Log
The
Fall 2011
An Alumni Association Publication
Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources
The University of Georgia
A Hotspot of Change
Will rising temperatures
affect outdoor play?
In memoriam: Former Professor Peter Dress • Alum takes aim at winged aircraft dangers
A Message from
the Dean
Annual Wildlife Supper
Hosted by the UGA Student Chapter
of the Wildlife Society
April 21, 2012
Social Hour 5-6 p.m.
Dinner at 6 p.m.
Tickets $8, children 5 and under free
Contact Cody Seagraves
seagravec@warnell.uga.edu
Focusing on
recovery
T
he past three years will be remembered by many as the most significant economic
downturn they will ever experience. The recession has impacted all sectors of our
economy and forestry, and the forest products industry has been particularly hard hit due
to its dependence on the housing industry. Many of Georgia’s local rural economies are
still trying to recover from mill closures, industry downsizing and substantial reductions
in wood prices. Warnell has also felt these impacts through reductions in state funding,
a more challenging fund raising environment, and an increasingly competitive outside grants environment. We have
decreased our faculty and staff support, refocused our efforts on those core areas of natural resources management, and
are excited about the opportunities that a recovery will bring to our school.
Our faculty is constantly looking for new and innovative ways to pursue Warnell’s teaching, research and outreach activities.
Warnell believes that these teaching, research and service activities are at the core of providing well-trained natural resource
managers capable of meeting our society’s needs in this arena.
This past year Warnell faculty generated more than $13 million in external federal research grant funding — a 74 percent
increase from the previous year. Our programs have become increasingly interdisciplinary and span regions of North America
and the world. Our graduate programs have grown to more than 200 students — one of the largest and most recognized
programs in the country.
This year our faculty has concentrated on re-evaluating and refocusing our curricula to ensure it meets the needs of our students and our state. We continue to place great importance on being a forestry program accredited by the Society of American
Foresters and providing seamless certification opportunities for our wildlife students with the Wildlife Society. Our programs
clearly meet those standards. With undergraduate enrollment up more than 100 percent in the last four years we are excited
about the breadth, depth and size of our education programs at Warnell.
Nov. 1 - 2
Introductory Master Timber Harvester Workshop in Forsyth
Nov. 11,
Aerial Photogrammetry Refresher, Warnell
Forests are a primary component of our future in Georgia — with more than 24 million acres of forestland and a forest products industry that contributes more than 28 billion dollars to the state’s economy, we are poised for a strong and prosperous
economic recovery in our sector. More importantly, these forests contribute jobs, clean and plentiful water, wildlife habitat,
recreation opportunities, and renewable resources to our state. Warnell is excited about participating in this contribution
through better, more informed management of these valuable resources.
Nov. 21-22 Introduction to ArcGIS, Warnell
Nov. 22-23 Advanced ArcGIS with Raster Data, Warnell
Dec. 11-13 8th Southern Forestry and Natural Resource
Management GIS Conference, Georgia Center in Athens
Dec. 7-8
Deer Ecology and Management, Flinchum’s Phoenix in Athens
Dec. 12-13 Timber Income Tax , Georgia Center in Athens
Mike Clutter,
Dean, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
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Inside The Log
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Lighting up on sight: Deer vision research takes a high-tech turn
A question of quality: How can landowners grow better loblolly pines?
Invasive solutions: New study sheds light on public
preferences for Cumberland Island
Robust research: Project hopes to ease strains on Robust Redhorse
spawning grounds
A Heated Subject: How is climate change affecting the way people
use the outdoors?
Alumni on the Job: J.C. Griffin assesses wildlife dangers
to military aircraft in Iraq
In Every Issue
4 School News
8 Faculty Q&A: Jeffrey Dean
18 Student News
24 Alumni News
27 A Word from the Development Office
28 Class Notes
30 Obituaries
The Log magazine staff:
Editor
Sandi Martin
Contributing Writer
Sara Baldwin, J.C. Griffin,
Allen Sherrod, Rebekah Tuck
Senior Graphic Designer
Elizabeth Hagin
How are we doing?
We welcome letters to the editor and feedback from
our readers. Submit news items, questions or address
changes to: thelog@warnell.uga.edu
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Warnell School of Forestry
THE LOG is an Alumni Association
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Warnell on the Web:
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Anuj Sinha, Director of Finance and Administration
and Natur al Resources
Administr ation
Mike Clutter, Dean
Sarah Covert, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Emily Nuckolls, Director of Alumni Relations
Bob Izlar, Director of the Center for Forest Business
Mike Hunter, Lands and Facilities Director
On the Cover: A trout fisherman uses a net in the
Chattahoochee River in north Georgia. Warnell researchers
believe that climate change could raise temperatures and affect
the way people use the outdoors, including dramatically altering
trout habitat in Georgia. Photo by Sandi Martin
Table of Contents photo:
Warnell researchers are going high-tech in studying how deer see.
A new phase of an ongoing project will use LCD screens to test deer
vision. Photo by Elizabeth Hagin
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School News
School News
Timberland ownership changing, new study shows
Students battle it out at Lumberjack Ball
• The top 10 companies owned 38.7 million acres in 2000.
Today, after a historic divestiture by nearly all of the large forest products companies, private corporate timberland ownership in the U.S. is more diverse and less integrated. The
top 10 forest products company owners hold only 21.5 million acres and four of the top five are Real Estate Investment
Trusts (REITs), tax advantaged entities with timberland/real
estate as their principal business.
photo by danielle hernandez
Xi Sigma Pi spiced up the Lumberjack Ball this year, with
the honor society hosting a day full of dancing, contests
and flannel-clad attendees. The Lumberjack Ball was
held on April 2 at Flinchum’s Phoenix, drawing dozens
of attendees and contestants. The day started with noncompetitive games like volleyball and horseshoes and a
Pie-the-Professor contest, and ended with competitions
in Tug-of-War, arm wrestling and finally the “Lumberjack
Battle.” Boys and girls had two minutes to showcase their
talent.
Right: Associate Dean Sarah Covert gets pies in the face by several
Lumberjack Ball competitors.
• Timberland Investment Management Organizations
(TIMOs) purchased many of the acres sold by the forest
products companies. Only one TIMO, Hancock Timber
Resources Group, held more than 3 million acres under
management in 2000. In 2010, the three top TIMOs each
held more than 3 million acres, and the top 10 TIMOs held
more than 20 million acres.
‘Toast for Terrapins’ raises money for vital research
Dr. John Maerz shows fundraiser attendees two terrapins and discuss the vital
The Warnell School has several research projects in the works to
research into the species under strife in coastal habitats.
identify specific threats to the terrapin populations and is tracking the
effectiveness of management strategies at stabilizing or rehabilitating
the species in Georgia. Maerz said Georgia is in a position to maintain the relatively healthy status of its terrapin populations and avoid the
declines that have occurred in other portions of the species range that have led to costly crisis legislation and management. Commercial
crabbing and coastal development are vital to Georgia’s coastal communities, Maerz said, but we think our research program can help
make management of the terrapins compatible with those activities.
photo by elizabeth hagin
Warnell team places high in wood supply game
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For a team with little training on supply chain management
theory, the UGA Wood Supply Team did a great job, placing in the
top three in their first competition on Sept. 30. The group came in
behind two Swedish teams in the International Wood Supply
Game Competition, placing third by coming in behind the second
place team by one dollar. Pictured left to right are: Corey Dukes,
Caleb Warnock, Reid Yates, Harrison Hood, Jess Cadwallender,
Carter Coe, Justin Wright, Steve Smith, Brandon Hatchett and
Shawn Baker.
photo from bugwood . org
photo by harlan hambright
Generous donors have helped fund a vital research project this summer. Held on July 30 at the Frederica Golf Club Boathouse on St.
Simons Island, the Toast for Terrapins fundraiser drew dozens to a
reception and auction to benefit the UGA’s Costal Georgia Terrapin
Project. The fundraiser brought in nearly $7,000 to supplement research into the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin), which
is a high-priority species for conservation efforts within coastal habitats. Factors contributing to M. terrapin population declines include
bycatch in commercial and recreational crab pots, and vehicle strikes
along busy coastal roads.
• In general, timberland appears to have been traded more
frequently than in the past. Transition activity peaked middecade. The timberland acreage sold per year in large transactions increased from about one million acres in 2000 to
peak at about seven million acres in 2006. By 2010, sales had
fallen back to 2000 levels.
By SARA BALDWIN
Editor, Timber Mart-South
Private timberland ownership in the United States has
changed structure over the past 10 years. More than 40 million
acres of U.S. timberland have shifted ownership in approximately 600 large transactions since 2000. The global timberland investment community gathered in March at Reynolds
Plantation, Georgia, for the 2011 Warnell Center for Forest
Business Timberland Investment Conference to discuss the current timberland investment climate and challenges ahead.
Jacek Siry, who is with the Center, presented “Private Forestland
Ownership Change in the U.S.” He summarized findings from
his new book, “US Timberland Markets: 2000 to 2010,” which
was jointly authored with Tom Harris and Sara Baldwin of
Timber Mart-South. Siry included some of the following points:
• In 2000, forest products companies owned approximately
20 percent of privately owned US timberland, of which 36
million was in the U.S. South. By the end of 2010 much of
these Southern U.S. timberland holdings had changed hands,
some more than once, and most of the rest had moved to different ownership structures.
• Timberland prices also increased over the period. Prices
averaged around $800 per acre nationwide from 2000
through 2004, peaked in 2007 at almost $1,800 per acre in
2007, and fell back by 2010. However, prices only returned
to 2006 levels.
• REITs and TIMOs are widely thought to manage their
land held for timber production in a similar manner to industrial owners. However, portions of the land may be managed less intensively or set aside for environmental purposes.
Sales of non-core timberland and acquisitions that compliment holdings can be part of the business model.
• One implication of forest industry divestiture of timberland is that more wood is now sold on the open market. This
trend has increased the role of consulting foresters in timberland management. Further, there are new market dynamics
for both buyers and sellers. Supply chain instruments such
as supply agreements and timber leases have become prominent parts of timberland transactions. Wood supply chain
efficiency has changed but how the new relationships affect
wood flow and costs are still under scrutiny.
