Wayne Thomas Swank
Education
1972 Ph.D. Forest Hydrology
University of Washington – Seattle , WA
Dissertation: Water balance, interception and transpiration studies on a watershed in the Pudget lowland region of western Washington . 178 p.
1960 M.F. Silviculture
University of Washington – Seattle , WA
Thesis: A quantitative analysis of vegetation on the Fern Lake watershed. 90 p.
1958 B.S. Forest Management
West Virginia University – Morgantown , WV
Experience
Scientist Emeritus, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory
USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
1999 to present
Project Leader, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory
USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
1984 to 1999
Adjunct Professor
Institute of Ecology , University of Georgia – Athens , GA
1974 to present
Adjunct Professor
University of Florida , Environmental Engineering – Gainesville , FL
1996 to 2003
Adjunct Professor
Clemson University , Professor in Forestry – Clemson , SC
1989 to present
Adjunct Professor
North Carolina State Univeristy, Professor in Forestry – Raleigh , NC
1982 to 1985
Adjunct Professor
Purdue University , Professor in Forestry – West Lafayette , IN
1980 to 1984
Principal Ecologist, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory
USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
1979 to 1983
1971 to 1977
Program Director, Ecosystem Studies
National Science Foundation – Arlington , VA
1977 to 1978
Acting Project Leader, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory
USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
|1968 to 1970
Research Forester, Coweeta Hydrological Laboratory
USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
1966 to 1968
Forester
Lake Wenatchee Ranger District, Leavenworth , WA
1959 to 1962
Scientific Publications
Tilley, David Rogers; Swank, Wayne T. 2003. EMERGY-based enviornmental systems assessment of multi-purpose temperate mixed-forest watershed of the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA. Journal of Environmental Management. 69: 213-227.
Swank, W.T.; Meyer, J.L.; Crossley, D.A., Jr. 2001. Long-Term Ecological Research: Coweeta History and Perspectives. In: Barrett, Gary W.; Barrett, Terry L. eds. University of Georgia, Institute of Ecology: Holistic Science the Evolution of the Georgia Institue of Ecology (1949 – 2000). Taylor & Francis: 143-163. Chapter 8.
Swank, W.T.; Vose, J.M.; Elliott, K.J. 2001. Long-term hydrologic and water quality responses following commercial clear-cutting of mixed hardwoods on a southern Appalachian catchment. Forest Ecology and Management. 143: 163-178.
Swank, W.T. 1998. Multiple use forest management in a catchment context: In Cresser, M.; Pugh, K. eds. In: Multiple land use and catchment management: Proceedings of an international conference. 1996 September 11-13; Arbeedeen, Scotland, UK: Macaulay Land Use Research Institute: 27- 37.
Swank, W.T.; Vose, J.M. 1997. Long-term nitrogen dynamics of Coweeta forested watersheds in the southeastern United States of America. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 11(4): 657-671.
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