Research Program
Our research priorities focus on issues critical to all aspects of forest business, and especially sustaining and enhancing the competitiveness of Georgia’s wood fiber supply. Our main areas of research include:
• Fiber Supply Assessment
• Forest Biometrics
• Forest Finance
• Forest Planning
• Forest Taxation and Policy
• Logging Business and Timber Harvesting
• Wood Procurement
• Timber Mart-South
Some of our recent research projects are:
• Value recovery with cut-to-length harvesting systems
• Bio-fuels
• Development of a carbon registry in Georgia
• Development of a carbon protocol for urban forests
• Reducing forest fuels through better product sorting
• Global competitiveness
• Best Management Practices for Fuel Reduction
• Development of a Forest Carbon Sequestration Protocol for the State of Georgia
• Visualizing Future Landscapes under Alternative Land Use Scenarios: Linking Geospatial Technologies with Community-Based Forestry
• GPS accuracy assessment of receivers and antenna configurations using the Whitehall GPS test site
• Combinatorial optimization and the integration of economic, ecological, and social goals
• Reducing forest fuels through better product sorting. USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station. Dale Greene and Laurie Schimleck. August 2003.
• Recovery of Small Stems and Forest Residues for Bio-Based Products and Energy. Georgia TIP3 program. Dale Greene, Joy Peterson, and Bob Izlar. July 2006.
Results
For a complete list of publications from completed research, please see the Journal of Forest Business Publications.