To learn more about the new book or to order, please visit
our website at http://www.timbermart-south.com or contact
Sara Baldwin by phone at (706) 542-4760 or by email at
sbaldwin@warnell.uga.edu.
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School News
Dale Greene
Former professor inducted into
two-time suprise honoree
F
or someone who tends to shun the limelight, Dr. Dale Greene has found himself
in it a lot this year. The reserved professor
added two more awards to the prodigious
collection in his office, both honoring a man known
for his achievements and unassuming nature: A
“Heroism Award” from the Boy Scouts of America
and the Wise Owl Award from the Georgia Forestry
Association. “I’ll never forget former students
quickly surrounding me after receiving the Wise
Owl Award that night,” Greene said. “That was a
very emotional moment. And knowing many previous recipients, I feel truly humbled to have even
been considered for the award.”
Greene didn’t know either was coming. First in
April at the Warnell School’s annual spring awards
banquet, Bob Izlar surprised him with the award
from the Boy Scouts’ National Court of Honor for saving the
life of a fellow forester at a meeting at Auburn University last
year. When the man collapsed from an apparent heart attack,
Greene drew on recent first aid training and performed CPR
until paramedics arrived. His colleague survived with no longterm effects.
But Greene found himself in the spotlight again in June, this
time as the 2011 recipient of the Wise Owl Award, given annually since 1980 to someone in the forestry community who
has made outstanding contributions to the industry through advocacy or improvements benefitting landowners and businesses.
This time it was Greene’s outstanding body of work that landed
him the award, through his longtime volunteerism with GFA,
his efforts to help pass safety legislation for log truckers, and his
distinguished research and teaching at Warnell.
Center for Forest Business Director Bob Izlar nominated Greene
for the award from the National Court of Honor, particularly
because of Greene’s affiliation with the Boy Scouts’ Northeast
Georgia Council. Greene helps organize the biannual Cherokee
District Advance-a-Rama, hosted by Warnell, which draws hundreds of Boy Scouts to UGA’s campus. “His actions serve as an
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Klaus Steinbeck taught at Warnell for 32 years
example to the Boy Scouts and Warnell community on the need
to know and be able to respond in emergency situations,” Izlar
said.
Greene has been a member of both GFA and the Warnell faculty since 1986. As a member of the GFA, he has served as
the chair of the Logging and Transportation Committee and
the Association’s Treasurer, and is currently on the GFA Board
of Directors. He has also served as a trustee for the Georgia
Forestry Foundation, the GFA’s affiliated fundraising arm. At
Warnell, Greene has won numerous teaching awards, as well as
international service awards. Six times in the past seven years,
he or his graduate students have won technical writing awards
from the Forest Resources Association – twice winning the national award. Warnell Dean Mike Clutter said he is honored
and privileged to call Dr. Greene a colleague and a friend. “Dale
has made superlative contributions to Warnell, the University of
Georgia and our profession here in Georgia,” Clutter said. “Our
industry has benefitted from his sage advice and his wood supply
chain research which has contributed to Georgia’s pre-eminence
in the forest products industry worldwide. However, in my view
it is Dr. Greene’s abilities to mentor students and colleagues that
make him such a special member of our profession.”
A beloved former professor has won one of
the state’s highest forestry honors. Dr. Klaus
Steinbeck, a distinguished professor at the
Warnell School for 32 years, was inducted
into the Georgia Forestry Hall of Fame in
August 2011. Being named to such a prestigious list is just one more accolade this accomplished teacher has earned over a long
and storied career.
Dr. Steinbeck earned his B.S. and M.S. in forestry at UGA,
and his Ph.D. in tree physiology at Michigan State University.
Before joining UGA’s faculty in 1968, he performed research
for the U.S. Forest Service’s Forest Science Laboratory in
Athens. His collegiate work pioneered research of short rotation woody crops, conducting experiments to optimize rotation lengths, spacing and other cultural practices for multiple
fast-growing southern hardwood species. His groundbreaking
work with coppice-regenerated sweetgum, black locust and
American sycamore plantations garnered millions of dollars
of research funding from the U.S. Department of Energy that
resulted in dozens of research publications in scholarly journals and elsewhere. Today, his work with short rotation woody
crops is gaining renewed interest as biomass energy is once
again attracting national attention.
The Georgia Division of the Society of American Foresters administers the Hall of Fame. Nominees to the Georgia Forestry
Hall of Fame must have made notable contributions to the
forest community. Among the qualifications: Served in a leadership role in service to forest resources, helped implement
forestry programs to improve quality, notable contributions to
conservation, support of forestry organizations or institutions,
and overall recognition of one’s work and efforts by others. Dr.
Steinbeck fits the bill, said Scott Merkle, professor at Warnell.
“During the decades Klaus spent in the Forest Service and the
Warnell School, he was an outstanding contributor in all of
the areas emphasized in the Hall of Fame criteria.”
Merkle said Steinbeck’s accomplishments as a professor are
“legendary.” Dr. Steinbeck has a long list of accomplishments
and awards dating to his 32 years on the Warnell School’s
faculty, including training hundreds of undergraduate and
graduate forestry students, teaching silviculture and regional
silviculture, among other courses. Dr. Steinbeck also served
for several years as Faculty Advisor to the UGA Forestry
Club, and he was so popular with students they honored him
with Professor of the Year, Outstanding Faculty Member and
Outstanding Advisor awards. Dr. Steinbeck won the Superior
Teaching Award at UGA Honors Day in 1980 and again in
1999.
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Jeffrey Dean
started my hikes are making a vigorous
recovery in many areas. It gives me
hope that our research might produce
observable benefits in these forests
within my lifetime.
Jeffrey Dean
Current Position: Professor of
Forest Biotechnology; Professor of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology;
Associate Director of the Institute of
Bioinformatics
Education: Ph.D, Purdue University;
B.S., Stanford University
Teaching: Scientific Research in Forestry
and Natural Resources, General
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Introduction to Bioinformatics
You’ve been hiking Mt. LeConte in
Great Smoky Mountain National
Park for nearly two decades, observing the changes over the years
as an indicator of forest health.
What have you seen that has inspired your research focus on forest
biotechnology?
It has been disheartening to watch
balsam wooly adelgid and then
hemlock wooly adelgid sweep through
the mountains killing dominant
conifers and changing the entire feel of
the forest. At the same time, I’ve been
amazed at the speed with which these
same forests can rebound. Red spruce,
which had been nearly wiped off the
mountain tops by acid rain when I first
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Preserve the Future
Faculty & Staff News
The “bread and butter” research for
your Warnell laboratory has been
the sequencing of conifer genomes.
You have been very active in the
Conifer Genome Network (pinegenome.org), and you even helped
spearhead efforts to establish an
international consortium to expand
conifer genome resources. Why is it
so important to crack this code?
All of the instructions for how to
become a tree and how to survive all
manner of environmental challenges
are encoded in these genomes. Whether
we are interested in selecting trees
for wood properties that add value to
commercial products or identifying
genes that confer resistance to new
pests and diseases, having the genome
sequence available will speed the
process.
You’ve said that having a complete
reference genome sequence for
conifers would be “like having a
detailed roadmap” for breeding
improved pines. What are the
implications for having a reference
sequence for a genome that is seven
times the size of a human genome?
I can’t emphasize enough my
admiration for the patience and
perseverance of conifer breeders. The
size of the trees, their slow maturation,
and their various genetic quirks make
conifer tree improvement an inefficient
process, largely because we must wait
10-20 years to see whether a specific
cross will yield trees with the desired
qualities. Among other things, a
genomic roadmap will allow breeders
to test the progeny from crosses
immediately and recognize from the
pattern of inherited genes which are
superior.
One of your ongoing research
projects investigates the Sirex
woodwasp, a destructive insect that
injects venom into trees. What has
your research discovered about
how southeastern trees can resist
this potentially devastating pest?
Sirex noctilio is coming to Georgia and
probably much sooner than the 50
years it would take for the insect to
spread from upstate New York on its
own. Given the economic damage this
pest creates in southern hemisphere
pine plantations we need to take the
threat seriously and be prepared.
However, I’m cautiously optimistic
from the results we’ve seen recently that
native predatory insects will do a good
job keeping S. noctilio populations in
check.
In other work, your lab is also trying
to figure out how a man-made hybrid of desert sunflower produces
a woody stem. How might the
findings from this work be used to
supplement other wood sources for
a more sustainable world?
About half the wood consumed each
year worldwide is used as fuelwood
in cooking fires. A dream result from
this research would be production of
a sunflower hybrid that could produce
a seed crop for food and then a wood
crop to cook that food.
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 Nuckolls, Alumni Relations and Annual Giving
(706)542-0713 • enuckolls@warnell.uga.edu
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Research News
Deer vision
research is
going high-tech
New phase will use LCD
screens to test what deer see
photo by elizabeth hagin
Research News
Early competition control can affect wood quality,
new Warnell study finds
T
he light goes on, the trap doors open, and the curious deer
in the pen wanders over. Which one will he choose? Choose
correctly, and he gets a food treat. Choose wrong, and the
doors close, denying him something tasty. It may seem like
a mean little game, but Warnell researchers are doing this to learn a
lot about how deer see. Discovering the intricacies of deer vision has
widespread implications, affecting everything from how people hunt to
how carmakers design headlights.
At Warnell, deer vision research is getting even more high-tech, moving
on to using LCD monitors that will display a modified color blindness
test. These computer-generated images will be similar to the pseudoisochromatic plate tests administered to humans to test for color blindness.
The premise will stay the same – the doe has two choices when these
images are displayed. One image will have a section of colored circles
amongst gray circles, while the other image will only have gray circles.
