:
or
ue ep
Iss l R
is u a
Th nn
In 2 A
01
e2
Th
Spring 2013
t
A Pioneer
Remembered
Harley Langdale, Jr.
(1914 – 2013)
In memoriam: William Robert Randall, Allen Merrill Simms
Trees make better streams
•
A surprising mussel discovery
A Message from
the Dean
A ‘Plum’ Good Game
Fall is a good time for football, and a great time for golf. Plum Creek hosted its fourth annual charity golf tournament in 2012, generating
considerable contributions that help financially support student and faculty services at the Warnell School. One of Warnell’s most enthusiastic
supporters, Plum Creek’s fifth annual golf tournament is scheduled for Sept. 27, 2013, at the Georgia Club just outside of Athens. Last year’s
tournament raised more than $80,000 for the Warnell School. Dean Mike Clutter said Plum Creek’s generous benefit helps support our
programs in trying economic times. “A downturn in the economy can make individuals understandably hesitant about donating to their alma
maters,” he said. “But Plum Creek and the tournaments sponsors’ generosity really helps us continue to fund the educational and research
programs that have helped define Warnell as the premiere forestry and natural resources college in the south, particularly as state funding
dwindles.”
Special Thanks to our
Tournament Co-hosts:
Sponsors:
Harley Langdale Jr.:
A lifetime of memories
of a forestry pioneer
I
Gavilon Fertilizer, LLC
Resource Management Services, LLC
Arborgen, Inc.
Georgia-Pacific
RMK Timberland Group
B & S Air
Gilman Building Products
Ryder Integrated Logistics
Deltic Timber Corporation
Green Diamond Resource Company
Superior Pine Products Company
F & W Forestry Services
Hancock Natural Resource Group
Timberland Investment Resources, LLC
Forest Investment Associates
International Forest Company
Tom Reed
Forest Landowners Association, Inc.
Interstate Paper
Wells Timberland
G & C Fertilizer Co, Inc.
Koch Agronomic Services, LLC
Recreational Pond Management
Forestry for Non-Foresters Part 1 & 2
Date: July 8-9, 2013
Instructors: Jay Shelton and Kris Irwin
Date: September 24-26, 2013
Instructors: Bill Hubbard and Kris Irwin
Course summary: The primary objective of this course is to provide participants with the opportunity to develop basic knowledge and skills about pond
management that produce sustainable, high-quality fishing.
Course summary: These two courses provide an introduction to forest
management concepts, practices and relevant issues. Anyone with an interest in
forestry and forest management is invited to participate.
Logging Cost Analysis – Tifton, Ga.
Estate Planning for Forest Landowners and their Advisers
Date: July 30-31, 2013
Instructors: Dale Greene and Chad Bolding
Date: November 11-12, 2013
Instructor: Harry L. Haney
Course summary: This course will cover both principles and applications of
logging cost analysis techniques from the perspective of wood dealers, procurement foresters, and independent logging contractors.
Course summary: The program facilitates choosing an effective organizational structure for management and intergenerational transfers of unique
forestry assets.
Conservation Easements for Forest Landowners
and their Advisers – Savannah, Ga.
Timber Income Tax
Date: August 26-27, 2013
Instructors: Harry L. Haney and Katherine Eddins
Course summary: This course provides a working knowledge of conservation
easements as a land-use control, and provides guidance on drafting conservation easement agreements to achieve landowner goals for their property.
Date: November 13, 2013
Instructor: Harry L. Haney
Course summary: This course offers strategies on timber-tax issues that will
help landowners reduce their taxes.
first had the opportunity to meet Harley Langdale Jr. as a young boy tagging along on
a trip to the forests of south Georgia — I think it was the summer after fifth grade.
Like many of us in the forestry profession, we had the opportunity to visit our future office as youngsters and start to appreciate all that forests contribute to our state, its culture
and our upbringing. I remember “Mr. Harley” from that meeting as a gentleman who
took the time to kneel down, shake my hand, and ask what my interests might be — I
was 12 and he was 57. I also remember on that trip we visited some slash plantations outside of Valdosta and went
over to Fargo to view some others. We saw lots of shortwood being loaded onto railcars and visited several logging sites where a variety of products were being harvested and transported to pulp mills and sawmills in the area.
Pretty cool stuff for a 12 year old to watch; I think it had an impact.
The next time I got to see Mr. Harley was some 14 years later as a young forester — again stopping through
Valdosta for a quick visit while doing some growth and yield work with Union Camp Corporation. I was 26 and
Mr. Harley was 71, but he appeared to be 50. In 2003 I accompanied a group of Warnell students on our annual
forestry field tour to Valdosta to visit a couple of the Langdale facilities, a sawmill and a pole manufacturing plant.
During that trip Mr. Harley took the time to meet with the students and discuss our industry and the changes he
had witnessed — no, the changes he helped bring about in our industry. He answered some questions and asked
students about their interests in forestry, but most importantly dispensed some wisdom to those students that
day. I was 43 and he was 88. He talked about creating markets for trees and the impact that had on landowners
trying to hold onto their timberland. He touched on the importance of the manufacturing plants to local rural
communities and economies — the opportunities that such facilities provided to his hometown. He discussed
with the students the risks involved in trying to develop new products and markets and the challenges and lack
of opportunities that such situations presented. Rarely do students appreciate such opportunities to the extent
they should; some might say such experiences are wasted on the youth. However, several of us not-so-youthful
professors (Professor Bob Izlar, Dr. Dale Greene, and I) were honored to have the opportunity to hear his advice.
Based on that discussion, for me Mr. Harley defined the entrepreneurial spirit — constantly searching for ways to
expand his business into new profitable areas, constantly looking for new and better ways to manage his ongoing
businesses, and most importantly, constantly supporting those around him to do the same. I wished we had a
videotape of that visit.
It is amazing to think about the changes Mr. Harley helped bring to our industry. New and expanding markets,
plantation forestry, a host of new methods and techniques applied in an industrial forestry setting made The
Langdale Company a trendsetter in southern forestry — an attribute that is still true today due to his legacy and
wisdom. We will miss Mr. Harley and those like him that so profoundly impacted our profession. But to me personally, whenever I hear the word “entrepreneur,” a vision of Harley Langdale Jr. pops into my mind.
Spring 2013
1
Features
On the cover:
Harley Langdale Jr. (BSF ’37) leaves behind
an unparalleled legacy in Georgia. A forestry
icon, he passed away in February at 98.
12 A Surprising Discovery: An endangered mussel
Table of Contents photo:
Photos are courtesy of Katie McCollum,
Steven Castleberry and Chandler Wood
is relying on an endangered fish to reproduce
13 Damaging Foraging: New study focuses on
The Log magazine staff:
Editor/Writer
Sandi Martin
mitigating damage caused by deer foraging
Contributing Writer
Sarah Arnold
April Conway
Emily Saunders
Josh Seehorn
14 Environmentally-Friendly Dorm: Does knowing how
environmentally friendly a dorm is affect students’ feelings
about sustainability?
Senior Graphic Designer
Wade Newbury
How are we doing?
We welcome letters to the editor and
feedback from our readers. Submit news
items, questions or address changes to:
15 Better Trees Means Better Streams: New study finds
trees improve stream quality in the Appalachians
thelog@warnell.uga.edu
16 A Forestry Pioneer Remembered: Harley Langdale Jr.
revolutionized the forest industry in Georgia
33 Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources
Warnell’s conclave domination continued in 2013!
Our Timberdawgs placed 2nd overall at the Association of
Southern Forestry Clubs’ annual conclave competition, while
the student chapter of the Wildlife Society won 1st at the Southeastern Wildlife Conclave! Both teams consistently place among
the top competitors at their respective conclaves, and each year
students win multiple individual awards. Congratulations to
the UGA Forestry Club and the Wildlife Society!
2012 Annual Report: Take a look at our past year’s
accomplishments, financial support, graduates, and alumni efforts.
28
32
Student News
Alumni News
A Word from the
Alumni Office
Class Notes
Obituaries
Warnell on the Web:
www.warnell.uga.edu
Mike Clutter,
Dean
School News
Faculty Q&A: Jay Shelton
THE LOG is an Alumni Association
publication. It is published twice a year in
the fall and spring.
Warnell School of Forestry
and Natural Resources
Administration
In Every Issue
4
7
8
20
27
The Log
Warnell School of Forestry and
Natural Resources
180 E. Green St.
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
Sarah Covert,
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
In compliance with federal law, including the
provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments
of 1972, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990, the University of Georgia does not discriminate
on the basis of race, sex, religion, color, national or
ethnic origin, age, disability, or military service in
its administration of educational policies, programs,
or activities; its admissions policies; scholarship
and loan programs; athletic or other Universityadministered programs; or employment. In addition,
the University does not discriminate on the basis of
sexual orientation consistent with the University nondiscrimination policy. Inquiries or complaints should
be directed to the director of the Equal Opportunity
Office, Peabody Hall, 290 South Jackson Street,
University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. Telephone
706-542-7912 (V/TDD). Fax 706-542-2822.
Jim Sweeney,
Associate Dean of Research and Service
Emily Saunders,
Director of Alumni Relations
Bob Izlar,
Director of the Center for Forest Business
Anuj Sinha,
Director of Finance and Administration
Mike Hunter,
Lands and Facilities Director
Spring 2013
3
School News
School News
Staff members honored at Homecoming
ar
ti
n
p h oto
by
San
di
M
The Warnell School recognized three outstanding staff members at 2012’s Homecoming festivities, honoring them for their service
to the Warnell School. Sara Baldwin, Shawn Baker and Jennifer Culbertson won the annual Alumni Staff Awards, presented each
year to three staff members who have been with Warnell for at least five years and has shown dedication and commitment to the
excellence of the school. Staff award winners are nominated by Warnell colleagues.
M
di
San
by
p h oto
Jennifer Culbertson is no stranger to UGA or the Warnell
School, having worked at the latter for five years. She’s
been with UGA for 11 ½ years, and at the Warnell School
she is a senior accountant who helps manage faculty research
money. Married to her high school sweetheart, Michael, for 14 years,
Culbertson and her husband have two children, Kennedy, 13, and Trey, 6.
Winning one of the staff awards was also a surprise. “I was quite shocked and
very flattered to have been chosen,” Culbertson said. “I’m glad to have such a great
group of people to work with.”
M a rt i n
n
di
ti
San
ar
by
Shawn Baker is a research professional in the Center for
Forest Business, and he has been at Warnell since 2006.
He earned both his bachelor’s (2001) and master’s (2003)
degrees in forestry from Virginia Tech. “Warnell has fantastic
staff throughout the college, and it is an honor to be recognized by
my peers and colleagues,” Baker said.
ph
to
o
Sara Baldwin, who is editor of Timber Mart-South, has been at Warnell since 1999, starting
as a graduate student earning her master’s degree and working part-time at Timber
Mart-South. She moved up to full-time in 2000 and now focuses on research, but
she also performs outreach to private, government and academic interests in timber
and timberland. “I am honored to be included with Shawn and Jennifer, both of
whom have worked hard and well to make Warnell a very special
place to work and earn a good education in forest resource
management,” Baldwin said.
Forestry Day at the Capitol
Several members of the UGA Forestry
Club and student ambassadors attended
Forestry Day at the Capitol in Atlanta
in February 2013, hosted by the Georgia Forestry Association. They attended
GFA’s Young Professionals meeting
about issues facing the state forestry industry and received a tour of the capitol
building.
1978 alum wins football tickets in survey drawing
Congratulations to Mr. Frank Wills (BSFR
’78) for winning two tickets to a 2013 Georgia
Bulldogs football home game! Mr. Wills was one of dozens
of people who completed our readership survey for The Log,
earning a chance to win the tickets. We drew the winning
name in January, and Mr. Wills won! Mr. Wills, who retired
last July from International Paper, is now a consulting forester
in Thomson. Congratulations Mr. Wills!
Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete our
survey, letting us know what you like and want in The Log, the
free alumni magazine provided by the Warnell School. We are
now analyzing the results and comments so we can make The
Log even better. If you have any comments or suggestions, we
want to hear them! Just send us an email at thelog@warnell.
uga.edu.
Attendees were: (Back row) Erik Biang,
Will Burge, Ethan Robertson, Steven
Weaver, Tyler Lock, Caleb Skipper,
Daniel Atkins; (Front row) Warnell
Outreach Coordinator Nicki Pinnell,
Gordon Grizzle, Kirsha Faw, Danielle
Hernandez, Courtenay Conring, Robin
Studdard, Price Barnett, and Student
Services Coordinator Ami Flowers.
File Photo
4
The Log
Spring 2013
5
5
School News
Questions
with Jay
2014 North American Envirothon is
coming to UGA!
By JOSH SEEHORN (BSFR ’08, MNR ’11)
Coordinator, North American Envirothon
Vice-Chair, Georgia Envirothon
File Photo
Photo
by
Wade Newbury
T
6
The Log
he Warnell School has
been influential in my
understanding of wildlife and fisheries biology, forestry, policy, GIS and many other
natural resource disciplines. As
an alumnus, I sincerely appreciate the education I received at
this excellent institution and
cannot express my gratitude
to the professors and individuals who shaped my knowledge
during my time in Warnell.
But now I need to ask the
Warnell community for support, expertise and enthusiasm
for a unique experience that
is quickly approaching. The
North American Envirothon
(NAE) is North America’s
largest high school environmental education competition. Students compete on
five-member teams in areas of
wildlife, forestry, soils and land
use, aquatic ecology and a current subject (that changes each
year). The “current” subject for
2014 is sustainable agriculture/
locally grown. Students compete at the regional, state/provincial and North American
levels. In addition to written
exams that are completed in the field, students
are tested with hands-on components such as pelt
and skull identification, tree identification, water quality measurements and soil classification,
among others. At the North American level,
teams are given an entire day to develop an oral
presentation regarding the current issue; students
then present in front of a panel of judges and are
evaluated on their knowledge and presentation
skills.
Jay Shelton
But this is why we need your help: The 2014 NAE
will be held in Athens, Ga., at UGA from July 20
– 24, 2014. The Warnell School is graciously supporting our efforts with resources and passionate
individuals who understand how the competition
works, but we would love to have more volunteers involved from the Warnell community! As a
former competitor in Envirothon in high school,
I can personally say that this competition influenced my decision to pursue degrees in the fields
of wildlife and fisheries biology.
B.S. (Marine Biology)
M.S. (Fisheries & Aquaculture)
Ph.D. (Fisheries & Aquaculture)
If you are interested in learning more about
Envirothon and how you can be involved with our
efforts, please contact Josh Seehorn at 706/4904845 or my father, Dr. Terry Seehorn at 706/4903758 via 2014envirothon@gmail.com.We would
love to provide you with more information. You
can also learn more about the NAE at www.envirothon.org and the Georgia Envirothon at www.
georgiaenvirothon.org.
