• Research

• Longleaf Pine Research
• Plant Ecology and Biodiversity
• Productivity and Nutrient Cycling
• Long-term Research on Productivity and Biodiver sity
• Ecosystem Restoration
• Conversion From Slash Pine Plantation to Longleaf Pine Ecosystem
• Herbicide as a Management Tool
• Groundcover Restoration
• Adaptive Management of Hardwood Depressions
• Site Classification and Restoration in the Chickasawhatchee Swamp
• Conservation Management
• Aquatics Research
• Wildlife Research
• Research Publications
• Graduate Projects

Site Classification and Restoration in the Chickasawhatchee Swamp

Research Team: Dr. L. Katherine Kirkman (Associate Scientist) and Eamonn Leonard (Research Technician)

The development of an exemplary management plan for the restoration of upland and wetland ecosystems in the Chickasawhatchee Swamp Wildlife Management Area is a goal for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GA DNR) in partnership with the J. W. Jones Ecological Research Center. To examine opportunities for restoration of uplands, wetlands, and ecotonal sites, potential ecological community types on the site must be identified, mapped, and developed. To accomplish this, we are utilizing and adapting a hierarchically-derived ecological site classification developed by the Center for Ichauway. Information will be gathered on land-use history, adjacent land-uses and contemporary land-use practices, site-specific hydrologic data, soil mapping, vegetation characterization, and rare species inventory and used in developing the management plan.

Research in progress, publications forthcoming.

Funded by: The Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center and the Department of Natural Resources