If the deer cannot discriminate that specific color, both screens should
appear the same. If she moves toward the image with the color incorporated, she will receive a food reward. If she chooses wrong, the door will
close once she crosses an invisible infrared beam that lets researchers
know if the correct decision was made, and therefore what the deer saw. This latest phase is part
of a larger, ongoing deer vision project funded by the Georgia Department of Transportation
that was started several years ago by Drs. Bob Warren and Karl Miller, who have been looking
for ways to cut down on the number of deer-automobile collisions on Georgia roads. “There are
about 1.5 million deer-vehicle collisions each year nationwide, and understanding how deer see
may allow us to develop some alternative methods to reduce this number,” Warren said. “But
the potential for reducing collisions is only one application of this research,” Miller added. “For
example, consider the implications for the hunting camouflage industry.”
M.S. student Elizabeth Miller, under their supervision, is conducting the current phase of this
project and has installed the LCD monitors in certain pens at Warnell’s Deer Barn. The initial
phase was conducted by graduate student Bradley Cohen, who designed the device and used
simple LED lights to confirm previous physiologically based studies. “Brad’s research further confirms that deer can only perceive color through two different cone photopigments, unlike human
ability to see through three. That means they don’t see the color spectrum the same way we do,”
Elizabeth said. “We theorize that deer see color similar to humans with protanopic red-green
colorblindness.”
By retrofitting the stalls with the LCD screens, Elizabeth will investigate how well deer see color,
and how well they distinguish certain colors from others. She’ll also be testing color discrimination within patterns. The applications of this research are far-reaching. Their results could lead to
the development of new color patterns for camouflage, strategic color patterns for roadside fencing, and strategic color patterns for fencing around gardens, landscaping and food plots.
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A
new Warnell study shows that early herbaceous
and woody competition control can significantly
improve the growth and yield of plantation-grown
loblolly pine, but may lead to inferior-quality wood
compared to slower-grown trees. Knowing how to manage plantation-grown trees can help landowners improve growth while
maintaining good wood quality.
Of course, it all depends on the definition of “wood quality,”
said Dr. Laurie Schimleck, one of the co-authors of the paper
recently published in Forest Ecology and Management. Although
the lumber industry wants wood that meets certain levels of stiffness and strength, paper and pulp producers want quality fiber.
Studies like this can help landowners devise management strategies and techniques to help them produce high-quality wood,
he explained. It is important for landowners to be aware that
silvicultural treatments can influence wood properties. By being
aware of these effects they can manage their stands to optimize
growth and wood quality.
Pine plantations in the southeastern U.S. are typically managed
in ways that will reduce rotation age and maximize cash returns.
They grow fast, respond well to silvicultural practices and adapt
well to a wide range of sites. But growth can be adversely affected by the availability of resources and competition, particularly within the first five years of establishment. Previous studies
have shown that controlling the competition can positively affect
growth and yield but the effect on wood properties has rarely
been studied. In a Wood Quality Consortium (WQC)-sponsored
study Schimleck and his co-authors – Warnell research scientist
Finto Antony, Weyerhaeuser’s Lewis Jordan, U.S. Forest Service’s
Alexander Clark and Warnell’s Dr. Richard Daniels – focused on
expanding this research and presenting a complete analysis. They
looked at changes in growth and wood quality related properties,
including ring specific gravity (SG), earlywood and latewood SG
within individual rings and percent latewood.
The team collected data from 13 sites that were part of the 1984
Competition Omission Monitoring Project (COMP) experimental trials established by the USDA Forest Service across the
Southeast and included four levels of competition control:
›› No weed or competition control
›› Herbaceous vegetation control
›› Wood vegetation control
›› Woody plus herbaceous vegetation control.
They found that “there are large benefits in growth. While
wood properties such as specific gravity (SG) in a particular
year’s growth remain largely unchanged compared to controls,
it is important for landowners to realize that the diameter of the
juvenile core is increased. The juvenile core has inferior wood
properties, and if these trees are harvested at an early age, which
is possible owing to their improved growth, they will yield a high
percentage of lumber that is low in stiffness and strength,” said
Antony. Antony doesn’t know yet how lumber and pulp quality
will change in response to common silvicultural treatments. This
needs to be studied further, he said. “The question is, ‘What will
be an optimum management practice for a landowner?’” he said.
“I think it should depend on the end product the landowner is
targeting.”
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Research News
Robust Redhorse focus of Savannah River project
T
Public divided over how to manage invasive
animal and plant species on Cumberland Island
Dr. Gary Green and graduate students Lincoln Larson and
Ryan Sharp found that among all the invasive species on
Cumberland Island, feral pigs were singled out as the greatest
danger to Cumberland Island’s ecosystem – with 72 percent
of visitors saying they were either a moderate or severe threat.
Although the well-known feral horses that roam the island
were ranked second, with 68 percent of visitors identifying
them as a damaging species, visitors were strongly divided on
what should be done about the invasive species problem facing the island. Results showed that public support for various
invasive species management methods depends on many different factors. “Understanding public preferences could minimize conflict should steps be taken to reduce the spread of
an invasive species,” said Ryan Sharp, who is now a Warnell
alumnus. “Once we know more about the control methods
that stakeholders will or will not tolerate, we can begin to
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work towards socially acceptable management practices.”
Sharp, Green and Larson surveyed visitors to Cumberland
Island National Seashore in Georgia during the summer of
2009 to gauge public support for invasive species management. Although it’s a management priority, controlling invasive species can spur controversy because the public might
find management techniques distasteful or because they don’t
understand its necessity. Although a tourist draw, the Island’s
non-native feral horse population tramples beach ecosystems
and can spur erosion by eating grasses along the dunes. “At
this point, we have a pretty good grasp on the ecological
damage caused by invasive species,” Larson said. “However,
we are just beginning to comprehend some of the economic
and social ramifications.”
Jackson has funding from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
to develop a summary of biological, hydrological and water
quality information for the Savannah River Basin Sustainable
Rivers Project. That project was developed a few years ago to
restore ecologically beneficial flow patterns in the Savannah
River and restore habitat quality over miles of river and thousands of acres of forestland and estuary. There are several animals, including the Robust Redhorse, at risk from hydrograph
alteration caused by flood control efforts, hydropower generation and other human activities. “These dams provide many
benefits to society, but when they were built, little thought
was given to their ecological effects,” Jackson said. “The
Sustainable Rivers Project aims to balance the needs of humans and the ecosystem.”
The Robust Redhorse (Moxostoma Robustum) lives in
freshwater streams of the eastern U.S. and has an unusual
history. Originally described in the late 1800s, the fish was
thought to be extinct until it was found in the Savannah and
Pee Dee rivers in the early 1980s. The fish species was officially rediscovered in the early 1990s by the Georgia Department
of Natural Resources, which found several specimens in the
Oconee River. The U.S. fish and Wildlife Service considers the Redhorse a “species of concern,” because it has a low
population and a shortage of suitable spawning habitat. It
has become a conservation priority and a Robust Redhorse
Conservation Committee has formed to come up with a
strategy for its recovery. Unfortunately, its population in the
Savannah River has only two known spawning sites on midchannel gravel bars, where it excavates gravels and lays eggs
in the depression, covering the nest with more gravel. A key
question is how the quality of this spawning habitat responds
to flow management before and during the late spring spawning season.
Fish biologists have already evaluated the habitats to document the previously unknown spawning behavior, finding
where they spawn, when, how long and what could possibly
affect their spawning season. What Jackson will do now is review what scientists know about how the Redhorse responds
to variations in flow and water quality and provide this to a
large interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers who
will revise the Savannah flow guidelines for the Corps of
Engineers based on new scientific information in a process
known as adaptive management.
The survey team questioned 1,166 visitors leaving the
Cumberland Island boat docks, asking specifically about
potential threats posed by conspicuous invasive plants and
animals like feral horses, feral pigs, ambrosia beetles, tung oil
trees, privet and bamboo. Their study shows that visitors to
Cumberland Island prefer that land managers use non-lethal
methods to control invasive species’ populations rather than
other methods such as leaving them alone or eliminating
them completely. Non-lethal approaches were also the least
controversial methods. Visitors were particularly opposed to
completely eradicating the feral horse population, and instead preferred alternative measures such as contraceptives.
photo courtesy of jay shelton
V
isitors to Cumberland Island flock to the barrier
island to see its famed feral horses, likely unaware of the damage the wild animals can inflict
on the seashore’s ecosystem. And park managers
are often in a quandary over what to do about the horses and
other invasive species that threaten a local environment. But
a new study published in Biological Conservation by Warnell
researchers could help shed some light on what management
methods the public would support – and that could help
shape future park policies on how to control damaging invasive species like the island’s charismatic horses.
photo by lincoln larson
he Robust Redhorse was once lost. Thought to be
extinct until it was rediscovered in the latter part
of the 20th century, the fish can be found in a less
than ideal habitat below dams in the Savannah,
Oconee and Pee Dee rivers, all of which have many demands
on their water resources. Pull too much water for the people
who need the water upstream, and the Redhorse’s spawning
habitat downstream could be affected. Dr. Rhett Jackson and
other Warnell and UGA researchers are helping find out how
much.
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A Heated Subject
(L-R) Drs. Nate Nibbelink, Neelam Poudyal and Jeff HepinstallCymerman are conducting three projects with a similar climate
change theme. They theorize that rising temperatures could affect
how people use the outdoors for recreation, including trout fishing
and hiking. But they are also looking for ways to use trees to offset
heat effects, particularly in urban areas.
How is climate change affecting the way people use the outdoors?
by SANDI MARTIN
photos by sandi martin
It was one of those local stories meant to amuse the populace, but instead made national
news and became fodder for comedians. The Athens Banner-Herald’s headline blared, “Man
says it’s too hot to fish.” Just a few paragraphs long and buried inside the paper, the quirky
story struck a nerve across the country. For many, it was something to laugh about, especially when producers from Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” came looking for an
interview. But behind Bobby Kirk’s homespun wisdom, there was truth. This past summer,
temperatures were scorching. It was too hot to fish. Is climate change affecting the way
people spend their time outdoors?
Warnell researchers want to know. The school has several climate change projects in the works, and a handful are now
looking at what global warming is doing to natural lands.
One focuses on how lower stream levels affect trout fishing.