On another note, in an effort to raise awareness
and funding for Envirothon and the 2014 event,
I am currently completing a 3,000+ mile Run
Across America from the Pacific Ocean outside
of Los Angeles, Calif., to the Atlantic Ocean outside of New York City, N.Y. I began on Saturday,
March 16, 2013. If you would like to keep up
with my trip or support my efforts, please follow
my progress at www.outdoorjosh.com.
School News
Current Position:
Associate Professor, Fisheries
Education:
Teaching:
Ecotourism & Sustainable Field Orientation, Measurements, and Sampling,
Ecology of Natural Resources,
Introduction to Fish and Wildlife
Management, Georgia Fishes Field
Study, Conservation Aquaculture,
Natural Resources Management for
Teachers
Personal:
Daughter, Rose
You teach parts of three required core classes at Warnell,
exposing you to nearly every
student who passes through
our program. Tell us about
this opportunity to help shape
their understanding of our
natural resources and that delicate balance.
My involvement in multiple core
classes gives me the opportunity to
emphasize the overall mission of Warnell — conservation and sustainable
Shelton
management of our precious natural
resources — as it applies to students in
all four of our majors. Despite studying
different disciplines, our students have
a great deal in common when it comes
to skills needed for a successful career
You are heavily involved in
both interdisciplinary research
and outreach services, including work on a watershed assessment protection plan that
could be used in Costa Rica.
Tell us about this nature of
your work.
I’ve been working for several years as
part of a team of UGA faculty and staff
helping to develop watershed protection plans for drainages all over Georgia. More recently I’ve begun working
with the UGA Costa Rica program
and the campus, which is adjacent to
the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve,
to develop a strategy for sustainable
watershed management for the three
drainages in that region of Costa Rica.
You’re working with Dr. Robert Bringolf on training workers at the Georgia Aquarium
about aquatic ecology issues in
fisheries management. What is
the importance of this?
We’ve conducted two training programs for Georgia Aquarium Education Department staff, one at the
Aquarium and one within Warnell’s
Whitehall Forest. We have plans for
more programming this summer. We
view this as a highly synergistic collaboration because both UGA and the
Aquarium are dedicated to sharing in-
formation about the value of aquatic
biodiversity and promoting conservation action, and so many thousands of
people visit the Aquarium each year.
You are also co-teaching an
aquaculture conservation class
with Dr. Bringolf, focusing
on fisheries and sustainability. What’s the significance of
farmed and wild-caught fish
now being at the same level
around the world?
Global demand for fisheries and related
aquatic products is certain to continue
increasing, but harvest from capture
fisheries has been exploited to its limit
and in many cases beyond. Aquaculture plays a vital role in global sustainable food production. In our Conservation Aquaculture class we explore the
science of sustainable aquaculture and
we also explore the role of aquaculture
in fish conservation.
This will be the third year of
Warnell’s new Maymester fisheries class. How significant is
this new course to our fisheries
students?
I think that field experience is very
important to all students. Students
who enroll in the Georgia Fishes Field
Course are exposed to a completely
different form of learning. Instead
of spending time in a classroom, we
travel around Georgia for three weeks
investigating Georgia’s diverse fisheries
resources. We camp in the mountains
and spend time on Sapelo Island. Feedback from all students has been very
positive, and we really enjoy teaching
it.
Spring 2013
7
Student News
Student News
Chelsea Welch will compete
in 2013 Miss USA pageant
Fulbright
program
not just for
the elite
MNR student plans to join Peace Corps
8
The Log
Welch, the daughter of Cindy Welch of
West Union, W.V., previously won the
2007 Miss West Virginia Teen USA and
placed in the top five at the Miss Teen
USA pageant. She earned her bachelor’s
degree from Brown University, but she
was attracted to the Warnell School after
learning of the Peace Corps Master’s
Program and how connected the Warnell
School is with the Odom School of
Ecology, where she is also taking courses.
“I’m interested in how conservation
and protected areas affect both wildlife
populations and human livelihoods in
developing countries,” Welch said. “I
am extremely invested in East Africa.”
Welch said she spent a semester studying
wildlife conservation in Tanzania during
her junior year at Brown University.
“I fell in love with the culture and
natural beauty and now have an
aching desire to return for a longer
duration,” Welch said. “There are
just so many intersecting issues
to study in this geographic area;
particularly, I am fascinated by
the convergence of economic
development, agriculture, and
wildlife conservation.” She
had plans to travel there this
upcoming summer to study
with Dr. John Carroll for his
wildlife conservation course
in Botswana, but she recently
Photo
by
Sandi Martin
learned that the Miss USA pageant will
be June 16 in Las Vegas. Welch said she
still plans to use her Warnell degree to get
to Africa somehow.
Miss West Virginia Pageant
gown, win Miss West Virginia USA, and
get ready for the Miss USA pageant next
year. “I’ll admit, it has certainly been
interesting to TA an outdoor ecology lab
while simultaneously preparing for Miss
USA,” she said. “These two passions of
mine – nature and pageantry – often
clash and that keeps my life interesting.
photo courtesy of
O
n paper, Chelsea
Welch sounds
like a typical
Warnell School graduate
student. She is getting her
Master of Natural Resources
degree, is interested in
conservation and the
interaction of humans
and wildlife in developing
countries, and is part of
the Peace Corps Master’s
International program. But
Welch might be the only
Warnell student to walk
across a stage in an evening
She hopes to use her crown to spread her
passion for wildlife and conservation to
others. “I have a particular passion for
women’s empowerment and exposing
youth in rural areas, especially girls, to
the scientific world at an early age,” she
said. “I hope to use my title to accomplish
these goals and through that, create
awareness of conservation and other
environmental issues among a broader
population.” Should Welch be crowned
Miss USA, it will definitely force her to
be flexible about her plans. “If I win, I
will move to New York and fulfill my year
long reign as Miss USA, but this won’t
change my plans, only delay them,” she
said. “I still plan to serve in the Peace
Corps if I become Miss USA.”
By APRIL CONWAY (BS ’03)
Ph.D. Candidate
W
hen my dissertation funding ran out in 2009, I
was uncertain if I would ever complete my field
research on the pygmy hippopotamus on Tiwai
Island, Sierra Leone. As I explored avenues for further funding,
a colleague suggested I apply for a Fulbright Scholarship.
Fulbright had always seemed only for the elite and certainly not
for a student investigating an elusive wildlife species. However, I
decided to try, and was soon collaborating with campus adviser
Maria de Rocher to strengthen my application. After an anxious
10-month wait, I received an envelope in my mailbox with the
fantastic news that I was now a Fulbright. In August 2010, I was
on a plane to Sierra Leone to continue my research.
Fulbright is an international exchange program that sends U.S.
citizens to approximately 140 countries and brings foreign
students to the U.S by covering travel and living expenses. Unlike
other grants that target particular fields, Fulbright welcomes
diverse applications “to increase mutual understanding between
people of the U.S. and people of other countries through
exchange.” For students and recent graduates, the program offers
research/study grants and English teaching assistantships. Both
opportunities last 8-12 months and require essays, references and
interviews. Further requirements vary by country and program.
The Fulbright Scholarship enhanced my own research by
allowing me to purchase equipment and hire assistants to
extend the scope of my work. I was directly connected to the
U.S. Embassy and thus able to work outside my dissertation to
give back to local communities by conducting environmental
education. I also had the opportunity to experience rich Mende
photo courtesy of
April Conway
culture by attending social events. In December 2012, I was
chosen as a Fulbright Student Ambassador to represent the
Program through presentations and to advise future applicants.
The Fulbright Scholar Programs send 800 U.S. professionals
in a wide range of fields to countries around the world from
two weeks to one year. Dr. John Carroll, a Fulbright Scholar,
spoke of his experience, “my Fulbright in Cyprus in 2009
provided a unique opportunity to spend more time working in
a foreign country than is typically possible with typical faculty
responsibilities on campus. There, I was able to work with both
Greek and Turkish Cypriot students and biologists on a variety
of projects.” Other Warnellians receiving a Fulbright include
former faculty member Sara Schweitzer (Scholar, Bulgaria
2002-03) and Jeffrey Thompson (Student, Argentina 2003-04).
Dr. Salih Gücel from Near East University recently visited in
collaboration with Dr. Carroll on development of a Turkish
hunting and firearms safety course. Dr. Lawrence Morris will
soon be travelling to Brazil as a Fulbright Scholar to teach a
course on “Recycling and Treatment of Waste and Wastewater
in Forests” as well as to research phytoremediation approaches
to remediating contaminated sites.
Warnell has a proud history of Fulbright Scholars and Students
reaching out globally to foster mutual understanding of natural
resource and forestry issues. For more information about the
Student Program, contact Maria de Rocher at derocher@uga.edu
and for the Scholar Program, contact Kasee Laster at klaster@
uga.edu or go to http://eca.state.gov/fulbright
Spring 2013
9
Student News
Student News
UndergraduatePROFILE
GraduatePROFILE
Corey Green
A
fter Corey Green graduated from UGA, he moved
to North Carolina, worked a little, and thought
a lot about getting a master’s degree. He did the
math, as it were, and ultimately decided to return to UGA
and attend Warnell. “This is the best decision I’ve ever made,”
he says. Corey, who has a bachelor’s degree in statistics, had
wondered how to use his mathematical knowhow in a way
he’d truly enjoy. Warnell was his answer.
Corey is the son of UGA statistics professor Christine
Franklin and Dale Green, who is no relation to Warnell’s
popular professor Dr. Dale Greene. But in a small world,
it was Warnell’s Dr. Greene who encouraged Corey to
considering a master’s degree in forestry. The Watkinsville,
Ga.-native met Dr. Greene through the Boy Scouts (Dr.
Greene is heavily involved in that organization, and Corey
earned his Eagle Scout), and even helped at the biannual
Advance-a-Rama before it moved from the old Navy School
in north Athens to the Warnell School. They’ve even done
the Boy Scouts’ Philmont Trek together; Corey has done the
12-day backpacking expedition in New Mexico four times.
“From the beginning of the statistics degree I knew that I
wanted to apply everything that I learned to a field in which
I could be passionate about my work,” Corey said. “While
being a statistical consultant would have been a successful
career, the passion for my work wouldn’t be there. Forestry
is a field where I can use the skills I learned in undergrad in
a field that I love.”
Corey is working under Dr. Bruce Borders, helping with
the forestry inventory analysis and analyzing samples from
the PMRC, but he plans to do his thesis on biomass, which
he believes is an intriguing forestry field with untapped
potential.
M
ichelle Webber is what you might call
“passionate.” Others might call it fearless,
or strong determination. You might also say
she’s OK with getting a little dirty out in the wild and
moving to poor countries with none of the amenities
Americans take for granted. She hikes, she kayaks and she
enjoys every minute of it. Over Christmas later this year,
she and some friends will be rafting and kayaking down
the Grand Canyon River — for 25 days, camping on the
shores. And one day she plans to go overseas to work with
deaf individuals in developing countries for the Peace
Corps. Education is her passion, she says, but she won’t
limit herself to a life spent indoors. “I want to experience
my life to the fullest,” she insists. “I want to see the world,
as much of it as I can, and what I’m lucky enough to see
in that time will be just right for me.”
Webber will graduate in May and is contemplating
graduate school, with the plan of one day teaching at the
college level. But she’s not sure she wants to jump into
another degree program right away. “I’m too unfocused
right now,” she says. But she has definite plans, and those
plans include sign language and the Peace Corps with
her future husband. “My sign language classes taught
me the difficulties that deaf individuals face in poor
communities,” Webber says. “Deaf is seen as ‘dumb’ and
many deaf people in such situations lack education or
training that would allow them to become functioning
members of their societies — often an isolating experience.
As an undergrad, Corey says, he was always told he “could
play in anybody’s yard with a degree in statistics.” So he didn’t
need much persuading from Dr. Greene. “When Dr. Greene
mentioned that Warnell would be a good fit for me, I had
a moment where I couldn’t believe that I hadn’t thought of
that earlier,” Corey says. “It was just the perfect fit. I enjoy the
challenges that the field of forestry presents and I enjoy using
what I have learned to work towards solving them.” In fact,
he hopes that a degree from Warnell will lead to his dream
job as a research scientist in a forest research station with the
U.S. Forest Service. “I see myself as someone who likes to
both get out and get my hands dirty, but then go inside and
analyze the data,” Corey says. Corey expects to graduate in
May 2014.
“That sucks, so let’s do something about it!” she exclaims.
“I have a passion for education and sign language, so I’ve
decided to put them to good use somewhere. Oh, and you
can serve with your spouse! How cool is that?” So that’s
what they’re planning to do. She and Kevin McDonnell
(BSFR ‘10) met during an internship with the U.S. Forest
Service, and they plan to be married in the near future.
Their applications for the Peace Corps can take a year, but
once they’re accepted they’ll be posted together, she says.
Attending the Warnell School wasn’t something the 25-yearold had originally envisioned, but neither was getting a
bachelor’s degree in statistics. His mother introduced him to
it, but he chose it as his undergraduate major as a challenge
to himself. But he knew he didn’t want a graduate degree in
statistics — instead he wanted to apply it in another field.
10 The Log
Michelle
Webber
Her four forest service internships didn’t just land her a
fiancé, either. They’re also what brought her to the Warnell
School. Originally matriculating at Boston University, the
photo by
Sandi Martin
photos courtesy of
Michelle Webber
Rhode Island native was toiling away in geology classes,
staring at rocks under microscopes and spending a lot of
time indoors. A summer internship with the forest service
“out in the woods, getting paid to hike or ride a mule
every day” made her realize that “it was time to switch
majors.” McDonnell helped steer her to Warnell, and she’s
never looked back. “I’m not sure why I feel so connected
to the natural world,” she says. “Perhaps it’s part instinct,
part upbringing, and maybe some nostalgia thrown in
there. My parents brought me up with that phrase, ‘go
play outside, I’ll see you at dinner time,’ and I wasn’t
coming in ‘til the street lights turned on. Coupled with
ever-increasing urbanization and a home state that ranks
No. 2 in the nation for population density, I’ve found that
nature feeds my soul like nothing else.”
Spring 2013 11
Research News
Research News
Endangered and separated:
Researchers identify
mussels’ fish host
Gulf sturgeon and
Purple Bankclimbers
both in peril,
blocked by a dam
L
ittle is known about the fish that freshwater mussels
rely on as hosts to reproduce. But Warnell researchers
have made a startling discovery: One federally endangered freshwater mussel is relying on a federally endangered
fish species as host for its larvae. In fish host trials last year,
Ph.D. candidate Andrea Fritts, her advisor Dr. Robert Bringolf,
and sturgeon expert Dr. Doug Peterson discovered that Purple
Bankclimber mussels use Gulf sturgeon. Not only are
both endangered species, but they are now separated from each other by a large dam built
six decades ago.
high numbers. “Dams are known to fragment habitat and have
adverse effects on river ecosystems, but this situation unequivocally illustrates the need to re-establish connectivity and natural
flow regimes in river systems,” said Bringolf. “The fate of these
mussels and others often rests with the fate of their host fish.”
