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Three cheers for Forest Resources Assistant Professor Alicia Coleman, who has won the 2026 Borealis Award for Exemplary Faculty (under 5 years of service)! In just three short years, Alicia has made herself a core part of the department, CFANS, and the vital Twin Cities urban forestry community.
With the help of volunteer scientists across the state of Minnesota, new research shows how scattering seeds of native grasses and wildflowers after clearing invasive buckthorn effectively helps keep it at bay.
Forest Resources Associate Professor Danielle Ignace is one of a select group of scientists behind a first-of-its-kind assessment of the health of nature across the US. The report's federal funding was cancelled shortly before it was due last year, so participating scientists figured out how to publish it independently. Now, that report is open for peer review.