Another looks at how forests can help reduce a community’s
vulnerability to rising heat. Although climate change continues to be a polarizing political topic, it is widely accepted in
the scientific community. Global warming, researchers say,
has far-reaching effects that can harm more than just the obvious, like melting glaciers. It could have a widespread impact, said Dr. Neelam Poudyal, assistant professor of Natural
Resources Recreation and Tourism. But some scientists are
now looking into the less tangible effects climate change
could have – like how it can change the way people use the
outdoors.
“Understanding how recreationists perceive climate change
phenomenon, and likely adjust their outdoor pursuits to
expected change in climate condition and outdoor resources
will be important in managing outdoor resources and predicting its economic and social impact,” Poudyal said. “For
example, how rural communities in North Georgia will be
impacted by potential decline in trout fishing.”
Poudyal and two other Warnell professors are working on
three different climate change projects:

Poudyal is teaming up with Dr. Nate Nibbelink,
associate professor in GIS and spatial ecology, on a U.S.
Forest Service project to identify “hotspots” of change —
where the multiple impacts of human population growth
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Research News
savannahga . gov
photo by sandi martin
and climate change might intersect to stress our natural lands,
particularly with respect to the multiple ways in which humans benefit from intact natural systems. They will use spatial statistics and mapping tools in a geographic information
system (GIS) to identify areas where projected future impacts
to natural resources — such as intact forests, biodiversity and
water availability — will show the greatest change from current
conditions. These data will be intersected with human population growth projections to identify “footprints on the land”
where human impacts resulting from changes to our natural resource base will be the highest. This unprecedented nationwide
analysis is made possible by the 2010 Forest and Rangeland
Renewable Resources Planning Act Assessment, conducted by
the Forest Service and partner scientists, which reports on the
status and trends of renewable resources nationwide. Nibbelink
said the study should increase understanding of how natural
lands in the nation are likely to be affected by both human
pressures and global climate change. Experts are predicting that
by the year 2060, urban land use will likely increase by 70 million acres, resulting in a loss of forest, cropland, pasture and
rangeland. Poudyal and Nibbelink hope to identify the “potential hotspots” that will be affected, including possible water
shortages and species at risk of extinction.
(Above) Urban forestry, as seen in Savannah, could be one way to help offset temperatures in cities, even as the heat possibly affects outdoor recreation, like hiking (top).
16 The Log
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Dr. Jeff Hepinstall-Cymerman, a landscape ecologist in
Warnell, and Poudyal have started a project that will examine
how forest resources could be used to offset a community’s
vulnerability to heat effects, such as heat stroke and heat exhaustion, which are likely to increase as temperatures rise. Also
funded by the Forest Service, this project will develop a social
vulnerability index specific to heat effects that can be calculated
for different communities. It will also complement existing research on the driving factors of heat effects by evaluating how
forest resources under various levels of canopy coverage and
health condition can moderate those effects. The pair will also
compare different species and management regimes to see how
they contribute.
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Poudyal is currently working on a survey of trout anglers
in Georgia with funding and logistic support from the Forest
Service and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’
Wildlife Resource Division. Scientists just don’t know how climate change is affecting nature-based activities, he said, but the
very people affected might not know much about it either. The
survey aims to find out how much anglers know about climate
change, how they perceive its potential threats to their angling,
and how they might react to the expected change in resource
conditions due to climate change. Previous studies have shown
that an increase in stream temperature can cause a substantial
loss of trout habitat.
“Our research will combine ecological and social data to
provide meaningful planning tools for managers to use
public lands to help mitigate the likely effects of climate
change on natural and social systems,” said HepinstallCymerman. There has already been a great deal of research
conducted on topics that relate to these projects, all with
interesting results that are helping Warnell’s team shape
their studies. And global warming is proving to be a worrisome phenomenon:

The No. 1 cause of weather-related deaths is
heat related, with 3,442 people dying from this cause
between 1999 and 2003. Climate research has projected
that temperatures across North America could increase
between 1.8 and 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit during the first
half of the 21st century, and many southeastern U.S.
urban areas could see temperatures rise more than 9 degrees over the same period.
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If projections are true and urban areas increase
their footprints by 70 million acres by 2060, it could
mean an 8 percent loss of forestland in the South alone.
The southern U.S. could lose another 2 percent of
rangeland area, while northern states could lose up to 7
percent of food-producing cropland.

Many North Georgia streams have already been
found to have suffered a significant number of high water temperature and trout mortality cases in recent years.
Because those streams lie in the southernmost edge of trout
habitats, the heat effects usually happen early. But the impacts of those heat effects depend on several factors, including how anglers react to changing resource conditions. Will
they keep fishing there, or move toward headwaters or even
other states? Or will they wait until water gets cooler? Some
anglers may give up on trout and start fishing for other species or seek alternative outdoor pursuits, Poudyal theorizes.
The Warnell team’s research results could be useful in guiding future planning and management of recreational fishery
and other land management decisions. “Policymakers are interested in knowing how factors that are beyond individual’s
control should be better managed to cope with the negative
outcome of climate change, such as the heat effects,” Poudyal
said. “If we find evidence that two otherwise identical communities may experience or have the ability to withstand
different levels of heat stress simply because of the difference
in the way forests and other green vegetation are managed,
appropriate intervention programs such as urban forestry,
community green areas and other public forest reserves can be
favorable policy options.”
Using data from the
U.S. Forest Service,
Poudyal and Nibbelink
believe these are the
areas in the country
that will see a “hotspot”
of population growth
over the next 30 years,
whereas the “coldspots”
are places that are predicted to show growth
that is less than the
national average. The
two think a lot of new
development will occur
near places like public
lands because of the
outdoor recreational opportunities, such as the
Great Smoky Mountain
National Park (inset).
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Jane Diener
Student News
Graduate Profile:
Christian Hoadley
photo courtesy of jane diener
Undergraduate Profile
photo by elizabeth hagin
It has also become the focus of her career plan. Diener wants to
become an environmental educator and combine spirituality and
religion with nature education to “give children an understanding that there is something greater than them.” It’s a bold plan,
but Diener is passionate about her philosophy that nature and
spirituality are deeply connected. This is even more important, she
says, now that fewer children truly experience a childhood spent
outdoors. “My goal in environmental education is to allow people,
especially children, to experience nature in ways that they never
have before,” she explained. “With all the technology keeping
children too busy to play outside, it is becoming increasingly difficult to come across a child who knows how to identify a tree or
catch a salamander.”
Hoadley credits his parents, Robert and Cheryl Hoadley, for their guidance and support for helping him succeed through school. His family, he
said, has been invaluable over his life. But his background is full of people
and experiences that have helped lead him to Warnell, including his
fourth grade teacher, Mr. Prins, who “was very enthusiastic about science.
His passion for geology and the intricacies of nature helped spark my interest in science and the natural world.” After graduating from Central
Gwinnett High School in 1994, Hoadley joined the U.S. Army and was a
soldier until 1997. Those years, he said, taught him “to set personal goals
and to work hard to overcome obstacles.”
Hoadley worked for Honda for six years after he left the Army, but he
ultimately followed his longtime goal to work in forestry and enrolled
at UGA, graduating cum laude in 2010 with his bachelor’s degree. Now
he’s started on his master’s, working with Drs. Larry Morris and Dan
Markewitz on soils projects. The big project coming up is developing Soil
Quality Indicators to learn how harvesting for bioenergy needs is affecting
soils. Biomass harvesting is more intense than normal timber harvesting,
Hoadley said, because workers take more of the trees and slash. His part
of the research will involve taking soil samples, doing lab analyses and
using technology such as near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and electromagnetic inductance (EMI) to gather data. They are choosing sites in
North Carolina and Georgia to conduct the research, which is particularly
relevant because scientists believe the South will be a significant source of
biomass. It’s called the “wood basket,” Hoadley said.
It’s an important project he is very interested in, he explained. “I recognize the importance for the United States and the rest of the world to
become less reliant on fossil fuels,” Hoadley said. “I fully support research
that explores green energy alternatives, and I believe that the Southeast
could play a very important role in meeting the future demand for woody
biomass in support of our nation’s energy needs. It is our responsibility
as concerned citizens and scientists to ensure that bioenergy harvests are
conducted with the least amount of impact to the landscape.”
It was at URJ Camp Coleman around six and seven years ago
that Jane Diener had an epiphany. Then in high school, the future
Natural Resources Recreation and Tourism student held a traditional view of spirituality and religion. But that summer camp
ignited an awakening in her – and a career philosophy. “Until that
first summer, I thought Judaism was a bunch of prayers and laws
that shaped a person’s life,” said the 21-year-old senior. “But I was
taught that religion is only what you want it to be, even if that
means that instead of praying I just want to listen to the trees blowing in the breeze and watch the rain fall. After those two summers,
nature was not just something I loved, but the basis of my spiritual
beliefs.”
Diener plans to connect nature and spirituality by using religious
stories, parables and other morality tales. “While children may
expect lessons on values from a Bible story, it is surprising when
they learn those same lessons from nature,” she said. “For example, I teach a lesson
on environmental ethics through the Jewish Law, Bal Tashchit, or ‘do not destroy.’
This lesson ties in great with the Leave No Trace Principles, so instead of reading the
law to the students and leading a discussion, we actually go out in nature and discuss
why it is important to treat the earth with respect.”
While Diener’s parents, Barbara and Alex, raised her in the traditional Judaism faith,
she said her spiritual beliefs and connection to nature are now so closely intertwined
that it would be hard to separate the two. “While I was raised a traditional Jew, I
always had more of a connection to the setting I prayed in than the words I was
reading,” she reflected. “From a young age I realized that by sitting outside to listen
to the trees blow in the breeze or watch the rain fall, I was witnessing the work of a
higher power. While the exact identity of that higher power is unclear to me, nature
reminds me of the fact that there is something greater than me. Knowing that nature has made me a better person on so many levels encourages me to teach others.