Mussels play an important role by filtering our rivers and lakes,
maintaining water clarity, removing contaminants, and
helping balance bacteria levels. Although Georgia
is home to several federally listed mussels, the
host fish required by many rare and common mussels remain largely unknown.
Many mussel species require specific
It’s challenging to figure out which
fish species as hosts. A typical way
fish species the mussels need as hosts,
to reproduce, Fritts explained, is for
Bringolf said, making this discovery
mussels to release their larvae —
even more significant. Their idencalled glochidia — into the water
tification of Gulf sturgeon as a key
column,
bound in mucus. These
host fish for Purple Bankclimbers
glochidia, which are about the size
was recently published in Freshwater
of a grain of sand, then pass through
Science. Although the Warnell team
the mouths and gills of passing fish, and
also found that Purple Bankclimbers
Ph
snap
onto the gills of the correct host. Fish
can use darters as hosts, the success rate
)
ot
d
o
re
C
u
t
ou
tissue creates a capsule around the glochidia
was substantially lower, and the tiny darters
rt e
( pic
ts
sy o
f A nd r e a F r i t
which, over a period of 2-3 weeks, develops into a
produced only a fraction of the number of juvejuvenile mussel with a foot, gills, muscles, and a digestive
niles produced by the large Gulf sturgeon.
tract. Juveniles detach from the fish gills, fall to the river bottom
Purple Bankclimbers are native to the Apalachicolaand eventually grow into adult mussels.
Chattahoochee-Flint River basin in Georgia, Alabama and
Peterson and Bringolf will be moving some tagged Gulf sturFlorida. Jim Woodruff Dam, which created Lake Seminole on
geon above Woodruff Dam and tracking them to see if they
the Georgia-Florida border, was built in 1952 and has blocked
can navigate the reservoir section of Lake Seminole to reach
upstream movement of the Gulf sturgeon to
their native spawning grounds in the sections of the Flint River,
the Flint River where they used to spawn,
where the mussels also occur. “Fish passage at Jim Woodruff
and where the mussels were historiDam has the potential to create one of the greatest success stocally found in
ries in ecosystem recovery to date,” said Peterson.
New study focuses on
deer foraging damage
I
t’s no secret that overabundant deer can be incredibly
destructive to a forest landscape. Too many deer on a
landscape can seriously undermine biodiversity and
sustainable wood and fiber production by foraging for food
in certain areas. But scientists have a hard time predicting
how much damage different deer herd sizes can cause. Drs.
Nate Nibbelink and Karl V. Miller, along with Ph.D. student
David Kramer, want to find out if landscape heterogeneity
and the intensity of forest management affect deer browsing.
foundation of landowner cooperation, Miller said, and it will
allow them to investigate the relationships between foraging,
deer densities, and forest habitat diversity. “This is one of the
most rigorous studies of its kind in terms of the magnitude
of the experimental design and the amazing cooperation of
the landowners,” Nibbelink said. “If important relationships
exist, we will detect them, and our experiments should give
us the evidence we need to make better recommendations for
forest management.”
The Warnell researchers and their U.S. Forest Service partner Dr. Alex Royo have received a $428,000 grant from the
USDA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative to conduct
the project, which will be the first-ever exhaustive examination of these relationships in forest ecosystems. They plan to
piggyback onto an existing project in the northern hardwood
forests of Pennsylvania, where a management plan has already
created a notable difference in deer
densities and habitat diversity. That project already
has a solid 10-year
Although the U.S. is home to numerous ungulate species,
the researchers are focusing on white-tailed deer because
they are the most abundant and widely distributed of all
ungulates in the eastern U.S., currently exceeding 30 deer
per square mile in half the counties east of the Mississippi
River. “However, it’s not the actual deer densities that are
important,” said Miller. “Some landscapes and habitat types
can easily support this number of deer, whereas this number
would be considered overabundant in other landscapes.” By
looking at a number of sites across the northern regions of
Pennsylvania the researchers will evaluate how a number of
landscape variables can impact the potential for deer to affect forest vegetation. This, in turn, will allow the development of deer density goals for specific landscapes that will
minimize deer impacts on forest ecosystems. “Alternatively,”
said Miller, “our research can help direct forest management
decisions to ensure adequate forest regeneration by considering deer densities along with other landscape features.”
The project will use long-term vegetation and deer population data and merge it with spatial information to determine how browsing varies with deer density and habitat diversity. In addition, they will build 20 0.5 hectare exclosures
to test how localized foraging affects vegetation across a
range of deer densities and if habitat diversity mediates
those impacts.
“The end result,” Miller added, “is to develop a balance
between deer management and forest management by
looking at the big picture. We’ve known for a long time
that too many deer can cause ecological problems. The
integration of deer management plans and forest management plans at the landscape level will be the key to
establishing this balance.”
File Photo
Spring 2013 13
Illustration
by
Wade Newbury
Research News
Research News
D
it?
E
E
w
!
L
d
no
k
e
i
s
I’m ertif student
c But do
Photo
courtesy of
Rhett Jackson
Trees make
for better
streams
has an indoor bike rack on the
ground floor for students conscious
of fossil fuel emissions.
By SARAH ARNOLD
A
s the environmental movement strengthens, businesses
and institutions of all types
are making efforts to “green up” their
practices. The use of recycled materials
for packaging products, constructing
buildings out of sustainable materials,
and installing energy efficient appliances
and light bulbs are just small examples
those efforts. Within the last five years,
even universities are getting involved.
Providing sustainable housing is making its move in some of the nation’s
largest schools. Now, the
University of Georgia has
proudly joined the team.
Building 1516 of the Reed
complex is a student residence hall and the campus’s
only Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design
(LEED) certified residence
hall.
A LEED-certified residence hall is something to get excited about, but now that
construction has finished and residents
have moved in, there is no evidence to be
found of the building’s special status—
save for a small blurb on the Department
of University Housing’s website. Not
even a single LEED logo can be found
anywhere in the building. The hall itself
was built to match adjacent residence
halls and operate as a traditional residence hall, so even though the building is
LEED-certified, it doesn’t look the part.
Many residents are completely unaware
of the building’s special features.
“The lack of interpretation and attention to the LEED-certified status takes
aw ay from this hu ge
step toward the trend in
sustainable housing on
campus,” said Jane Diener,
a Warnell graduate student
who is focusing her master’s research on natural
resources recreation and
tourism. “This is hindering 1516 from being an
effective tool to educate
This building subtly shows Building 1516
students about sustainable
off such features as lowlifestyles. It could be used
flow water systems, energy efficient
for so much more.”
thermostats which automatically shut
heating and cooling systems off when a
Diener wants to know if living in 1516 is
window is opened, and lights that turn
increasing the environmental literacy of
off after a period of inactivity. It even its residents, so she is conducting pre- and
post-test surveys to find out. In another
14 The Log
W
Jane Diemer stands on the front balcony
of Building 1516
residence hall, where an environmental
education program is already in place for
its residents, she will be using the same
pre- and post-test surveys. Her initial
data will help her determine which has a
greater impact on its residents: an active
environmental education program or living in a sustainable environment. Her
hope is that implementing education, say
in the form of interpretive signs around
the building that explain its special features, will enhance their experience and
impact residents’ personal everyday decisions regarding sustainability.
Advertising the building as LEEDcertified “would set us apart from a lot of
other schools,” Diener said. “It would put
us in the same group with schools who
are known for their sustainable initiatives,
and it would really set a great tone for
the rest of the university to begin to think
about sustainable design.”
photos by
Sarah Arnold
ant better streams? Plant some trees. A new
Warnell School research study has found that
converting the forests along streams to either
pasture or lawn results in narrower channels, with less cover and less variation in habitats for aquatic creatures, and
also hotter temperatures. Other watershed conditions being equal, streams without trees surrounding them feature
poorer habitat for cold-water aquatic species. Not only that,
he said, but cutting down the trees around streams in the
Appalachians affects the fish and wildlife who make them
home. Trout and salamanders are “adapted to cool, shaded,
messy streams with lots of wood and nooks and crannies,”
Jackson said, “When you make that stream simple and
warm, you favor fish that would normally dominate streams
in the Piedmont, not in the mountains.”
Together they found significant evidence that streams surrounded by forestland provided more and better habitat area
for native species than streams that are in the midst of pasture or grassland:
Part of the Coweeta Long-term Ecological Research Project,
the stream study was conducted by Jackson and others surveying 49 wadeable streams with low levels of development
throughout the Upper Little Tennessee River Basin in the
Southern Appalachians. The Coweeta project, funded by the
National Science Foundation, is one of the oldest continuous
environmental studies in the U.S. and focuses on a number
of regional studies that look at the impacts that exurbanization and climate change have on water quality, water quantity and other ecosystem services.
• Streams without forestland around them experienced
maximum summer water temperatures that were four to
six degrees Celsius warmer than in streams with shading
trees.
Jackson’s master’s student Lynsey Long led the field data collection, and geomorphologist David Leigh from the UGA
Geography Department assisted with the study design
and data analysis. John Chamblee of UGA’s Anthropology
Department supported the project with GIS analysis. In
conjunction with these physical surveys of stream conditions, other researchers from Warnell and the Odum School
of Ecology sampled amphibian, invertebrate and fish assemblages in these streams. Another anthropology student has
been surveying streamside landowners about their streamside
management decisions.
• The beds of streams surrounded by forestland were two
to three times wider than those without, and even those
with just single tree buffers were wider than unbuffered
waters;
• Streams surrounded by grassland had little or no wood
present, which is important for providing cover for animals and forming more complex habitats such as wood
jams, pools and alcoves. The more habitat complexity a
stream has, the more different types of organisms can
use it;
Jackson said the plan now is to take these findings and
communicate them to the landowners in the Appalachians.
However, they will be fighting cultural beliefs prevalent
among landowners. Other Coweeta researchers, Jackson said,
have found that people in the area believe they were improving the quality of the streams by removing trees, as well as
enhancing the aesthetics of the region. As a result, many of
these streams aren’t forested now, he said. Researchers hope
that landowners will hear these results and plant trees. One
group, the Little Tennessee Land Trust, is planting trees
along 1,000 feet of stream now. The goal, Jackson said, “is to
inform people that you can make streams a lot better just by
giving them a little forest next to them.”
Spring 2013 15
A FORESTRY
PIONEER
REMEMBERED
Story by SANDI MARTIN
V
ALDOSTA, Ga. — When Harley Langdale Jr.
was 85 years old, he enrolled in a class at the
local tech school. While others in his age group
shunned or treated new technology with apathy, “Mr.
Harley” looked at computers and saw the enormous
potential. Never one to back away from learning something new, he took a class to learn how to use them. “That
always impressed me — his willingness to change,” said
Larry Fudge, vice president of procurement for Langdale
Industries Inc. “He embraced it.”
But Mr. Harley didn’t just embrace personal change — he
helped change the forest industry. After graduating with a
bachelor’s degree from what was then the George Foster
Peabody School of Forestry in 1937, Harley Jr. returned
home to Valdosta and decided to do something a little different with trees. He and others ended up changing the
industry completely. Mr. Harley, as he was often called,
died Feb. 10, 2013. He was 98.
Photo
courtesy of
the V aldosta
Daily Times.
A humble man well-known for his generosity and fierce
work ethic, Mr. Harley leaves behind an unparalleled
legacy as a forestry pioneer whose vision and passion for
the industry helped usher in the era of tree farming, sustainability and a new way of doing business — overcoming
the laughter of his peers and his father’s reservations about
harvesting timber rather than the tried and true turpentine
business. He expanded the family’s business, The Langdale
Company, from a small turpentine producer into a world
forestry competitor with many diversified holdings. “He
was a man of vision, integrity and was respectful of all
people with whom he was associated,” said Arnett Mace,
Warnell’s former dean and most recent UGA Provost. “The
state, and indeed the world, has lost a truly remarkable
person who provided so much to so many. His great vision
and leadership in development of his industry, people and
his community was immense. I and we have lost a great
friend and person.”
A LEGACY’S BEGINNINGS
Harley Langdale, Jr.
(1914 – 2013)
Harley Langdale Jr. is pictured showing the proper use
of a hack (center), holding a clipboard among UGA
classmates in the late 1930s (top left), with wife Eileen
in 2004 at his 90th birthday celebration (top right), as
a young cadet at the Citadel (bottom left) and in 2001
explaining how to use a Rosin Standard Gauge used
during the turpentine era (bottom right).
Born Sept. 8, 1914, Harley Jr. was the oldest of four children of Judge Harley Langdale Sr. and Thalia Lee. Siblings
John, Virginia and Billy completed the Langdale family,
and the children had humble childhoods. Recounted in
“Judge Harley and His Boys: The Langdale Story,” John
E. Lancaster writes about how Harley Jr. and his brothers
in particular “went barefoot most of the time, even during
Unless otherwise noted, all
the L angdale family .
photos courtesy of
the winter, except for very cold days, and they wore overalls
… the boys liked wearing overalls and, on Sundays, always
rejoiced to get home from Sunday school and church to
shed their dress-up clothes and get back into their denim
outfits.”
Judge Harley was a strict father, and he encouraged his
children to be outside, but he and wife Thalia never hesitated to punish Harley Jr. when he engaged in childhood
mischief, such as teasing John that his obituary was in the
newspaper, or disobeying his mother by getting a haircut
she didn’t like. Harley Jr. once put his head between two
spokes in an iron headboard, requiring his father to extricate him. Their childhood had a lot of fishing, hunting and
games, but Lancaster wrote that there was never any doubt
about which of the Langdale kids had ultimate authority.
“Seniority ruled,” Lancaster wrote in The Langdale Story.
“From earliest childhood, John W. always accepted the
leadership of his older brother, Harley Jr. ‘I always had a lot
of respect for Harley,’ (John) recalled. ‘He taught me a lot,
and I followed Harley on a lot of things during those early
days.’ Sibling rivalry between the two boys rarely appeared.
As John put it, Harley Jr. ‘was entitled to more respect than
I was. He was the senior.’ Harley generally led in deciding
what games and activities the boys would engage in.” But
that meant that Harley Jr. was held to higher standards
than the other children. “As the eldest, Harley Jr. took
the greatest heat from their father,” Lancaster explained.
“Judge Harley expected more of him than of the other
children.”
