- Fisheries and Aquaculture
- Forestry
- Natural Resources Recreation & Tourism
- Water & Soil
- Wildlife Ecology & Management
- Facilities/Labs
- Overview
- Aquatic Biotechnology & Environmental Laboratory (ABEL)
- Aquatic Toxiciology Lab
- B. F. Grant Memorial Forest
- Charles Terrell Memorial Timber Farm
- Cohutta Fisheries Center
- Cooper Tract
- Denmark Forest
- Dorothy Warnell Research, Education and Demonstration Forest
- Fiber Supply Assessment
- GIS and Spatial Analysis Lab
- Hardman Memorial Park
- Herpetology Lab
- Oconee Forest Park
- Pete Phillips Laboratory for Nutrient Cycling Science
- Tree Health Care Outreach Laboratory
- Thompson Mills Forest (State Arboretum)
- Watson Springs Forest
- Whitehall Forest
- Wildlife Damage Laboratory
- Centers
- Center for Forest Business
- Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
- Consortium for Accelerated Pine Productivity Studies (CAPPS)
- Piedmont-South Atlantic Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (PSAC CESU)
- Plantation Management Research Cooperative (PMRC)
- Southern Forest Research Partnership (SFRP)
- Southern Regional Extension Forestry
- Timber Mart-South
- Wood Quality Consortium
- USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
- USGS Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit
- USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
- Faculty
Research
Hurricane Risk Assessment and Response Plan
Recently, faculty and staff of the School assisted the Fort Stewart military installation with the development of a timber salvage and recovery study. This project was funded the Department of Defense's Forestry Reserve Account, a program overseen by DoD's Natural Resources Conservation Program (http://dodnaturalresources.net/). Initial phases of the project involved (a) conducting a review of the biological responses of forests to hurricanes, (b) conducting a review of management responses to hurricanes, (c) performing a survey of natural resource managers who have experience with past hurricanes, (d) projecting hurricane activity along the southern Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts, and (e) developing a process for assessing forest risk to windthrow and breakage. A later phase of the project involved working with various departments of the installation to develop a timber salvage response plan. Geospatial modeling efforts were also conducted to (a) assess potential storm surge issues, (b) understand the location of potential wind-related forest tree damage, and (c) locate optimal paths for clearing debris from the road system. Most of this work has subsequently been published in reviewed papers and reports. Please contact Dr. Pete Bettinger (pbettinger@warnell.uga.edu, or 706-542-1187) for more information.