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Fall 1998 – Vol. 1 No. 1

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The Fall 1998 edition focuses on a variety of natural science topics, including wildfire smoke, outdoor recreation, and dogwood anthracnose. This edition of the Natural Inquirer was the very first to be published!

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  • Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endangered species that live in areas from eastern Texas all the way to the Atlantic coast. Not much is known about what red-cockaded woodpeckers eat. Without...

    Wood Roaches for Dinner Again? The Baby Red-Cockaded Woodpecker’s Diet

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    • Wood Roaches
    Red-cockaded woodpeckers are an endangered species that live in areas from eastern Texas all the way to the Atlantic coast. Not much is known about what red-cockaded woodpeckers eat. Without...
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    Fall 1998 - Vol. 1 No. 1

  • Almost everyone in the United States enjoys outdoor recreation, which is an activity that is done outside for fun and enjoyment. Unless we understand what kinds of outdoor recreation activities...

    It’s a Jungle Gym Out There! An Introduction to Outdoor Recreation

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    Almost everyone in the United States enjoys outdoor recreation, which is an activity that is done outside for fun and enjoyment. Unless we understand what kinds of outdoor recreation activities...
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    Fall 1998 - Vol. 1 No. 1

  • Many diseases affect the health of trees throughout the United States. One species affected in the eastern part of the country is the dogwood. The dogwood is affected by a...

    Attack of the Killer Anthracnose! Control of Dogwood Anthracnose

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    • Dogwood Trees
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    Many diseases affect the health of trees throughout the United States. One species affected in the eastern part of the country is the dogwood. The dogwood is affected by a...
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  • Forestry operations depend on the continuous supply of healthy tree seedlings. Seedlings are small trees grown from seeds in nurseries. To provide healthy seedlings, chemicals are applied to the soil...

    To Spray or Not to Spray: Soil Fumigation in Southern Forests

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    • Engineering and Forest Products
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    • Ozone Layer
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    Forestry operations depend on the continuous supply of healthy tree seedlings. Seedlings are small trees grown from seeds in nurseries. To provide healthy seedlings, chemicals are applied to the soil...
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  • Much of what humans do depends on the land that we live on. No matter how much humans change the land, it is still important to understand the history and...

    Before & After: A Look at Our Land (Land Use History of Jones County, GA)

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    Much of what humans do depends on the land that we live on. No matter how much humans change the land, it is still important to understand the history and...
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  • Wildland fires occur both purposefully and by accident. Purposeful fires include fires set by individuals to remove fallen leaves or other debris. Often, foresters set small, controlled fires on purpose,...

    On Top of Old Smokey: Computer Wind Model for Predicting Smoke Movement

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    • Fire
    • Computer Modeling
    • Conditions at Night
    • Density
    • Prescribed Fire
    • Smoke
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    • Wildland Fire
    Wildland fires occur both purposefully and by accident. Purposeful fires include fires set by individuals to remove fallen leaves or other debris. Often, foresters set small, controlled fires on purpose,...
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  • After reading “Wood Roaches for Dinner Again?,” test your knowledge with a word search.

    Word Search – Wood Roaches for Dinner Again?

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    After reading “Wood Roaches for Dinner Again?,” test your knowledge with a word search.
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  • After reading “It’s a Jungle Gym Out There!,” test your knowledge with this word search.

    Word Search – It’s a Jungle Gym Out There!

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    It's a Jungle Gym Out There! An Introduction to Outdoor Recreation

  • After you read “Attack of the Killer Anthracnose!,” test your understanding with a word search.

    Word Search – Attack of the Killer Anthracnose!

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    Attack of the Killer Anthracnose! Control of Dogwood Anthracnose

  • After reading “To Spray or Not to Spray,” test your understanding with a word search.

    Word Search – To Spray or Not to Spray

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    After reading “To Spray or Not to Spray,” test your understanding with a word search.
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    To Spray or Not to Spray: Soil Fumigation in Southern Forests

  • After reading “Before and After,” test your understanding with a word search.

    Word Search – Before and After

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    Before & After: A Look at Our Land (Land Use History of Jones County, GA)

  • After reading “On Top of Old Smokey,” test your understanding with a word search.

