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NAU’s Ecological Restoration Institute to lead new center aimed at building a skilled workforce to help with forest management

Posted by Heather Tate on October 1, 2020

Han-Sup Han standing in forest thinning projectA new program from Northern Arizona University aims to increase forest health and contribute to a growing resilient economy in Coconino County in one fell swoop.

Han-Sup Han, a professor of forestry and director of forest operations and biomass utilization at the Ecological Restoration Institute (ERI) at NAU, is the principal investigator on a $350,000 grant from the U.S.… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Ecological Restoration Institute, School of Forestry

SRP funding groundbreaking NAU research into forest health, increasing diversity in STEM

Posted by Heather Tate on September 10, 2020

Teki Sankey holding a droneAs part of a five-year research agreement, the Phoenix-based Salt River Project (SRP) is funding several Northern Arizona University projects in 2020-2021 that look into forest health and restoration, renewable energy sources and increasing diversity in STEM fields. These projects build on several studies SRP was already funding.

This five-year partnership, which funds research focusing on applied research activities related to SRP’s core businesses of power and water, is… Read more

Filed Under: Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ecological Restoration Institute, Monsoon, School of Forestry, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

Ecological Restoration Institute at Northern Arizona University announces new executive director

Posted by Heather Tate on June 22, 2020

Andrew Sanchez Meador standing a talkingAfter a national search, the Ecological Restoration Institute (ERI) at Northern Arizona University has named prominent quantitative forest ecologist and cutting-edge researcher Andrew Sánchez Meador as its new executive director. He replaces ERI founder and long-time executive director Wally Covington, who retired in January.

Sánchez Meador is a trusted expert among ecologists,… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Ecological Restoration Institute, School of Forestry

NAU forest engineer to lead collaborative industry team in creating jobs, developing markets and restoring health to southwestern forests

Posted by Heather Tate on May 19, 2020

Han Sup Han in the forest working on thinning projectAs climate change and drought cause increasingly severe wildfires and degrade forest health throughout the Southwest, researchers at Northern Arizona University’s Ecological Restoration Institute (ERI) are working on sustainable solutions that support forest restoration as well as the long-term economic health of the region.

NAU professor Han-Sup Han, ERI director… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Ecological Restoration Institute, School of Forestry

Long-Term Efficacy of Managed Wildfires Focus of New NAU Study

Posted by Heather Tate on April 27, 2020

Spruce treeLand managers are increasingly interested in using lightning-ignited wildfires as a tool to restore forests and reduce fuel loads. But, there is little known about the effectiveness of managing wildfires to meet restoration goals.

For the past several years, ecologists at the Ecological Restoration Institute at Northern Arizona University have been working to better understand ecological outcomes of wildfires managed to achieve resource objectives and conditions under which practitioners can expect… Read more

Filed Under: Ecological Restoration Institute, School of Forestry

NAU pilot project tests exporting wood products via railway to speed forest restoration

Posted by Heather Tate on August 12, 2019

Dr. Han-Sup Han talking to a student about the chip and ship project at Camp Navajo.A pilot project has the potential to unlock a critical bottleneck in forest restoration and wildfire prevention efforts across northern Arizona by creating markets for restoration byproducts like wood chips from small-diameter trees.

The pilot project, led by professor Han-Sup Han of NAU’s Ecological Restoration Institute (ERI), will… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Ecological Restoration Institute, School of Forestry

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