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Dairy Record October 6, 2011 "Science of Agriculture"

Fellows participated OARDC/OSU 9th annualScience of Agriculture workshopOctober 4-5, 2011. Activities for K-5 students on October 4 and for grade 6-12 students on October 5.Over 1,000 students from across Ohio participated. GK-12 fellows procided two sessions.

Stream Bugs & Stream Health: Rivers and streams are homes for many animals. Different rivers and streams host different organisms.  This session gives students the chance to learn about streams and how agriculture can impact on stream health. Students will use field microscopes to observe aquatic creatures.  At the end of the session, students are able to participate in decisions about the health and future of rivers and streams.

Dig It!: Soils are one of the most important resources for agriculture. But how much do you know the difference between good/bad soil? In this session, students will have hands on activity to investigate soil health and productivity in field lab setting with soil scientists.

 

Updates

 

Congratulations to our 2011-2012 Fellows!   Accepted for a second year are: Julia Barton, doctoral student in the Environmental Science Graduate Program; Darlene Florence and Chuck Goss, doctoral students in the School of Environment and Natural Resources.  Invited to join the program are: Jon Bossley, Ben Kerrick, doctoral students in the Environmental Science Graduate Program; Liz Kolbe, Master's student in the Environmental Science Graduate Program; Jennifer Reeves, doctoral student in the Environmental Science Graduate Program; and Jed Stinner, Master's student in the Environmental Science Graduate Program.

 

 

Ryan Hottle (fellow 2010-2011) made two presentations at the NSF STEM Graduate Fellows in K-12 Education Program's annual meeting in Washington, DC this  March. The presentations were: an oral presentation: Improving Food Security, Mitigating Climate Change and Generating Renewable Energy through Production and Utilization of Biochar in Developing Countries; and a poster presentation: Bringing the World into the Classroom! How 6th grade science students got interested in sustainable development in developing countries.

Darlene Florence (fellow 2010-2011)  presented: Effect of manure placement on soil fertility and maize productivity in western Kenya, at the Joint annual meeting of the Agronomy Society of America, Crop Science Society of America and the Soil Science Society of America.

Katherine Martin (fellow 2009-2010, 2010-2011) presented an invited talk: Quantifying the impact of hemlock woolly adelgid in the central Appalachians, in North Carolina on November 4.

Katherine Martin (fellow 2009-2010, 2010-2011) and her advisor, P. Charles Goebel (co-PI), presented the following papers at the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Landscale Ecology International Conference.

Allen, B.P., K. L. Martin (fellow 2009-2010, 2010-2011), R.R. Sharitz and P.C. Goebel (co-PI). Testing concepts of complexity in natural and managed forests: Lessons from southeastern bottomland hardwoods. The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Landscale Ecology International Conference, Braganca Portugal, September 22nd.

Goebel, P.C., C.W. Goss (2010-2011 fellow), L.R. Williams and V. Bouchard. How important are riparian forests to aquatic foodwebs in agricultural watersheds of northcentral Ohio, USA? The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Landscale Ecology International Conference, Braganca Portugal, September 22nd.

K.L.  Martin (fellow 2009-2010, 2010-2011) and  P. C. Goebel (co-PI), Impact of hemlock decline on successional pathways and ecosystem function at multiple scales in forests of the central Appalachians, USA, The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Landscale Ecology International Conference, Braganca Portugal, September 23rd.

Our program was well represented at the Ecological Society of America (ESA) and the Rural Sociological Society (RSS) annual meetings this past summer:
Julia Barton (fellow 2010-2011) presented, along with Jeff Sharp, Agricultural and food system development, August 15, at the 73rd annual meeting of the RSS in Atlanta, GA.
Keely Davidson-Bennett (fellow 2010-2011) presented, along with P. Charles Goebel (co-PI), John. J. Mack, jr., Michael Duralec, Claire Wendon and Terry Robison, Stormwater impacts on streamflow in headwater streams along an urban gradient along the south shore of Lake Erie, August 6 at the 95th annual meeting of the ESA in Pittsburgh, PA.
Charles Goss (fellow 2010-2011) along with P. Charles Goebel (co-PI), Lance R. Williams and Virginie Bouchard, presented: Role of riparian forests as energy sources for aquatic food webs in an agricultural watershed, August 3, at the 95th annual meeting of the ESA in Pittsburgh, PA.
Katherine Martin (fellow 2009-2010, 2010-2011) presented: Potential plant community shifts in eastern hemlock-dominated ravines on the front of the hemlock woolly adelgid invasion in Ohio, August 2 at the 95th annual meeting of the ESA in Pittsburgh, PA.
Adam Pettis (fellow 2009-2010) presented: Class versus individual motivations of hunting patterns in the U.S., August 13, at the 73rd annual meeting of the  RSS in Atlanta, GA.
Anjel Stough-Hunter (fellow 2007-2008) presented: Gender, place and perception of environmental health risks, August 13, at the 73rd annual meeting of the  RSS in Atlanta, GA.

