Natural Resources Research & Management
This digital issue of our 2022-2023 Biennial Report is jam-packed with thought-provoking science, compelling management strategies, beautiful images and videos, and educational content. We hope you enjoy exploring this digital magazine.
In this edition we highlight our Woods research program, that includes our Ecological Silviculture, Landscape Ecology, and Ecohydrology Labs as well as the work of our Conservation and Education programs from November 2023 to March 2024.
The one-year study aims to improve hurricane mitigation guidelines for pecan growers and understand how hurricane risk changes with tree size and orchard placement.
This issues focuses on wildlife topics, including searching for alligator snapping turtles, wild pig removal research, and updates on deer chronic wasting disease.
The Georgia Flow Incentive Trust is working with farmers to lessen impacts on streams during droughts. Listen here as Dr. Steve Golladay and others tell us more.
This issue focuses on some of our water-related research and outreach efforts. We also include a feature on our decades-long red-cockaded woodpecker restoration work.
In addition to research, Center staff have helped lead conservation efforts for the gopher tortoise, including hosting workshops with the Gopher Tortoise Council and publishing a…
Congrats to Chambers English who was selected for a Georgia Environmental Conference Scholarship for his poster presentation on economics of longleaf pine restoration.
During breeding season, we found that shoal bass moved long distances to certain preferred shoals (50+ miles in some cases). Once breeding was…
A new project is evaluating the use of silvicultural treatments for releasing longleaf pine saplings…
A new study published in Forest Ecology and Management sheds light on ecological approaches to forestry in longleaf pine.
This time of the year is full of activity at the Center, especially for our graduate students…
Jones Center scientists are launching a new study aiming to inform restoration of longleaf pine at the scale of entire watersheds.
The Jones Center is working with UGA to study the effectiveness of wild pig control methods and to quantify benefits of wild pig control on…
A recent report provides recommendations for climate adaptations and resilience to our nation’s forests braiding together indigenous and western knowledge.
The latest issue of Georgia Forestry Magazine highlights a recent visit by Senator Jon Ossoff to The Jones Center at Ichauway to meet with Georgia Forestry Association leadership and stakeholders.
Congratulations to Nicole on becoming a Mollie Beattie Visiting Scholar! Nicole is a post-doctoral researcher working to improve ecological understanding and conservation in the longleaf pine ecosystem.
This field site occupies roughly 3500 acres in the southwest corner of Ichauway and supports a 6-level instrument tower…