    Word Search – On Top of Old Smokey

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    On Top of Old Smokey: Computer Wind Model for Predicting Smoke Movement

  • Who or What Am I? Fall 1998

    After reading the Fall 1998 edition of Natural Inquirer, can you solve these riddles?
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  • anthracnose

    (an thrak nōs): Any of numerous destructive plant diseases caused by imperfect fungi and characterized especially by necrotic lesions (dark spots and blisters).

  • arthropod

    (är thrə päd): Any of a phylum of invertebrate animals (such as insects, arachnids, and crustaceans) having a segmented body, jointed limbs, and a shell of chitin that is shed periodically.

  • bole

    (bōl): Tree trunk.

  • cavity

    (ka vǝ tē): An unfilled space within a mass, especially a hollowed-out space.

  • climatology

    (klī mə tä lə jē): A science that deals with climates.

  • control

    (kǝn trōl): A variable factor that has been kept constant and which is used as a standard of comparison to the experimental component in a controlled experiment.

  • dogwood

    (dȯg wu̇d): Any of various trees and shrubs having clusters of small flowers often surrounded by four showy leaves that look like petals.

  • elevation

    (e lǝ vā shǝn): The height above sea level.

  • erosion

    (i rō zhǝn): The process of deteriorating or disappearing by wearing away.

  • fungicide

    (fǝn jǝ sīd): A substance that destroys fungi or inhibits their growth.

  • fungus

    (fǝŋ gǝs): (plural: fungi or funguses) Any of a kingdom of living things (such as molds, rusts, mildews, smuts, and mushrooms) that lack chlorophyll, are parasitic or live on dead or decaying organic matter, and were formerly considered plants.

  • landscape

    (lan(d) skāp)
    verb: To make changes to improve the appearance of an area of land.
    noun: The visual land, such as trees, water, and sky

  • larva

    (lär ve): (plural “larvae”) The immature, wingless, and often wormlike feeding form that hatches from the egg of many insects.

  • natural history

    (na ch(ǝ) rǝl hi st(ǝ) rē): The natural development of something (such as an organism or disease) over a period of time.

  • nestling

    (nest liŋ): A young bird that has not left the nest.

  • oral history

    (ȯr əl hi st(ə-)rē): A recording containing information about the past obtained from in-depth interviews concerning personal experiences, recollections, and reflections.

  • outdoor recreation

    (au̇t dȯr re krē ā shǝn): Activities done outside for fun, such as hiking, boating, or playing baseball.

  • photosynthesis

    (fō tō sin thǝ sǝs): The process by which plants (and some bacteria and protists) that contain chlorophyll make carbohydrates from water and from carbon dioxide in the air in the presence of light.

  • prey

    (prā): An animal taken by a predator as food.

  • productivity

    (prō dək ti və tē): The quality or state of being productive.

  • pupa

    (pyü pə): (plural “pupae”) A stage of an insect (as a bee, moth, or beetle) having complete metamorphosis that occurs between the larva and the adult, is usually enclosed in a cocoon or case, and goes through changes inside by which structures of the larva are replaced by those of the adult.

  • questionnaire

    (kwes chǝ ner): A set of questions for obtaining statistically useful or personal information from individuals.

  • random

    (ran dəm): Being or relating to a set or to an element of a set each of whose elements has equal probability of occurrence; having a definite and especially an equal probability of occurring.

  • sample

    (sam pəl): A small subset group, representative of the entire group.

  • site

    (sīt): The place, scene, or point of an occurrence or event.

  • social history

    (sō shəl hi st(ə-)rē): History that concentrates upon the social, economic, and cultural institutions of a people.

  • soil survey

    (sȯi(-ə)l sər vā): A systematic study of the soil of an area including classification and mapping of the properties, crop adaptations, and distribution of various soil types.

  • specimen

    (spes (ǝ) mǝn): A part or a single thing that shows what the whole thing or group is like.

  • trend

    (trend): The general movement over time of a statistically detectable change.

  • vegetative cover

    (ve jǝ tā tiv kǝ vǝr): Plants that cover the ground.

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