Hopefully, by working with a lot of children from all over, I will inspire at least a
handful to explore a connection with nature as deep as mine.”
photo by elizabeth hagin
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photo by elizabeth hagin
S
trap a backpack on him and let him loose in the mountains,
and Christian Hoadley is in heaven. The Warnell graduate
student has a few hobbies that have come in handy during his
time at school, but hiking through the skyscraping mountains
is his favorite. “I get the greatest amount of personal satisfaction from
being in the mountains, exploring backcountry trails with my father or
a small group of friends,” Hoadley said. “Spending a week or two in the
wilderness with minimal gear is challenging, but at the same time very
rewarding.” But the extracurricular activity that has translated the best for
this soils student was his time competing in soil judging contests with the
UGA Soil Judging Team, even finishing fifth in the nation in 2010. But
his path didn’t lead straight to Warnell. He took a couple of detours along
the way.
Student News
Student News
believe my exact words were, “So you want me to hit somebody so hard they are knocked on their kiester, and I won’t
get in trouble with the ref? Sign me up!”
It also looks pretty physically demanding -- what do you do to stay
on top of your game? Other than going to practice, I work out
on my own at home with free weights or the weight room at
Ramsey, and I run.
Amanda Mercer, Wings & Fullback
Amanda
Mercer
Caitlyn Finley
Julie
Creamer
Brittany
Furtado
Amonae
Dabbs-Brown
Getting rough: Warnell girls tough on rugby opponents
These Warnellers aren’t afraid of getting tough on the field. Of all the players on the UGA Women’s Rugby
Club, six of them are Warnell undergrads who’ve been keen on tackling other players and dragging them to
the ground — no protective equipment necessary. They’re pretty good, too, earning an overall winning competitive record the last two seasons and winning the 2010 Georgia Rugby Union women’s tournament.
Meet Warnell’s contribution to the UGA Women’s Rugby Club:
Caitlyn Finley, Forward (Hooker)
Age: 20, Junior
Major: Wildlife
Hometown: Fenton, Mich.
Position: Hooker
Plans post-Warnell: Graduate school, then the Peace Corp
It looks like a pretty rough sport — why are you attracted to it? My
dad played when I was growing up and I’ve always thought
it was much more exciting than any other sport. There’s also
a strong bond on rugby teams that you don’t usually see
elsewhere.
It also looks pretty physically demanding — what do you do to stay
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Age: 21, Senior
Major: Wildlife, with a French minor
Hometown: Savannah, Ga.
Plans post-Warnell: Research abroad
on top of your game? Keep hydrated, that’s the biggest part,
and do some conditioning outside of practice.
Ryan Pemberton,
Flanker & Scrum Half
Age: 21, Senior
Major: Forestry and Wildlife
Hometown: Flower Mound, Texas
Plans post-Warnell: I am still exploring my options, but I
know that I would like to something in Natural Resources.
Why are you attracted to it? I’m extremely competitive, and I
needed a sport that I could let all my aggression out and just
tackle someone and run like a madman. I couldn’t find that
in the five years that I played soccer, but I found that in the
first rugby practice.
photos by sandi martin
Ryan
Pemberton
It also looks pretty physically demanding — what do you do to
stay on top of your game? Haha, well I have a few things that I
have to do before I play a rugby game. I have a specific rugby
sports bra and underwear that I consider lucky that I wear
every game day. I have to listen to a specific rugby playlist at
least twice and I usually have to eat a chicken biscuit before
a rugby game. As far as day to day to stay on top of my game
— besides the grueling Tuesday and Thursday practices,
I honestly don’t do much during the week, except maybe
sprint to a bus to get to class. I also like to race my roommate, Amonae Dabbs-Brown every now and then.
Julie Creamer, Fullback
It looks pretty physically demanding — what do you do to stay on
top of your game? My position requires a lot of running so
I try to keep the cardio up on days we don’t have practice.
Fortunately, I have great teammates that are always there
when I need a workout partner.
Brittany Furtado
Forward (Both Prop & Lock)
Age: 25, Senior
Major: Wildlife and Fisheries
Hometown: Decatur, Ga.
Plans post-Warnell: Graduate School
It looks like a pretty rough sport— why are you attracted to it?
The raw physicality of the sport is what appeals to me most.
When I can successfully tackle a woman that is twice my
size, I consider that quite the accomplishment.
It also looks pretty physically demanding — what do you do to
stay on top of your game? Honestly beyond rugby practice and
occasional rugby fitness I don’t go out of my way to stay fit.
The five hours (more if we have a game that week) are typically more than enough to keep me in shape.
Amonae Dabbs-Brown, 8 man
Age: 22, fifth-year senior
Major: Wildlfie
Hometown: Marietta, Ga.
Plans post-Warnell: Graduate School in ecology. Then who
knows. Maybe the Olympics for rugby!
Age: 21, Senior
Major: Fisheries and Wildlife
Hometown: Milton, Ga.
Plans post-Warnell: Graduate School
It looks like a pretty rough sport— why are you attracted to it? I
wasn’t at first. My best friend told me to come to practice
and I stayed around, then fell in love. A lot of it is the friendships, not only with people on our team, but also the other
teams. And it’s fun to play a sport where you really do exert
your entire body. It requires every muscle you have.
Why are you attracted to rugby? “Rugby is a gentleman’s game
played by hooligans!” It’s aggressive and a total adrenaline
rush, but also the only sport where you party with your opponent afterwards.
It also looks pretty physically demanding — what do you do to
stay on top of your game? Pretty much I just have to workout
in addition to rugby. Going to the gym, and we have fitness
every Wednesday.
It looks like a pretty rough sport — why are you attracted to it?
Pretty rough? It is rough, and that’s what attracted me to it. I
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Student News
A summer of discovery
New Costa Rica study
abroad program expands
horizons
Sophomore, Wildlife/Pre-vet
The question everyone has been asking
is, “What did you do in Costa Rica?” My
study abroad trip was a life-changing experience that I will never forget. I have
learned so much from my professors, guest
speakers and even friends — things that will
help me with my major, my future career,
and in life in general. In one month, our
instructors taught us how to use geographic
information system and mapping to collect
data and then create a tangible map. We
learned how economics relates to the environment, and forestry and wildlife majors.
Our trip even extended into the wild, as we
ziplined across parts of Costa Rica, flying
over the Cloud Forest and then hiking to a
breathtaking waterfall. Our bungalows were
right in the middle of the rain forest. Some
of the locals had the most majestic views
of Monteverde right in their backyards. I
could just walk outside my bungalow and
see wildlife and exotic plants and sometimes
even glowing beetles.
Between encouraging professors, passionate
guest speakers, vivacious friends, and heart-to-heart conversations in the bungalows,
I have discovered so much about my own character, my desires in life and my goals.
The people I have met along the trip have grown to be some of my best friends in
life, and the connections I have made I know will last a lifetime. Not only did I
make lasting friendships with the people on my trip, I also made friends with naturalists at the UGA campus and even Costa Ricans that I still talk to daily. I think the
biggest thing that Costa Rica has done for me is to help me realize what I truly want
in life and giving me friends locally and internationally that want to see me succeed.
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By Allen Sherrod
Senior, Natural Resources
Recreation & Tourism
photo courtesy of allen shrrod
By REBEKAH TUCK
Allen Sherrod spent his summer at the Mary Kahrs Warnell
Forest Center Education Center, on loan from the Georgia
Forestry Commission.
photos courtesy of jessica watkins
Rebekah Tuck attended the new Natural
Resource Problem Solving: Warnell Core in
Costa Rica program in 2011, learning how
spatial, economic and social science techniques can be solutions to natural resource
problems. Rebekah is a Sophomore majoring
in Wildlife/Pre-Vet
My crazy summer at the Warnell
Forest Education Center
My summer internship with the Georgia Forestry
Commission was very interesting to say the least. However,
because the Devil really did go down to Georgia — and
set all of it on fire — I gained more valuable experience
answering phones than I did as a forester. I also ended up
spending more time with teachers than foresters.
My summer abruptly shifted gears when, on one excursion with a forester, landed me not in the middle of a forest, but in the middle of Thunderbolt Elementary with
the entire second and third grades, a lady named Gail
Lutowski Westcot, and a half-dozen serpents. Since all
of the GFC employees were being called to various fires
throughout the state, the agency was more than willing
to loan me, somewhat permanently, to the forest education center, where I was able to help Gail with other forest
education programs.
I attended the Georgia Teacher Conservation Workshop
and met some very nice folks, such as Lynn Hooven, former Brave Ryan Klesko, and Earl and Wanda Barrs. While
at the workshop I became Project Learning Tree (PLT)
certified, as well as becoming certified in Projects WET
and WILD. I also worked with Gail at the Billy Lancaster
Forestry Camp. Here I was able to test my new certifications. The middle schoolers attending the camp seemed to
enjoy my sessions as the Project WILD lesson, “Oh Deer!”
landed me in a solid second place of all the sessions presented that week.
My last major event of the summer was the Georgia
Landforms Teacher Workshop. This workshop had me
driving all over the state of Georgia, starting in Savannah
and travelling to Stone Mountain, Tallulah Gorge,
Brasstown Bald, Vulcan Mines in Kennesaw, Providence
Canyon State Park, and a kaolin mine in Sandersville.
Over the course of my summer, I learned a few things:
Gail is awesome; the Georgia Forestry Commission is
about more than just trees; teachers can actually be fun
outside of the classroom; and most importantly, an intern’s work is never done.
Spring Awards Banquet recognizes,
honors outstanding students
The Warnell School held its annual Spring Awards Banquet on April 14, 2011, awarding scholarships and awards to dozens of
outstanding students. Held every year, the spring awards banquet recognizes the spirit of excellence made possible by donors and the
future natural resources leaders who win these prestigious scholarships.