Unlike his siblings, Harley Jr. struggled in school. It wasn’t
for lack of ability — he just wasn’t that interested in his
classes to do schoolwork. John told Lancaster that Harley
Jr. “did not really turn on his academic ability until he got
in forestry school at the University of Georgia. This was
something that he loved … and he did well.”
But that came later. By the time Harley Jr. was around 12,
his father had him working in the turpentine woods. The
Langdale family already had a long history in the forestry
and farming industries, but when Harley Jr. graduated
from high school at age 16, he attended Emory Junior
College in Valdosta before enrolling at the Citadel with
ideas of a legal career. But he wasn’t happy there. He didn’t
know anyone, and low grades disqualified him from a
corporal position. As Lancaster wrote in The Langdale
Story, Harley Jr. became despondent at the Citadel, and
Spring 2013 17
one night he packed up his suitcase and snuck onto a
train back to Valdosta. His stay at home didn’t last long.
Arriving around midnight, his father gave him a stern talking to, and just a couple of hours later, Harley Jr. got on
another train back to South Carolina, where he hadn’t yet
been missed.
But it was an encounter with a senator that led him to
UGA. While hunting at Palmetto Bluff, a South Carolina
hunting camp, Harley Jr. met Senator Walter George. The
two shared a common interest, and George’s son attended
UGA’s forestry school. Harley Jr. was convinced, and after
his second year at the Citadel, he transferred to UGA,
which he once called “one of the greatest blessings of my
life.”
But at the time, he wasn’t so happy. He was initially disappointed in what UGA’s forestry school offered: The
curriculum wasn’t relevant to South Georgia forestry problems. Students had to use outdated books translated from
German. And the classrooms were decaying, as at the time,
the forestry school was working out of an abandoned Vet
School building.
Classmate and friend Jim Gillis Jr. remembers that dedication as a student. Harley Jr. had been a year ahead of
Gillis, but an appendectomy gone wrong had put Harley
Jr. behind in school. “He was kind of quiet, but he had a
lot of friends,” Gillis recalled recently. The two went their
separate ways after graduation, but kept in touch, staying
with each other over the years. Gillis saw how Harley Jr.
expanded the markets for the forest industry. “He was a
dedicated forester,” Gillis said.
The Langdales Expand
Harley Jr.’s botched appendectomy didn’t just delay his
graduation from UGA, it also disqualified him from military service. So while his brothers fought in World War II,
Harley Jr. concentrated on the family business. No one in
Valdosta disputes that Harley Jr. was behind the expansion
and success of The Langdale Company. After he graduated,
his father slowly handed over leadership of the business —
although it didn’t come without some parental hesitation.
Although Judge Harley “was mighty proud of the fact that
I had gone to forestry school” and gave him some leeway
in running the business and making mistakes, Harley Jr.
once said, his father “had serious doubts” about moving
into the pulpwood business and often “questioned his son’s
tree-cutting policy,” according to Lancaster.
After all, turpentine had done well for the Langdales, and
Judge Harley was a turpentine man. But when Harley Jr.
Warnell File Photo
It’s a story also told in “Forestry in Georgia: A Pictorial
Journey,” where Warnell Professor Bob Izlar recounts
how the school was in disarray: the Society of American
Foresters had even rated the school as a “Class C” school,
the lowest rating possible. In 1937, Professor Allyn M.
Herrick “resigned in disgust” and took off for Purdue.
Langdale, the former mischief maker, led a student revolt,
approaching Gov. Ed Rivers and the Board of Regents’
chairman to complain about the building and books, and
“treatment as outcasts in the old vet school ‘dog house,’”
Izlar wrote. Langdale and the others were scolded for
bothering the regents chairman, summoned to the UGA
president’s office and told never to do it again. But the
student revolt made headlines in the Atlanta JournalConstitution, and eventually, the forestry school got the
support it needed for its own building in 1938.
Mr. Langdale is seen as a baby (left) and as a young
UGA student (right, third from left). In later years
(top), Mr. Langdale spoke to Warnell School students
who visited The Langdale Company on a tour.
18 The Log
returned from Athens with his fancy new forestry degree,
he saw three big problems with the forest industry in South
Georgia: Inadequate fire protection, shortage of operating capital, and a lack of markets, all of which negatively
impacted their profit. “In Harley’s view, whatever the land
produced must be used to the fullest,” Lancaster wrote in
The Langdale Story. “Waste must be reduced. To the extent
possible, markets must be found for anything that grew
from the ground or foraged in the forest.”
So Harley Jr. started doing something a little crazy at the
time: He’d plant trees and then harvest them. He’d talk
to people about harvesting their trees, recounts Wesley
Langdale, Harley Jr.’s grandnephew and current president
of The Langdale Company. “His daddy would go around
and talk to them about their gum and find out Harley
had been there. He’d say, ‘Next time
Harley comes around here, ask him
where he got the money to learn
that forestry business!’”
devotion to his faith. Those same traits can be used to characterize Harley Jr., and in fact, when asked to describe the
Langdale Company’s champion, Fudge said, “Disciplined.
In everything he did, he had discipline.”
Harley Jr. was well-known for his structured living in all
areas of his life — eating, working out every day, even
going to bed every day at 7:00 p.m. and rising at 3 a.m. He
“retired” in 2008, but didn’t stop coming to the office until
2009. He was disciplined, but very detail-oriented. Pastor
Mac Weaver, who was Harley Jr.’s pastor for 42 years at
First Baptist Church in Valdosta, said he would come to
church every single Sunday, promptly at 8:30 a.m., and
sit in the same pew every time. After the church did some
renovations, Weaver said, Harley Jr. noticed that the pews
had gotten reversed when they were put back — and he
donated $500 to the church’s mission fund to have them put back
properly. Harley Jr., Weaver said,
was “an enigma.” In the decades
the two knew each other, Weaver
said he never saw Harley Jr. “upset
or disagreeable.” Harley Jr. and his
wife, Eileen, lived very frugally, yet
very generously with their charitable
donations. “He was one of the most
unusual men I’ve ever known,”
Weaver said. “He had a tremendous
gift to relating to people no matter
how much money they had, no matter what their status in life was.”
But Judge Harley came around to
Harley’s vision. The family borrowed money when the banks didn’t
want to give it to them. Harley Jr.
planted trees even when his neighbors laughed at them. There were
times when he’d take money from
his own pocket to pay his employees.
Slowly, however, Harley Jr.’s dream
came to fruition. He spearheaded a
15-year agreement with paper mill
company The National Container
Eileen, who Harley Jr. married in
Corporation, unheard of for that
1943, passed away in 2010. Weaver
time. But that deal led to the consaid that although the two never had
struction of another plant nearby, Mr. Langdale and his wife Eileen.
children of their own, the couple
which led to railroad expansion in
was always courteous and gracious
the Valdosta area. Over the next few decades, Harley Jr.
hosts. For most of their marriage, they lived in the same
transformed the Langdale Company.. He moved it into
modest ranch-style home on their farm, where they’d tell
an aggressive manufacturing model, all while embracing
stories to friends and hunt quail.
sustainable forestry and environmental stewardship. The
Harley Jr.’s legacy will live on, said Warnell Dean Mike
company can boast that every year since the 1930s, it has
Clutter, particularly as others embrace his ideas about busiplanted more trees than it’s cut down, and planted its 100
ness. Harley Jr. was one of the “best entrepreneurs I’ve ever
millionth seedling in 2009.
met in my life,” and although his business savvy may never
be matched, others can strive to do so. “His philosophy
Those Langdale Qualities
has always been, ‘Build it, and they will come.’ And that’s
what he did — build new markets for pine trees. Healthy
Much of what made Harley Jr. what he was came from
forests exist because landowners have markets to sell trees.”
Judge Harley. The family patriarch was known for rising
early, working long hours, determination, frugality and
Spring 2013 19
Distinguished Young Alumnus
Jesse Johnson
J
November 8th & 9th
UGA vs. Appalachian State
Come back to UGA for Homecoming weekend and enjoy all of the festivities:
Golf Tournament • Alumni School Tour • Annual Alumni Association Meeting
Alumni Dinner • Game Day Brunch at Whitehall • UGA vs. Appalachian State
Homecoming tickets are available for purchase.
Contact the Alumni Relations Office at (706) 542-0713
or Emily Saunders at esaunder@warnell.uga.edu for more information.
esse Johnson probably lumps himself in with the foresters he calls “eternal optimists.” But he sees the challenges Georgia’s forestry industry is facing, the changing population from rural to urban and how that affects people’s perceptions of
what foresters actually do. There are a lot of negative messages we need to combat,
he said, and we need to show how important sustainable forestry is. “The reason
people get emotional about trees is because no one writes poems about corn,” says
Johnson (BSFR ’00). Johnson’s pretty passionate about forestry, and that goes for
the Warnell School as well. And that’s why he was named the Warnell School’s
2012 Distinguished Young Alumnus. “Of any award I’ve gotten, this to me is
kind of the pinnacle,” he says. “It really is.”
Johnson, 35, is a registered forester and a sales agent with Southern Land
Exchange. Officially, he specializes in timberland and recreational properties. Unofficially, he is their go-to guy when someone wants to build a
family homestead rather than just another piece of property. That’s because Johnson knows a thing or two about that, having grown up on 500
acres of family land. Johnson used to go exploring, wandering around,
getting lost and then finding his way back. He was just 3 years old when
his mother took him hunting for the first time, and he killed his first
deer with her help at age 9. “I took to it like a duck to water,” he said.
Johnson may have hunting born in his blood, but didn’t come by forestry that way. When he first came to UGA as an undergraduate, he
was majoring in social science on north campus. His parents “kicked
me off the turnip truck at Sanford Stadium,” he laughs, and it didn’t
take long for him to feel homesick. His mother told him to stick it
out, but his classmates and professors on north campus “just weren’t
my people.” He can thank his roommate, Buck Kennedy, for bringing him to south campus. Kennedy was taking a class in Warnell, and
that’s how Johnson learned that he could go to school to work outside. He moved to Warnell. “I wasn’t in a fraternity, but that’s what it
was to me: A big family,” Johnson says. Johnson remains good friends
with his Warnell classmates, and the close-knit family culture that
helped guide him through college inspired him to help out even after
graduating. Johnson is on Warnell’s young alumni committee and
frequently speaks to current students, offering advice.
After earning his bachelor’s degree in 2000, Johnson moved to St.
Augustine to work for Rayonier, and although it was “fun for a while”
to live on the beach, he grew tired of the Florida climate and culture. His mother had passed away, and Johnson was eager to return
to Athens. He landed a job with Timber Mart-South, but opted to
do some real estate on the side. By 2007, he’d decided to transition
into a full-time position with Southern Land Exchange, selling
land that ranges from 50 to 1,000+ acres. Johnson sees himself in
many of his customers. “I can relate to a lot of my clients, because
they want what I do: a legacy place,” he says.
photo by
20 The Log
Photo courtesy of UGA Photographic Services
Sandi Martin
Spring 2013 21
Robert
Farris
A native of Atlanta, Farris actually started
at the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural
College in Tifton, working for a year after
graduating and even starting his own tree
service business. An avid outdoorsman,
Farris said it was a talk at his high school’s
2012
Distinguished
Alumnus
File Photo
As director, Farris spends more time
indoors than he’d like, but he still pursues hunting and fishing in his personal
life. He and his wife of 26 years, Beverly,
go camping with their children, although
all four of their kids have moved on to
college. Son Lee graduated from Georgia
Tech, Justin graduated from Georgia
State University, daughter Rebecca
attends Georgia Southern, and their
youngest, Laura, is also transferring there
from Macon College. None followed
their dad’s footsteps into forestry, Farris
laughed.
As he’s gotten older, Farris said he’s found
time to reflect on how attending Warnell
shaped his career. It wasn’t just about the
school or classes, he said, but about the
people he met along the way. The forestry community in Georgia is a small
family, and a lot of people are connected
to Warnell. “I’ve gotten something far
beyond from what I expected or imagined: Those lifelong relationships and
partnerships that continue to this day.”
Robert Farris
Dean Mike Clutter said naming Farris
the Distinguished Alumnus was an
easy decision. “Robert Farris has been
a great state forester for Georgia and a
valued friend and alumnus of Warnell,”
Clutter said. “He has fought hard for
forestland owners in Georgia, providing
management advice through the Georgia
Forestry Commission, fire suppression
and control burning support, and most
importantly, he has worked tirelessly
at the state capitol to represent forestry
interests. We are honored to have Robert
as our Distinguished Alumnus.”
He was drawn to UGA because of
Warnell’s reputation as a top forestry
school, and once he got here, he said,
he “had a blast.” The Warnell School,
he said, really gave him a good base for
the diversity of work that he’s done since
graduating with his BSFR in 1984. In
addition to the number of positions he’s
held with the GFC in the past 28 years,
he has also worked with a forestry consultant and managed a Christmas tree
plantation. He joined the GFC in 1985,
and became its interim director in 2006.
He was appointed director in August
2008, and he now oversees Georgia’s forest resources and the agency’s efforts to
provide leadership, service and education
about them. “I’ve gotten to do a lot of
different forestry work and interact with
a lot of folks in different aspects of forestry,” Farris said. “They say diversity is
the spice of life, and I’ve enjoyed that
about forestry.”
courtesy of
That was a real honor, Farris said. “One
of the best decisions in my life was to
attend the Warnell School,” he said. “I
really appreciate the education I received
there. And the degree from Warnell really
opened the door to a lot of opportunities
for me. It resulted in a really incredibly
enjoyable career in forestry, and it has
worked out for me far beyond anything I
could have possibly imagined as a kid or
student. The degree from Warnell allowed
me to do that and opened the door and
gave me opportunities to do what I love.”
career day that drew him to forestry —
that’s where he learned that forestry
offered a number of jobs that appealed
to his outdoors interests. “That’s what got
my attention,” Farris said. “I thought,
‘Wow, you mean that’s something I can
do and get paid for? That would be cool!’”
Photo
R
obert Farris has done a little
bit of everything in his 28
years with the Georgia Forestry
Commission. He’s worked on reforestation projects, fought fires, been a county
forester, done forest stewardship, trained
other GFC workers, been associate fire
chief, and even worked as a district manager. He may joke that it’s because he
wasn’t particularly great at any one thing,
but his position as director of the GFC
belies that. So does his being named the
Warnell School’s 2012 Distinguished
Alumnus late last year.
