Walton named to off-bottom oyster culture board

by Mary Catherine Gaston | Aug 6, 2013 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

Bill Walton, a former Cape Cod oyster farmer who since 2009 has been an Auburn University assistant professor of fisheries and Alabama Cooperative Extension System fisheries specialist at the Auburn Shellfish Lab on Dauphin Island, is one of seven individuals tapped...

The human touch

by Mary Catherine Gaston | Jun 4, 2013 | Horticulture

Passion for students earns horticulture’s Eakes honors by JAMIE CREAMER “I believe in the human touch, which cultivates sympathy with my fellow men and mutual helpfulness and brings happiness for all.” —George Petrie Joe Eakes is not an easy A. In fact, the Auburn...

No. 1 once again

by Mary Catherine Gaston | May 28, 2013 | Uncategorized

Williams, AU Equestrian claim third national championship by NATHAN KELLY Nobody would have blamed Auburn University equestrian head coach Greg Williams if he had spent some time celebrating his team’s 2012-13 season. Instead, less than a month after leading the...

Recipe file: Bess Eakes' biscuits

by Mary Catherine Gaston | May 22, 2013 | Uncategorized

Ag Illustrated usually doesn’t specify particular brands in recipes, but Bess Eakes’ biscuit recipe is an exception. “My mother used White Lily flour, my grandmother used White Lily, and it’s the only flour I’ve ever used for biscuits,” says Mrs. Eakes, wife of Auburn...

An empty spot

by Mary Catherine Gaston | May 16, 2013 | Horticulture

Keever reflects on role as Toomer’s oaks spokesman by JAMIE CREAMER The first full week of May brought a return to normalcy in Gary Keever’s life—only it didn’t feel normal. Not yet, anyway, because for the first time in almost two and a half years, the historic oaks...

Finding her calling

by Mary Catherine Gaston | May 15, 2013 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

Years of floundering led grad student to fisheries by JAMIE CREAMER Some people are born knowing what they want to be when they grow up. Mollie Smith was not one of them. She had no clear vision of her future when she enrolled at Auburn University as a freshman in...

Study investigates chemical’s effects on mussel populations

by Mary Catherine Gaston | Apr 29, 2013 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences

by JAMIE CREAMER Alabama is home to the most diverse freshwater mussel population in all of North America, with 180 known species dwelling or having once dwelled in the state’s rivers and streams. But in recent decades, their numbers have plummeted as a result of...