxicol- W

by and Warnell, is the 2018 Fred C. advance sustainability initiatives and at Warnell. “I’m humbled and grateful to have ogy, has been with Warnell since 2008, and took Davison Early Career Scholar Award improve quality of life, both on and the opportunity to serve the Warnell School in on the graduate coordinator job in 2015. hotos P this role,” Bringolf said. “It’s truly an honor and winner. He incorporates modern off-campus.” Rhett Jackson a blessing to be a part of a community of faculty, Jackson, the John Porter Stevens Distinguished field techniques to study the spatial Professor of Water Resources, joined Warnell in ecology and population dynamics Tsai won an honor bestowed by their staff and students that excel in so many ways. I peers for “scientifically or socially look forward to the new challenges and doing 1997. of vertebrate wildlife in human-al- Michael Yabsley tered ecosystems. His research at distinguished efforts to advance sci- Chernobyl has been recognized ence or its applications” when she Puneet Dwivedi among key scientists within the radi- was named an AAAS Fellow. She Center, classroom dedicated in Harley Langdale Jr.’s honor oecology community. Since 2014, he was honored for pioneering research has served as the International Atomic Energy Agency’s contributions in forestry biotechnol- sole wildlife adviser to the Fukushima Prefecture gov- ogy and genomics. Tsai holds a joint ernment in Japan, in response to the 2011 tsunami and appointment in the Warnell School nuclear accident. and the department of plant sciences in the Franklin College of Arts and Yabsley, professor in Warnell and the College of Sciences. Veterinary Medicine, won the very prestigious Creative Research Medal in Natural Sciences and Engineering. Tsai, a plant biologist with a pas- He discovered an unexpected pathway of infection for sion for trees, focuses on creating C.J. Tsai dracunculiasis, also known as Guinea worm disease high-yielding trees for use in biofuel. (GWD), which has caused widespread suffering in She dissects the molecular mech- West Africa. In 2013, after a successful campaign to anisms that affect tree fitness and bury

w biomass productivity, searching for e reduce human infections, GWD infections were found N in a new host—dogs—with further potential for trans- ways to create better-growing trees ade mission to people. He hypothesized that dogs acquired by making them more resistant to W

by stresses like extreme temperatures, GWD infections by ingesting aquatic hosts, possibly fish or frogs, which carried the parasite in their tissues. disease and drought. Tsai pioneered hoto

P the application of CRISPR genome Coder, professor of tree biology and community for- editing technology to forest trees, The Warnell School formally dedicated a classroom and the Center for Forest Business in honor of renowned alumnus estry in the Warnell School, was chosen as the 2018 and her team demonstrated unprece- Kim Coder Harley Langdale Jr. in March. A gift in Langdale’s estate and pledge from his foundation combined for a $3.6 million recipient of the Walter Barnard Hill Fellow Award, dented efficiency in generating trans- gift to Warnell. Attending the dedication were family and Foundation board members (left to right): Greg Miller, Jim which is UGA’s highest award in public service and genic null mutants. Langdale (in the back), Larry Fudge, Wesley Langdale, and Donnie Warren.

File Photos 4 The Log Summer 2018 5 School News Questions with Elizabeth Benton

55method that a colleague and I devel- after starting with UGA, I knew that I oped. This is a very efficient way of needed to research pine tip moth man- October 5th & 6th providing very specific insecticide dos- agement. Young pine stands are get- ing based on the size of each tree. The ting damaged, and growers need more National Park Service and three state options to manage this pest. There are UGA vs. Vanderbilt forestry agencies are implementing this newer control options that can help hoto

P method on thousands of acres of hem- Georgia growers, and research is now ile F lock resources. underway to develop new management tactics for pine tip moth. The research Come back to UGA for Elizabeth Benton You also look at the environ- will feed directly into my outreach ma- mental risks of pesticide use. terial, so the work does not just stay in Homecoming weekend and enjoy Current Position: a journal. I get to help research-based Are there major problems in Forest Health Outreach Specialist forest management tactics go from the all of the Warnell festivities: hemlock forests because of the journal to field implementation. Education: insecticide being used? BS, University of Mobile What is your favorite project MS, University of South Alabama Environmental risks of imidacloprid Parker Memorial Golf Tournament you’re working on right now? PhD, University of Tennessee use are very low, so it is a responsible BACK AT management choice. Insecticide move- That’s the “Trees for Bees” project, Outreach Topics: ment in the soil, canopy arthropod UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA a collaborative project between the Forest insects and diseases; communities, and soil arthropods have UGA College of Agriculture and En- GOLF COURSE! Insecticide policy, toxicology, all been studied. I did a study on aquat- vironmental Science and Warnell. We and environmental risk; ic insect communities in the Smokies, developed outreach materials to pro- Homecoming Dinner Pollinator habitats and health and the insecticide use for hemlock mote pollinator habitats in urban and conservation had no negative impact photos by aitlyn am suburban forests. Materials included C T / Game Day Tailgate on Campus Personal Info: on stream communities. The risk for UGA Sports Communications extension bulletins, newspaper articles, I enjoy most outdoor activities, in- pollinators has not been determined, UGA vs. Vanderbilt a YouTube video, banners, coloring cluding hiking, camping and especially but I have a research project assess- sheets for kids, a hands-on pollinator gardening. I’ve been married for 16 ing pollinator risks in North Georgia nesting box activity, and a PowerPoint years and have two children, hemlock forests. It is also important to presentation for county agents. Now Contact the Alumni Relations Office Violet, 12, and Russ, 10. remember that hemlocks are keystone we are getting to see all the pollinator species, and their presence in forests at (706) 542-7602 events that county agents are conduct- conveys many environmental benefits. ing throughout Georgia. The real aim or The loss of hemlock results in cascad- of this project is to empower citizens to ing environmental effects in our for- April McDaniel at [email protected] You worked with insecticide make positive environmental changes ests, from canopy habitats all the way use to conserve hemlock trees to our urban and suburban forests. for more information. down to stream communities. in Great Smoky Mountains Na- What is the most important tional Park. How are the hem- As a forest health outreach spe- piece of advice you would give locks doing? cialist, what has been the best to Georgia landowners about part of your job? Unfortunately, thousands of hemlocks forest health? have died because of the invasive hem- I really like interacting with the resource lock woolly adelgid. However, we are community, from individual citizens to Keep an eye on your forests and manage able to preserve many trees using the forestry companies and state agencies. them properly. Often the forest health insecticide imidacloprid. One imida- Online registration and other Understanding what is important to issue is very progressed by the time a cloprid soil application can protect a them gives me direction for relevant, landowner seeks help. If they can get a details will be posted on hemlock for seven or more years, and practical outreach and research. Shortly management plan and follow it, many we are now using an optimized dosing forest health issues can be avoided. warnell.uga.edu/alumni 6 The Log School News

Guy Eroh has a particular passion for fish, and his focus on the sustainability of these aquatic animals has earned him national recognition as a 2018 Udall Scholar. He was Two new professors are joining the Warnell faculty: Drs. Jesse Abrams one of 50 undergraduates from across the nation and U.S. and Dan Johnson will join the faculty beginning in fall semester territories selected for the scholarship awarded to sopho- 2018. Abrams will be assistant professor of natural resource policy and mores and juniors on the basis of their commitment to sustainability, and Johnson will be assistant professor of forest ecology careers in the environment, Native health care or tribal and tree physiology. public policy.

Johnson earned his PhD from Wake Forest University and has most Eroh, from Portland, Oregon, is pursuing a bachelor’s de- recently been assistant professor at the University of Idaho, where he gree in ecology and a master’s degree in forest resources. taught dendrology, woody plant physiology, and other forestry classes. An Honors student and Foundation Fellow, he intends to earn a doctorate in biological science with an emphasis Abrams earned his PhD from Oregon State University. Most recently in molecular genetics and fisheries science, with the long- he was a research associate at the University of Oregon’s Institute for a Jesse Abrams Dan Johnson term goal of improving the recovery and sustainability of Sustainable Environment. the world’s fish populations and their habitats.