The Farris family: (back row, L-R) Justin, Bev, Robert, Lee;
(front row, L-R) Tori (Justin’s girlfriend), Laura, and Rebecca
Spring 2013 23
Alumni News
Warnell alums to be inducted into
Georgia Foresters Hall of Fame
T
William F. “Bill” Miller, of Fernandina Beach, Fla., is
currently vice-president of forest operations with F&W
Forestry Services, Inc. Miller began his career with Union
Camp Corporation, and over 27 years with that
company has served in positions of increasing
responsibility, including region manager and
director of wood procurement. After the merger
with International Paper in 1999, Miller served
as southeast region manager before retiring
from IP in 2005. Miller is a past president and
current board member of the Georgia Forestry
Association and board member with the Forest
Resources Association, and a member of the
Forest Landowners Association and the state
forestry associations of Georgia, South Carolina
and Florida. “I have been so blessed in my
Earl Barrs (BSFR ‘74)
forestry career to have worked with so many
quality people — a number of whom have been
Hall of Fame inductees,” Miller said. “To be a
part of such a special group means a great deal
to me. I am very humbled on being selected.”
he Warnell School keeps turning out Hall of
Famers. Three more alumni have been chosen by
the Georgia division of the Southeastern Society
of American Foresters for induction into the
Georgia Forester’s Hall of Fame, one of the
highest honors in the state for industry leaders.
The 2012 inductees are Earl Barrs (BSFR
’74), Bill Miller (BSFR ’70) and Andy Stone
(BSFR ’74). The Hall of Fame honors foresters
who have made outstanding and significant
contributions to the forestry industry, and
numerous Warnell graduates over the past few
decades have been bestowed with this honor.
Their portraits and accomplishments line a
hallway at the Warnell School.
Earl Barrs, of Macon, Ga., is president of
Knapp-Barrs & Associates and Due South
LLC and is a board member and past
president of the Georgia Forestry Association.
Barrs has served on the board of the Georgia
Department of Natural Resources and the
Forest Landowners Association. He has also
served on numerous boards and committees for
the University of Georgia and Middle Georgia
College. Barrs and his wife Wanda were
selected as National Tree Farmers of the Year
in 2009 and received the Governor’s Award for
Environmental Stewardship and Conservation
in 2010 for their efforts in forest management
and environmental education. “Being selected
to the Hall of Fame never seemed to be within
the realm of possibility as a young forester
beginning his career fresh from the University
of Georgia,” Barrs said. “To be recognized by
my peers alongside my mentor Ed Knapp and
others is very humbling and brings great honor
to me and my family. I am extremely grateful
to my family and fellow professionals, for
without their support and guidance this honor
would not have been attainable. I believe like
Gifford Pinchot, ‘Next to the earth itself the
forest is the most useful servant of man.’”
24 The Log
Bill Miller (BSFR ‘70)
Andy Stone (BSFR ‘74)
Miles A. “Andy” Stone, of Fargo, Ga., is
president of Superior Pine Products Company,
which manages 210,000 of timberland in
southeast Georgia. Prior to joining Superior
Pine in 2006, Stone worked for Stuckey
Timberlands in Eastman for 28 years where he
served as president. Stone is a past president of
the Georgia Forestry Association and an active
member of the Forest Landowners Association.
Stone has served his communities in numerous
roles over his career, including service on
committees or boards for the University of
Georgia, Heart of Georgia Technical College
and Okefenokee Technical College. “There are
many people who deserve this recognition,”
Stone said. “I was honored to be nominated and
humbled by the selection. Knowing the people
who lead and have led the forestry community
and are members of the Georgia Foresters Hall
of Fame gives me tremendous pride to join that
group.”
e
v
e
h
r
e
r
t
u
t
u
e
F
s
e
Pr
W
ithout alumni and friends like you, we would not be able to provide our
students and faculty with outstanding academic programs and opportunities. Consider
supporting the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. We have giving
opportunities to fit your needs and would love to guide you to the opportunity which
suits you best. Learn more online at warnell.uga.edu/giving or contact the Office of
Alumni Relations and Development. Giving back to Warnell is exciting and rewarding,
and your gift will make a difference!
Emily Saunders, Alumni Relations and Annual Giving
esaunder@uga.edu
Alumni News
Good time for football,
a good time to come home
I
t wasn’t Emily Saunders’ first Warnell Homecoming, but 2012’s festivities were the first time she was in charge as the school’s
alumni director. Saunders, a Warnell alumna herself, was named alumni director just in time to plan last year’s Homecoming
celebration, and it turned out to be a very fine weekend of football, golf and food. And we raised some money, too, thanks
to Warnell’s Young Alumni Committee, Saunders said. The annual Reid Parker Memorial Golf Tournament raises money for the
Center for Forest Business’ Graduate Assistantship Support Fund, and it couldn’t have happened without the committee’s leadership. “The success of this tournament further demonstrates the fact that our Young Alumni Committee is the envy of other schools
at UGA,” Saunders said. “They are generous with their time, and they consistently set new goals and accomplish them. I am constantly empowered by what we can accomplish together.”
Warnell’s annual Homecoming festivities traditionally feature a fundraising golf tournament, skeet shooting, an alumni dinner,
recognition of our Distinguished Alumnus and Distinguished Young Alumnus, and barbecue on Saturday before the big game. In
2012, the Dawgs trounced the Rebels for a nice win, capping off a great weekend.
It could not have been possible without the generous support from the following sponsors:
AgGeorgia Farm Credit
Gillis Ag & Timber, Inc.
Pierce Timber Company
AgSouth Farm Credit
Hancock Timber Resource Group
Principle Centered Investments
Alexander Brothers Lumber/Dickey
Saunders
Innovative Forest Management
Red River Specialties
International Forestry Company
RMK Timberland Group
Intersate Resources
Sizemore & Sizemore
J & M Forestry & Grading, Inc.
Southeastern Wood Producers
Association, Inc
American Forest Management
American Pest Control
ArborGen
B&S Air
Crop Production Services
F & W Forestry
Forestar Group Inc.
Forestech International
Forisk
Gay Wood Company
Georgia Forestry Association
Georgia Timber
Jesse Johnson
Keadle Lumber Enterprises, Inc.
Kill Cliff
Knapp Barrs & Associates
Land Mart, LLC
Landvest Inc.
Legacy Appraisal Services
Orbis, Inc
Joe and Melanie Parsons
Southern Land Exchange
Southern Timber Solutions
Sterling Consulting
Superior Pine Products Co.
Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP
The Westervelt Company
Tree Co.
Weyerhaeuser
Behind the
Memories…
By EMILY SAUNDERS
O
ne of my favorite questions to ask new alums
is “what is your favorite Warnell memory?” I’ve
been at Warnell for 10 years, and I have too
many happy memories to count. Studying abroad in South
Africa was unforgettable. Collecting deer for Hunters for
the Hungry with Charlie Killmaster, now our state deer
biologist, was a completely novel experience for me, as was
catching a raccoon at the Jones Center during Dr. Bob
Warren’s field course. I even chased armadillos on Sapelo
Island. I met Harley Langdale, Jr. during Forestry Field Tour,
and I lit the woods on fire! More recently, I’ve received calls
from students and alumni who’ve landed their dream jobs.
One of my favorite memories actually took place in gator
territory. In 2005, I traveled to the University of Florida
with more than 30 other students and helped start a Warnell
tradition: Total conclave domination. Since 2005, Warnell
has won every single wildlife conclave that we’ve competed
in, thanks in large part to our superior education and Quiz
Bowl coach, Dr. Steven Castleberry. While I didn’t win any
individual events, I was part of a very loud chorus of “You
Rock!” that erupted as each Warnell student collected trophies for winning everything from archery to dendrology.
I may not have added much to our overall score, but my
presence definitely added to the morale and excitement of
our group.
Alumni participation is like that — although each of us
might be somewhat limited by what we can individually
Emily Saunders
(706) 542-1465
esaunder@uga.edu
accomplish, as part of a team, we can make a big difference.
I challenge you to consider that when UGA comes calling!
Look behind your favorite memories and see what made
them possible. Beloved Warnell Professor Archie Patterson
and his family left an endowment that made my dream to
study abroad in Africa possible. Dr. Castleberry and his
many hours of conclave preparation made our conclave
victories a reality. Numerous alumni, faculty and staff give
their time and money so that Warnell can fulfill its mission
to prepare leaders.
When I look at the picture of the 2005 conclave team, I
see biologists, foresters, educators, zookeepers, scientists,
professors and a veterinarian. There are husbands, wives,
moms, dads and friends. I fell in love with my best friend
at Warnell, and I’m grateful for the many friends I’ve made
along the way. We may not see each other as much as we’d
like, but we are the Warnell family, and we continue to help
each other every day. Even if you only give a small amount,
together over time, those gifts grow into something BIG.
Ask Dr. Jacek Siry if you need a refresher on how compound
interest works. Your time counts, too. Hire an intern, speak
at a club meeting, or serve on a committee. Give back to the
next generation of Warnell students and help them make
their own memories and achieve their dreams.
The 2005
Wildlife
Conclave
team.
photos by
26 The Log
Wade Newbury
File Photo
Spring 2013 27
Class Notes
William Steven Smith (BSFR ‘71) retired from RockTenn on Oct. 31, 2012,
after 40 years with the company.
1960’s
Arthur Winston West (BSF ‘60) is enjoying active retirement on the family
farm. He says he still assists in bushhogging, fence building, woodcutting
and splitting. He is an active member at
Damascus Baptist Church, teaches adult
Sunday school classes, and is a deacon.
Fredrick W Kinard Jr (BSF ‘62, MS
‘64) was named “Bald Eagle Person of
the Year, 2012” on Oct. 2, 2012, at
the International Bald Eagle Day in
Rochester, Minn., by The Eagle Nature
Foundation.
John Taylor (BSF ‘66, MS ‘68) retired
from the U.S. Forest Service in January
2012 after 40 years of service. He said
he is enjoying retirement living on Lake
Oconee in Greene County.
David S Stevenson (BSF ‘67) retired in
2000 from the Lake City Community
College Forestry Department.
James ‘Bud’ Brown, Jr. (BSF ‘69) is
the vice president of RMD Consultants,
a disabled veteran and small business
owner.
1970’s
L. Edward Schuler (BSFR ‘71) retired
from banking after 38 years. He recently
took job as Chief Financial Officer of a
wholesale petroleum distributing company. He also owns a retail tire and service center.
UGA
Johnny Stowe (BSFR ‘92) spoke at
a fire conference in Alberta, Canada,
last December. He is a noted expert on
prescribed fire with the South Carolina
Department of Natural Resources, and
he recently addressed the Wildland Fire
Canada conference, a biennial conference that focuses on forest fire management. Stowe is a wildlife biologist,
forester and Heritage Preserve manager
in Columbia, S.C., and was the keynote
speaker for the opening session. Stowe is
also a past chair of the South Carolina
Prescribed Fire Council, and he is a
longtime advocate for and practitioner of prescribed burning on Heritage
Preserves in South Carolina.
Ricky Layson (BSFR ‘98) is now working for Tolleson Lumber Company in
Perry, Ga., as a procurement forester.
UGA Alumni Association President Steve Jones, Greg Hitson, and
UGA Alumni Association Executive Director Deborah Dietzler
28 The Log
Steven Chapman (BSFR ‘85) retired
March 31, 2013, after 27 years and
eight months with the Georgia Forestry
Commission. He says he plans on being
a good school dad, vacationing with his
family.
Rebecca A. Brown (BSFR ‘94) is the
science chair for Milton High School in
Milton, Ga.
courtesy of
The Bulldog 100 rankings are compiled
annually to recognize alumni who succeed post-graduation in business. To be
considered for the program, an organization must have been in business
for at least five years, have revenues of
$100,000 or more for the calendar year
2010 and be owned or operated by a
For more information,
visit www.uga.edu/alumni/bulldog100.
Photo
Greg Hitson’s (BSFR ‘94) company,
Hitson Land and Timber Management
Inc., placed first on the list, the first
time a Warnell alumnus has taken the
top spot, while Vince Stanley (BSFR
‘94) and his Vidalia Valley was 87th.
UGA alumnus. The program recognizes
the fastest-growing businesses regardless of size by focusing on a three-year
growth rate average.
1980’s
1990’s
Warnell alums make the “Bulldog 100”
Warnell alumni continue to impress
in the business world. The UGA
Alumni Association’s fourth annual
“Bulldog 100: Fastest Growing Bulldog
Businesses” program names two alumniowned businesses as part of the 2013
rankings. The Warnell alums were honored at a prestigious ceremony in January
for their savvy business management.
Alan Dozier (BSFR ‘77) retired in
February 2012 after 34 years with the
Georgia Forestry Commission.
Rafael de la Torre (MFR ‘98, PhD ‘07)
has joined ArborGen as a planning and
analysis manager, where his duties will
include assessing the value of Varietal
and Mass Control Pollinated Pine plantations, evaluating new market opportunities and providing analytic support
and asset valuation for capital investments. He was most recently a manager
of planning and analysis at CellFor Inc.,
and he has authoried or co-authored
more than 20 peer-reviewed articles and
white papers for forestry journals and
magazines.
2000’s
Jamie Greene (BSFR ‘03) had a son,
James Grant Greene, on March 3,
2012, with wife, Wendy.
Rashida Stanley Koster (BSFR ‘03)
married Kyle Koster in Atlanta, Ga., on
Aug. 14, 2011. On July 7, 2012, they
welcomed their first child, Rachel, in
Adairsville, Ga. The family now resides
in Las Vegas, Nev.
Christina Alessi Hacker (BSFR ‘04)
works with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service in Conway, Ark., as a farm bill
biologist. She is married to Michael
Hacker. Their daughter, Emily, is two
years old, and she says they are expecting baby No. 2 in June 2013.
Lisa Giedel Schuchman (BSFR ‘04,
BSA ‘03) married Russ Schuchman
in 2008 and is working as a resource
conservationist for the USDA Natural
Resource Conservation Service in
southwestern Washington. She works
directly with non-industrial private forest landowners and agriculture producers to develop conservation plans and
best management practices to protect
natural resources.
Nevena (BSFR ‘05, MS ‘08) and
James Martin (PhD in ‘10) welcomed
daughters Scarlett Grace on January
20, 2011, and Ada Daphne on July
14, 2012. The family lives in Starkville,
Miss., where James is an assistant professor at Mississippi State University.
Brooks Mendell (Ph.D. ‘04) and
Amanda Lang (BSFR ‘05, MS ‘08) recently authored “Wood for Biogenergy:
Forests as a Resource for Biomass and
Biofuels” through The Forest History
Society. The book reviews the historical context and contemporary issues
surrounding wood bioenergy and provides a primer for teachers, policymakers, landowners, forest managers, and
journalists. It can be purchased through
www.foriskstore.com.
continued next page
Spring 2013 29
Class Notes
Andrew Saunders (BSFR ‘05, MFR
‘07) is now Clarke County’s new environmental coordinator. He was
previously the county’s community
forestry coordinator for five years. He
will support government departments
on environmental-related projects and
programs, interact with community
groups on environmental topics, monitor planning and zoning requests for
potential environmental issues and
serve as the Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design policy coordinator on government construction and
renovation projects, lead development
of a sustainability plan and work on
electric vehicle readiness initiatives.
