NRESS News

Maple trees don’t have a monopoly on the syrup game. David Moore, a doctoral candidate in UNH’s College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, studies tree physiology and syrup production in a variety of species – maple, yes, but also birches, walnuts, beeches, sycamores, basswoods, and hophornbeams.

UNH researchers have documented the longest-ever trek of a young female fisher (Pekania pennanti), who roamed more than 73 miles from her home in Durham to the outskirts of Lincoln in the White Mountains.

John Henkelman, who canoed the length of the Hudson River, is bringing lessons from the water during into his research and planning projects closer to home.

Serita Frey, professor in the UNH Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, was selected as the winner of the 2025 Excellence in Research Award given out during the annual Faculty Excellence celebration this fall.