Managing Upland Forests of the Midsouth

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Crossett Experimental Forest

In 1934, the Crossett Experimental Forest was established about 7 miles south of the town of Crossett in Ashley County, Arkansas, from a donation of 1,680 acres of land by the Crossett Lumber Company (now Georgia-Pacific Corporation) to the Southern Forest Experiment Station (now the Southern Research Station).  The Crossett Research Center was the first USDA Forest Service branch research station in the South.  Previously, all field research had been conducted from station headquarters in New Orleans, LA.  Research on forest management in second-growth loblolly and shortleaf pine stands was to be conducted and demonstrated to forest managers and landowners throughout the South.  During the following six decades, Forest Service researchers associated with Crossett have published more than 1,000 articles on forest management and silviculture.  More than 45,000 foresters, students, landowners, and university staff have visited the Experimental Forest and benefited from its research.

 

Read more about the Crossett Experimental Forest's history in

The Crossett Story by R.R. Reynolds

 

Detailed map (PDF) of the Crossett Experimental Forest

 

Download Uneven-aged Silviculture for the Loblolly and Shortleaf Pine Forest Cover Types by Baker et al. (1996)

 

Special Hunting Regulations

     2004-2005 Hunting Regulations

 

Crossett Forestry Field Day information

     2005 Crossett Forestry Field Day