A brief and biased memoir of the Southern Institute of Forest Genetics

Abstract

Looking back, I recall many fond memories of my association with the Southern Institute of Forest Genetics (SIFG) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The SIFG was “activated” by the Forest Service’s Southern Forest Experiment Station (SOFES) on August 29, 1954, to meet the following three purposes (Briegleb 1955) focus a staff with specialized training using adequate laboratory and field facilities on some of the fundamental research questions and management problems related to forest genetics, conduct an “aggressive” program of tree improvement, and serve as a repository of information on forest genetics work and its application, with an emphasis on the southern pines

Parent Publication

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

Citation

Schmidtling, Ron. 2023. A brief and biased memoir of the Southern Institute of Forest Genetics. 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: 215–233.