He currently conducts research with UGA faculty Cecil Jennings, Robert Bringolf and Jean Williams-Woodward Kristen Lear, a student in the Integrative Conservation bat, which is under threat of extinction in part because of Dr. Tiffany Vidal, who recently earned her PhD from to maximize hatch success of walleye eggs. His awards doctoral program, has been named a recipient of a P.E.O. human harvesting of their main food source of agave plants. Warnell, and her major professor Dr. Brian Irwin were include the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Wildlife Scholar Award. Through her doctoral research, Lear is working to raise honored with the Warnell Robert L. Kendall Award Paper Leadership Award, Stamps Foundation Scholarship, Phi awareness of the issue among rural Mexican communities in the Transactions of the American Fisheries Society The award includes a $15,000 Kappa Phi Honor Society and Xi Sigma Pi Forestry Honor while creating and implementing bat-friendly agave man- for 2017 for their paper, “Using Variance Structure to scholarship from P.E.O., Society. He was one of three UGA students to receive a agement programs. Quantify Responses to Perturbation in Fish Catches.” which stands for Philanthropic Goldwater Scholarship this spring. Eroh runs competi- Educational Organization, a “Through my undergraduate degree and previous research tively with the UGA Club Cross Country Team and is a nonprofit that was founded in the U.S. and Australia, I learned firsthand that conser- SCUBA-certified diver. He studied abroad through UGA in 1869 by seven students at vation is not just about the animals or plants we are trying programs in Costa Rica and Oxford, England. Iowa Wesleyan College. The to protect, but also about people,” said Lear. “There are Warnell students helped celebrate the generosity of UGA organization promotes educa- tremendous opportunities to connect people to the natu- supporters on Thank a Donor Day. Dean Dale Greene tional opportunities for wom- ral world through conservation research that considers the is seen with students (left to right) Tim Miller, Lanier en throughout the United needs of both nature and society. It is at this nature-society Forster and Seth Cook. States and Canada. interface that I am working to develop conservation actions that are beneficial to both wildlife and people.” The scholarship will help fund Lear’s work involving the en- dangered Mexican long-nosed

Drs. Pete Bettinger, Puneet Dwivedi and Chris Cieszewski flew to Istanbul, Turkey, this spring, where they met with forestry faculty members at Instanbul University. They were The Warnell School honored three staff members at exploring joint research and educational opportunities, but 2017’s Homecoming festivities with the annual Alumni they also met with Zennure Ucar and Ramazan Akbulut– Staff Awards. (Left to right) Research Professional Vanessa both Warnell grads. Ucar earned her PhD in 2017 and Kinney-Terrell, Maintenance Foreman Josh Tucker and Akbulut earned an MS in 2016 (both under Bettinger). Senior Accountant Christie Miller were all recognized for their contributions to the school. This award is giv- en to three staff members each Homecoming who have

All Photos Submitted demonstrated dedicated service and commitment.

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New digs on campus: Emily Saunders says New name, new area of emphasis farewell to Warnell, for Warnell majors joins UGA training staff arnell alumni who come back for a visit ome changes are afoot at Warnell, and our natural resource management and sustainability will be missing a familiar face now. Emily curriculum won’t be the same starting with and converted water and soil resources to an area Saunders, who is not only a Warnell grad- the fall semester. The natural resources rec- of emphasis under the major. An area of emphasis uateW herself but also a longtime staff member, has tak- reationS and tourism undergraduate major is not in geospatial information science was also added. en a job with another department at the University of only changing names to better reflect its focus, but Georgia. Warnell is also shaking up the curriculum to make This year, community forestry and arboriculture was added as an area of emphasis under natural sure it’s meeting both student and employer needs. But don’t think of this as a farewell, she says. “As a resource management and sustainability. Warnell alumna, I’m committed to our alma mater, and Starting fall semester 2018, the old NRRT ma- I look forward to continuing my service as a volunteer!” Photo by Sandi Martin jor will be called parks, recreation, and tourism The new area of emphasis will focus on the man- she said. management. agement of individual trees and forests growing in urban and suburban areas. Students who graduate Saunders, who started out as a student worker before natural resources students. She also created the Alumni The new name better represents the major, said Dr. with this area of emphasis will have the skills to moving into the student and career services coordinator Compass Project, which has worked with around 300 Steven Castleberry, and is more identifiable by stu- become community forest managers, arborists and position, spent the last six years at Warnell as the school’s alumni to provide compasses to incoming professional

dents and employers. tree health care providers. n director of alumni relations. She is now the training students and pairing them with alumni mentors.

“The name change, along with revisions to the cur- “It is important that we regularly evaluate our uillia and development senior manager with UGA Human

Q “My career at Warnell enabled me to discover my passion riculum, will make our program more competitive programs to ensure we are meeting the needs of Resources, where she creates and delivers program- eth for helping people achieve their dream careers,” Saunders B with peer programs and increase the number of our employers and that graduates are prepared ming focused on leadership and career development for by

said. “I love seeing where our alumni go and how they students in the major,” Castleberry said. to succeed as natural resource professionals,“ University of Georgia faculty and staff. are making a difference in the world, and nothing has Castleberry said. hoto This change to the NRRT major follows a simi- P Saunders said she’s proud of the many accomplishments been more meaningful to me than helping a student or lar revision last year to the former water and soil she achieved while at Warnell, including increasing alumnus attain their dream job. It’s an honor to have resources major. Warnell changed the name to alumni engagement and annual giving, strengthening been part of that journey for many Warnell alumni, and Warnell’s alumni boards and volunteer engagement, cre- I’m excited to use what I’ve learned to benefit my local ating and teaching a professional development class for community—University of Georgia faculty and staff.”

Farewell Dr. Jon Caulfield: professor retires

r. Jon Caulfield has finished his Dean Dale Greene said a search to replace long career in forestry at Warnell. Caulfield will launch in the upcoming aca- The Hargreaves Distinguished demic year. ProfessorD of Forest Finance retired at the end of the spring semester after two years Caulfield graduated with a bachelor’s de- at Warnell and a quarter of century in the gree from SUNY College of Environmental TIMO industry. Science and Forestry in 1975, and earned his master’s degree in 1981 and his PhD in 1984 Caulfield’s retirement ends his second stint at from NC State. Warnell—the first time from 1996-2000— but in his time here he focused his research In addition to teaching at Warnell, Caulfield on how macro drivers and trends impact also taught at Auburn University from 1984 forestry globally, nationally and regionally, international to 1992. In 2016, he and wife Didi celebrated their 40th timberland investments, and timberland as an asset class. wedding anniversary and 20 years in Athens.

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Stillborn fawns first known conjoined deer to be fully delivered, studied

Warnell researcher Gino D’Angelo has studied and pub- They found that the fawns—which were does—had two lished a paper on what is believed to be the first conjoined separate necks and heads, but shared a body. They had deer fawns to have reached full-term and then be delivered normal fur, normal heads and legs, and even “almost per- by their mother. Found in Minnesota, the stillborn fawns fect” spot patterns running up their necks, D’Angelo said. were clean, dry and appeared recently deceased. Lab tests of the lungs confirmed the fawns never breathed The only other examples of conjoined twin fawns have air and were delivered stillborn, and the necropsy found been found still in utero, said D’Angelo. “It’s amazing and that the does had a malformed, shared liver, extra spleens extremely rare,” D’Angelo said. “We can’t even estimate and gastrointestinal tracts, and two hearts that shared a the rarity of this. Of the tens of millions of fawns born single pericardial sac. annually in the U.S., there are probably abnormalities happening in the wild we don’t even know about.” “Their anatomy indicates the fawns would never have been viable,” D’Angelo said “Yet, they were found groomed The results of this rare study were published in the science and in a natural position, suggesting that the doe tried to journal American Midland Naturalist. care for them after delivery. The maternal instinct is very strong.” Researchers conducted a full necropsy, and also did a 3D computed tomography—or CT scan—and a mag- Conjoined twins are not unheard of in animals or hu- Photo by Sandi Martin netic resonance imaging at the University of Minnesota’s mans, D’Angelo said, although most do not survive after Logging industry trends revealed in new survey Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. birth. Only two cases of conjoined twins have been found in white-tailed deer, but both were fetuses that had not yet A new Warnell study is revealing current trends in the the study says, logging businesses in Georgia and South been delivered. logging industry in Georgia and South Carolina. The re- Carolina “are the most productive in the nation, and their sult, published recently in Forest Science, was authored efficiency contributes to the lowest delivered timber prices Healthy twin fawns are the rule rather by Warnell’s Joseph Conrad and Dean Dale Greene, and in the United States.” than the exception, D’Angelo said, be- Patrick Hiesl of Paul Smith’s College. Logging business cause most adult does give birth to twins. owners and managers have been surveyed every five years However, the survey also showed some “problematic” re- sults, particularly in demographics. Around one-third of The conjoined fawns will be on display since 1987 in Georgia, and since 2012 in South Carolina, business owners in both Georgia and South Carolina are at the Minnesota Department of Natural to document trends in logging businesses and how they older than 60, while of “greater concern” is that only a Resource’s headquarters in St. Paul, respond to changing timber markets. small percentage are in their 30s and 40s. Minnesota, while a skeletal display will Their survey shows that logging businesses have changed be housed at the University of Minnesota considerably over the past three decades: chainsaw systems “The present trend toward fewer, larger, and more pro- Veterinary Anatomy Museum. are largely gone from both Georgia and South Carolina, ductive logging businesses shows no signs of abating,” the while feller-buncher/grapple-skidder systems are domi- authors concluded. “Consequently, fewer logging business nating. Emerging wood-energy markets have seen the rise owners will be needed in future years, but future business of chippers being used over the past decade, the survey owners will require skills in managing complex multimil- shows. lion dollar businesses. Timber transportation is an emerg- ing challenge confronting most logging businesses. Rising Weekly production was up “substantially” compared to truck insurance rates, rising driver wages, truck driver 1987, and owners invest almost three times as much capi- shortages, and modest haul rates make this segment a tal in equipment than those in the US Midwest, increasing challenge for logging business owners and the entire wood labor productivity by 65 percent since 1987. Importantly, supply chain.”

