Post Tagged with: "Wayne National Forest"

By Devon Cottrill Biological Sciences student and Wayne National Forest intern What is the first thing you think about when you hear the phrase “nuisance wildlife”? Deer, raccoon, opossum, coyotes? What if I were to tell you that coyotes, along with other nuisance wildlife, were not as horrible as we […]

Summer interns from Anthropology, Environmental & Plant Biology and Biological Sciences will share highlights from their Wayne National Forest internships on Aug. 1 at 10 a.m. in Baker University Center, Room 503. The interns will share new and endangered species findings and other highlights of their internships. The campus community […]

  NELSONVILLE, Ohio (June 21, 2017) – The Wayne National Forest Athens Ranger District is seeking public feedback on a proposal to construct a single track, sustainable trail system for mountain biking in Athens County. The proposed project area is located on the Athens Ranger District in the general area […]

By Trevor Somogyi ’18 and Emily Penn ’18 Hello! Emily and Trevor are back to share with you a few interesting plants we’ve found while doing our survey work for the Wayne National Forest. While these are not plants that are rare or sensitive, they do have some unique characteristics […]

By Trevor Somogyi ’18 and Emily Penn ’18 Hello! This is the first of many blog posts written by the botany interns that aims to inform the public on all the cool things we’re doing during our summer at the Wayne National Forest. First, a little background on our internship […]

By Devon Cottril When I accepted this position as a Wildlife Intern for the Wayne National Forest, I knew there were going to be a some opportunities to see and be around endangered species (plants and animals), but I never thought that I would be handling them!! In the state […]

By Devon Cottrill When you say a national forest, most people envision large oaks or even maples whose tree tops block out the sun while you’re meandering down a hiking or biking trail. When someone says you work with wildlife, most think of the “cute-fuzzy-lovable” wildlife like bears, bobcats, wolves, […]