Former Graduate Student Spotlight: Emily Brown (Ferguson Lab) Emily Brown graduated with a MS from Dr. Paige Ferguson’s lab in May 2018. Her research focused on conservation of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis; RCW), a federally endangered species, in the Oakmulgee Ranger District of the Talladega National Forest. This is the largest RCW population in Alabama. Despite efforts by the U.S. Forest Service to meet the District’s Recovery Plan objective of 394 active clusters (groups of trees that a group … Continue reading Former Graduate Student Spotlight: Emily Brown (Ferguson Lab)