Photos courtesy of Gino D’Angelo

12 The Log Summer 2018 13 Research Notes

Property tax analysis reveals Georgia not Warnell researchers discover novel clade competitive with neighboring states of parasite in turkey vultures A new analysis by Warnell researchers shows CFB suggests that Georgia has some of the that annual property taxes on timberland re- highest timberland property taxes in the South, Warnell researchers studying New main one of the top concerns of forest land- with an average of $6 to $7 per acre under the World vultures have discovered a owners—and that despite legislative attempts Conservation Use Valuation Assessment and novel clade of parasite. Warnell’s Dr. to ease that burden, ad valorem taxes on Forest Land Protection Act. Most other neigh- Michael Yabsley was lead author of the Georgia timberland are still not competitive boring states have tax rates set at $2 to $4 per study, published recently in Malaria with surrounding states. acre, the study shows. Journal. It describes this novel clade of Haemosporida, which was found when Bob Izlar, director of the Langdale Center If timberland isn’t enrolled in CUVA or FLPA, researchers studied blood and tissue for Forest Business, said it’s hard to compare the property taxes are even higher: $10 to $15 samples of 162 turkey vultures and 95 property taxes on timberland across states be- per acre or even higher if it is located near an black vultures in six states. cause they are determined by many factors, urban area. including a community’s reliance on property Researchers identified the parasites, taxes for public services, the level of commu- Why are Georgia’s property taxes so much discovering none in the black vultures nity services, and a range of criteria based on higher? The study says it comes down to but finding that 24 percent of turkey how a tract of timberland is valued (like its soil Georgia having 159 counties with a lack of vultures were positive for Haemoproteus productivity, location, market accessibility, and uniformity in assessing timberland values and catharti. sometimes the types of forest on the land). Georgia’s tax structure based on the assump- tion that the wealth in the state is in the land, New World vultures are found through- “Plus, data on timberland property taxes are which is no longer the case. out the Americas, made up of seven spe- not readily available in many southern states,” cies in five genera. Turkey vultures and Izlar explained. But a study conducted by the black vultures are the most widespread, and although they are ecologically simi- lar they have differences in morphology, File photo physiology and behavior. Three species of the parasite order Haemosporida have been found in New World vultures to date, including H. catharti. Knowledge Study: People volunteering for conservation travel about the species that infects vultures is still very limited, the study says. do it to help and for “hedonic pleasure” Photo by Terry Spivey, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org In this study researchers found that H. Do the young adults signing up to go on trips to save the Conservation volunteer travel has been receiving atten- catharti is closely related to a yet uniden- planet really care about the cause, or are they just looking tion for helping with global environmental problems, tified haemosporidian from wood storks for a good time? A new study that looked at conservation but these same trips allow young adults to engage in the in the southeastern US and northern Brazil, MYCAMH1. “Haemoproteus catharti is a widely-distributed parasite of volunteer tourism suggests that many of the “voluntour- pleasurable travel experiences they desire. “It appears that Using morphological and molecular methods, researchers turkey vultures in North America that is evolutionarily ists” want to help, but they also want that “enjoyable he- conservation volunteer travel is viewed as an exciting and studied the epidemiology and evolution of haemosporid- distinct from other haemosporidian parasites,” the study donic experience.” interesting activity for these young adults,” the study con- ian parasites of the vultures, and their results “challenge concludes. “These results reveal that the genetic diversity cluded. “This has implications for those who coordinate Published recently in Tourism Management, the study the placement of H. catharti in the genus Haemoproteus, and evolutionary relationships of avian haemosporidians conservation volunteer projects in terms of promotion is co-authored by Warnell’s Dr. Kyle Woosnam. The re- and instead suggest that these parasites represent a novel are still being uncovered.” and recruitment criteria. Perhaps participants in these searchers surveyed young adults attending a large public evolutionary lineage of haemosporidians, possibly merit- projects are not necessarily looking for an opportunity to university in the southwestern US, asking them about ing a separate genus.” ‘save the environment’ and are more skeptical about the their environmental views, their intention to travel for actual contribution of their efforts to nature conservation. conservation volunteerism, and what’s in it for them to Instead they desire an enjoyable experience.” volunteer to travel for altruistic purposes.

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Photo by Johnny N. Dell/Bugwood.org Cover Story

Alumni at forefront of a Story by SANDI MARTIN ohn Pait was attending a small liberal arts col- graduated in 1972, and his forestry career began Jlege in Kentucky when he took a job at its in earnest—first for the now-gone St. Joe Paper science library. One day while shelving books, Company. It was there that Bell got his first expo- changing forestry landscape he came across a Society of American Foresters sure to working in a tree nursery. After a couple book on careers in forestry and started flipping of years there, he moved on to International through it. Forest Company.

Pait, Bell’s careers span decades of exciting tech changes “I was just totally blown away,” he says. At the time, Bell said, it was owned by a Swedish corporation called Hilleshög, who wanted to Finding that book in the returns pile may have expand the company into the nursery and genet- been completely random, but it put Pait down a ics business. By 1983, they’d built their first path that took him to the University of Georgia nursery in Alabama, but by the ‘90s their Swedish and ultimately a career at the forefront of chang- owners decided to exit the forest business. ing how forest landowners grow trees. So Bell and two others bought it, and in 1990 he In the past couple of decades, improvements in became president and part-owner of a company technology—and a shift in forestland owner- that by 2003 grew 140 million seedlings and rev- ship—has seen the rise of genetically improved olutionized growing them in containers instead tree seedlings, giving landowners more options of the ground. than before in forest management. When they sold IFCO in 2003—and Bell Pait’s not the only Warnell alum who has watched became the chief operating officer—they began over this change in the forestry landscape— to penetrate the market even more with 110 mil- Wayne Bell also had a fortuitous path to Warnell, lion containerized seedlings. By 2017, they added and these two alumni have had instrumental another 120 million bareroot seedlings. “We roles in the seedlings industry in the Southeast. became the second largest player in the nursery But if you ask Pait, he’s just been in the right business in the South,” Bell said. places at the right times, saying, “I’m probably Who’s the first? ArborGen. And that’s where Pait one of the luckiest guys I’ve ever met.” works. Lucky Alumni, Fortuitous Starts Pait and Bell have been friends for decades, first meeting when Pait was a rookie at his first job Wayne Bell was sitting in his high school’s out of college. Bell bought the new forestry grad agriculture class back in the 1960s, down in lunch, and the two have had a comradery ever Ashburn, Georgia, when his teacher focused that since. day’s lesson on forestry. Those lessons were fun, he said, and it was the first time he’d really seen Pait’s forestry story begins in that science library. how attractive forestry could be as a career, espe- After telling his dad about what he’d found, the cially “because in the late 60s we didn’t have as elder Pait set up a meeting with someone he just many options as people do now.” happened to know at UGA—Dr. Reid Parker, one of Warnell’s most renowned professors. Bell went to Abraham Baldwin Agriculture Parker easily swayed Pait to UGA, and the young College first, but transferred to UGA in 1969. college student came for his undergraduate After a one-year National Guard tour, he degree and then stayed for his master’s.

