{"id":1901,"date":"2023-02-21T18:27:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T18:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/?p=1901"},"modified":"2025-11-12T17:26:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:26:16","slug":"john-z-duling-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/2023\/02\/21\/john-z-duling-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Wildlife and Natural Resources Receives Grant for Native Tree Propagation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill advgb-dyn-b814eb85\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 37%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The Department of Wildlife and Natural Resources has been awarded the John Z. Duling Grant (treefund.org) for $22,950 to conduct research on native trees and shrubs of Texas.\u00a0 A joint effort, this research includes Natural Resource Ecology Professor Dr. Darrel Murray, Graduate Research Assistant Bryan Dunn, Lecturer and Graduate Research Assistant David Johnston, Horticulture Professor Dr. Mauricio Erazo-Barradas, Graduate Assistant Adam Dailey, and Dr. Jim Muir of AgriLife.\u00a0 This research seeks to increase successful propagation of difficult-to-germinate native tree and shrub species of Texas using different sowing times and seed germination treatments with the intent to bolster biodiversity, and conduct habitat management and ecosystem restoration throughout Texas by returning successfully propagated species into urban and native ecosystems.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2023\/03\/Greenhouse-David-and-Bryan2-1-1024x768.jpg);background-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2023\/03\/Greenhouse-David-and-Bryan2-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Two men holding potted plants in a greenhouse.\" class=\"wp-image-1909 size-large\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2023\/03\/Greenhouse-David-and-Bryan2-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2023\/03\/Greenhouse-David-and-Bryan2-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2023\/03\/Greenhouse-David-and-Bryan2-1-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2023\/03\/Greenhouse-David-and-Bryan2-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2023\/03\/Greenhouse-David-and-Bryan2-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2023\/03\/Greenhouse-David-and-Bryan2-1-1568x1176.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/coanr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2023\/03\/Greenhouse-David-and-Bryan2-1.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Wildlife and Natural Resources has been awarded the John Z. 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