Sarah Lehnen (fellow 2007-2008) was featured in an interview about her interest and research on migratory birds by Mongabay.com in a series on young scientists.


Milestones:

Keely Davidson-Bennett (fellow 2010-2011) and Maureen Langlois (fellow 2009-2010) presented exit seminars as part of The Environmental Science Graduate Program's seminar series. Keely presented: Watershed urbanization impacts to headwater streams in Northeast Ohio. Maureen's presentation was entitled: Probing collected water sample integrity with photoreactivity of two model herbicides.

Marc Hyntka (fellow 2009-2010, 2010-2011) presented his research proposal: Local food system energetics, economics and social networks, at the Environmental Science Graduate Program seminar, March 18th.

Adam Selhorst (fellow 2009-2010, 2010-2011) passed his qualifying exams, September 10, and is now a doctoral candidate in the Environmental Science Graduate Program.  Congratulations, Adam!

Keith Diedrick (fellow 2008-2009, 2009-2010) successfully defended his dissertation and graduated with a PhD in soil science from the School of Environment and Natural Resources this summer quarter; he is presently with Pioneer Hi-Bred International Corp. in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Adam Selhorst (fellow 2009-2010, 2010-2011) received his MA in public affairs from the John Glenn School of Public Affairs at Ohio State University in June.

Heather Fair (fellow 2007-2008) graduated with an MS in June and is continuing with the Environmental Science Graduate Program to pursue a PhD.

Ashley Font Kulhanek (fellow 2008-2009) has accepted the position of Food Safety Education Associate here at the OARDC. We look forward to seeing her around campus!



Awards:

Heather Fair (fellow 2007-2008) has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study glacier water resources and aquatic bioassessment in the Tibetan Himalayas for the 2010-2011 academic year.

Felice Forby (fellow 2009-2010)  has been awarded a Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship for Japanese study for the 2010-2011 academic year.

Felice Forby (fellow 2009-2010) was awarded a fellowship in the NSF East Asia & Pacific Summer Institute to conduct research on Hime-firefly (Luciola parvula) conservation and local knowledge in central Japan this past summer.


Recent Publications:

 

Martin, Katherine L. (fellow 2009-2010, 2010-2011), David M. Hicks and  Goebel, P.C. (coPI). 2010. Coupling of vegetation layers and environmental influences in a mature, second-growth Central hardwood forest landscape. Forest Ecology and Management 261(3): 720-729.

Goebel, P.C., C.W. Goss (2010-2011 fellow), L.R. Williams and V. Bouchard. 2010.  How important are riparian forests to aquatic foodwebs in agricultural watersheds of northcentral Ohio, USA? Pgs 129-134. In: Forest Landscape and Global Change - New Frontiers in Management, Conservation and Restoration. Institute of Politecnico de Braganca Portugal. [conference proceedings]

Martin, K.L. (fellow 2009-2010, 2010-2011) and  P. C. Goebel (co-PI), Impact of hemlock decline on successional pathways and ecosystem function at multiple scales in forests of the central Appalachians, USA, Pgs 147-152. In: Forest Landscape and Global Change - New Frontiers in Management, Conservation and Restoration. Institute of Politecnico de Braganca Portugal. [conference proceedings]

Mullen, R.W., P.R. Thomison, K.A. Diedrick (fellow 2008-2009, 2009-2010), and D.C. Henry. 2010. Corn (Zea mays, L.) response to nitrogen fertilizer as affected by planting date and hybrid. Crop Management. doi:10.1094/CM-2010-0405-01-RS