Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries Seminar

Instructors: Dr. Matthew Gray (mgray11@utk.edu) and Dr. Charlie Kwit (ckwit@utk.edu)

Seminar Assistants: Dr. Rachel Hill, Chris Lituma, and Josh Osborn

Phone: 974-2740 (MG), 974-9793 (CK)

Office: 247 Ellington PSB (MG), 307 Ellington PSB (CK)

Meeting Time and Place: Wed, 12:20 − 1:10 p.m., 160 Plant Biotechnology Building

Course Goal: To provide an opportunity for forestry, wildlife and fisheries graduate students to practice delivering professional presentations and to increase opportunities for graduate students and faculty to interact.

Expected Outcomes: Students will develop skills in constructing and delivering PowerPoint presentations and in answering questions related to their graduate research and natural resource principles, concepts and issues.

Course Credits: 1 credit

Academic Assessment:

Weights of Academic Assessments:

● Presentation 85%

● Attendance 15% (1.07% per seminar, 16 Jan – 7 May)

Course grade will be determined using the following scale:

Grade	Final Weighted Percent	Grade	Final Weighted Percent
A	90–100%	B	80–86%
B+	87–89%	C+	77–79%

Full Syllabus

Presentation Grading Sheet

Examples of Contemporary Natural Resource Topics

Presentation Schedule:

Date	Name (MS/PhD; 1^st/2^nd Seminar)	Title
11 September	Dr. Charles Kwit (UT)	Ants, plants, and seed dispersal ignorance: how do ants enhance persistence?
18 September	Dr. Mark Bevelhimer (ORNL)	Understanding the effects of hydrokinetic turbines on aquatic organisms
25 September	1. Matt McClanahan (MS, 2^nd) 2. Maria Spriggs (PhD, 2^nd)	The reduction of CRP Easements and potential impacts to waterfowl populations in the U.S. Prairie Pothole Region Lactate values in live-trapped American marten: what can we learn from 1 drop of blood?
2 October	1. Phillip Harnage (MS, 2^nd) 2.	Occurrence and Connection of Black Spot Disease in Proximity to Waste Water Treatment Facilities
9 October	1. Dan Walker (MS, 1^st) 2. Dominik Kaestner (MS, 1^st)	Assessing Habitat Partitioning by Three Darter Species in the Clinch River System with Implications for Stream Restoration Efforts Life Cycle Assessment of the OSB and plywood industries in the USA
16 October	1. Matt Holt (MS, 1^st) 2. Jason Hogan (MS, 2^nd)	Inventory analysis of state forest land in Tennessee Use of RPM® containerized seedlings vs. bareroot seedlings
23 October	1. Xiaogu Li (PhD, 1^st) 2. Justin Wolbert (MS, 2^nd)	Analyzing Consumer Preferences for the 'Raised Carbon Friendly' Program: A Conjoint Valuation Approach An Introduction to aquatic index of biotic integrity assessments
30 October	1. Ashley Case (MS, 1^st) 2. Chenli Zhang (MS, 1^st)	Interactions among Insect Defoliation, Insecticide Treatments, and Growth Rate in Genetic Families of American Chestnut Carbon sequestration in Tennessee forests
6 November	1. Jarred Brooke (MS, 1^st) 2. Christina Saidak (MS, 1^st)	Northern bobwhite habitat use on a reclaimed coal mine Determination of Sex and Sexual Maturity in Acipenser fulvescens by Using Ultrasonography
13 November	Dr. Janez Krc (Llubljana Univ.)
20 November	1. Jackson Audley (MS, 1^st) 2. Josh Osborn (MS, 2^nd)	Utilization of black walnut (Juglans nigra) trees and wood products by Pityophthorus juglandis and Geosmithia morbida in East Tennessee Impacts of herbicide application on moist-soil habitat quality and waterfowl use in western Tennessee
27 November	1. Thomas Turnbull (MS, 2^nd) 2. Brian Kirby (MS, 1^st)	From streets to sawmills: reclaiming urban wood Effects of baiting on raccoon behavior and movements: implications for wildlife disease management