Category: Forest Management

Retired Clemson professor and one of the first experts to publish on on wild hogs in North America, Dr. Gene Wood writes a blog for the CU Forest.

Photo by Dr. Erin Buchholtz

Why do foresters set the forest on fire? The answer is long and complicated – more so than we have space for in this blog. But there are some simple concepts we can discuss, and some resources for further reading. Bottom line is that Clemson University foresters burn parts of the CU Forest in order […]

One thing is certain and that is forests are in a constant state of change. Wind, fire, disease, floods – these are natural ecological events that create destruction and set off long term processes of recovery and change. Forest managers are trained foresters who participate in, and often initiate that change process. They make decisions […]