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Emma's first blog post! As spring is... well, springing here in Virginia, it's time to track phenology. 

For my PhD, I am interested in understanding the internal mechanisms involved during dormancy...

In the span of a week, 1000 holes were dug, over 1000 miles were travelled to transport 2000 trees, and then 1000 trees were planted.  What a way to go into Spring Break!  

An incredibly large thank...

We broke ground! 1000 times over!

This past Saturday the BUDS lab spent the day at Morven Sustainability Lab in the fence for Meghan's common garden getting put in soon!  February is proving to be...

It's seed season! Seedson!

Last Friday, I (Ethan) guest lectured in Meghan's Landscape Architecture class (LAR-7210, Eco-Tech III), talking about sourcing & growing native plants for restoration...

"We're gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn"- Ellie Goulding

Today myself (Ethan), Emma, Meghan, and Jack Boyle tagged along for Meghan's Landscape Architecture class to attend and assist with a...

This past week, I collected sugar maple (and closely related species) leaf tissue from herbarium specimens ranging from Guatemala -> Maine! One collector collected all of these for her dissertation...

Roll tide!!!!!  This past weekend, September 26th to 28th, myself (Ethan) and Meghan embarked on a trip down to Paint Rock Forest, ~20 miles southwest of Hunstville, AL, for some field work!  I was...

Writing from the Hudson Valley up in New York!  I've been here for a few days doing some fieldwork up at Mohonk Preserve in Gardiner, New York.  My fieldwork is consisting largely of scouting for...