Earl D. and Wanda Taylor Barrs
Entrepreneur and Leadership
Scholarship
Clayton Smith
E.L. Cheatum Award
Jason Scott
Forestry Alumni Scholarships
(New Freshman) Katherine Partrick,
(New Professional) Alyson Davis, John
Rossow, Ethan Robertson & Cody
Seagraves, (Continuing) David Garrett,
W. Amos Tuck, Sarah Hardeman,
Cassandra Skaggs & Jonathan Owens
N.E. Georgia Quail Unlimited
Scholarship
Dallas Paul Grimes
Archie E. Patterson Scholarship
Henry Stone Pepin IV & James Vance
Robert W. & June C. Porterfield
Memorial Scholarship
Kim Sonderman
Ernie E. Provost Scholarship
Zachary Walton
Georgia Forestry Association/Georgia
Forestry Foundation Fellowship
(Thorborn Ross Tolleson III)
William Tyler Ray Scholarship
(New) Aaron Mathys, Joel Adair &
Anakela Popp (Continuing) Morgan
Hickson, Sarah Mills, Mark Butler &
Brynn Davis
Earl Jenkins/Gladys Beach Memorial
Award
Joyce Huang
Gerald B. & Charlotte Alexander
Saunders Scholarship
Viviana Gonzalez & Rachel Mahan
Fred W. Haeussler Scholarship
Katharine Servidio
Society of American Foresters Georgia
Division Award
C. Cory Dukes
Elmo Hester Memorial Scholarship
Alexandria Owens
Hogan Graduate Support Scholarship
Carter Coe
Fredrick William Kinard, Jr.
Scholarship
Jeffrey Reichel
Charles A. & Rose Lane Leavell
Scholarship
Annie Davis & Seth Sofferin
Arnett C. and Ruth Mace Memorial
Scholarship
Sudip Shrestha
Martha Love May Memorial
Scholarship
Annaliese Ashley, Kristen Cecala &
Lauren Satterfield
Arlene C. & Tilden L. Norris
Scholarship
Jeffrey Poston
Stoddard-Burleigh-Sutton Award
Excellence in Wildlife Conservation
Brian Shamblin and Sean Sterrett
C.M. & Bernice C. Stripling
Scholarships
(Freshman Scholarship) James Price
Barnett (Professional Scholarship)
Zachary Clark
Superior Pine Products Scholarship
Tyler Allen
William N. Thompson Scholarship
Tyler Lock
Trout Unlimited Cold Water Fisheries
Scholarship
Zachary Anglin
Warnell School Study Abroad
Scholarship
Ashlee Janda, Jamie Smoak & Brianna
Williams
Gordie J. Yancey Scholarship
Sheila Wright
Young Alumni Scholarship for
Leadership and Training
Laci Coleman & Katharine Servidio
AGHON
Blake McMichael & W. Amos Tuck
Blue Key Honor Society
Ami Flowers, Cassandra Skaggs & Austin
Smith
Rotoract Student Service Award
Jamie Smoak
Warnell Faculty Award
Andrew Yonkofski
Who’s Who in American Colleges and
Universities
Blake McMichael, Emily Reed & Amos
Tuck
Outstanding Senior in Forestry
Blake McMichael
Outstanding Senior in Wildlife
Jackie Sherry
Outstanding Student in Natural
Resources Recreation & Tourism
Matthew Walter
UGA Outstanding Graduate Teaching
Assistant Award
Doug Aubrey, Jayna DeVore & Wally
Woods
Graduate School Excellence in Teaching
Award
Lincoln Larson
Warnell School Outstanding Teaching
Assistant Award
Anna McKee & Andrew Taylor
Warnell School Ambassador of the Year
W. Amos Tuck
Williams, Reid Yates J. Reid Parker
Memorial Merit Scholarship
Caitlyn Finley
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Alumni on the job
Alumni News
photos courtesy of j . c . griffin
Alum assesses Iraqi wildlife
dangers to military aircraft
John ( J.C.) Griffin (BSFR ’99, MS ’01) is a wildlife biologist at Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, Ga. After graduating from
Warnell, he spent 10 years specializing in wildlife damage in Florida and Georgia. Griffin focuses his work on reducing hazards and
risks to military aviation by wildlife, especially birds. Last year, he volunteered for an assignment at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, to evaluate the dangers posed to aircraft on the base by wildlife. Joint Base Balad ranks in the top three every year with number of strikes and
total cost from damagaing strikes. He arrived in November 2010 and returned to the U.S. in March 2011.
By J.C. GRIFFIN
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fter a rather interesting C-130 tactical landing to avoid enemy fire, my first sight of Iraq was at
night. My first thought was how far I was from home, but a gaze upward revealed familiar stars and
constellations. I felt relieved knowing that I was still indeed on planet Earth–even after traveling
for 50 hours. I was on a military base surrounded by some pretty hostile territory and received immediate
training on procedures to follow in the event of an Indirect Fire (IDF) attack. This was my welcome to
Mortaritaville, a nickname given to Joint Base Balad (JBB) due to the daily barrage of IDF mortar and
rocket attacks over the years.
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The next days were spent learning the base. It became clear that mitigating wildlife hazards was going
to pose unique challenges. For instance, in the States, I never really concerned myself with sniper fire
while working! But while in Iraq, the possibility always exists of stumbling upon Unexploded Ordinances
(UXO’s), fired rockets and mortars that failed to detonate. Don’t assume there is little wildlife here in this
desert. The ancient Tigress River runs within a half-mile of the east perimeter fence, giving life to this
desolate land. Agricultural fields dominate as far as the eye can see. Local Iraqis grow and survive on almost
every fruit or vegetable imaginable but how they keep any of their grain crops for themselves, I cannot
fathom. Tens of thousands of wood pigeons, rock doves and collared doves relentlessly feed in those fields.
And then there are the rooks, a migratory crow-like bird present here during the fall and winter months. When these birds
leave and return to their Tigress River roost sites, there is no
better term to describe the sheer number other than “biblical.”
Imagine the devastating impact of a flock of over a million crowsized birds. If this was occurring back home, Wildlife Services
would be helping these farmers with the depredation. If allowed
to travel outside the wire to conduct direct control activities, I
would be helping farmers increase their harvest, while managing
wildlife/aircraft strike threats at the same time. Perhaps one day,
but for now, such assistance is impossible.
lethal control to disperse or remove hazardous wildlife from the
One cannot dwell on the dangers, or you could never appreciate
this land’s beauty. It’s magical being in the birthplace of mankind. Lands surrounding Balad are an oasis in the desert; fertile
soil grows lush green crops in fields divided by rows of eucalyptus
and evergreen trees. I cannot imagine any place with more impressive sunrises and sunsets. At these special times, you forget
that you are in a desert far from home.
Keeping JBB’s airfields free of birds helps pilots and other ser-
To help mitigate bird strikes, I used direct control activities including pyrotechnics, such as bird bangers and screamers, and
the fight. It was an opportunity to see and experience things that
airfield environment. Education is also a vital part of any successful mitigation program. Flying squadrons were provided briefings
and written advisories to increase their awareness of local hazardous wildlife activity. Joint Base Balad has all the ingredients
for a hazardous flying environment. The flightline never sleeps
— F16s, C130s, C17s, C5s, and numerous other transient and
surveillance aircraft are constantly arriving and departing. When
you combine this busy day and night flying schedule with an airspace filled with birds, strikes are a constant threat.
vicemen complete the mission and return home safely, which is
vital for the success of Operation New Dawn and the future of
Iraq. Wildlife Services is committed to our role in this enormous
cause. When I joined Wildlife Services nearly 10 years ago, never
could I have dreamed that there would be an opportunity such
as this. This was a chance to serve my country and be a part of
most will not.
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A Word from the
Development Office
Reid Parker’s legacy lives on with fundraising competition
Over the years, the Warnell Young
Alumni Golf Tournament has become
the event that many alumni and friends
use to kickoff their UGA Homecoming
Weekend experience. Traditionally held
at the UGA Golf Course the Friday before Homecoming, the Warnell Young
Alumni Committee serves as the tournament hosts and all funds raised will
be used to further the education and
leadership mission of the school. We are
proud and honored to announce that this year the Warnell Young
Alumni Golf Tournament will be renamed the Parker Memorial
Alumni Golf Tournament after the beloved professor, alumnus and
lifelong friend of Warnell, J. Reid Parker. Dr. Parker passed away
this January, leaving behind a legacy of support and enthusiasm for
the school he so dearly loved. Dr. Parker was an alumnus of Warnell
(BSF ’50), served the school as an Associate Professor Emeritus for
32 years, and started this golf tournament for alumni to coincide
with UGA Homecoming festivities many years ago.
But we have some other new and exciting changes to our tournament. We are proud to announce that with generous help from our
past tournament donors, as well as the hard work of our Young
Alumni Committee over the years, the principle for our Young
Alumni Endowment for Leadership Training has been met and is
fully endowed. Our goal, established in October of 2005, to provide a permanent source of funding to support and enhance undergraduate leadership programs, opportunities, and activities has
been successfully met. We have been able to give out scholarships
to deserving undergraduates for the past two years, and can now
provide leadership opportunities to students for years to come.
Thanks again to all our past donors for making this possible.
Starting this fall the Young Alumni Committee will begin a new
and more ambitious goal: helping to endow a graduate assistantship. In response to Dean Clutter’s call to all alumni to help support vital graduate student positions, we are designating all funds
raised from this tournament, as well as future fundraising efforts, to
the school’s graduate assistantship endowment needs. This year the
money raised will go towards the Ernie Provost Graduate Support
Fund and the Center for Forest Business Graduate Support Fund.
For more information about the golf tournament or for ways
to help, please contact Emily Nuckolls at (706) 542-0713 or
enuckolls@warnell.uga.edu.
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Greetings from the Warnell development team! Fall
is a busy time of year for our office – football games,
homecoming activities and various club and alumni
functions all make it an exciting time to be on campus
and at Warnell.
We continue to focus our efforts on graduate education
support through endowing several new graduate
assistantships in Warnell. The Center for Forest Business
support fund, the Dr. Ernie Provost assistantship fund,
and the Warnell graduate support fund all continue to
grow toward annually funding a graduate student. We
hope that you will consider remembering these worthy
causes while making your annual pledge to Warnell. A
primary part of continuing to grow and improve our
already strong graduate program here at Warnell is to
provide assistantships for promising students.
