successes--our major accomplishments
Science Delivery
The Station continuously seeks opportunities to develop methods and strategies to make forest science research useful to the South’s large and diverse customer base. Constituents are engaged to build capacity through partnerships and collaborative efforts. Outreach efforts include personal contact with stakeholders, technical tools, field workshops, a strong Web presence, popular media outlets, and Compass, our science magazine.
•In 1998, Florida wildfires demonstrated the complexities of natural resource management in the wildland-urban interface. In response, the Station and the Forest Service’s Southern Region, in cooperation with the Southern Group of State Foresters, conducted an assessment to identify and better understand factors driving social and ecological changes within the wildland-urban interface, as well as the consequences of such changes.(more...)
•Urban forests can be overlooked after catastrophic events due to a lack of expertise and capacity. The Gulf Coast Tree Risk Assessment Program, initiated by SRS scientists, developed an assessment protocol for volunteers. This collaborative effort allowed hurricane stricken communities in Mississippi and Louisiana to secure funding for hazardous tree removal.(more...)
•The unique challenges presented by the rapidly changing southern landscape, coupled with increased demand for accountability regarding the relevance and delivery of research, emphasized the need to explore opportunities to share resources and expertise in order to build science delivery capacity.(more...)
•Bent Creek Experimental Forest developed a six-week forestry education program for middle school children. Students learned about silvicultural research, identifed trees, measured diameter and height, collected data on a mock research plot, and looked at growth using tree cookies and increment borers.(more...)
•As Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) implements annual inventories across the South, the number and complexity of data requests have increased. FIA sponsored several workshops to facilitate access and utilization of their online data.(more...)