Center for Forest Watershed Research

The mission of the Center for Forest Watershed Research Unit (RWU-4353) is to evaluate, explain, and predict the interactions of water, soil, vegetation, and aquatic and terrestrial organisms in response to management regimes, natural disturbances, climate change and atmospheric pollutants at the watershed scale, and to provide the technical basis to sustain, manage, and restore forested watersheds and their fauna.  

Our research provides information, methods, and guidelines to implement and evaluate ecosystem management concepts, practices, and effects on water, soil, and forest resources. We are also improving the knowledge, baseline data, and predictive methods that are required to evaluate effects of the atmospheric environment on forested watersheds in the southeastern U.S. 

Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory
3160 Coweeta Lab Rd
Otto, NC 28763

Tel: 828-524-2128
Fax: 828-369-6768

Center for Forested Wetlands Research
3734 Highway 402
Cordesville, SC 29434

Tel: 843-336-5601
Fax: 843-336-5068

Coldwater Streams and Trout Habitat
USDA Forest Service
1710 Research Center Dr
Blacksburg, VA 24060