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Operation Restoration
Two years after emerging as a focal point for the College’s future, the ESF Restoration Science Center (RSC) has established itself as a global force for efforts to improve the health and sustainability of ecosystems around the world.
Mighty American Chestnut Poised for Return to America’s Forests
ESF scientists prepare for nation’s first regulatory review of a transgenic wild tree.
Elm Tree Project Takes Root with Research Gift
Dr. Allison Oakes, ESF’s Orentreich Research Fellow, is searching for the most efficient ways to grow and develop transgenic American elms.
Lafayette Road Experiment Station Gets New Look
The Lafayette Road Experiment Station (LRES) is getting a makeover. The once heavily wooded 44-acre plot is at the root of a mighty crusade: restore the American chestnut.
Dr. Limburg Honored
Limburg is perhaps best known for her work on “otolithology,” the study of bones in the inner ears of fish that hold a chemical record of that fish’s journey like the rings of a tree, She likens the otoliths to a logbook.
Dr. Liu Named Exemplary Researcher
Dr. Shijie Liu received dual recognition for his work as a researcher this spring when he was honored with both the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities and was named ESF’s Exemplary Researcher for 2020-21.
Generations of Care, Years of Discovery: Skaneateles Lake As a Living Lab
A $2 million gift from philanthropists Sam and Carol Nappi, will support expanded research into the cause of harmful algal blooms (HABs) that threaten human health, with an ESF research team using Skaneateles Lake and its watershed as a living laboratory.
Dr. Jacqueline Frair named the College's Exemplary Researcher for 2019-20
Frair is an associate professor in ESF’s Department of Environmental and Forest Biology (EFB).
'Transformational’ Gift from Templeton Foundation Supports Chestnut Restoration
ESF has received its largest-ever charitable gift, $3.2 million, to support one of the College’s most impactful research projects — the restoration of the American chestnut tree.
Dr. Chris Whipps Honored for Teaching, Research
Dr. Chris Whipps, professor in ESF’s Department of Environmental Biology (EB) and director of the SUNY Center for Applied Microbiology was named the College’s Exemplary Researcher for 2021-22, and received the 2021 ESF College Foundation Award for Exceptional Achievement in Teaching.
ESF Professor Helps ID New Giant Tortoise Species
An ESF scientist is part of a research team that has discovered there are two species of giant tortoises – not just one, as had been long believed – living on the island of Santa Cruz in the center of the Galapagos Archipelago.
Scientists Link Decline of Baltic Cod to Hypoxia — and Climate Change
Limburg is the joint author of a paper that appeared in December in the journal Biology Letters, published by the Royal Society, that adds new depth to scientists’ ability to decode the history of a fish’s life by analyzing the chemical content of otoliths, or earstones, that form part of a fish’s hearing and balance system.
50% Decline in Mallard Population Sparks Research and Funding Efforts
The U.S. population of eastern mallards — dabbling ducks with distinctive green heads — has plunged inexplicably by 50 percent in the last 20 years, prompting ESF to launch research into the birds’ productivity, changes in their habitat and their genetic diversity.
There’s Still Hope For Snow Leopards
In Siberia, ESF and international partners try to save endangered cats
New Study Rings Alarm for Sugar Maple in Adirondacks
The iconic sugar maple, one of the most economically and ecologically important trees in the eastern United States and Canada, shows signs of being in a significant decline, according to research results published today (Oct. 21, 2015) in the open-access journal “Ecosphere.”
Biodiversity ‘Hotspots’ Imperiled along California’s Streams
A study of woodland ecosystems that provide habitat for rare and endangered species along streams and rivers throughout California reveals that some of these ecologically important areas are inadvertently benefitting from water that humans are diverting for their own needs.