April and Michael Westbrook (BSFR
‘05, MS ‘08) welcomed son Tristan
Liam Westbrook on April 11 at 11:35
a.m. He was 7 lbs, 15 ounces.
30 The Log
Joe Milanovich (Ph.D. ‘10)
and wife Janice had a daughter,
Amira Mae Milanovich, on
Nov. 4, 2012, in Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Jacob Willis (BSFR ‘08) has been
working for the USDA APHIS Wildlife
Services in South Carolina as a biological science technician since July 2011.
James Goddard (BSFR ‘09) is opening
a restaurant in Anchorage, Alaska, next
summer.
Lincoln (MS ‘08, Ph.D. ‘12) and
Emily Larson welcomed daughter
Aliya May Larson on Jan. 23,
2013. Aliya May weighed 7 lbs.,
10 oz., and was 20.5 inches long.
Tim Filkins and Kylie
Hamlin-Filkins (BSFR ‘07)
welcomed a baby daughter,
Matilda Caris, on Nov. 21,
2012.
Jessica E. Schmerler (BSFR ‘08) started
an exciting new job in September 2012
working for the Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department as the habitat assessment
biologist. Her job consists of receiving
development projects from other agencies, consultants, municipalities, and
providing them with recommendations
on how to proceed with their projects
while avoiding or minimizing impacts
to the states fish and wildlife resources
(waters, wetlands, vegetation, threatened and endangered species, etc).
2010’s
Ami Flowers (BSFR ‘08, MS ‘12)
is now the student and career services coordinator at Warnell, but
she has also just launched her art
website. Her art focuses on forestry and natural resources subjects, in styles from scientific to
whimsical. Her site can be found
at www.amiflowersart.com.
Ar twor k © 2013
Ami Flowers
2000’s (continued)
Class Notes
Gretchen E. Nareff (MS ‘09) is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at West Virginia
University
investigating
Cerulean
Warbler and songbird community response to silviculture on public lands.
Tiffany Williams (BSFR ‘11) has been
a forestry program coordinator for the
National Wildlife Federation since June
2012. She is working on multiple projects involving sustainable forestry and
agriculture, specifically involving longleaf pine restoration, FSC certification,
silvopasture, and grass-fed beef exploratory initiatives. All of her projects focus
on helping small, private landowners
sustainably utilize their resources to receive income from their land. She is also
engaged to Nate Woods, and the couple
plan to wed Oct. 26, 2013.
Laci Coleman (BSFR ‘11) is scheduled
to graduate from Virginia Tech with her
master’s in fish and wildlife conservation in May. She has accepted a job offer
with an environmental consulting firm
called Eco-Tech Consultants in Georgia
which will begin in mid-May.
Joel Adair (BSFR ‘12) is married
to Melissa Adair. Their daughter
Charlotte June Adair was born on Dec.
31, 2012, at 10:08 p.m. She measured 5
lbs., 9 oz. and was 19 ¼ inches.
Anna and Aaron Mathys (BSFR ‘12)
welcomed daughter Julia Hyacinth
on Aug. 31, 2012. She weighed 8 lbs,
4 ounces, and was 21 inches long. The
family then moved to Fort Leonard
Wood, Mo., for Aaron’s army engineer
training, but is now at White Sands
Missile Range, N.M. Aaron is assigned to the 2nd Engineer Battalion
(Combat).
Meg (Williams) Streich (BSFR ‘10;
MS ‘12) and Matt Streich (BSFR
‘10; MS ‘12) wed on Dec. 8, 2012,
at First United Methodist Church in
Fort Valley, Ga. They honeymooned in
Belize and are making their new home
in Corpus Christi, Texas. Matt is currently a Graduate Teaching Assistant
and is pursuing a Ph.D. in marine biology at Texas A&M University in Corpus
Christi. Meg is now Welder Wildlife
Foundation’s conservation education
and volunteer program coordinator.
Calling all Warnell grads!
Tell us what you’re up to these days, and we’ll
send you a free Warnell School bumper sticker.
Don’t forget to include your address!
Alumni Office
Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602
Fax: (706) 542.8356
e-mail: thelog@warnell.uga.edu
Obituaries
In Memoriam
the
William Robert Randall
William Robert (Bobby) Randall (BSF ‘51), of Memphis,
Tenn., died Thursday, Feb. 10, 2013. He was 83. The son of
the late Comer H. Randall and Evalyn Wynne Randall, Mr.
Randall grew up in Washington, Georgia, and graduated from
Washington High School before attending the University of
Georgia. Mr. Randall was retired from West Virginia Pulp and
Paper Company. Mr. Randall was an ordained deacon and a
member of Trinity Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife
of 63 years, Nancy Gower Randall of Germantown, Tenn.;
daughters Nan Newsome and her husband Rick, Sue Wilkes
and her husband Phil; son Bob Jr. and his wife Elizabeth;
brothers David Randall and Buzzy Randall of Washington;
five grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Mr. Randall
was interred in Memphis, Tenn.
N
E
R
LL
A
W
Allen Merrill Simms
32 The Log
F F O R E S T RY AN D N AT U R A L R E S O U R C
O
L
O
O
ES
SCH
File Photo
Three years ago, Allen Simms (BSFR ’11) decided to drive
his own truck to the Forestry Conclave in Arkansas. Only
he and classmate Clayton Smith had made some homemade
biodiesel, and decided to try it out on that trip. “It’s 14 hours
on the road with a homemade batch of diesel,” Dr. Dick
Daniels recalls. “That was quite an adventure.” But that’s who
Mr. Simms was — adventurous. He died March 18, 2013,
in a vehicle accident. Mr. Simms, of Culloden, GA., was 27.
Born Dec. 1, 1985, to Dale and Elaine Simms, Mr. Simms
was a graduate of Mary Persons High School before attending
the University of Georgia. His family said he had a love of
trees and wildlife “of God’s creation his entire life.” He was
a passionate hunter and fisherman, and he loved sharing
outdoor experiences with family and friends. This love of the
outdoors led him to a bachelor’s degree from Warnell, and
after graduation he interned at the Joseph W. Jones Ecological
Research Center at Ichauway Plantation in Newton, Ga. Mr.
Simms was employed at Ecological Equipment Leasing Inc. in
Forsyth when he passed away. His family said he was dedicated
to improving the land he loved by practicing forestry and
bettering wildlife habitats. Mr. Simms was described as having
an easy smile and a fun-loving personality. He is survived by
his parents; brothers Steven and his wife Hannah and their
son Benjamin, and Andrew; and his grandparents, Wesley and
Nan Rapillard, and Katharine Simms.
Dr. Daniels said that he plans to plant a memorial tree at
Whitehall in Mr. Simm’s memory. The student staff of the
2013 edition of the Cypress Knee also plans to dedicate it
to him. “I thought of him as a big guy with a big heart and
he always had a great smile, almost a kid’s smile, not quite
mischievous but always happy. I just hate that we lost him,”
says Daniels.
Annual
Report
the
2012
AT A GLANCE
Total Grant Funds
W A RN EL L
Annual
Report
145 Research/Outreach Grant Awards*
Professional
200 Undergraduate
Fall Enrollment
81 Undergraduate Degrees Conferred
Awarded*
$8,545,321
55 Graduate Degrees Conferred
200
Number of Courses Taught
of Refereed Books,
161 Number
Chapters or Journal Publications
110 Number of Outreach publications
11 Number of Other Publications
647 Number of Presentations Made
* Grants, gifts, and funding on a fiscal year (July 1, 2011 – June
31, 2012) basis; all other measures on a calendar year (2012)
basis.
2012 Fiscal YearSUMMARY
budgetHISTORY
(July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012)
REVENUE
Warnell spent $21.1 million dollars in FY12 in support of its teaching, research and
outreach functions. This is an increase of approximately $1 million dollars over that
reported last year. This increase was primarily due to higher revenues in tuition &
fees, grants and contracts and the associated F&A returns.
State Appropriations (GA Legislature)
$7,128,384
Tuition & Fees
1,912,610
F&A Return
666,072
Foundation
Investments
Departmental Revenue & Conferences
537,217
$25,000,000
Grants & Contracts
7,664,552
Other *
Cooperative Dollars
1,013,589
$20,000,000
Tuition & Fees
$15,000,000
Cooperative
Dollars
$10,000,000
$5,000,000
$0
34 The Log
235 Graduate Fall Enrollment
of Continuing Education
207 Number
and Short Courses
2008
2009
2010
2011
Forest Lands
388,436
Rental Income/Leases
142,757
Foundation Investments
1,662,486
$21,116,103
Grants &
Contracts
EXPENDITURES
State
Appropriations
Salaries & Benefits
2012
* Other includes Departmental Revenue and Conferences,
Forest Lands, and Rental and Lease Income
$12,450,513
Assistantships
2,333,808
Scholarships
Operating Expenses, Travel & Equipment
124,913
6,206,870
$21,116,103
Spring 2013 35
Extramural FundingSUPPORTERS
Extramural FundingHISTORY
Our thanks go out to the following individuals and organizations who
provided funds in 2012 to support our research and outreach programs
$16,000
$14,000
$12,000
$10,000
$8,000
$6,000
$4,000
$2,000
$0
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Extramural funding for FY2012 decreased 22 percent compared to FY11. This was the second year in declining grant
support, and was the result of a significant decline in both federal funding and private funding, offset slightly by
a small increase in state extramural grants. Even so, extramural funding continues to exceed state appropriations
and remains a critical element in Warnell’s research program and graduate education.
Extramural FundingBY SPONSOR
$9,000,000
Federal
$8,000,000
$7,000,000
Private
$6,000,000
$5,000,000
State
$4,000,000
$3,000,000
Other
$2,000,000
$1,000,000
$0
36 The Log
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Agrotain
Alabama Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources
Athens-Clarke County Public Utilities
Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration
Foundation
Beasley Timber Management, LLC
B & S Air, Inc.
Clemson University
Community Foundation of
South Georgia
Consortium for Plant Biotech Research
Deltic Timber Corp.
Deer Capital
Dow AgroSciences, LLC
Duke Energy Foundation
Energy Launch Partners
F&W Forestry Services, Inc.
Florida Fish & Wildlife Conserv. Comm.
Foley Timber & Land Company
Forest Capital Partners
Forest Investment Associates, L.P.
Forest Landowners Association, Inc.
Forest Resource Consultants, Inc.
Forisk Consulting, LLC
Foundation for Agronomic Research
Foxworthy Farms
Frank W. Norris Foundation
Fulghum Fibres, Inc.
G & C Fertilizer
Gavilon Fertilizer, LLC
Georgia Biomass LLC
Georgia Department of Agriculture
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Georgia Department of Transportation
Georgia Division Society of
American Foresters
Georgia Farm Bureau Federation
Georgia Forestry Association, Inc.
Georgia Forestry Commission
Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Ornithological Society
Georgia Pacific Financial
Management, LLC
Georgia Power Company
Gilman Building Products, LLC
GMO Threshold Timber Corp.
Godfrey’s Warehouse, Inc.
Graphic Packaging
Hancock Forest Management
Heritage and Wildlife Conservation
Foundation
Idaho
Idexx Corp.
International Forest Company
Invasive Species Council of Manitoba
Iowa State University
Jekyll Island Foundation
Joseph W. Jones Ecological
Research Center
Kenneth Scott Charitable Trust
Little Creek Preserve
Louisiana Department of Wildlife
& Fisheries
Louisiana State University
McKenzie Taxidermy Supply
Mississippi Dept. of Marine Research
Missouri Department of Conservation
Molpus Timberlands Management LLC
Montana State University
Morris Animal Foundation
NASA
National Council for Air and
Stream Improvement
National Science Foundation
National Wild Turkey Federation
National Institutes of Health
New Fields
Newport Timber, LLC
North Carolina State University
Northeast Georgia Quail Unlimited
Orianne Society
Oregon Department of Conservation
Painted Rock Farms
Parker-Young Farms
Pat Acquisition, LLC
Pineland Plantation
Plum Creek Timber Company
Polistes Foundation, Inc.
Potlatch Forest Holdings, Inc.
Prudential Foundation
Quality Deer Management Association
Rayonier, Inc.
Red Oaks Plantation
Regions Financial Corporation
Resource Management Service
the
W A RN EL L
Annual
Report
Rockhouse Farm
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
Sea Turtle Conservancy
Sigma XI Scientific Research Society
South Carolina Department of
Natural Resources
Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife
Disease Study
Southern Whitetails
Superior Pine Products Company
Tall Timbers Research Inc.
The Campbell Group, LLC
The Consortium for Plant Biotechniology
Research, Inc.
The Langdale Company
The Promised Land WTD Ranch
The Westervelt Company
Timberland II, LLC
Timberland Investment Resources, LLC
Timbervest, LLC
Thompson, Matt
Tolleson Lumber Company, Inc.
Trout Unlimited
University of California Davis
University of Florida
Upson Deer Management Coop
US Army Corps of Engineers
US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
US Department of Agriculture
US Department of Commerce
US Department of Defense
US Department of Education
US Department of Energy
US Department of Interior
US Department of Transportation
US Endowment for Forestry
and Communities
US Geological Survey
USDA Forest Service
USDI Fish and Wildlife Service
USDI National Park Service
Virginia Academy of Science
Virginia Department Game & Inland Fish
Weyerhaeuser NR
Wildlife Management Institute
Wood Supply Research Institute
Zel Engineers Inc.
the
Annual Giving Campaign
PHONATHON
$24,000
Georgia Fund
GIVING
$350,000
$306,250
$262,500
$20,000
$16,000
$218,750
$12,000
$175,000
$8,000
$131,250
$87,500
$4,000
$43,750
$0
2008
2009
2010
2011
0
2012
Comparison of UGA Alumni Participation:
The Warnell School is the secondsmallest school at UGA, yet ranked
fourth in 2012 in the percentage of
alumni who donate back to their
alma mater. This continues a long
tradition of Warnell alumni participation in private fundraising to
support programs.
20 08
2009
2010
2011
2012
Fiscal Year 2012
CONTRIBUTORS BY TYPE
AlumniGIVING
38 The Log
W A RN EL L
Annual
Report
Law
25%
Vet Medicine
18%
Pharmacy
15%
Forestry
10%
Business
9%
SPIA
8%
CAES
7%
Education
7%
FACS
7%
Journalism
7%
Env. & Design
6%
Franklin
6%
Public Health
5%
Ecology
4%
Social Work
4%
Organizations
4%
UGA Alumni
65%
Corporations
17%
Friends
14%
This report represents total dollars
received and designated to the
School/College during the fiscal year
including gifts and pledge payments
regardless of size.
