Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
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Table of Contents • Notable • College and campus enrollment at record highs • New faculty members enrich variety of programs • Chair holder is culinary tourism expert • Childcare center architects approved • Kent Rorie joins Vice President's staff • Arkansas wins national IFT College Bowl • Savoy forest used for research, extension projects • Turfgrass specialist receives national award • Weed science team wins Southern Region Contest • Faculty member's colleagues host benefit concert • 'Corps of Discovery' lecture scheduled • New soybean variety described at Pine Tree Field Day • NEREC observes 50th anniversary at field day • Vegetable Substation hosts Southern Pea Field Day • Field day features turfgrass programs • Food science sponsors MasterFoods USA summer interns • Habitat project selected for USGBC study • Johnson consults on blackberries in Nanjing
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'Corps of Discovery' lecture scheduled Dr. Michael Jeffords of the Illinois Natural History Survey will give a lecture on the 21st Century Corps of Discovery in Giffels Auditorium at 6:30 p.m., Oct. 18, and a seminar in the entomology department. The presentations are sponsored by the departments of entomology and biological sciences and the Nature Conservancy of Arkansas. The 21st Century Corps of Discovery engages the public documenting the ecology and biology of local landscapes within their state. The original Corps of Discovery led by Lewis and Clark in 1804 set out to record the landscape, flora and fauna of the Louisiana Purchase. The 21st Century Corps is documenting fixed locations that are constantly changing. Two such groups have been organized in Illinois. One is working in the Nature Conservancy’s Emiquon Preserve along the Illinois River, which is undergoing major restoration, Jeffords said. The other group is working in the Cache River wetlands of southern Illinois, which is also undergoing preservation and restoration. “We aim to engage citizens who will add a creative, aesthetic dimension to their local lands and who will contribute to the total picture of the evolving, diverse landscape,” Jeffords said.
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