Tag: Minorities

SRS Funds Graduate Student’s Pollinator Study

by Sarah Farmer, SRS Science Delivery Group  • 
Through its Partnership Enhancement Initiative, the U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) provides funding to students – especially minority students – and professors interested in studying natural resource issues. One of the recent grant recipients was Hampton University, a historically black university in Virginia. “The grant funded Michael Mitchell – a Master of Science…  More 

Embracing Today’s Challenges to Embark on Tomorrow’s Opportunities

by Teresa Jackson, SRS Science Delivery Group  • 
U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) forest technician and student trainee Dexter Strother with the SRS Center for Forest Disturbance and Research, and forester Larry Cyprian with the SRS Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) unit represented the Forest Service at this year’s Minorities in Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS) conference held in Birmingham, Alabama. More…  More