Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries Seminar

Instructor: Dr. Matthew Gray (mgray11@utk.edu)

Graduate Assistant: Sharon Jean-Philippe (jeanphil@utk.edu)

Phone: 974-2740 (MG), 974-0857 (SJP)

Office: 247 Ellington PSB (MG), 136 Plant Biotechnology Building (SJP)

Meeting Time and Place: Wed, 12:20 − 1:10 p.m., 125 Ellington PSB

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 64%

● Attendance 36% (2.25% per seminar, 7 Jan – 4 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
21 January	Don McKenzie	Building the will and the way to restore bobwhites: Grounding the NCBI at UT
4 February	Dr. Wayne Clatterbuck	Hardwood Plantation Development: The Use of Multiple Species to Improve Log Quality
11 February	Gary Myers	Building a wildlife and fisheries career from a student to a professional: The perspectives of Director Gary Myers, TWRA
18 February	1. Mike Hooker (MS, 2^nd) 2. John Hull (MS, 1^st)	Telomere Length as a Wildlife Aging Technique Microstegium spread rate in relation to two different leaf litter disturbances
25 February	1. Yujie Meng (MS, 1^st) 2. Maggie Stevens (MS, 1^st)	The influence of moisture content on mechanical properties of wood cell wall by nanoindentation Forest Ecosystem Services: A Willingness to Accept Assessment of Small Scale Eucalyptus Farmers
4 March	Dr. Adam Taylor	Don’t save the trees: Moving towards a holistic view of environmental impact
11 March	1. Seth Barrioz (MS, 2^nd) 2. Angeles Raymudo (MS, 1^st)	Showdown on the Prairie: Using Bison and Cattle to Manage our Grasslands Monitoring the effect of coastal development on avian migration stopover habitat in Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico
18 March	No Seminar – Spring Break
25 March	1. Marcus Lashley (MS, 2^nd)	An evaluation of the attractiveness of various trace mineral salts to white-tailed deer
1 April	1. Michelle Rosen (MS, 2^nd) 2. Carrie Lowe (MS, 1^st)	Cytauxzoonosis: A tick-transmitted parasite of domestic and wild cats in the southeastern U.S Population Dynamics of the Louisiana Black Bear in the Upper Atchafalaya River Basin
8 April	1. Than Boves (PhD, 1^st) 2. Michael Drewry (MS, 1^st)	Multiple effects of forest management on Cerulean Warblers in the Appalachian Mountains Population abundance and genetic structure of black bear in coastal South Carolina
15 April	1. Chris Miller (MS, 1^st) 2. Casey Dunn (MS, 1^st)	Influence of planting treatments on American chestnut (Castanea dentata) seedling performance in eastern Tennessee mine spoil. A Crayfish Survey on the Pigeon River in Haywood County, North Carolina and Cocke County, Tennessee
22 April	1. Nathan Haislip (MS, 1^st) 2. Trent Jett (MS, 1^st)	Predation risk and development may alter susceptibility of North American anurans to Ranavirus Visual survey and habitat association of three rare darters (Etheostoma cinereum, Percina burtoni, and Percina williamsi) in the Little River, Blount County, Tennessee
4 May (Monday) 10:15 am – 12:15 pm	1. Amanda Pierce (MS, 1^st) 2. Richard Cristan (MS, 1^st) 3. Emily Hockman (MS, 1^st) 4. Jetana Kittisenee (MS, 2^nd)	Relationships between deer harvest and deer-vehicle collisions on the Oak Ridge wildlife management area Forest Growth and Yield Modeling on Continuous Forest Inventory (CFI) Plots on Three Different Tennessee Regions Bachman's Sparrows in oak savanna grasslands at Fort Campbell Milling the Wood with Nanofabrication Technology