Our Research | Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center

Forest management practices affect carbon storage
Diameter limit cutting leads to sustainable forestry
Simulated dog houses are being used in urban pest ant management research on the Oak Ridge Forest.
Longleaf pine progeny test on the Highland Rim Forest
Forest management is an integral part of our program. Each forest presents its own unique circumstances based on soil, water, climate, and environmental conditions.
White Oak restoration at the Oak Ridge Forest
Landscape and forest pest trapping and identification as part of our Integrated Pest Management Research Project.
Cooperative research on stream restoration and habitat enhancement is being conducted on our Cumberland Forest.
The Oak Ridge Forest is home to an outdoor bird aviary used by the UT Department of Psychology for understanding how selected species communicate in groups and under threatening stimuli.
Our research is helping develop disease resistance and enhance flowering characteristics in kousa dogwood cultivars.

Forest Resources AgResearch Center Projects

The dogwood improvement program has one the nation’s largest collections of flowering and kousa dogwood cultivars and is maintained at the Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center. (Learn More)

Integrated pest management research project

Several ongoing studies directly valuable for pest monitoring and management across Tennessee landscapes, nurseries, and forests. (Learn More)

Urban and pest management research houses

Simulating field conditions to evaluate urban pest ant management strategies. (Learn More)

Weather-related damage rehabilitation, revegetation, and tree growth study. (Learn More)

Todd Freeberg, professor in the UT Department of Psychology, studies bird vocal signals. (Learn More)

The Hornyhead Branch Restoration and Habitat Enhancement Project was a cooperative effort between the Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center and many local, state, and federal agencies. Goals included improving and stabilizing the banks of the Hornyhead Branch as well as providing a stream restoration educational resource. (Learn More)

This research is being conducted at three sites in Morgan County, by Jennifer Franklin of the UT Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, and Jan Frouz of the Institute of Soil Biology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. The study assessed belowground and aboveground recovery of these sites that were mined for coal forty to fifty years ago. (Learn More)