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Along the way he was a student worker at Whitehall forestland to six million, and while there he was working Bell was at IFCO when this started, and said that once Wayne Bell and John Pait credit Forest making $2.77 an hour, helped renovate Whitehall on technology development and seed nurseries. they got into the nursery business, they had to get into Warnell’s Plantation Management Mansion, worked as a dendrology teaching assistant, and genetics. “That’s what’s driving people to forestry,” he Research Cooperative (PMRC) with the met his future wife. It was in the 1990s that both Pait and Bell saw the said. “They want the highest quality genetics. There improved forest management now seen change in forest ownership. weren’t any companies out there working on that today. Since 1975, the PMRC has been It was his first job at Container Corp when he met Bell, who weren’t paper companies until my company and researching plantation management and it was there that he got his first taste of what it was Changes on the horizon ArborGen came along.” tools, using new technology and novel like to work in the changing forest industry. Taking that research projects to improve the growth job over working on a PhD at Mississippi State, Pait When Bell first started, he said, paper companies had a In 2002, Pait began working for CellFor, a tech com- and yield of managed pine stands. never regretted joining the workforce instead. Over the real interest in growing better trees, “but private land- pany he’d worked with while at Georgia Pacific. Bronson Bullock next few years, he rose through the ranks, starting out owners didn’t have access to those improved genetics.” Co-Directors Bronson Bullock and as a research forester and then ultimately overseeing a They were focusing on taking cloning technology Cristian Montes work with PMRC’s 24 million acres and working in silviculture and applied Wall Street may have changed that, Bell said, basically and applying it to pine trees, he said, which “was the members, whose lands cover more than genetics. telling the paper companies—which historically owned Holy Grail of genetic improvement.” Over the next 15 million acres of plantations in the the nurseries—that they’d stop selling their stocks decade, Pait was in the midst of this genetic work when US South. The PMRC’s current prior- In 1985, though, he came to Atlanta to work for Georgia “because you’re not giving us enough return to recom- ArborGen bought CellFor in 2012. And now he’s watch- ities include improving response models Pacific as its productivity director for North American mend it.” ing ArborGen grow more than 400 million seedlings as for mid-rotation treatments (thinning timberlands. He went from overseeing a million acres of the largest producer in North America, with operations intensity, fertilization, and herbicide That, Bell said, got them thinking about how to be more in Brazil and New Zealand. treatments), further developing loblolly attractive to Wall Street. And the landscape changed. and slash pine growth and yield mod- Companies started selling their lands, and investors Pait is excited about what’s on the horizon. els, developing new growth and yield snapped it up because of rising land values and poten- Cristian Montes systems that “accurately portray the tial timber sales. Pait said Georgia Pacific “took the first ArborGen has multiple nurseries, deep technology that performance of advanced genotypes,” big experiment” in what became widespread across the focuses on pine and eucalyptus, and a “full array” of and identifying optimal planting densities and treatments industry when it took its lands and put them in a public genetically improved seedlings. It can take 15 years to to maximize value. Additionally, Bullock states that the company. do a full cycle on a new product, Pait said, from test- ing to breeding to seedlings. They’re doing advanced PMRC is working to incorporate a range of environmental Pait and Bell watched it all happen—and they also saw research using 50,000 to 60,000 genetic markers to variables in the model systems to better capture the spatial the technology develop. “We started seeing opportuni- identify genes for good growth and other desirable traits variability that is inherent across the landscape. ties in genetics where you could improve the genetics to rapidly develop the next generation of high quality The professional PMRC field crew establishes, treats, and on your planted trees, combined with silviculture,” Bell seedlings, he said. measures field trials located from Virginia to Florida to said. “That sort of revolutionized productivity. It dou- East Texas. These field trials, Bullock said, are the South’s bled what we could produce on an acre of land.” “We’re now ready to come out with our first genom- ic-based product that is resistant to disease,” he said. most comprehensive series of tests to quantify the impacts Improving tree genetics isn’t new—planting based on “That’s never been done in pine before. We use genetic of silvicultural activities and that these trials are used in desirable traits has been around for a century, with the markers to test for rust resistance.” forest biometrics research to improve our understanding US Forest Service documenting their own tests in the of the plantation resource and to update our growth and early 1900s—with increased interest throughout the Genomics is the kind of genetics research that sequences, yield models. following decades. assembles and analyzes the function and structure of genomes, then identifying all the genes in an organism. By the early 1980s, dozens of private companies, state This technology helped spur this fundamental shift in agencies and forestry university programs were engaged forest genetics improvements. in forest genetics research. But it was the technology of the late 20th century—coupled with forest industry Pait said it’s only going to get better from here. “I Better genomics means better trees, he said. And that’s corporations divesting their land holdings to real estate think in the near future we’ll see a greater application only good news for Georgia and the South, already con- trusts (REITs) and timber investment management of genomics science to more rapidly improve the rate sidered the “wood basket” of the US. “When we increase organizations (TIMOs) and downsizing their research of development of elite trees,” he said. “Compared to productivity like this,” Pait said, “it attracts business. It arms—that transformed forest genetics research. when I started my career, we are looking at trees that attracts lumber mills. It attracts new markets. The con- grow three times as fast. We’ll look at the next levels, tribution of new technology toward keeping the South which would be doubling of pine productivity and wood positioned in this premiere role it has, I’m just privileged quality.” to be a part of that.”

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James Talkin Annalise Wershoven Degree you’re earning MS: Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management Degree you’re earning How did you find Warnell? BSFR: Natural Resource Management and Sustainability with a GIS emphasis After graduating from college, I was working as a marine turtle specialist Hometown at a nature center in Florida. Teaching others about sea turtles and marine Boca Raton, Florida Hometown conservation was one of the best parts of my job, so I began looking for a graduate program that could allow me to incorporate my passion for I am originally from Southern California, but I have made Athens my home Previous education environmental education into my program of study. I started doing some for almost 15 years now. research on natural resources programs, and the PRTM program stood out I graduated from Pompano Beach High to me. Once I found Warnell, I knew I didn’t want to go anywhere else. School in 2012, and I went on to receive Previous education my bachelor’s in anthropology from AS, University of North Georgia Post-graduation plans: Florida Atlantic University in 2016. I also have a minor in sociology, and a Ideally, I would like to create and implement environmental education certificate in women and gender studies. Expected graduation programming for a nature center, aquarium, or government agency. December 2019 Expected graduation How’d you choose your field? Summer 2019 Growing up in South Florida, I was fortunate enough to have amazing How did you find Warnell? outdoor experiences. I was snorkeling and SCUBA diving on local reefs, I knew I wanted to get involved with water conservation, so I started looking kayaking and fishing in the Everglades, and exploring natural areas near my around online for universities in the area with a degree that would fit. Warnell home. It wasn’t until I started volunteering at my local nature center that seemed to be the best fit. I realized just how lucky I was, since so many people didn’t have the opportunities that I did. I want to be able to serve the community by bringing positive outdoor experiences to as many people as Post-graduation plans: possible, and I feel that environmental education is the best way to do that. I am going to try to do water conservation. I don’t know what exactly, but I hope it has a heavy dose of field work. What research are you passionate about? My thesis research project assesses changes in environmental literacy before and after How’d you choose your field? two different types of sea turtle conservation lessons. I will be working with Sandy Creek Nature Center and their environmental summer camp in order to conduct this During that drought we had back around 2006, I learned how precarious our research. fresh water situation was. I tried to do what I could to reduce my water use. That is when I decided that I would like to do something more to preserve our In one of my classes, Foundations of Environmental Education, we are working freshwater resources. When I took my first GIS class a decade later I felt like I with Howard B. Stroud Elementary School in Athens to revitalize their on-site found an interesting field that could be helpful in managing water resources and nature trail. We are creating videos and lesson plans that the teachers can use so I went with it. in accordance with the Georgia state standards. It’s a really large project and a lot of fun. What research are you passionate about? I haven’t started any research yet, bit I hope to be involved with something soon. What is your best UGA memory? I’m a teaching assistant for an introductory marine biology lab. One of the What is your best UGA memory? coolest labs we do is an invertebrate lab, and the students get to observe and I look forward to creating many great memories, but so far my greatest moment touch all of the critters. The best part about this lab is watching students was receiving the letter accepting me into Warnell’s professional program. who were previously afraid or unsure about some “creepy” marine life get really excited about holding spider crabs and sea cucumbers and upside down jellyfish. It made the whole lab worth it just to see their reactions.

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The Wildlife Society Students score big at Student Chapter Wildlife Society, Forestry conclaves Overall – 1st Place 1st Place:

arnell students competing in the 2018 “We all know that Warnell has great students, and they Team Field Competition Wildlife Society and Forestry conclave demonstrated it (at the 2018 Southeastern Wildlife Nathan Wilhite, Wcompetitions scored well, with the student Conclave),” said Dr. Steven Castleberry, faculty adviser Quiz Bowl – chapter of The Wildlife Society taking first place for the to the wildlife club. Ben Thesing, Colleen Piper third straight year—and the ninth time in the last 10 and Seth Cook years they’ve come home with the championship. Dr. Bronson Bullock said the UGA Forestry Club faced some tough competition at their conclave, which Landscape Photography – Sergi Picas The UGA Timberdawgs placed seventh at conclave, was held at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in with a number of students placing in the top three in Tifton. “Our hosts at ABAC did a wonderful job put- Fly casting – Tony Purnell various events. ting on the forestry conclave, and everything was han- dled in a very professional manner,” he said. Painting – Tony Purnell 2nd Place: Team Field Competition Radiotelemetry – David Sisson Archery – Hunter Pruitt UGA Forestry Club Timberdawgs Cervid Calling – Jonathan Pritchard Overall – 7th Place Poetry – Colleen Piper 1st Place: 3rd Place: Lab Practical – Nathan Wilhite Photogrammetry – Harrold Wheeler

2nd Place: Wildlife Identification – Logan House and Cameron Walters Pole Felling – Ryan Roeder 3rd Place: Pole Climb – Anthony McCall 6th Place: All photos courtesy of the Technical Events Forestry Club and Wildlife Society

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Visitors get sky high view of the Warnell “experience” WARNELL For the first time since Warnell’s open house festivities Warnell Weekend, which has grown in attendance began seven years ago, visitors got to experience the each year, kicked off with the 87th annual Spring school from an all new height—figuratively, of course. Awards Banquet, but then festivities began in ear- The excited crowd of parents and alumni who came nest the next couple of days with tours, class lectures, for the Warnell “experience” also got to see how the and field labs, Warnell Night at Southern Brewing WEEKEND school is taking its classroom to the sky with a demon- Company, and the Young Alumni Sporting Clays stration of its new drones course. Tournament.

