Forest Resources Researcher Lee Frelich spotted this remarkable scene from a third-floor window of Green Hall last winter. He was taken by how the limbs of the bur oak mingled with their shadows over the fresh snow.
~ This article is part of the Fall 2024 Forest Scene newsletter (Issue 32). Access additional articles in the table of contents that follows the image description.
Image description: A bur oak tree, shown from above, in winter casts shadows on the snow below it. Its many branches almost blend in with their shadows. A sidewalk runs behind the tree and a brick building is in the background.
The Forest Scene newsletter is published biannually in the spring and fall, featuring stories, research briefs, and updates from the Department of Forest Resources.
Click the following links to read articles from the Fall 2024 edition of Forest Scene (Issue 32):
- Department Message from Kristen C. Nelson
- New Faculty
- Semester Highlight: "New geodetic markers honor GIS instructors"
- New Research: "Rising carbon dioxide and nitrogen pollution may jointly threaten biodiversity"
- New Research: "Are winter weather trends impacting northern Minnesota logging businesses?"
- "Teamwork": Support from student assistants is critical to conducting our research. It also bolsters the next generation of leaders.
- News Bites:
- "Danielle Ignace selected as a leader for the first National Nature Assessment"
- "SAF 2024"
- "Inspiring campus with tree cookies"
- "Continuing collaborations at the Cloquet Forestry Center"
- "Forestry Club participates in pile burning 'learn and burn' at the Cloquet Forestry Center"
- "UFOR and Extension collaborate to plant urban-tolerant, climate-ready trees"
- Field Questions: "Reducing vulnerability to wind damage in forest management planning"
- Alumnus Spotlight: Sawyer Scherer
- Faculty Retirement: Charlie Blinn