Congratulations to Dr. D. Allen Rutherford for assuming the position of Director of the School of Renewable Natural Resources at Louisiana State University.
ATLANTA -- John D. Dondero, a veteran of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), has been selected as Director of Cooperative Forestry for the Southern Region, according to Acting Regional Forester Ken Arney.
Tom Peterson, Director of Forest Management for the USDA Forest Service, Southern Region, over the last four years, has accepted an offer to serve as the Deputy Regional Forester of natural resource programs.
Lin Roth, assistant professor of forestry and natural resources, died Nov. 6, 2006 following a long battle with cancer.
Dr. Charles E. Clément has been named Value-Added Forest Products Extension Specialist/Instructor with the Louisiana Forest Products Development Center (LFPDC), Louisiana State University Agricultural Center.
Bruce Wight has been named National Forester for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
The Southern Region Extension Natural Resources community welcomes Dr. Bronson Strickland to its ranks.
CLEMSON -- A Clemson University forester has received the Clemson Alumni Award for Distinguished Cooperative Extension Public Service. Robert M. Franklin, who started his Clemson Extension career in March of 1985, received his award from Clemson President Jim Barker during a December faculty meeting. Barker cited Franklin for "outstanding service in the development and delivery of programs for longleaf pine management and wildlife food and habitat management."
Washington, D.C. - The American Tree Farm System (ATFS) has named Bob and Jean Cooper as its 2008 National Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year. The Coopers received the award during the 15th Annual National Tree Farmer Convention in Portland, Oregon this past weekend. This annual award recognizes outstanding sustainable forest management on family owned forestland. The Coopers own Meadowbrook Tree in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Lexington, KY -- Mr. Thomas joined UK Extension recently as an Extension Associate for Non-industrial Private Forests.
