Forest Management
Advancing Interdisciplinary Forest Sciences
Forest management, a core discipline of our department for over 85 years, has become increasingly relevant to all sectors of society in a world of rapid environmental and social change. Globally, forests provide the traditional commodities of fuel, fiber and food to both developing and industrialized nations, and the essential ecosystem services of biodiversity, clean water and air, soil enrichment, and climate stabilization.
Within our department, we are well-positioned in interdisciplinary forest sciences, with broad expertise in forest management encompassing forest genetics and tree improvement, biotechnology, physiology and ecology, economics and policy, fisheries and wildlife, remote sensing/GIS and silviculture, among others. As core functions of forests are threatened by intentional and unintentional pressures placed upon forests by the rapidly growing human population and associated intensification of economic activity, land use change and unsustainable energy consumption.
As the land grant institution of North Carolina, these challenges provide both a mandate and an opportunity for the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources to enhance its leadership position as the go-to place for sustainability solutions in natural resources. To realize this mandate, our department is strengthening advanced research that informs forest conservation, ensures productive management and fosters the development of new silvicultural systems specific to the challenges of a changing world.
Forestry and Environmental Resources Research Features
Meet Our Experts
At the College of Natural Resources, our faculty are at the forefront of education and research in the field of forest management.
- Bob Bardon, Professor
- Gary Blank, Associate Professor
- Jodi Forrester, Associate Professor
- Josh Gray, Assistant Professor
- Gary Hodge, Professor
- Steph Jeffries, Assistant Professor
- Robert Jetton, Associate Professor
- John King, Professor
- Zakiya Leggett, Assistant Professor
- Katherine Martin, Assistant Professor
- Meredith Martin, Assistant Professor
- Steve McKeand, Professor Emeritus
- Ross Meentemeyer, Professor
- Elizabeth Nichols, Professor
- Kevin Potter, Research Professor
- Joseph Roise, Professor
- Erin Sills, Professor