Dr. Tripp Lowe showed off how drones are going to Check back at warnell.uga.edu for a schedule of change how forest management is done, and how events for next year’s Warnell Weekend. Warnell students will be some of the first to apply this 2 018 new technology to natural resources.

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How did you end up with How did your experience at Warnell the U.S. Forest Service? prepare you for what you’re doing now?

Upon graduation I went to work as a seasonal My experience at Warnell was instrumental to wildland firefighter spending summers in Montana giving me the skills needed to do my job today. fighting fire for the Forest Service, and winters in Communication and discipline were directly appli- Georgia prescribed burning with the U.S. Fish and cable to the fire world but the analytical skills were Wildlife Service. After a few years as a seasonal I got essential to bridge the gap between fire and the a permanent senior firefighter position in Central research world. Florida at Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge. When the opportunity to work for the Forest Service with What advice would you give current Ben the fire team at the Center for Forest Disturbance students who’ll soon be looking for jobs? Science in Athens came up I knew I had to sub- mit an application. I got the job and here I get an Don’t set you expectations too high right out of the opportunity to help bridge the gap between cutting gate. In my experience your first job will not be Hornsby edge science and operational fire management. your last so stay focused, work hard and commit to learning something new every day. To use a met- What’s a typical day like for you? aphor I can say that my education and experience at Warnell was like getting a full array of tools, but Name: Ben Hornsby Typical days don’t exist due the dynamic nature of did not mean I was ready to build a house. Hitting research and fire. I could be in the office planning, the job market hungry and eager to learn helped Education: writing, analyzing data, performing administrative me figure out the best way to utilize those tools, AS ’01, Abraham Baldwin Agriculture duties—or I could be on a wildland fire in either find my stride and carve out a niche that exploits College; BSFR ’03, MS ’06, Warnell an operational or research capacity. I also spend a my strengths. significant amount of time teaching classes, giving Occupation/Title: lectures and presentations to both students and How have you stayed connected Fire Technology Transfer Specialist with managers. to Warnell? the U.S. Forest Service, Southern Research I have stayed connected to Warnell by working Station, Center for Forest Disturbance Is there a particular project you’re work- ing on right now that really excites you? closely with assistant professor Dr. Doug Aubrey Science in Athens and adjunct faculty member Dr. Joe O’Brien to We have been working on a variety of projects that Hometown: coproduce the new fire class which just had its sec- will restructure the way fuels and fire behavior are ond successful group of students. I lead the basic Quitman, Georgia understood and predicted in the South. These proj- wildland fire training curriculum, certify students Personal: ects will lead to better tools for managers who are with a red card and serve as crew boss for the spring operating proactively in a prescribed fire environ- break field trip to the Savannah River Site where I am a proud UGA alumnus and Athens ment as opposed situations where you are reacting students get hands on experience performing opera- resident, married to my wonderful to a wildfire environment. tional prescribed burns with the U.S. Forest Service. wife Carey Brown Hornsby and loving I also got the opportunity to give two guest lectures parenthood raising a daughter named How did you get drawn to your career? for the Forest Health and Protection class this year Ruby Leigh Hornsby. We love to spend on wildland fire suppression and management. family time together in the great out- I got the fire bug early on when I realized that a career in fire required discipline, communication doors playing, swimming and cooking. I skills and the ability to solve complex problems on look forward to introducing Ruby to my the fly. The icing on the cake was that I could go personal hobbies of hunting, fishing and anywhere in the country to work in fire, and the motocross as she grows up. job involved working with lots of cool things from amphibious vehicles to helicopters.

26 The Log Photo provided by Ben Hornsby Summer 2018 27 Alumni News Amazing Dawg Thank you to our sponsors: Special Thanks To season sweetens The children of Reid and Cynthia Parker Homecoming Lunch Sponsor Breakfast Sponsor CatchMark Timber Trust Interfor

victory Diamond Sponsors American Forest Management Forest Resource Consultants, Inc. Niolon Lumber Sales, Inc. Bronson Bullock Georgia Timber, LLC Resource Management Service, LLC Dicky and Kay Saunders Hancock Timber Resource Group Warnell Young Alumni Committee

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Warnell Dawgs who came back to Athens already had a drawing a large crowd that honored three staff members Gold Sponsors feeling that the 2017 football season was off to some- and our two Distinguished Alumnus winners (see Page Alligare MetLife Timberland Finance Jonathan Lee thing amazing, and our Georgia Bulldog’s run to the 30). ArborGen Superior Pine Products Company The Westervelt Company National Championship only made the victory against Details about the 2018 Homecoming festivities can be Gay Wood Company, Inc. The Langdale Company Timberland Investment Resources Missouri an even better memory. found on Warnell’s website: Warnell.uga.edu/homecom- And coming back home to Warnell didn’t hurt either. ing. The golf tournament will be coming back to the Silver Sponsors The 2017 Homecoming festivities kicked off with its an- University of Georgia Golf Course, and there will be a AgGeorgia Farm Credit Frazier & Deeter, LLC Pine Timber Trucking, Inc. nual golf game Friday morning and ended with the tail- limited number of football tickets available. AssuredPartners formerly Georgia Chapter of The Wildlife Society Michael Ransom gate Saturday before the game, giving attendees a taste of Davis-Garvin Insurance We also still plan to cheer on hopefully another winning the great Dawg season. Georgia Division Society of Sizemore & Sizemore, Inc. Barefoot Mountain Farms American Foresters season with a tailgate the day of the game, so please Smarter Forestry Barrs Industries Georgia Forestry Commission Hosted at the Harbor Club at Lake Oconee, the an- make plans to join us. Throughout the year, the website Southern Land Exchange nual Parker Memorial Golf Tournament raised more will be updated with more information about events, Beasley Forest Products Georgia Forestry Foundation Southern Pine Plantations, Inc. than $54,000 for the Young Alumni Undergraduate transportation, and online registration. Crop Production Services Huber Engineered Woods Southeastern Wood Producers Scholarship. Friday night, alumni moved to Flinchum’s Dasher Industries, Inc. International Forest Company Association, Inc. for our annual dinner, DS Smith- Timber James I Alfriend Stafford Capital Partners Consulting Foresters, LLC Eversheds Sutherland Sterling Consulting, LLC LandMart.com, LLC F & W Forestry Stuckey Timberland Max & Amanda Lang Federated Insurance The Forestland Group Chad & Erin Lincoln ForesTech International, LLC Timber Mart-South Middle Georgia Timber, LLC Forisk Consulting Valic

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Distinguished Alumnus Dan Forster (center) is pictured with his family. t was double the fun at Homecoming last year, as “I have great respect and admiration for Warnell and the Warnell School honored two alumni with its have been extremely proud to call myself a Double highest alumus honors. Dawg,” Forster said. “To be honored by the school in I this way is most humbling and one of the highlights of Dan Forster (BSFR ’86, MS ’88) and Andy Stone my professional career.” (BSFR ’74) were each awarded the 2017 Distinguished Alumnus Award. This award is given annually to alumni Stone is the current president of Superior Pine Products who have made outstanding contributions to the natural in Fargo, Georgia, where he helps manage 211,000 acres resources fields and have remained strong supporters of of forestland and oversee operations in blueberry pro- the Warnell School. Award winners are nominated by duction and real estate. colleagues and other alumni. He is a previous president of Stuckey Timberlands Usually just one alumnus is honored with this award in Eastman, Georgia; as well as the Georgia Forestry each year, but 2017’s nominations for the recognition Association and Georgia Forestry Foundation. Stone led to double honorees. was inducted into the Georgia Foresters Hall of Fame in 2012. He has been an enthusiastic supporter of the Warnell honors alums at Homecoming “These two alumni members remain outstanding leaders Warnell School, chairing the Warnell Alumni Steering and will leave legacies that impact their disciplines in a Committee in 2004 and serving on the UGA Langdale positive manner for years to come,” said Warnell Dean Center for Forest Business—which is housed in Dale Greene. Warnell—since 2008.

