tlve aid grants from the 

 Forest Service also helped 

 in educating graduate 

 students as well as support- 

 ing faculty research. The 

 total funds available for 

 university research in 1980 

 amounted to about $24.7 

 million, according to unpub- 

 lished data from the USDA 

 Cooperative State Research 

 Service, and staffing in 

 1 980 totaled 1 87 scientist 

 years. 



Among other organizations 

 contributing to forestry 

 research was the Georgia 

 Forest Research Council, 

 which, under the leadership 

 of R.E. Ruark, acted as a 

 catalyst for many investiga- 

 tions. It also constructed 

 the forest fire laboratory at 

 Macon, GA, for use by the 

 Forest Service in carrying 

 out fire studies. The Tall 

 Timbers Research Station 

 in Florida became well 

 known for studies in fire 

 ecology and for sponsoring 

 many symposia on various 

 forestry problems. The 

 Tennessee Valley Authority 

 published many studies 

 dealing with such topics as 

 industrial development and 

 management of forests and 

 related resources. 



Forest industries also made 

 major investments in forestry 

 research. For example, in 

 the 1950's, the International 

 Paper Company established 

 a research center at Bain- 

 bridge, GA, where scientists 

 carried out cooperative 

 studies of forest diseases, 

 prescribed burning, and 

 stand improvement under 

 the direction of Charles 

 Driver and C.J. Perkins. 

 Research staffs of other 

 companies such as Weyer- 

 haeuser, Union Bag [now 

 Camp], and West Virginia 

 Pulp and Paper [now 

 Westvaco] likewise conduct- 

 ed many studies of forestry 

 problems. Forest industries 

 played a leading role in 

 cooperation with equipment 

 manufacturers in developing 

 and testing logging and 

 processing equipment and 

 technology. 



In the South, the forest 

 industries also have fre- 

 quently provided funds for 

 such Federal and State 

 research as the forest survey 

 and furnished experimental 

 forest areas for studies in 

 timber management. Indus- 

 try members of advisory 

 committees helped develop 

 and guide research pro- 

 grams of public agencies. 



