Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries Seminar

Graduate Seminar in Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries

WFS 512, FOR 512, FWF 612

Spring Semester 2019

University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Facilitators: Dr. Matthew Gray (mgray11@utk.edu) and Dr. David Harper (dharper4@utk.edu)

Seminar Assistants: To be determined.

Phone: 974-2740 (MG), 976-1121 (DH)

Office: 247 Ellington PSB (MG), 108 CRC MAST (DH)

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% (1.5% per seminar, 16 Jan – 3 Apr)

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; Major)	Title
6 Feb	Dr. David Harper (UT FWF)	Ligin as a feedstock for advanced composites and energy materials
13 Feb	Dr. Wayne Clatterbuck (UT FWF)	What do we know about oaks?
20 Feb	1. Shawna Mitchell (MS WFS) 2. Cristina Watkins (PhD Nat. Res.)	Life history and habitat utilization of the Larel Dace Elk reintroduction in Tennessee
27 Feb	NO SEMINAR -- Annual Meeting of TN Chapter of the Wildlife Society (Gatlinburg, TN)
6 Mar	1. Janetta Kelly (MS WFS) 2. Martin Schubert (PhD)	Can oral vaccination of rodents serve as a mitigation strategy for Lyme Disease occurrence? First year wildfire effects on an eastern deciduous forest in the Cumberland Mountains, TN
13 Mar	1. Bonner Powell (MS WFS) 2. David Juriga (MS FOR)	Evaluating effects of common management practices on early successional plant and wildlife communities following two different establishment techniques Value-added Utilization of Black Liquor derived from the Lignocellulosic Industry
20 Mar	NO SEMINAR -- Spring Break
27 Mar	Dr. Chris Moorman (NCSU)	Does harvesting woody biomass for renewable bioenergy threaten wildlife in the southeastern US?
3 Apr	1. Jess Moore (MS FOR) 2. Robert Fowler (MS FOR)	Interactions between crop trees and volunteer vegetation in mixed oak-pine plantings Preparing for the Arrival of Gypsy Moth in Southern Urban Forests
10 Apr	Only if Needed