Dan Forster, Andy Stone named Forster has been the director of government relations Stone has been instrumental in establishing at UGA the for the Archery Trade Association since 2016. Forster Stuckey Timberland Professorship in Forest Economics 2017 Distinguished Alumni winners assumed this position after retiring with 27 years of ser- and Taxation; the Superior Pine Products Forest vice from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Economics and Taxation support fund; and the Stone Wildlife Resources Division, serving as its director for Family Endowment, which benefits the Center for the past 12 years. Forest Business.

As director of the wildlife resources division, Forster “It is an honor to have been selected as a distinguished served in a variety of regional and national leadership alumnus considering the many talented and supportive positions while increasing the agency’s land conservation graduates of the Warnell School,” Stone said. “The edu- base by 120,000 acres, adding a shooting sports facility cation received at Warnell and the relationships begun at at Georgia Southern University, and for the first time Distinguished Alumnus Andy Warnell have been the foundation for my career. Also, in 24 years launched an initiative to increase Georgia’s Stone (second from left back row) thanks to my family, the Stuckey family of Eastman and fishing and hunting license fees, gaining the support of is pictured with his family. the Williams, Knight and Lawrence family owners of 90 percent of the licensed public. Superior Pine Products Company, for allowing me the time to give back to my school. I encourage all mem- As director of government relations for the Archery bers of our forest industry to allow fellow graduates the Trade Association, Forster works with state wildlife time and support to keep Warnell as a leader in forestry agency directors and other partners to implement and natural resources school.” policies and strengthen recruitment, retention and reac- tivation programming. He also works to expand archery and bowhunting in the U.S.

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Spring Awards Banquet celebrates student achievement “New” face at Warnell: Since 1931, the Spring Award Banquet at the Warnell April McDaniel takes on alumni director job School has been one of the highlights of the year. Almost 300 of Warnell’s students, parents, faculty, staff, donors, By APRIL McDANIEL supporters and friends gathered at the Classic Center one evening this past spring to celebrate the achievements of students and faculty and to recognize the generosity of do- nors. Support from donors over the past decades has cre- was thrilled to accept a position a year ago the leadership of these two ated scholarships and endowments that in 2018 awarded Iwith development and alumni relations at committees who make deci- more than $200,000 to 100 students through 54 separate Warnell and recently was honored to move into sions and help coordinate scholarships. These scholarships assist students with tui- the position of alumni director. I’ve been able to events such as the Parker tion, living expenses, travel, professional development, and meet many of you in the past year and hope to Golf Tournament, Sporting more. Students and faculty members earning achievement meet many more of you soon. My family are all Clays Tournament, regional awards were recognized as well. UGA graduates, but my younger sister was the alumni events, and more. bury

first to choose Warnell. I was drawn to the school w We’re always open to new e Student recipients expressed gratitude for the scholarships after being so impressed with her experience and N

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in love with the mission of the school and the see done. Each of you are P “Warnell family.” I look forward to building part of the “Warnell fam- “Thank you so much for giving me an opportu- relationships with you and supporting the out- ily,” and I hope you feel that April McDaniel nity through this scholarship to succeed and do standing teaching, research and outreach being connection. (706) 542-7602 work to my fullest potential. I am so thankful done here. [email protected] for people like you because I am so passionate I also invite you to recommit about the natural world, and it is because of Although one of the smallest schools on campus, your support of the school. people like you that I get to see my dreams come we are proud to call Warnell #2 in percentage There are many reasons to true. I hope to someday be in your shoes and of alumni participation in giving to school or give back, but I’d like to think people give to change a student’s life when it comes to their college. Even more than other accolades, this Warnell because they believe in the work being future and career goals.” reinforces the number of Warnell alumni who done at the school. feel a strong attachment to our special school. – Cat Chapman Recently I spoke with an alumnus concerned The piece that makes Warnell special is you. The about the future of coldwater fish. He donates dedication and passion for the school that our to the scholarship fund for students studying alumni and supporters demonstrate continues to coldwater fisheries in the hope that perhaps one inspire me. day, one of those scholarship recipients will be in “Thank you so much for showing your support for the a position to address those concerns. students at Warnell through generous donations! Your Change is an opportunity for new beginnings, support means a lot to early career professionals in the and as our alumni staff undergo transitions, I Gifts to the Warnell School Fund are our most natural resources field such as myself. Knowing that there invite you to do the same. If you’ve never been needed and address schoolwide issues, but we are people who care about the development and success involved before, make this the time. Attend an have many other scholarship funds and endow- of students at Warnell is extremely encouraging. Your do- event, give me a call, or reconnect with a class- ments you can support. Find one that aligns with nation makes it possible for me to attend conferences and mate. Share your thoughts with me, a Young your passion. The students and research you sup- workshops that will prove vital to my professional devel- Alumni Committee member, or Alumni Steering port today will be what makes a difference in our opment, and I cannot be more grateful!” Committee member. We are fortunate to have state and world tomorrow. – Angela Hsiung

Photo by Sandi Martin 32 The Log Summer 2018 33 Scott Pfeninger (MFR ‘07) retired on April 1 after serving 36 years with the National Park Service. His fondest memories of UGA were the time spent Wendi Weber (MS ’97), Northeast As regional director, Weber oversees studying abroad in Antarctica and the 1970s Regional Director for the U.S. Fish FWS activities in 13 states–from United Kingdom. Pfeninger worked as a park aid, park technician, protection David (BSFR ‘71) and wife Connie and Wildlife Service in Hadley, Maine to Virginia–and the District of and interpretive park ranger, district Waller were honored by Newton Massachusetts, has received the Columbia. She currently leads more and chief park ranger, chief of park op- County for their dedication to improv- 2018 Robert McDowell Award than 800 employees at more than 130 erations, deputy superintendent and su- ing and protecting the environment. The for Conservation Management offices, including 72 national wildlife perintendent. His assignments included couple were awarded the R.O. Arnold Excellence, the highest honor awarded refuges. Weber has worked for the work at Mount Rainier National Park, Award by the Covington-Newton by the Northeast Association of Fish FWS since 1998 but also has experi- Wrangel St. Elias National Park and County Chamber of Commerce in and Wildlife Agencies. Weber received ence working for state fish and wildlife Preserve, Cape Cod National Seashore, March. Connie Waller was director the award at the Association’s annual agencies in both Georgia and Florida. Statue of Liberty National Monument of Keep Covington-Newton County conference April 16 in Burlington, and Ellis Island twice, National Mall Beautiful for 28 years, and David retired Vermont. Photo Credit: Kayt Jonsson/USFWS Sharon Valitzski Holbrooks and Memorial Parks, Fire Island as director of the Wildlife Resources (BSFR ’04, MS ’07) is now The Robert McDowell Award was es- National Seashore, Buffalo National enforcement commission for 34 years, Division of the Georgia Department of Sharon Swagger. Sharon mar- tablished by the NEAFWA Directors River, Thomas Edison National was a NPS SCUBA diver, active in tech- Natural Resources. ried Cody Swagger on Oct. 21, to honor career professionals who Historical Park, Chattahoochee River nical rescue, the National Ski Patrol and 2017, in a beautiful outdoor have made significant contributions National Recreation Area, Virgin Islands a Georgia Aquarium volunteer. He and ceremony in Washington-Wilkes to fish and wildlife conservation in the National Park and Coral Reef National his spouse Allyson will retire to coastal County. Her 9-year-old son Luke 1980s northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada. Monument, and Carl Sandburg Home Westport, Massachusetts, and reside Holbrooks was thrilled to escort Lawrence “Larry” Gering (PhD ‘85) National Historic Site. He held a law near his boyhood home. her down the aisle. was awarded the 2017 Carl Alwin Schenck Award by the Society of American Foresters, honoring him for Uttiyo Raychaudhuri (MA ‘03, PhD a career of excellence in forestry edu- 2000s ’06) is now the executive director of Carolyn Belcher (PhD ‘08) has been Service, returning to CRD in 2006 cation. This award is the SAF’s highest global learning at Cornell University. named the new Marine Fisheries Chief where she has served as a program man- teaching award. Gering is an associate Cornell created a new Office of Global Yenie Tran Smith (BBA ‘02, PhD for the Georgia Department of Natural ager for research and surveys. Most re- professor in Clemson University’s for- Learning that integrates services for ‘15) and husband Steve Smith Resources’ Coastal Resources Division. cently she has been acting chief but the estry and environmental conservation students and faculty engaged in glob- (MFR ’12) welcome a daugh- Dr. Belcher has been with the state position became permanent on May 1, department. al education activities. The office will ter Mary Tran Smith on Sept. 2, since 1996, serving first with CRD, 2018. bring together two groups that currently 2017. then with the UGA Marine Extension support students, faculty and colleges in In this new position, Carolyn will be 1990s international learning: Cornell Abroad responsible for daily supervision and and the International Students and administrative oversight of the Marine Roger Bryant (BSFR ‘96) and Kristin Scholars Office. Fisheries Section, which conducts ma- Schloemer Bryant (MEd ‘08, SEd ‘13) rine life/saltwater angler surveys, collects welcomed their first daughter, Rowan seafood harvest statistics, constructs fish Joy Lila Bryant on March 6, 2018. habitat, and develops/maintains boating She was born in Pensacola, Florida, and fishing access along the coast. She and weighed 7lbs, 3 oz. Roger, Kristin, will also be involved in interstate and (continued on next page) Rowan, and their two fur kids, Coal and federal fishery management through Magpie, live in Smyrna, Georgia. participation in the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council.

