Managing Upland Forests of the Midsouth

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Mission Statement

Research Areas

Office Facilities

SRS-RWU-4159 Experimental Forests

Scientists

Emeritus Scientists

Staff

 

Mission Statement

To provide scientific information to understand, manage, and sustain the ecological processes, structures, and benefits of loblolly pine, shortleaf pine, mixed pine-hardwood, and hardwood forests of the uplands of the Midsouth.

Research Areas

Our areas of emphasis are directly tied to the strategic framework established by the Southern Research Station as a means to unify the research across the southern region.  Cross-cutting themes provide for multiple-level, multidisciplinary research by identifying six areas of emphasis.  This work unit deals primarily with two:  

 

     Sustainability and Productivity of the Interior Highlands Ecosystem

 

     Sustainability and Productivity of Southern Pine Ecosystems

Scientists in the unit, in cooperation with clients for the unit's research, have identified three research problems that most effectively address the units vision:

Problem 1: A better understanding of environmental factors and ecological processes influencing establishment and growth of forest reproduction is needed to fully develop silvicultural alternatives for upland forests in the Midsouth.

Problem 2: Development and refinement of silvicultural alternatives for regenerating and managing upland forests in the Midsouth requires a better understanding of forest stand dynamics, including the role of Disturbance.

Problem 3: A better understanding of the effects of silvicultural treatments on forest stands and interactions between stands is needed to make landscape-level decisions.

Office Facilities

Monticello

Hot Springs

 

RWU-4159 Experimental Forests

Alum Creek

Crossett

Koen

Sylamore

Scientists and Staff

    

     Scientists

Dr. James M. Guldin -- [e-mail]  Project Leader and

     Research Forest Ecologist

Dr. Don C. Bragg -- [e-mail]  Research Forester

Dr. Daniel A. Marion -- [e-mail]  Research Hydrologist

Dr. Michael G. Shelton -- [e-mail]  Research Forester

Dr. Martin A. Spetich -- [e-mail]  Research Forester

    Emeritus Scientists

James Baker -- [e-mail] Emeritus Research Forester

Michael D. Cain -- Emeritus Research Forester

David Graney -- Emeritus Research Forester

    Staff

Michael Chain -- [e-mail] Supervisory Forestry Technician

Richard Chaney -- [e-mail] Forestry Technician

Arvie Heydenreich -- Aide (Older American)

Paula Hooks -- [e-mail] Support Services Specialist

Letitia Jacks -- [e-mail] Office Automation Clerk

Jimmy Jones -- [e-mail] Forester

Forester (manager of the Crossett Experimental Forest) (VACANT)

Saul Serna -- [e-mail] Forestry Technician (Ouachita N.F.) 

David Smith -- [e-mail] Forestry Technician

Kirby Sneed -- [e-mail] Forestry Technician

Carol Swboni -- [e-mail] Forestry Technician

Jim Whiteside -- [e-mail] Forestry Technician

Verna Yin -- [e-mail] Hydrologist