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AJ Buckner and Crew from Jackson County Schools

AJ Buckner and friends from the Jackson County School system, Mikey Counts and Pisgah Principal John Prestridge – toured Paint Rock looking for ways to incorporate students from Jackson County in the program. They were an
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Pete Conroy’s expedition to Paint Rock

Had a great trip with Pete Conroy and several folks from Jacksonville State University as well as University of Alabama January 31. The potential for leveraging great science and education is increasing. You know it is
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Diverse Ways of Seeing Diversity

Before you decide the younger generation is disengaged from nature, you better meet Nina Morgan. Nina Morgan is as old as I still imagine myself to be. She graduated from UAB last year after developing a
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E.O. Wilson and the Paint Rock Forest Research Center

E.O. Wilson, Pulitzer-prize winning author and Harvard’s pre-eminent evolutionary biologist, sees Alabama in a way that few other people can. Like so many Alabamians, Ed is proud of his alma mater, the University of Alabama. And
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Genetics of the Plants of Paint Rock and Understanding Climate Change

Understanding how to conserve forests like this–particularly as climate changes–is going to depend on how well we understand what species are and how they interact with each other. But plants don’t wear labels. And sometimes the
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