RNR 2012 Photo Contest
Sponsored by: The Wildlife Society LSU Student Chapter
Here’s a chance to show off your photography skills! The LSU Student Chapter of the Wildlife Society will be hosting the 2012 School of RNR Photography Contest to commemorate RNR’s role in the natural resource field and encourage students to explore them in a new light.
Rewards: Contest winners, category finalists, and honorable mentions will be printed and displayed in RNR Building. The overall first place photograph will be placed on the RNR newsletter and website and receive a free Wildlife Society hat or t-shirt.
Details: Get all the details under 'Current Students > What's New'. There you can find the rules, the categories that will be accepted, and how to submit your entries. A handy PDF with the information is also available for download. Coming soon...you can see a gallery of winning photos from previous years' contests.
-- Quick News --
- Spring 2012 Seminar Schedules have been updated!
- Get all the information about the "Louisiology" Episodes here.
- For all the news about the The Wildlife Society Chapter here in RNR, check out their new website! It has all the latest events, contact information, and Photo Gallery of recent projects and events. Information about The Wildlife Society and other student organizations, and links to their websites, can be found on our Student Organizations page
- Interested in Wetland Ecology and Restoration? Get more info on this Interdepartmental Graduate minor. The page has been updated. Get all the facts here.
- Arborist Workshops 2012: The schedule is posted and registrations are open. For more information, see our Workshops page.
- The RNR Fall Newsletter is available for download
- The Fall 2011 RNR Research Matters publication is available for download
Dr. Julie Anderson, Renewable Natural Resource Assistant Professor and Louisiana Sea Grant Fisheries Specialist, received a cooperative grant with Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for the removal of derelict crab traps in coastal Louisiana.
The 2012 cleanups will be in St. Bernard, Plaquemines and Terrebonne Parishes. The St. Bernard/Plaquemines closure will span 9 days from 6:00 am Saturday, Feb 25 – 6:00 am Monday Mar 5, 2012.
Rodeos are scheduled for Saturday, Feb 25 and Saturday Mar 3, 2012. The collection site is located at Sweetwater Guide Service & Marina, 6205 Delcroix Highway in Delacroix, LA.
The Terrebonne closure will also span 9 days from 6:00 am Saturday Mar 17 – 6:00 am Monday Mar 27, 2012. The rodeo day is scheduled for Saturday, Mar 17, 2012. The collection site is located at LUMCON, 8124 Highway 56 in Chauvin, LA.
Volunteers are needed before, during and after rodeo events!!
For more information please visit the Louisiana Sea Grant Derelict Crab Trap Rodeo website.
OR CONTACT:
Julie Anderson, PhD
225-578-0771
janderson@agcenter.lsu.edu
The Fall 2011 Louisiana Agriculture issue contains several articles by RNR faculty
The fall 2011 issue of Louisiana Agriculture focuses on our state’s water resources. These resources must be sustained and improved for the future well-being of Louisiana. The LSU AgCenter has made a major commitment to water quality. Our scientists are finding ways to prevent nutrient runoff, which is from a variety of sources, into our streams and waterways and to mitigate the damage from saltwater intrusion following hurricanes. Learn more by reading this issue, and please contact the individual authors if you have questions or need more information. Or you can contact the editor, Linda Benedict. The LSU AgCenter is dedicated to Louisiana’s economic development. A list of the content included from RNR Faculty is available on the Research page. Dr. Jun Xu's research (see below) is the featured cover article.
Researcher Tracks changes at University Lakes
16 Nov 2011 - Trying to keep the University Lakes in Baton Rouge clean and healthy is a goal of LSU AgCenter researcher Yi Jun Xu, associate professor in the School of Renewable Natural Resources.
For the past three years, Xu has used funds from the Louisiana Board of Regents Equipment Enhancement Fund to study the lake’s health.
“When the project began in 2008, the focus was on two areas – enhanced teaching in water resources and to provide sophisticated, state-of-the-art equipment for surface water research,” Xu said.
Xu and his graduate students receive measurements of the dissolved oxygen, pH and water temperature every 15 minutes from equipment in the lake. He said his data can be used by state agencies and others interested in water quality.
Baitfish Workshops
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center and Louisiana Sea Grant will be hosting a new baitfish workshop once a month in several parishes across the Louisiana coast. Learn how to raise your own bait, or come and learn more about a favorite baitfish.
The cocahoe minnow, also known as the Gulf killifish or mud minnow, is a popular baitfish for such sport fish as speckled trout, redfish and flounder. It is currently only seasonally available in Louisiana as it is a wild-caught bait. This workshop will explore methods in culturing these fish in both a pond and tank setting, making it possible for this to be a year- round bait supply.
More information about the workshops, and a schedule of locations is available here.
Louisiana's Pearl River Fish Will Take Years To Rebound
Dr. Allen Rutherford, Director of the School of Renewable Natural Sources, is quoted on the long-term effects of the recent fish kill. The Huffington Post article is a reprint of that first published in The Louisiana Weekly in the Nov. 14, 2011 edition
