2011

Very very strange: a 2009 paper, linked HERE, cites Nekola and White 1999 in the prediction of the location of Osama bin Laden…this and a paper highlighted on the Colbert Report (see below) certainly boggles the mind!

Late in 2010, we heard that the Education Center HAD been certified as Platinum by the US Green Building Council, the first Platinum building on any UNC campus, the first in state government, the fourth in the State as a whole, and the first that is a public museum.

2010

Interview on North Carolina People with Bill Friday (UNC TV) about the North Carolina Botanical Garden, including the new Education Center, the Coker Arboretum, the Herbarium, and other programs, click HERE and look for May 7^th, 2010, in the index.

Beyond Naturalness, Rethinking Park and Wilderness Stewardship in an Era of Rapid Change (Island Press), the product of a group of us that had two great workshops in Montana, is out, click HERE.

Article in Science on Mountain Top Mining published January 8^th, 2010, linked HERE and press coverage linked HERE. The lead author of the paper, Margaret Palmer, was on the Colbert Report on Monday evening, January 18^th! In the Spring, EPA announced new guidelines for mountain top removal based on environmental impacts.

Tom Earnhardt’s program on Mason Farm Biological Reserve and the North Carolina Botanical Garden debuts on January 28^th, 2010: check local listings for public TV.

2009

The North Carolina Botanical Garden’s new Education Center, designed to be the first public building (and first University building) to achieve a Platinum LEED rating opens and is dedicated on October 12^th!

Tom Earnhardt’s program on the 75^th Anniversary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the ATBI, featuring an interview with me and others, airs statewide on Exploring North Carolina January 15 (8:30 pm), 16 (9:30 pm), and 18 (6 pm) on UNC-TV.

2008

Statement for the Senate Hearing on the ATBI in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (July 21, 2008); Podcast from the State of Things with Frank Stasio (WUNC, 91.5 FM); A powerpoint introduction to the ATBI that I presented at the Highlands Biological Station in 2007 is HERE.

The Search for Linnaea borealis in Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Premise (scroll down to “Looking for Linnaea” by Peter White) and powerpoint reports from May 2006, July 2008 expeditions.

Beyond Naturalness Project, Wilderness Institute, University of Montana, first discussion paper

Visitor Education Center Under Construction at the North Carolina Botanical Garden

What makes a good research question? Thoughts on core qualities for projects, MS Theses, and PhD Dissertations…after discussions with colleagues at UNC.