Timber
Research
Timber
Research
Our timber
and forest management research is devoted to understanding how trees grow, how
to manage forests, and how to harvest trees while minimizing the effect on other
forest values such as recreation, wildlife, and water. Most of the forest
land in the South is privately owned and our forest ecosystem research is
applicable to private land as well as public land.
Look for these job series on the Federal Job Vacancy Announcements -- usajobs.opm.gov list: GS-0460; 0462; 0434; 0435; 0408.
SRS-4155, Center for Southern Bottomland
Hardwood and Wetland Forest Ecosystems. This unit conducts research and
technology transfer in southern pine genetics/diseases, wood products insects,
forest inventory, and management and ecology of bottomland hardwoods, including
tree seed technology and regeneration, stand management and forest health,
threatened, endangered, and sensitive terrestrial and aquatic fauna, hydrology,
and wetlands restoration.
http://www2.srs.fs.fed.us/cbhr/html/default.stm
SRS-4101, Ecology and Management of
Southern Appalachian Hardwood Forests. This unit's mission is to develop and
disseminate the scientific knowledge and silvicultural techniques needed to
provide a full range of benefits in Southern Appalachian hardwood forests.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/bentcreek/
SRS-4103, Center for Forested
Wetlands Research. The specific mission of the Center is to develop, quantify,
and synthesize ecological information needed to sustainably manage and restore
the structure, functions, and productivity of forested wetland landscapes.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/charleston/
SRS-4111, Ecology and Management of Even-aged
Southern Pine Forests. This unit provides fundamental knowledge on the ecology and
physiology of southern pine species and even-aged management options to enhance and
sustain the productivity of southern pine ecosystems. The program is the basis for
improving our knowledge of the physiological responses to silvicultural treatments during
plantation establishment and development.
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/4111/