Spring 2013 39
the
STUDENTS
Enrollment by Major
PRE-PROFESSIONAL VS. PROFESSIONAL
$120,000
Warnell
SCHOLARSHIPS
$96,000
220
198
$72,000
176
154
$48,000
132
110
$24,000
88
66
$0
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Professional
Water and Soil Resources
Professional
Natural Resources Recreation & Tourism
Professional
Forestry
Professional
Fish/Wildlife
Pre-Professional
Unspecified
Pre-Professional
Water and Soil Resources
44
22
0
20 08
2 009
2010
$2,500,000
Warnell
$2,000,000
ASSISTANTSHIPS
$1,500,000
$1,000,000
$500,000
$0
2008
2009
2010
2011
Total
ENROLLMENT
2012
400
360
320
Undergraduate
280
240
Graduate
200
40 The Log
W A RN EL L
Annual
Report
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2011
2012
Pre-Professional
Natural Resources Recreation & Tourism
Pre-Professional
Forestry
Pre-Professional
Fish/Wildlife
Transfers BY SCHOOL
School
Spring 2012
Fall 2012
Augusta SU
0
1
Bainbridge College
0
1
College of Coastal GA
1
0
Columbus SU
0
1
Defense Lang. Inst. (CA)
1
0
Emmanuel College
1
0
Gainesville (No. GA)
7
8
Georgia College & SU
2
3
Georgia Gwinnett
1
1
Georgia Highlands
0
2
Georgia Military
0
1
Georgia Perimeter
2
1
Georgia Southern
0
2
Georgia State
0
2
Kennesaw SU
1
5
Middle Georgia
0
1
Pensacola Junior College
0
1
Univ of West GA
1
0
Western St College (Colorado)
0
1
Young Harris
0
1
Graduate Degrees 2012
Undergraduate Degrees 2012
Spring
Smith, Simeon Austin...................................................Forestry
Allen, Tyler Anthony......................................................Forestry
Smoot, Kristopher Charles........Natural Resource Recreation
And Tourism
Alred, Ashley Renee................................ Fisheries & Wildlife,*
Natural Resource Recreation And Tourism
Sofferin, Seth David...................................Fisheries & Wildlife
Atkins, Daniel Tanner............................... Fisheries & Wildlife*
Fall Bennett, Thomas Timothy............................................Forestry
Brooker, Hannah Lorryn............................Fisheries & Wildlife
Butler, Mark Alexander............. Forestry, Fisheries & Wildlife*
Caudell, Thomas Marion................ Water And Soil Resources
Clark, Zachary Seth..................................................... Forestry*
Creamer, Julie Marie................................ Fisheries & Wildlife*
Davis, Alyson Peyton.................................Fisheries & Wildlife
Davis, Brynn Paige.....................................Fisheries & Wildlife
deCamp, Collin Schuyler...........................Fisheries & Wildlife
Diener, Jane Blake... Natural Resource Recreation And Tourism
Duquette, Sara Michelle.............................Fisheries & Wildlife
Furtado, Brittany Vale................................Fisheries & Wildlife
Gay, William Skilor.....................................Fisheries & Wildlife
Hamilton, Thomas Gordon........Natural Resource Recreation
And Tourism
Hardeman, Sarah Elizabeth.................... Fisheries & Wildlife**
Hernandez, Danielle Marie.........................Fisheries & Wildlife
Hickman, John Edward III..........................Fisheries & Wildlife
Hickson, Morgan Lea.................................Fisheries & Wildlife
Honan, Patrick Drake.................................Fisheries & Wildlife
Hotch, Shannon Jean....................Water And Soil Resources*
Huntsman, Kara Myrine.............................................Forestry**
Mancia, Carmen Maria...............................Fisheries & Wildlife
Mathys, Aaron Doyle............................... Fisheries & Wildlife**
Mullen, Catherine Mary..........................Fisheries & Wildlife***
Nesbit, Laura Anne.....................................Fisheries & Wildlife
Adair, Joel Patrick.Natural Resource Recreation And Tourism**
Alles, Kimberly Ann....................................Fisheries & Wildlife
Altman, Bridget Ruth..................................Fisheries & Wildlife
Ashley, Annaliese Kathryn........Natural Resource Recreation
And Tourism, Fisheries & Wildlife
Austin, Lauren Victoria............................ Fisheries & Wildlife*
Beasley, Jordan Henry..................................................Forestry
Biang, Erik Jeremiah.....................................................Forestry
Bird, Christopher Michael.............................................Forestry
Brissey, Courtney Lynn.............................Fisheries & Wildlife
Bruno, Susan Lynn.....................................Fisheries & Wildlife
Caubo, John Eric... Natural Resource Recreation And Tourism
Chapman, KayLeigh...................................Fisheries & Wildlife
Coleman, Amanda Lauren.........................Fisheries & Wildlife
Davis, Annie Moriah...................................Fisheries & Wildlife
Doggett, Sara Theresa...............Natural Resource Recreation
And Tourism
Evans, Charles Swanson...........................Fisheries & Wildlife
Griffin, Allison Anne...................................Fisheries & Wildlife
Griner, John Caleb.. Natural Resource Recreation And Tourism
Janda, Ashlee Marie...................................Fisheries & Wildlife
Kates, Sarah Lynn......................................Fisheries & Wildlife
King, Donavon Jordan...............................Fisheries & Wildlife
Laity, Kellie Marie..................................... Fisheries & Wildlife*
Ninke, Lauren Brittany...............................Fisheries & Wildlife
Pepin, Henry Stone IV................................Fisheries & Wildlife
Lipcsei, Lauren Ericson.......................... Fisheries & Wildlife**
Poston, Jeffrey Thomas................................................Forestry
McNeal, Clinton Darrell..............................Fisheries & Wildlife
Prieur, Abby-Gayle Ashleigh................... Fisheries & Wildlife*
Mercer, Amanda Laurie..............................Fisheries & Wildlife
Romm, Brian Jason...................................Fisheries & Wildlife,
Natural Resource Recreation And Tourism
Middleton, Robert Jackson III.......................................Forestry
Shealy, Noah Haynie..................................Fisheries & Wildlife
O’Neal, Joshua Dallas................Natural Resource Recreation
And Tourism
Smith, Brantley Raymond..........Forestry, Fisheries & Wildlife
Pemberton, Ryan........................Forestry, Fisheries & Wildlife
Smith, Justin Gregory.................................... Forestry, Wildlife
Rossow, John Alden............................... Fisheries & Wildlife**
Strojan, Christopher Robert......................Fisheries & Wildlife
Seagraves, Cody David..............................Fisheries & Wildlife
Taylor, Anna Rebecca.............................. Fisheries & Wildlife*
Sherrod, Charles Allen II............Natural Resource Recreation
And Tourism
Ward, Caroline Lewis.................................Fisheries & Wildlife
Zornig, Katherine Frances.........................Fisheries & Wildlife
Summer
W A RN EL L
Annual
Report
Bednarski, Michael Stanley............................................. PHD
Fall
Dukes, Charles Cory.......................................................... MS
Anglin, Zachary William..................................................... MS
Althoff, Andrea Lauren.................................................... MNR
Herrin, James Anthony...................................................... MS
Lee, Todd Montgomery..............Natural Resource Recreation
And Tourism
Vance, James Michael............................. Fisheries & Wildlife**
Spring
the
Hickey, Jena Renee.......................................................... PHD
Hood, Harrison Barksdale...............................................MFR
Izard, John III.....................................................................MFR
Johnson, Tamara Camille............................................... MNR
Jolley, Patrick Thomas.....................................................MFR
Kelly, James David............................................................. MS
Larson, Lincoln Ray......................................................... PHD
Lowe, Henry Edward........................................................MFR
Mahan, Rachel Diane...................................................... MNR
Morris, Joseph Kelly........................................................MFR
Pinnell, Nicole Kathleen.................................................. MNR
Raybon, Mikin Heath.......................................................... MS
Smith, James Stephen.....................................................MFR
Taylor, Andrew Thomas..................................................... MS
Tuominen, Lindsey Kay................................................... PHD
Bailey, Denise Ann...........................................................MFR
Brown, Sarah Katherine..................................................... MS
Cash, Samuel Gresham Jr.............................................. MNR
Corley, Scott Edward........................................................MFR
Dorison, Adrienne Michelle............................................... MS
Gonzalez Astudillo, Viviana............................................ MNR
McCarty, Harrison Russell...............................................MFR
McKee, Anna Miriam........................................................ PHD
Prebyl, Thomas James...................................................... MS
Seymour, Zachary Lee.................................................... MNR
Skelton, Sarah Elizabeth................................................. MNR
Trushel, Brittany Elaine..................................................... MS
Wan, Yang......................................................................... PHD
Ward, Lauren O’Shea...................................................... MNR
Warnock, Caleb Mills........................................................MFR
White, Robert Blaine.......................................................... MS
Williams, Mary Margaret.................................................... MS
Summer
Yates, Reid Taylor.............................................................MFR
Barnes, Brittany Frances................................................... MS
Carswell, Benjamin Lane................................................... MS
Caven, Andrew James.................................................... MNR
Cecala, Kristen Kimberly................................................. PHD
Coram, James Mark II......................................................MFR
Cutshall, Jason Blaine..................................................... PHD
Dunleavy, Patricia Godwin.............................................. MNR
Flowers, Ami Alese............................................................. MS
Fox, Christine Elizabeth.................................................. MNR
Grimes, Dallas Paul............................................................ MS
Loyd, Kerrie Anne Therese.............................................. PHD
Murray, Heidi Lynn.............................................................. MS
Robertson, Shelley Marie.................................................. MS
Streich, Matthew Karl......................................................... MS
Whiting, Jason Wayne..................................................... PHD
Yin, Jingjing...................................................................... PHD
Yu, Yuan-Sheng.................................................................. MS
Vermilya, Caleb James...............Natural Resource Recreation
And Tourism
Walter, Matthew Douglas...........Natural Resource Recreation
And Tourism, Fisheries & Wildlife
Bower, Dessie Erwin..................................Fisheries & Wildlife
Mitchell, Emily Louise................................Fisheries & Wildlife
Whorton, Michael Williamson....Natural Resource Recreation
And Tourism
Williams, Brianna Marie.............................Fisheries & Wildlife
*** Summa Cum Laude
**Magna Cum Laude
*Cum Laude
Spring 2013 43
DONOR
$10,000 & Up
Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration
Foundation
2012LISTING
Pineland Plantation
Polistes Foundation, Inc.
Rayonier Operating Company LLC
Georgia-Pacific Financial Management LLC
Gilman Building Products, LLC
the
Timberland Investment Resources
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy L. Cash
Tolleson Lumber Company, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Cathey
Virginia Academy of Science
Steven Alan Chapman and Autumn Ellison Chapman
Fordham Timber Company
James L. Cline, Jr. and Raye Johnson Cline
Forestar Real Estate Group
The Westervelt Company
James E. Wise
Dr. Russell H. Yeany and Mrs. Brenda Yeany
Joy and Alfred Viola
Ralph Eugene Hall II
$1,000 - $4,999
Ross Harding
Anonymous (2)
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard D. Hogan
$100 - $999
Mr. Louise Mitchell Coffee III
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Izlar
Adams and Reese LLP
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Collins III
Tom E. Johnson III
AgSouth Farm Credit, ACA
Mr. Allen Shawn Cooper
Jones Lang LaSalle Americas
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Allen
Dr. Sarah F. Covert
American Forest Management, Inc.
Dr. Charles L. Andrews
Sarah Hopper Jones and Alfred W. Jones III
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Daniel Sr.
American Wetlands Corporation
Jon Patrick Liles and
Jo A. Rainey Liles
B & S Air, Inc.
Mr. Scott Patrick Jones
Dasher Industries, Inc.
Arborgen, Inc.
Earl D. and Wanda T. Barrs
Chuck and Rose Lane Leavell
Mary Ellen Aronow
Claude-Leonard Davis and Margaret Crowley Davis
Dr. and Mrs. Arnett C. Mace Jr.
Peter S. Bischoff
Peter Madden and Janice V. Madden
Athens Country Club, Inc.
Mr. Stuart Hall Davis Jr.
Brooks C. Mendell and Elizabeth S. Mendell
Christine N. Brownlie and Robert P. Brownlie
Michael F. Mansfield and Kim Mansfield
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Babcock Jr.
Mr. and *Mrs. Louie F. Deaton
Brian Patrick Murphy and Heidi M. Murphy
Anthony J. Cascio and Julie R. Cascio
Robert Gooding McAlpine and Lorena McAlpine
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Barnes
Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. DeKok
Andy D. Barrs
Mr. Tracy Keith Dickerson
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Barton Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Dodd
Beach Forest Management
Smith Dolliver Jr. and Sharon Nix Dolliver
Barry and Naomi Beers
The Consortium for Plant
Biotechnology Research, Inc.
Forisk Consulting, LLC
Georgia Ornithological Society
Georgia Power
*Fred W. and Carol C. Haeussler
J.W. Jones Ecological
Research Center
National Wild Turkey Federation, Inc.
National Council for Air Stream Improvement
Northeast Georgia Quail Unlimited
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Parker Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Richard L. Porterfield
Quality Deer Management Association
Miles A. and Teresa W. Stone
Agrotain
Mr. and Mrs. James Ira Alfriend
John E. and Becky Anderson
Community Foundation of South Georgia, Inc.
Hancock Natural Resource Group
Steve McWilliams
Deltic Timber Corporation
June Wagner Meyers
Dow AgroSciences, LLC
The Molpus Company
The Duke Power Company Foundation
Newport Timber LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Beasley
Vincent (Zippy) Duvall
Oconee River Chapter of Trout Unlimited
Dr. Bruce Beck
Julian R. and Joyce B. Beckwith
Plum Creek Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Betsill
Potlatch Corporation
Dr. and Mrs. Pete Bettinger
Mr. and Mrs. Druid N. Preston
Energy Launch Partners
F & W Forestry Services, Inc.
W A RN EL L
Annual
Report
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Beach
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Clutter
Dr. and Mrs. Kim D. Coder
Mr. Kenneth Lee Cole
Mr. Wendell Allen Fordham
Forestech Consulting, Inc.
ForesTech International, LLC
Foy Randall Enterprises, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry N. Fuller
Mr. and Mrs. Preston T. Fulmer
Mr. and Mrs. Louis I. Gaby
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Garrett Jr.
Mr. Darrell Allen Gates
Gay Wood Company, Inc.
Mr. John Daniel Gentry Jr.
The Georgia Club
Georgia Division SAF Summer Youth Camp
Georgia Power Foundation
Gillis Ag & Timber, Inc.
Mr. Ben Gillis
James L. Gillis Jr.
