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WEEKLY READER February 2018 Vol. 1, No. 1

HONORS and AWARDS

The 2018 Missouri Natural Resources Annual Conference

(MNRC) honored several people with SNR connections:

Chris Lohmann (Forestry, 2006; pictured top right)

received the Outstanding Forester Award from the Missouri

Chapter of the Society of American Foresters (MOSAF). Dr.

John Kabrick (Forestry, 1988; pictured bottom left with his

family) Scientist with the USDA Forest Service Northern

Research Station and Cooperative faculty at SNR, received

the prestigious Karkhagne Award from MOSAF for his

outstanding achievements and contributions to the forestry

profession. Dr. Rob Meyers (pictured bottom right) received

the Missouri Soil and Water Conservation Society

Professional Conservationist of the Year Award. He

currently serves SNR as the Chair of the Advisory Board of

the Center for Agroforestry. (Submitted and photos by

Shibu Jose.)

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PRESENTATIONS/PUBLICATIONS/RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Invited Presentation at the 78th Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference: Whittier, J.W., P. Hays,

B. Alexander, S. Todd, C. Bitting, S. Hodges, B. Kenner, and N. Athearn. Collaborative approach

to assess the current condition of priority natural resources in two National Parks.

Emily Rose Sutton (BS, SEAS, 2007)

gave a TEDx (‘Ideas worth spreading’)

talk about dealing with internet trolls in

broadcasting. Emily is a broadcast

meteorologist for KFOR-4 in the

competitive weather environment of

Oklahoma City, OK. TED

(Technology, Entertainment, Design)

talks are given by highly influential

professionals on a wide range of topics.

Speakers have included Bill Clinton,

Al Gore, Bill Gates, and many others

including Nobel Laureates. (Submitted

by Dr. Tony Lupo.)

New research has found that forest owners at greater risk of illegally

cutting trees from their forests prefer to participate in conservation

programs that allow sustainable timber harvesting. The findings of the

study, conducted by Francisco Aguilar and Phillip Mohebalian, could

be used to craft conservation contracts that are more likely to be

accepted by forest owners and might succeed in preventing

deforestation and forest degradation. For the full story via the MU News

Bureau the link is below along with a vimeo link. (Submitted by

Francisco Aguilar.) https://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2018/0129-forest-conservation-

can-have-greater-ecological-impacts-by-allowing-sustainable-harvesting/;

https://vimeo.com/253255447

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The Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire

Consortium (Mike Stambaugh, Chair; Joe

Marschall, Coordinator) released the

January 2018 edition of their quarterly

newsletter, IGNIS. CLICK HERE to learn

about the Consortium’s upcoming fire

ecology workshops for Missouri Ozarks

landowners, a research brief on raptor use of

prescribed fire (pyric-carnivory!),

woodland restoration research and

demonstration at Marais des Cygnes and La

Cygne State (KS) Wildlife Areas, and more!

(Submitted by Joe Marschall.)

A Mizzou team of postdocs in the fields of Education and

Natural Resources received a 2017 Student Teaching and

Learning Research (STAR) Grant for their research project

“Learning to Think with Data in a Graduate Statistics

Course.” The award recipients are research collaborators and

MU postdocs, Dr. Ruchi Bhattacharya (pictured) and Dr.

Terrell Morton. The two are members of the inaugural cohort

of the Preparing Future Faculty Postdoctoral Fellows for

Diversity Program at the University of Missouri.

Bhattacharya is an aquatic biogeochemist and a quantitative

ecologist in the School of Natural Resources. (Submitted by

Dr. Peter Motavalli; taken from MU Graduate Studies

Mizzou Grad & Postdoc News, January 2018.)

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EVENTS/MEETINGS/ANNOUNCEMENTS

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SPOTLIGHT

This is the fifth in a series about the many connections between SNR (School of Natural Resources)

and MDC (Missouri Department of Conservation). You may have wondered about the line I use

at the bottom of each of these articles, “compiled from a variety of sources.” Well, in this article,

I share those sources so that you can gain a deeper understanding of the connections between these

two entities by reading the following books and articles. So, read on and “History Up!”

MDC Man and Wildlife in Missouri: The History of One State’s Treatment of its Natural

Resources: This 134-page book was written by Charles Callison and published by MDC in 1961

with special arrangements by the Edward K. Love Foundation (another one of the many

connections).

Conservation Contrasts: Three Decades of Non-Political Management of Wildlife and

Forests in Missouri: Werner O. Nagel, the co-author of the original Survey of Resident Game

and Furbearers of Missouri, wrote this 453-page book which was published by MDC in 1970.

Missouri Department of Conservation: The First 50 Years: This 446-page book written by

James F. Keefe was published by MDC in 1987.

The Promise Continues: 75 Years of Citizen-Led Conservation in Missouri: Brett Dufur wrote

this 312-page update of MDC history which was published by MDC in 2013.

SNR Missouri Cooperative Wildlife and Fishery Research Units, 1938-1968: This is a 10-page

reprint of Chapter XXX from Conservation Contrasts (see reference above) and was written by

Thomas S. Baskett and published in 1970.

History of the School of Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife: University of Missouri-Columbia:

This 37-page booklet was published in 1988 as Special Report 367 College of Agriculture

University of Missouri-Columbia and written by Richard Smith with sections by Leigh

Fredrickson, Ralph Musbach and John Slusher.

The Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Program: 60th-Year Celebration: W. Reid

Goforth, former leader of the Missouri Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, wrote this 113-page

book published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Biological Survey in 1994.

Stephens Hall: From Wildlife to the Molecules of Life: This is an 8-page brochure announcing

the dedication ceremony of the renovated and remodeled E. Sydney Stephens Wildlife Building.

It was researched and written by Jeff Crane, Assistant Professor of History, Culver-Stockton

College in 2002.

Please let me know if I have overlooked any important sources. Happy reading! Compiled by Joe

G. Dillard, ABNR Building Room 47 Archivist compiled from a variety of sources.

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IN MEMORIUM

Professor Ernest C. Kung died at

the age of 87 on January 27, 2018 in

Gaithersburg, MD. Dr. Kung

enjoyed a long career (1967-1998)

as an atmospheric scientist and

teacher in the School of Natural

Resources at the University of

Missouri-Columbia His legacy is

his work on long-range forecasting,

atmospheric energetics, and

blocking anticyclones, having

founded and guided the university’s

General Circulation Research

Project for three decades. He served

the university at all levels including

as chair of Soil and Atmospheric

Sciences from 1995-1998. His work

in energetics and blocking was

groundbreaking, and has

applications in long range

forecasting, agriculture, insurance,

and defense. He lectured worldwide

including in Japan, India, England,

and Kenya. He published more than

55 journal articles. He was a Fellow

of both the American

Meteorological Society and Royal

Meteorological Society (England).

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