We want to thank the Plum Creek Foundation for
a $30,000 contribution to help fund the outdoor
classroom at our Warnell Demonstration Forest
in Effingham County, Georgia. This facility, and
specifically Gail Lutowski, does a phenomenal job with
K-through-12 natural resource education that teaches
our kids about the natural environment, forests and the
importance of forests and the forest products industry to
our state. However, our facilities are limited and we need
to expand. We have designed an outdoor classroom to
help meet the needs of an ever-growing outreach mission
for Warnell. The space will provide covered outdoor
classroom space, some storage space for materials, and
restroom facilities for the Mary Kahrs Warnell Forest
Education Center. We still need additional funds to
make this pressing need a reality.
Dr. Karl Miller and Dr. Bob Warren have recently started
a Deer Management Research Group to help landowners
better understand and address management challenges
associated with deer. After a couple of initial meetings,
many Georgia landowners have joined this effort to fund
additional research and outreach activities by some of
the most recognized deer researchers in the world. If you
have an interest in improving deer herd management on
your forestland we would enjoy discussing this new and
innovative approach to our deer research and outreach.
Finally, we wish to thank all of our alumni, donors, and
supporters of Warnell. Much of what we do, particularly
in these lean budget times, is due to the great support we
receive from y’all. As our programs continue to grow we
rely on the resources provided from our endowment to
meet these increasing needs. We look forward to seeing
you in Athens.
For more information:
Office of Alumni Relations and Development
180 East Green Street, Athens, GA 30606
(706) 542-0713 • enuckolls@warnell.uga.edu
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Class Notes
Class Notes
1950s
Frank E. Craven (BSF ’51) and wife
Millie celebrated their 61st wedding
anniversary with a 14-day cruise of the
Caribbean, visiting ports in Jamaica,
the Cayman Islands, Belize, Honduras
and Mexico. They were accompanied
by their daughter and son-in-law, Karen
and Chuck Mauizi.
Lester O. Thompson (BSF ’54) has
retired but is still doing his own prescribed burning and helping neighbors
determine the height of a dead tree with
his clinometer. Thompson said nothing
pleases him more than to ride through
the areas he managed as a consultant,
remembering his clients.
the National Conservation Leadership
Institute. Williams will be responsible
for supporting the North American Bird
Conservation Initiative, national Flyway
councils, technical and regulatory
aspects of migratory bird conservation,
and promoting bird conservation on
private lands by facilitating the delivery
of the Partners for Fish and Wildlife
Program and Bird Habitat Joint Venture
partnerships.
1990s
1970s
William (Bill) F. Miller III (BSFR
’71) has moved from Savannah, Ga., to
Fernandina Beach, Fla.
1980s
Lenise Lago (BSFR ’83, MFR ’85) has
been named the deputy chief of business
operations for the U.S. Forest Service.
Lago was previously the deputy regional
forester in the Pacific Northwest Region
for the federal agency. Lago oversees all
the business functions that make the
agency operational, including appropriations, civil rights, human resources, IT,
safety, property and procurement, and
homeland security.
Emily Jo Williams (BSFR ’83, MS ’86)
has been named the chief of migratory
birds department for the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service’s Southeast Region
in Atlanta. A native of Waynesboro,
Williams is a certified wildlife biologist and a graduate of, and coach for,
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2000s
Nathan Parry (BSFR ’03) is now living
in Anchorage, Alaska, and working for
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
in its Natural Resources Conservation
Service. He is a project soil scientist
finishing a two million acre soil and
ecological survey at the Yukon-Charley
Rivers National Park and Preserve. His
next project is Glacier Bay, a 3-year,
three million acre national park. He
says is work is all remote field work that
requires intensive helicopter or boat use
because of limited or no road access. “I
am addicted!” he says.
Patrick Work (BSFR ’08) and wife
Avery welcomed son Owen Atticus Work
on Aug. 30, 2011. Owen weighed in at
7 pounds, 1 ounce, and was 21 inches
long. The couple also has a daughter,
Reagan.
Daniel Farrae (MS ’09), who graduated
from Warnell in May, is now working
for the South Carolina Department of
Natural Resources in Charleston, S.C.,
as a wildlife biologist, focusing on fish
population genetics of marine and freshwater species throughout the state.
Garrett D. Mack (BSFR ’09, MFR ’11)
is now a resource planning analyst for
the resource support team for Hancock
Forest Management’s Charlotte, N.C.,
office.
Andrew (BSFR ’05, MFR ’07) and
Emily Saunders (BSFR ’05, MNR ’10)
welcomed the arrival of their first child,
Riley Faith, on Aug. 6, 2011. Riley
weighed in at 8 pounds, 12 ounces and
was 21.5 inches long.
Matthew McKinney (BSFR ’06) is
now living in Starkville, Miss., pursuing
a master’s degree in wildlife ecology at
Mississippi State University. He married
Megan Annette Ford of South Wales,
Australia, on Sept. 3.
Bryant named GFA
Logger of the Year
Coley Bryant (BSFR ‘94) was honored by the
Georgia Forestry Association at the organization’s
2011 annual meeting this past summer as Logger
of the Year. Given annually every year since
1986, the award recognizes a logging contractor
who consistently demonstrates exceptional qualities in business, environmental protection, safety,
and maintenance operations categories.
related to sustainable business management and best practices in the travel and
tourism industry. In July 2011, he married Tiffany Solana, a UGA Vet School
alumna. They now live in Portland, Ore.
Andrew Taylor (BSFR ’98) is working
on his master’s degree at Warnell. His
research involves a shoal bass population
assessment in the lower Flint River, Ga.
Bobby Chappell (BSFR ’99, MNR
’09) relocated to Hood River, Ore.,
in the summer of 2009 to work with
Sustainable Travel International, where
he is currently the director of Standards
Development and Eco-certification. His
work focuses on education and training
Kylie Hamlin-Filkins (BSFR ’07)
is now working for the University of
Georgia in the Northeast District 4-H
Office. She and husband Tim Filkins
recently bought a home in Danielsville.
Ryan Sharp (PhD ’10) has accepted a
position of assistant professor in the recreation and park administration department at Eastern Kentucky University.
He and wife Julie (MS ‘09) recently
welcomed a baby girl, Ivy.
Bryant’s award-winning career began with a part-time job with
Georgia Pacific in its land management office, followed by a consulting job with O.D. (Dill) Middleton for two years. He became a
registered forester in 1996, which is when he began his own business,
Flatwoods Forestry Services Inc. Bryant did consulting work for
private landowners, contract timber cruising and some wildlife consulting at first, but later changed the scope of his business. In 1999,
Bryant bought his own wood and began harvesting.
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Obituaries
Col. Billy Edenfield, former president of Middle Georgia Technical
College, passes away at 74
Col. Billy Gene Edenfield
(BSF ’59) died Sunday, July
3, 2011, in West Monroe,
La., at age 74. Born on June
8, 1937, in Metter, Ga.,
he graduated from UGA
in 1959 as a distinguished
military graduate and was
awarded a bachelor’s degree
in management. In 1978,
Mr. Edenfield earned a
master’s degree in personnel
management from Troy State
University and continued his
education and training while in the military. Mr. Edenfield’s
military career began with an initial assignment in the civil
engineering career field. After flight training, he performed
crew duties in both B-52 and B-57G aircraft, including 170
combat sorties during the Vietnam War. As a senior officer,
his positions included deputy commander for maintenance at
Andersen Air Force Base, Guam; director of material management of Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins Air Force
Base, Georgia; commander, RAF Kemble, England; and commander of Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. He retired from the
Air Force in 1989 at Robins after a 30-year career, holding the
rank of colonel.
Mr. Edenfield’s military decorations and awards include the
Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, Distinguished Flying
Cross with two oak leaf clusters, the Air Medal with seven oak
leaf clusters, the Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf
clusters, and the Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak
leaf cluster.
In December 1989, Mr. Edenfield was selected by the
Department of Technical and Adult Education as executive vice
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In Memoriam:
Former Professor Peter Dress
president of Middle Georgia Technical College. In July 1990,
he was elevated to the position of president and made significant strides in the school’s enrollment, adult literacy program
and economic development training. He also led the effort
to plan, construct, equip and occupy a new 163,000-squarefoot campus. He later served as interim president of Heart of
Georgia Technical Institute.
Mr. Edenfield volunteered for a number of organizations and
agencies in Middle Georgia, including United Way, the executive committee of the Boy Scouts of America and the Warner
Robins Salvation Army Board of Directors, among many others. He was preceded in death by his parents, Clyde and Cordie
Edenfield. He is survived by his wife, Ginger Edenfield.
Shannon Smalley Zimmerman
Shannon Smalley Zimmerman (BSFR ’00), of LaFayette, Ga.,
passed away Aug. 31, 2011, at the Moffitt Cancer Center in
Tampa, Fla. Born June 14, 1977, Shannon graduated from
LaFayette High School in 1995. She attended the University
of West Georgia before enrolling at the University of Georgia,
earning a BSFR in forest resources in 2000. Throughout her
college and professional careers, Mrs. Zimmerman’s passion
for the outdoors continued and she worked from Georgia to
Yellowstone, to Washington to West Virginia, and to Southern
and Northern California, chasing everything from Peregrine
Falcons to salamanders to deer. In 2010 she moved to Lake
Wales, Fla., and continued her environmental consulting career
while being a wife and mother of three. She loved her family,
friends and everything outdoors. She was always a kind and giving person; even in her illness her spirit was strong and she never complained. She touched the lives of everyone she met in her
too-short life. She is survived by her husband Pat Zimmerman,
children Cali, Zeke and Levi; her father, Dr. Robert E. Smalley
and his wife, Darla; and her mother Phyllis C. Smalley; sister
Dr. Suzanne Storey and her husband Joe; and several nieces and
nephews. A memorial service was held Sept. 17, 2011, at the
Rock Spring United Memorial Church.
The Warnell School lost a beloved former professor in May. Dr. Peter Edward
Dress, 75, died Thursday, May 12, 2011, at his Athens home. The forestry professor taught at the Warnell School for 24 years, focusing his research on developing decision models for natural resource management planning, particularly
for the National Forest System. Dr. Dress, who was the Warnell School’s first
associate dean of instruction, was a treasured member of Warnell’s faculty, said
Dean Mike Clutter.