Mr. Hugh Marion Gillis Jr.
Mr. Tyler Dominey
Dr. Robin Breckenridge Goodloe
Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Doster
Mr. August Henry Gorse IV and Dr. Elizabeth Hendrix Gorse
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry D. Dowdy
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Dowtin III
Mr. Paul Douglas Dunagan
Dr. Gary Terence Green
Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Gresham
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Griffith Jr.
Superior Pine Products Company
Dr. William Mark Ford and Ms. Jane Louise Rodrigue
Tall Timbers, Incorporated
Forest Investment Associates, L.P.
Prudential Foundation
Big Island Log & Lumber Co Inc Land
and Timber Account
Forest Landowners Association, Inc.
John B. Quillian
Mr. David Lynn Blalock
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Elliott
$5,000 - $9,999
Fulghum Fibres, Inc.
Thomas Reed and Linda L. Reed
Mr. Stewart Irwin Bloodworth
Todd Emily
Regions Financial Corporation
David H. Gambrell and Luck Gambrell
Julie Stewart
BG (Ret.) and Mrs. James W. Boddie Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Evers
Coosa Valley Chapter 519 Trout Unlimited
G & C Fertilizer
Glen A. Garner and Andrea Garner
Mrs. C. M. Stripling
Mr. and Mrs. Willis F. Booth
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald K. Ferguson
Gavilon Fertilizer, LLC
Dr. James M. and Sheila D. Sweeney
Georgia Division Society of American Foresters
Don R. Taylor and Shelba M. Taylor
William Irwin Bowen Jr. and Kelly Mason Bowen
Richard Charles Field and Susan Copony Field
Ms. Tracey Britton
First American Title Insurance Company
Joseph Earl Hightower and Robin C. Hightower
George Wiley Flanders and Cecile W. Flanders
Hildreth Charters
Willard R. Flowers Jr. and Patrice E. Janig
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hinson
Godfrey’s Warehouse, Inc.
Thomas E. Haynes
Newfields
Frank W. Norris Foundation
Steven E. Taylor and Martha McAlpine Taylor
The Page Family Revocable Trust
Georgia Farm Bureau Federation and
Affiliated County Farm Bureaus
Hank and Susan Page
Georgia Forestry Association, Inc.
James C. Parker
Ben J. Thompson
Georgia Power
Timberland II, LLC
Pat Acquisition, LLC
44 The Log
Marshall Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Bullock
Dr. and Mrs. Harold E. Burkhart
Mr. Christopher Waylon Carey
Mr. Douglas Edward Carter
Mr. John Alexander Carter
Delmer D. and Ann S. Dunn
Mr. C. Paul Eason
ExxonMobil Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Griner Jr.
Mr. Victor Underwood Grose Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. Herman O. Hamrick
Mr. and Mrs. Jason M. Haray
Mr. and Mrs. Stephens L. Harp Jr.
Mr. Thomas G. Harris Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Henderson III
Mr. Gary Hill
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Hinson III
Spring 2013 45
the
Mr. Larry Mark Hodges Sr.
Timothy Mark and Wendi Lowrimore
Gordhan L. and Virginia B. Patel
Ms. Christina Ruddick Spilde
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard D. Hogan Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew T. Marczak
Dr. and Mrs. James T. Paul
State Farm Companies Foundation
Dr. John A. Holbrook II and Mrs. Mary Ann Landis
Mathis Land Appraisals, Inc.
Mr. Richard Lee Payne
Phyllis Clay Steinbeck
Mr. William Lemuel Mathis
Plum Creek Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Matthews
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Pope
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett J. Stephens
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton C. Maynard Jr.
Principle Centered Investments, Inc.
Brian Anthony Stone
Ms. Mary Ellen McAlpine
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Purcell
Mr. and Mrs. Scott R. Stone
Ms. Mary Long McCormack
Louisa H. and Robert L. Ramey Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Smyth F. McCrady
Recreational Community Consultants LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Holder
Terrill Crane Hope and Mary Melinda Hope
Hotel Indigo
Mr. Robert Judson Huff
Mr. and Mrs. Morgen D. Ingerson
International Forest Company
Island Day Spa
Dr. and Mrs. C. R. Jackson
Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey J. Jackson
Mr. and Mrs. David T. James
Jekyll Island Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Albert S. Johnson III
Mr. and Mrs. Earle P. Jones Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph B. Jones Jr.
Michael B. Kane
Keadle Lumber Enterprises, Inc.
Dr. Forest E. Kellogg and Mrs. Pat Kellogg
Mr. and Mrs. Harold C. Kendrick Jr.
Kenneth Cole Construction
Mr. and Mrs. Cary W. Kerlin
Dr. and Mrs. George D. Kessler
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Kidd Jr.
Dr. Syd B. Kinne III and Mrs. Georgia Dozier Kinne
Mr. and Mrs. Monty M. Kirby
Brad Kyzer, Jr. Insurance Agency, Inc.
Mr. Braddock K. Kyzer
Mr. John Kyle Lancaster
Landvest, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Max C. Lang
Mr. James Hubert Langley
Mr. Terrence Charles Larimer
Dr. and Mrs. William C. Lenoir Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion C. Lincoln
Mr. and Mrs. Donald D. Link
Mr. and Mrs. Jason E. Little
Little St. Simons Island
Mr. John Jackson Lowe Jr.
46 The Log
Mr. Neal McDaniel
Mr. and Mrs. Jess S. McNeill
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Mersmann
MetLife
Mr. and Mrs. Billy G. Middleton
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Miller III
David Kerlin Mitchell and Mrs. Sharon S. Mitchell
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Mixon
Ms. Rhetta G. Montfort
Mr. and Mrs. Scott T. Mooney
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher E. Moorman
Dr. Lawrence A. Morris
William E. Morse and Mrs. Annis P. Morse
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Morton Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Muir
Todd Holland Mullis
Mr. Scott Frederick Murray
Mr. and Mrs. Rafael C. Nail
Drs. Alison S. & Campbell J. Nairn III
Natural Resource Planning Services, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Augustus L. Newton
Mr. Nathan Paul Nibbelink
Nixon Land Company
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson A. Nixon
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Norris
Randy and Suzanne Nuckolls
Omega Steel, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Osborne
COL and Mrs. Arthur N. Palmer
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis E. Palmer
Joseph Dean Parsons and Melanie Cobb Parsons
Red River Specialties, Inc.
James Hanon Redding Jr. and Gayle Redding
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick L. Reddish
Mr. James Otey Reed
Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Reinert
Mr. Charles Davis Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin F. Robertson
Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Robie
James R. Rogers and Janet Northington Rogers
Carl H. Stelling and Mary R. Stelling
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan P. Streich
Sutherland
SW GA Farm Credit
Mr. Jess Franklin Tanner
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald F. Tansill
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton L. Taylor
Temple Inland Foundation
Mrs. Elaine J. Thacker
Mikel Tyre Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Thomsen
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tincknell
Mr. Robert Burns Trammell
Mr. Ronald McCay Turner
Dr. and Mrs. George S. Ross
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Varn Jr.
Mr. Charles Richard Rousey
Mr. Clyde Edward Vaughn Jr.
Harold H. Rozier Jr. and Mrs. Mary E. Rozier
Mr. and Mrs. Tyler H. Verdery
Guy T. Vise III
Mrs. Ida Childs Ruark
Mr. Tyler Jay Wachtel
Mr. Mack John Ruff Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. George D. Walker
Warren T. Sasser and Cindy K. Sasser
Larry S. Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Saunders
Mr. Michael David Westbrook Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Sherrod
Weyerhaeuser
Mr. Benjamin L. Shirah
Mr. John Hamilton White
Sigma Xi
Ms. Paula Anita Whiting
Sara Lee Simons
Mr. and Mrs. Brent N. Widener
Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy Simpson
Mr. and Mrs. Van N. Wier III
Mr. Mickey Gary Sisson
Drs. Susan & Henry D. Wilde
Mr. and Mrs. George D. Smith Jr.
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP
Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Smith Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Smith
Stephen F. Worthington and Mrs. Sara R. Worthington
Mr. Stephen Charles Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Smith
Southeast Georgia Health System
Southeastern Wood Producers
Association Inc.
W A RN EL L
Annual
Report
$99 and Under
A. LaFera Salon, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Joel P. Adair
Mr. and Mrs. Allen S. Alford Jr.
Ms. Ashley Renee Alred
Mr. and Mrs. David K. Apsley
Mr. Andrew Bentley Baxter
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry W. Bearden
Mr. John Milton Beland
Mr. Earl Howard Bennett
Mr. William M. Berry
Dr. and Mrs. William J. Bigler Jr.
Mr. Dessie Erwin Bower
Mr. Michael Lyle Bowling
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Branch IV
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Brooks
Mr. Thomas Michael Burgan
Mr. and Mrs. Terry L. Burnsed
Mr. Edward Caveney
Mr. and Mrs. Justin L. Chafin
Mr. Mark Randall Chambers
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Chapman
Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Chastain
Glynn S. Chesser and Mrs. Ginger Chesser
Mrs. Katherine Crutcher Chisholm
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Church
Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Collier
Mr. and Mrs. Neal Corbin
Mr. Jimmy Robert Crumbley
Dr. and Mrs. Gino J. D’Angelo
Dr. Richard F. Daniels
Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Daugherty
Mr. Joseph Thomas Davis Jr.
Mr. Joshua Christopher Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Doty
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Eaton
Edisto LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Farris
Ms. Linda Ferrill
Fire and Flavor Grilling Company
Ms. Brianna Rachelle Galbreath
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory L. Gambrel
COL Charles Lee Gilbert
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Glover
Ms. Virginia K. Goddard
Mr. Alton Wayne Graham
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Green
Mr. Marvin Lee Griffin
Ms. Barbara Hanson
Mr. and Mrs. Claude P. Harman Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua K. Harrell
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Harris
Mr. Charles Thomas Harris
Mr. Ernest Berry Haskins
Mr. Ralph Neal Head
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Hendrix
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Hicks Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Hrynyk
Mr. Edward Marion Jager
Jekyll Wharf Marina
Mr. Sidney Grant Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton E. Johnston
David Stockton Jones and Stacy Bishop Jones
Mr. and Mrs. John N. Juhan
Fredrick W. Kinard Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Monty F. Kitchens
Mr. Scott Thomas Dawson
Davis Knox and Genevieve Neely Knox
Mr. H. Paul Yates Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Dean
Mr. and Mrs. Joel S. Kornberg
Dr. Xiao-Qing Zeng and Ms. Fuhui Zhang
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Degenhardt Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Lancaster
Mr. and Mrs. Barnard M. Dillard
Mr. and Mrs. Victor K. Lang
Zoo Atlanta
Mr. and Mrs. Steven T. Dillard
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Zupko IV
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Diller
Mr. Dwight Keith Lauer and Dr. Susan Lauer
Mr. and Mrs. Claude G. Dorn
Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Lebetkin
Mr. and Mrs. Thornwell S. Lee
Spring 2013 47
the
W A RN EL L
Annual
Report
Dr. Todd C. Rasmussen
Mr. Terrell Ross Whiting
Mr. Ryan Patrick Reddish
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Widstrom
Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Lehmicke
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Reece
Mr. Stephen Wayne Wilkin
Mr. Hugh Garland Lentile
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Rees
Mr. Charles Proctor Willson
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde E. Lester
COL Ret Robert Willard Reese and
Milbra F. Reese
Carlton Lawson Windsor Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. David H. Robinson
Mr. Christopher Wood
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Long
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Long
Mr. Garrett Davis Mack
Dr. and Mrs. R. Larry Marchinton
Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Matre
Mr. Matthew Werner Matson
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Mayo
Mr. and Mrs. Dale L. Mayson
Dr. Alan Dale McAllister
Ms. Lauren Dean McCraw
Mr. and Mrs. George M. McKinney Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. John P. McTague
Dr. and Mrs. Scott A. Merkle
H. Milton and Helen H. Mills
MK Wellington Art
*Mr. and Mrs. David G. Mohla
Dr. and Mrs. Clinton T. Moore
LCdr Guy Carroll Moore Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney S. Moore
Mr. and Mrs. Larry T. Morris
MAJ and Mrs. Fred A. Neergaard
Dr. and Mrs. Richard H. Neill
Ms. Lauren Brittany Ninke
Dr. Terry M. Norton
Ms. Emily Hayes Nuckolls
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin C. Owensby
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Ozier
Dr. and Mrs. Jack R. Palmer
Mr. John Jarman Rogers
Ms. Donna Lee Rutledge
Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Wyckoff
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Ryburn Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace W. Sapp
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schuttenberg
Mr. Donald Amos Seery
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph G. Simmons
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Simpson
Dr. Jacek Piotr Siry
Slosheye Insurance
Mr. Brantley Raymond Smith
Ms. Tracie Grove Smith
Ms. Alyson Davis Snipes
Mrs. Margaret Sommer
Southeast Adventure Outfitters
Rita Capitan Spalding
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Stager
Mr. and Mrs. David S. Stevenson
Mr. Donald Anderson Stone
Ms. Anna Rebecca Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. Randy G. Taylor
HERITAGE
SOCIETY
Anonymous
Earl D. Barrs and
Wanda Taylor Barrs
Jim and Lyra Cobb
Demetrius and Izumi Cox
James L. Gillis Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Izlar
Rex N. Johnson
Larry and Beverly Lackey
Jon and Jo Ann Liles
Dr. Joseph Michael Meyers
Dr. Richard L. Porterfield
David A. and Janet K. Terrell
Geoffrey David Terrell
Thomas Eye Center, PC
Gerald M. Thomas and Sarah Jackson Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Tift
Mr. and Mrs. Allen G. Parham
Mr. James Roy Ulmer and Mrs. Sara Elizabeth Sammons-Ulmer
Mr. Bill Eugene Patterson Sr.
Mr. Edward Van Hise
Patterson Farms
Mr. William R. Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Post II
Mr. and Mrs. Bennie J. Warren Sr.
Mr. Jeffrey Thomas Poston
Watkinsville Garden Club
Mr. and Mrs. Hardy L. Propes
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Wehring
Dr. Thomas Marion Pullen Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Rolla V. Wheeler Jr.
Mr. Richard Roy Ramey
Mr. and Mrs. David W. White
Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Rand
Mr. and Mrs. John F. White
48 The Log
Mr. Bobby Lewis Womack
PARTNERS
Delmer D. and Ann S. Dunn
Stacy and David S. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Druid Norris
Preston
ALUMNI
PARTNERS
Mr. Druid Norris Preston
®
Warnell School of Forestry and
Natural Resources
The University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602-2152
Return Service Requested
Printed on elemental chlorine-free, 25 percent post-consumer recycled paper from well-managed forests.
50 The Log
Non-Profit Org.
U.S. Postage
PA I D
Permit No. 1176
Stone Mountain, GA