34 The Log Summer 2018 35 * All photos submitted Class Notes Obituaries

Susan Felege (PhD ‘10) and hus- In Memoriam band Chris (MEd ‘08) welcomed 2010s daughter Kaylee Evelyn Felege on Jan. 29, 2018. She weighed 6 lbs, 12 oz. and was 19.5 inches. The Katie Antczak (BSFR ‘10) and husband James L. Gillis Jr. family live in North Dakota. Niklaus Antczak welcomed daugh- James Lester Gillis Jr. was just 15 years old when he came to the University of ter Marley Elizabeth Antczak on Jan. Georgia in 1932. “Just a scared country boy,” Gillis said he was terrified he’d 2, 2018. Marley was 7 lbs, 4oz and 20 flunk his classes. “Jim L.,” as most people knew him, spent the beginning of his inches long. She is Katie and Nik’s first time at UGA studying hard and focusing on school—until he discovered Athens’ child. Katie and her family currently re- extracurricular activities: dancing, socializing and girls. side in Brantley County, Georgia, where she is a seventh grade science teacher at “I made the dean’s list a few times, and then I found out that good times were to Brantley County Middle School. be had,” he once joked. “And that was the end of that!”

Jim L. may have lost his zeal for studying, but after he graduated his passion for Georgia’s forests never abated. Gillis grew up to be one of the state’s most influential supporters of forestry, rising through the ranks to chairman of the Georgia Forestry Dana Bloome (MFR ‘14) and Danielle (BSFR ‘12, MFR ‘13) Commission and serving in state and Soperton politics. Michael Hare welcomed daugh- and Daniel (BSFR ‘12, MFR ‘13) ter Lana Michelle Hare on Dec. Atkins welcomed their first son He was honored multiple times by various organizations and was once even named 20, 2017. Dana says Lana “loves on Jan. 16, 2018. William Clyde one of the 100 Most Powerful and Influential People in Georgia by Georgia Trend spending time outdoors and is Atkins was born in Brunswick, Magazine. already fascinated with trees.” Georgia. “He is doing well and is Dana is a procurement forester at happy and very healthy at a whop- But in 2018, forestry lost this pioneer. Gillis died on Feb. 26, 2018. He was 101. International Paper in Eastover, ping 13 pounds at 11 weeks!” South Carolina. Danielle said. Born on Oct. 2, 1916, as the first-born son of Jim L. Gillis Sr. and Annie Lois Walker Gillis, the Warnell alum grew up on land his family had settled on in 1820 when they acquired thousands of acres in Treutlen County. Gillis had a long and varied career that made him one of the state’s most respected figures. Over eight decades, he’d been a banker, a timberman, cattleman, farmer and president of his Shawn Baker (PhD ‘15) has been pro- family’s corporation, Soperton Naval Stores, Inc. He’d run both it and his family’s Harrison Hood (MFR ‘12, PhD moted to vice president of research at timberland business starting in 1938. ‘14) and wife Jeannie welcomed Forisk Consulting. Since joining Forisk He also became an influential presence in state politics and movements, serving on a number of daughter Selby Sadler Hood on in 2015 as director of forest opera- boards and acting as presidents of various organizations, including the Georgia Association of Soil Jan. 30, 2018. “Both mom and tions research, Shawn’s work support- Conservation Districts. His varied resume includes a stint as president of the Georgia Forestry Selby are healthy and doing well,” ed the growth of the Forisk Research Association, and he spent 26 years as chairman of the Georgia Forestry Commission. He spent 40 Harrison says. Quarterly, which is now used by firms that account for nearly 100 million years as a Treutlen County Commissioner, was a state senator in the 1940s and was a member of the Jackie Sherry (BSFR ‘11, MNR acres of timberland and nearly 200 Lions Club for more than 70 years. ‘14) is the new Water Conservation million tons of wood use per year. As A lifelong resident of Treutlen County, he and Katherine Hudmon were married from March 20, 1936, Program Education Specialist for vice president of research, Shawn will until her death on March 7, 1997. On January 14, 2001, Jim L. married Augusta Smith Woodcock, the Athens-Clarke County Public lead Forisk’s entire research portfolio in File Photos who passed away on September 3, 2006. Also preceding Jim L. in death was a daughter, Marianne Utilities Department. Jackie previously addition to continuing his forest oper- Gillis; two sisters, Martha Louise Gillis and Annie Lois Gillis, and a brother, Hugh Gillis Sr. worked as the Program Manager at the ations research in the US and Canada. Dunwoody Nature Center overseeing Survivors include his children, Kate Hudmon Felton of Atlanta, Margaret Lois Clardy of Ocala, field trips, nature classes, camps, and Florida, and James Lester (Jimmy) Gillis III of Soperton; 10 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; community events. She’ll be doing sim- and several nieces and nephews. ilar work for the Water Conservation Office, but will focus the educational programming to water-related topics.

36 The Log Summer 2018 37 38 Obituaries The Log years later. degree inforest resource managementandbusiness two cum laudefrom UGAin1996,andearnedhismaster’s honorably forfive years. Culpepper graduatedmagna enlisted intheU.S.Navy afterhighschool,serving South Carolina, April 21,2018.He was59.Culpepper Jack D.Culpepper (BSFR’96,MFR’98)ofChesterfield, member ofPhi KappaPsi fraternity. and printjournalism.At UGA,Fosgate wasafounding UGA in1979withabachelor’s degree inadvertising the Gladiators from 1971to1974.He graduatedfrom School, where backfor hewasstarfootballrunning Fosgate wasagraduateofClarke CentralHigh to 1978. science at UGA from 1958was a professor of dairy Fosgate wasthesonofGrace andOlin T. Fosgate, who Born onDec. 3,1955,in Watertown, Wisconsin, about positive environmental change. constantly inspired him with their desire to bring ofhisjob,students washisfavorite part and thatthey approach toteaching.He saidthatworking with becauseofhispositive, encouragingthan instructor He oftendescribedhimselfaswritingcoachrather years, Fosgate wasastudentfavorite. Warnell School,where for17 hewaswritinginstructor and photography from 1983 to 1987—and later at the High School, where heprinting, taught graphic arts, During his20years asateacher—firstatCedar Shoals failure. He was62. the University ofGeorgia, diedApril 4,2018,ofheart Warnell SchoolofForestry andNatural Resources at Brian N.Fosgate, inthe long-timewritinginstructor Jack Culpepper Brian Fosgate In Memoriam Kevin Fosgate; andsisterHeather Fosgate. by hiswife,Helensurvived Hines Fosgate; hisbrother, behind manyfriendsandanenduringlegacy. Fosgate is When heretired from Warnell in2016,Fosgate left more than576papers. some233studentsasemesterandcritiquing to serving teaching assistantsthatallowed theprogram toexpand By the time he retired in June 2016, Fosgate had added with studentstohelpimprove assignment. aparticular and critiqued 324 papers, often meeting multiple times In hisfirst year in2000, Fosgate held170conferences fields.” advance intheirchosen allow themtosucceedand writing skills that would into theworkplace with School graduatesforentry preparing Warnellwith said he “was charged writing program. He to develop ascientific 2000, heworked tirelessly School. Joining thestaffin a home at the Warnell passion, and he found Teaching wasFosgate’s National Wildlife Refuge inNorth Carolina. Refuge inMcBee, South Carolina, andthePee Dee as forester fortheCarolina Sandhills National Wildlife Fish and Wildlife For Service. the past 11 years, he served Since 2003,Culpepper hadbeenemployed by theU.S.

