The first publication series of the Southern Forest Experiment Station

Abstract

The first U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service regional experiment stations were created in 1921 with few guidelines and directives for their organization. Newly appointed, station directors used creativity in organizing their programs, including how to gain support and direction for the experiment stations. This was especially true for the Southern Forest Experiment Station (SOFES), which was established when much of the southern timber industry had cut out, or were on the verge of cutting out, their virgin forests.

Parent Publication

• Celebrating 100 years of forest science: an abridged history of the Southern Research Station

Citation

Barnett, James P. 2023. The first publication series of the Southern Forest Experiment Station. In: Bragg, Don C., ed. Celebrating 100 years of forest science: an abridged history of the Southern Research Station. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-272. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station: 103-105.