“Dr. Dress was one of the best instructors UGA and Warnell have ever had – he
loved teaching and working with students,” he said. “My introduction to computer programming was from a summer experience in 1974 where Dr. Dress
taught a number of faculty, children of faculty, and others how to program in Fortran. He had an incredible
talent for taking complex problems and breaking them down into manageable pieces. To this day I still remember many of those lectures and lessons taught. Pete continued his involvement here at Warnell even after
his retirement, providing lectures in our graduate research methods class. We will miss Pete Dress and the
support he provided our school over the years.”
Born in Abington, Pa., in 1935 to the late Louise and Edward Dress, Dr. Dress was a graduate of Canton
High School in Ohio and earned his B.S. in forest science and M.S. in biometrics from Pennyslvania State
University. He earned his Ph.D. from Purdue University and then returned to Penn State to teach. But Dr.
Dress joined the UGA faculty in 1972, teaching for 24 years before retiring in 1997. His distinguished UGA
career included teaching courses on statistical sampling, biometrics, resource management, and data structure and computer algorithms. An award winning faculty member, Dr. Dress was named both Xi Sigma
Pi Professor of the Year and the UGA Outstanding Researcher in the Agriculture Experiment Station. He
was named a University of Georgia Senior Teaching Fellow in 1989-1990. He served on numerous Warnell
School of Forestry and Natural Resource and University of Georgia committees, and chaired the Executive
Committee of the University Council from 1990-1992. He was instrumental in enhancing the Warnell instructional programs when he was appointed the first Associate Dean of Instruction in the Warnell School in
1992.
Outside of Warnell, Dr. Dress enjoyed many hobbies, including golf and woodworking. With help from his
grandson, Michael, he built a full-sized woodworking shop in his backyard, which housed his substantial tool
collection, finally making room for a second car in the garage. He was a skilled sailor and watched the winds
carefully for opportunities to take friends or grandchildren for a day on his sailboat at Lake Hartwell. He was
also an avid reader, often reading several books at a time, both fiction and non-fiction. This reading habit
facilitated another of Peter’s favorite pastimes: the art of good and thoughtful conversation on virtually any
subject. Dr. Dress is survived by his wife of 52 years, Virginia Morrow Dress; daughters, Susan Dress Johnson
(David), of Savannah; daughter, Carolyn Dress Dykes, of Athens; son, Stephen Dress (Garnett), of Athens;
daughter, Beth Dress Bailey (Tim), of Athens; two sisters and multiple grandchildren. A memorial scholarship
has been established in Dr. Dress’ name. Donations can be sent to the Peter Dress Memorial Scholarship Fund
at the Office of Development, Warnell School of Forest Resources, 180 East Green St., Athens, GA 30602.
Donor Listing
$10,000 & Up
Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Foundation
William H. Bradley
Nell A. Butler
Anthony J. Cascio & Julie R. Cascio
Georgia Forestry Association, Inc.
Georgia Ornithological Society
Georgia Power
Fred W. & Carol C. Haeussler
Hancock Natural Resource Group
Tom E. Johnson III & Diane M. Johnson
The Forrest C. & Frances H. Lattner Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. Arnett C. Mace Jr.
Steve McWilliams
The Molpus Company
Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP
Newfields
Frank W. Norris Foundation
July 1, 2010 - July 30, 2011
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Jim Rundorff
Mr. Lewis Pearce Brown Jr.
Forestar Real Estate Group
Kay W. & Richard V. Saunders Sr.
Mr. Paul Wilson Bryan Jr.
ForesTech International, LLC
Raymond James & Associates
Deltic Timber Corporation
William Earl Smith & Caroline Smith
Mrs. Holly Hoover Bullock
Mr. & Mrs. Scott P. Jones
William W. Douglas III & Lisa Layman Douglas
Mrs. C. M. Stripling
Denis Kelleher
Charles H. Driver III
Dr. James Michael Sweeney
Dr. Harold Eugene Burkhart &
Mrs. Harold Eugene Burkhart
Mrs. Delia Hargreaves Forester &
Mr. Randall H. Forester
Lee Parker LoPriore & Chris J. LoPriore
Energy Launch Partners
Don R. Taylor & Shelba M. Taylor
Mr. Paul Mitchell Butts & Mrs. Mary S. Butts
Timothy Mark & Wendi Lowrimore
Mr. David T. Foil
Timberland II, LLC
Jonathan Anderson Callaghan
Brooks C. Mendell & Elizabeth S. Mendell
Forest Resource Consultants, Inc.
The Timbermen Inc.
Mr. Douglas Edward Carter
MetLife
Fulghum Fibres, Inc.
Ashley Sexton & Jack G. Turner
Mr. Timothy Lynn Cash & Mrs. Judy Eason Cash
Todd Holland Mullis
G & C Fertilizer
Upper Chattahoochee Chapter of Trout Unlimited
Oconee River Chapter of Trout Unlimited
David H. Gambrell & Luck Gambrell
James E. Wise
Mr. Thomas Nathan Cathey &
Mrs. Deborah M. Cathey
Orbis GIS Orbis, Inc.
Gavilon Fertilizer, LLC
Thomas Joseph Wiswell & Martha E. Wiswell
Outdoor Underwriters, Inc.
Georgia Division Society of American Foresters
The Page Family Revocable Trust
Georgia-Pacific Financial Management LLC
John Ashley Pait III
Green Diamond Resource Company
The Promise Land Trophy Whitetail Deer Ranch
Charles W. Gregg & Elisa Q. Gregg
Rayonier Operating Company LLC
F. Sheffield Hale & Elizabeth Hale
Red Oaks Plantation
RMK Timberland Group
Ross Harding
Mr. & Mrs. Grant T. Harvey
Charles B. Haygood Jr. & Mary Isla Haygood
Haygood Legal PC
James W. Sewall Company
Heritage & Wildlife Conservation Foundation
Jeffrey M. Siegrist & Company
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard D. Hogan
Dr. Robert Alan Sargent Jr.
Dr. Fred Huie Simonton III & Mary Alice
Simonton
Ironshore Management, Inc.
Mr. Miles Anthony Stone
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
Superior Pine Products Company
Stoel Rives LLP
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, LLP
Marshall Thomas
Timberland Investment Resources
Joy & Alfred Viola
Pat Acquisition, L.L.C.
Resource Management Service, LLC
$5,000 to $9,999
Barry & Naomi Beers
Mr. & Mrs. John F. Brock
Jon Paul Caulfield
CELLFOR
Coca-Cola Enterprises
Mr. Hinton Guerry Davis
Dow AgroSciences, LLC
Finite Carbon Corporation
George Wiley Flanders & Cecile W. Flanders
Richard L. Crowell
Thomas Gerard Savini & Virginia Parker Savini
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Parker Jr.
Brown & Brown Timber Consulting
Mr. & Mrs. Rick R. Holley
Safari Club International Georgia Chapter
Hank & Susan Page
Repreve Renewables, LLC
Weyerhaeuser
Charles W. Williams
Dr. Russell H. Yeany & Mrs. Brenda Yeany
$100 to $999
Adams & Reese LLP
Farm Credit Associations of Georgia
American Wetlands Corporation
Mr. Louise Mitchell Coffee III
Mr. Charles Marcus Goodowns &
Mrs. Judy P. Goodowns
Arborgen, LLC
Cohutta Chapter Trout Unlimited
Ms. Mary Ellen Aronow
Mr. Arthur B. Collins III & Mrs. Marian Collins
Mr. William Enge Babcock Jr. &
Mrs. Marie Babcock
Mr. Allen Shawn Cooper
Jones Lang LaSalle Americas
Ms. Sara S. Baldwin & Mr. David F. Baldwin
David W. Lambert & Mari Anne Lambert
Andy D. Barrs
Carl Wilson Lawson
Mr. Earl Dale Barrs & Mrs. Wanda Taylor Barrs
Dr. & Mrs. R. Larry Marchinton
Mr. Leon Daniel Coppage &
Mrs. Cynthia Inman Coppage
Dr. Sarah F. Covert
Mr. Frank Edward Craven &
Mrs. Mildred M. Craven
Mrs. Joyce Ballard Beckwith &
Dr. Julian R. Beckwith III
Dr. Rafael E. De La Torre Sosa &
Ms. Constanza Beron-Wiesner
Mr. James Berton Berdeen
Mr. Tracy Keith Dickerson
Mr. Michael Ernest Dodd & Mrs. Jennie Dodd
Plum Creek Marketing Inc.
Mr. Stewart Irwin Bloodworth
Mr. John Riley Eadie & Mrs. Kay L. Riley
Plum Creek Foundation
BG (Ret.) James Warner Boddie Jr. &
Mrs. Shirley A. Boddie
Mr. Harold Lee Estes
ExxonMobil Foundation
Mr. Willis Fernell Booth &
Mrs. Lorna W. Booth
Dr. Zixing Fang
Mr. Ronald Kemp Ferguson &
Mrs. Teresa G. Ferguson
F & W Forestry Services, Inc.
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Clutter
Forisk Consulting, LLC
Donald L. Codding
Dr. & Mrs. Richard L. Porterfield
Potlatch Corporation
Dr. Charles R. Gruner & Marsha W. Gruner
Deer Capital
Mr. Louie F. Deaton & Mrs. Norma L. Deaton
Pender Pet Caring Foundation
Mr. John Eugene Cay IV
Mr. Arthur Guinn Griner Jr. &
Mrs. Cheryl M. Griner
Dr. Bruce Beck
Dr. Catalino A. Blanche &
Mrs. Fe Celeste B. Blanche
The Forestland Group, LLC
Dr. W. Dale Greene & Dr. Jeanna L. Wilson
Mr. Herman Oliver Hamrick &
Mrs. Rachel J. Hamrick
Ann Todd Parker
The Campbell Group, LLC
Dr. Gary Terence Green
Mr. Stuart Hall Davis Jr.
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