File Photo Catalino Blanche surrounding herselfwithpets. all animalswhichleadtoherbeingasuccessfulbusinessowner from theEquestrian team.Her familysaid Yates for hadaheart fan. She was a Georgia alumnus and earned a Varsity Letter daughter, andanavidBulldog friendtoeveryone, wonderful a dedicated and loving mom to Ryleigh, devoted sister and Nov. 11,2017.She was36.BorninMiami, Florida, Yates was Amber Yates (BSFR ’03) of Alexander City, Alabama, died PhD from Mississippi State University, andlatertookafaculty After earningamaster’s degree from UGA,Blanche earneda 1975. Los Banos, andmethiswife,Fe CelesteBayta. Theymarriedin siblings. He earnedhisbachelor’s andmaster’s degrees from UP was 71.BorninthePhilippines, Blanche wastheoldestofsix Catalino Advincula Blanche (MS ’79) died Jan. 29, 2018.He Amber PeacockAmber Yates of Pawleys Island, South Carolina, of Charleston,South Carolina, Maurice H.Rogers (BSF’59) Wayne H. Howard (BSF’55) James C. WynensJames (BSF’49) Robert H. TiftRobert (BSF’50) died March 13,2018. died Sept. 17,2017. of Macon, Georgia, died Jan. 20,2018. died May 2,2018. 1950s 1940s of Winston Salem, North Carolina, William M.Barksdale (BSF’62) Kenneth L.Purcell (BSF’62) William C.Lamp(MFR’73) Robert L.Howard (BSF’63) Hillra H.Felty (MFR’70) of Campton,Kentucky, of Carrollton, Georgia, of Sylvania, Georgia, died Nov. 17,2017. died Dec. 17,2017. died Feb. 10,2018. of Albany, Georgia, died Jan. 22,2018. died Jan. 5,2018. 1970s 1960s projects. leader, managing the McIntire-Stennis program and other National Institute ofFood andAgriculture’s nationalprogram as astaffscientist.Ultimately, Blanche becametheUSDA’s ofAgriculture’sU.S. Department Agriculture Research Service position atSouthern University. Blanche laterworked forthe South West Forest Industries inPanama City, Florida, in 1989. Crosby spenthiscareer intheforest industry, retiring from Guard foreightyears. Reserves, serving Xi Sigma Pi, andaftergraduatinghejoinedtheU.S.Coast College before attending UGA. At UGA he was a member of School in1953,Crosby earned anassociatesdegree from Berry 26, 2017.He was82.Aftergraduatingfrom Waycross High Fred Crosby (BSF’61)ofPanama City, Florida, diedonDec. Fred Crosby of St. Helena Island, South Carolina, Michael A.Simerly (BSFR’83) Roger G.Thigpen(BSFR’74) Loris R.Jacobs (BSFR’74) of RichmondHill, Georgia, Alan W.Faulk (BSFR’98) of Jeffersonville, Georgia, of Petal, Mississippi, died Jan. 20,2018. died Jan. 20,2018. died Nov. 4,2017. died Feb. 2,2018. 1990s 1980s AT A WARNELL 2017 GLANCE SCHOOL OF FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES Total Grant Funds Awarded* ANNUAL $13,662,964

Number of Research/Outreach Number of Courses Taught 114 Grants Awarded 210 REPORT Number of Continuing Education/ Undergraduate Professional 397 Short Courses 181 Fall 2017 Enrollment 208 Number of Refereed Books, 2017 99 Undergraduate Degrees Conferred Chapters or Journal Publications Graduate Fall 2017 Enrollment Number of Other Publications 193 198 (Non-Refereed Tech Reports, Newspapers, etc.) Graduate Degrees Conferred 61 Number of Presentations Made 659 (To the public, at conferences, seminars)

* Grants, gifts, and funding on a fiscal year (July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017) basis; all other measures on a calendar year (2017) basis.

Summer 2018 41 ANNUAL Warnell spent $25.44 million in FY17 in support of its teaching, research and outreach functions. This is approx- EXTRAMURAL FUNDING HISTORY imately $1 million more than FY16 which is mostly due to increases in state appropriations and departmental REPORT sales and services and conference revenues. $16,000,000 2017 BUDGET HISTORY $14,000,000 $12,000,000 $25,000,000 Foundation Investments $10,000,000 Other  $20,000,000 $8,000,000 Tuition & Fees $6,000,000 $15,000,000 Cooperative Dollars $4,000,000 Grants & $10,000,000 Contracts $2,000,000 State Appropriations $0 $5,000,000 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Other includes Departmental Revenue Other includes Departmental Revenue and Conferences, and Conferences, F&A Return, F&A Return, Forest Lands, and RentalExtramural and Lease Income funding for FY2017 increased by 20 percent compared to FY2016. External $0 Forest Lands, and 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Rental and Lease Income funding per research/service EFT was $341,737. For every dollar of state funds provided, Warnell produced $1.38 in external funding for our programs. REVENUE (July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017) 2017 State Appropriations (GA Legislature) $9,919,334 Tuition & Fees 1,996,495 FISCAL F&A Return 1,491,089 EXTRAMURAL FUNDING BY SPONSOR Departmental Revenue & Conferences 881,835 $8,000,000 YEAR Grants & Contracts 8,098,462 $7,000,000 SUMMARY Cooperative Dollars 742,308 Federal Forest Lands 1,055,576 $6,000,000 Rental Income/Leases 121,837 Foundation Investments 1,135,906 $5,000,000 Private $4,000,000 $25,442,841 EXPENDITURES $3,000,000 State Salaries & Benefits $14,462,677 $2,000,000 Other Assistantships 2,556,916 $1,000,000 Scholarships 187,640 $0 Operating Expenses, Travel & Equipment 8,235,608 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 $25,442,841 42 The Log Summer 2018 43 ANNUAL WARNELL $2,750,000 ENROLLMENT BY DEGREE REPORT ASSISTANTSHIPS $2,200,000 FALL 2017 2017 $1,650,000 Pre-professional MS $1,100,000 85 106 $550,000 MNR $0 12 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 MFR 27

$200,000 PhD $180,000 WARNELL $160,000 69 $140,000 SCHOLARSHIPS $120,000 $100,000 Professional $80,000 181 $60,000 $40,000 $20,000 Other $0 Full-time 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 5% 48% Seeking CLASS OF 2017 16% TOTAL 400 CAREER OUTCOMES ENROLLMENT 320 240 Intern/ Part-time 160 Undergraduate 13% 287 80 Graduate Graduate School *Based on exit interviews of spring 0 193 and fall 2017 graduating students 19% 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 44 The Log Summer 2018 45 Weyerhaeuser Golf Tournament ANNUAL ALUMNI AND DONOR September 15, 2017, Georgia Club Warnell’s alumni participation is 2nd on campus. In FY17, 14% Raised more than of Warnell alumni gave a gift to support the University. Alumni REPORT $95,000 giving to specifically to Warnell is steady at 9%. for the Harley Langdale, Jr. Center 2017 for Forest Business. IMPACT This effort has raised more than $1 million in nine years since it was Alumni Participation Rate of School and College giving to UGA started by Plum Creek in 2009. 30% FY16 25% Reid Parker Memorial FY17 Golf Tournament 20% October 13, 2017, Harbor Club Raised more than $54,000, including gen- 15% erous match from the children of Reid and Cynthia Parker, to support3,699,113 Warnell Young Alumni Under- graduate Scholarships. 97 golfers participated. 10% 5% Percentage of alumni that gave an annual gift to UGA to gift annual an gave that alumni of Percentage 0% TOTAL GIVING Law CAES FACS SPIA Schools & Business Franklin Ecology Pharmacy Education Colleges Journalism Social Work Engineering Vet Medicine Env. & Design Public Health Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources Including cash gifts, pledges, planned gifts, and in-kind gifts:

Commit to Georgia Fiscal Year 2017 Campaign Contributors by Entity Type

Capital Campaign update Organizations as of June 30, 2017 4% UGA Alumni New Warnell Classroom Namings 68% UGA Goal Corporations $1.2 billion (74%) 16% Alumni Legacy Room Keadle Lumber Conference Room Sandra and Steve Keadle Warnell Goal $12 million (97%)

Wilson & Greene Student Lounge Bleckley County Alumni Classroom Friends Dr. Jeanna Wilson and Warnell Alumni from Norris Family Classroom Tom Norris and Family 12% Dean Dale Greene Bleckley County, Georgia

46 The Log Summer 2018 47 ANNUAL REPORT 86th Annual Spring 2017 86th Awards Banquet With record attendance, 45 scholarships awarded nearly $200,000 to 100 Warnell students.

Regional Events Endowments: new in FY 17 of 2017 Young Alumni Undergraduate Scholarship

Georgia Coastal Soil and Water Rome, GA Edgefield, SC Conservation District Scholarship Cherry Graduate Support Fund Clarence “Mutt” Rhodes Fellowship

Martha and Ed Newsom Cooper Graduate Fellowship

Stuckey Timberland Professorship Albany, GA in Forest Economics & Taxation Robert J. Warren Fellowship ALUMNI BY THE NUMBERS 5,522 738 1,250 living alumni alumni gifts young alumni to Warnell (graduates of the last decade)

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