DEPARTMENTDEPARTMENT OFOF FORESTRYFORESTRY Annual Report 2005 A University Exemplary Department Virginia Tech does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, national origin, religion, or political affiliation. Anyone having questions concerning discrimination should contact the Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Office (540) 231-7500/1-800-828-1120 TTY/PC. ANNUAL REPORT 2005 Department of Forestry College of Natural Resources* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 U.S.A. (540) 231-5483 Fax (540) 231-3698 www.forestry.vt.edu [email protected] *Other departments within the College are the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, the Department of Geography, and the Department of Wood Science and Forest Products. Reports are available upon request. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................................1 PERSONNEL ................................................................................................................................................3 Faculty..............................................................................................................................................3 Emeriti ..............................................................................................................................................8 Visiting Scholars and Lecturers .......................................................................................................9 Technical Personnel.......................................................................................................................10 Clerical Personnel..........................................................................................................................10 Department of Forestry Advisory Board.........................................................................................11 TEACHING..................................................................................................................................................12 Formal Courses Taught .................................................................................................................13 RESEARCH ................................................................................................................................................18 Forest Biometrics ...........................................................................................................................19 Faculty...............................................................................................................................19 Growth and Yield Modeling...............................................................................................19 Sampling and Forest Inventory .........................................................................................20 Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry, and Geographic Information Systems.....................20 Utilization and Marketing...................................................................................................22 Education ..........................................................................................................................22 Graduate Students............................................................................................................23 Natural Resource Recreation.........................................................................................................24 Faculty...............................................................................................................................24 Recreation Site and Visitor Management .........................................................................24 Human Dimensions...........................................................................................................25 Graduate Students............................................................................................................26 Industrial Forestry Operations........................................................................................................27 Faculty...............................................................................................................................27 Forest Operations .............................................................................................................27 Site Impacts from Forest Operations ................................................................................28 International ......................................................................................................................28 Graduate Students............................................................................................................28 Forest Biology ................................................................................................................................29 Faculty...............................................................................................................................29 Christmas Trees................................................................................................................29 Ecology .............................................................................................................................29 Regeneration/Silviculture ..................................................................................................30 Soils ..................................................................................................................................33 Water Quality ....................................................................................................................34 Tree and Seedling Physiology ..........................................................................................36 Agroforestry.......................................................................................................................36 Urban Forestry ..................................................................................................................36 i Genetics ............................................................................................................................37 International Forestry ........................................................................................................38 Educational .......................................................................................................................38 Graduate Students............................................................................................................39 Forest Economics, Policy, and Management ................................................................................41 Faculty...............................................................................................................................41 International Forestry ........................................................................................................41 Forest Taxation and Regulation........................................................................................41 Forest Landowners ...........................................................................................................42 Forest and Natural Resource Policy .................................................................................42 Fire Economics and Policy................................................................................................43 Graduate Students............................................................................................................43 OUTREACH AND EXTENSION..................................................................................................................44 SHARP Logger Programs..............................................................................................................45 Cooperative and Industrial Extension Programs ...........................................................................46 Continuing Education Programs ....................................................................................................48 Other Outreach Programs..............................................................................................................50 Youth and Teacher Education Programs.......................................................................................51 Newsletters and Magazine Columns Published ............................................................................52 World Wide Web Sites ...................................................................................................................53 THESES AND DISSERTATIONS ...............................................................................................................56 EDITORSHIPS, AWARDS, AND ACHIEVEMENTS...................................................................................58 PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS.........................................................................................................62 INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES...................................................................................................................72 PUBLICATIONS..........................................................................................................................................75 Refereed