Southern Research Station

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      Water Research

USDA Forest Service       Research and Development      Southern Research Station

FACILITIES FOR LONG-TERM RESEARCH

• EXPERIMENTAL FORESTS WITH WEIRS AND CLIMATE STATIONS

-COWEETA HYDROLOGIC LAB

-SANTEE EXPERIMENTAL FOREST

• LEVERAGED NETWORKS

USGS, ETC.

• DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS

-STREAM TEMPERATURE-MUSSELS…. PLANNING STAGE

THEORETICAL & BASIC RESEARCH

CLIMATE CHANGE: • CUTTING-EDGE TOOLS AND APPROACHES:

EDDY COVARIANCE, SAPFLOW, MODELING

• WARMING IMPACTS ON COLD-WATER FISHERIES

• DROUGHT EFFECTS ON LOW-FLOWS & AQUATIC ORGANISMS

• SEA LEVEL RISE & INTERACTION

DISTURBANCE EFFECTS ON WATER

• HURRICANES

• LAND USE/LAND COVER CHANGE WETLANDS / MANGROVES

• URBANIZATION IMPACTS ON WATER QUALITY

• INVASIVE SPECIES ON HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES -HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID

FIRE EFFECTS ON WATER QUALITY• LOW INTENSITY, LOW SEVERITY FIRE

• BURNS IN MESIC VS. RIDGE COMMUNITIES

FOREST MANAGEMENT• FOREST HARVESTING METHODS INTENSITIES

• PRESCRIBED FIRE IN THE COASTAL PLAIN

• RECREATION AND OFF-ROAD VEHICLE

• DIFFERENT SPECIES FOR SILVICULTURE -EUCALYPTUS VS. PINE

-SHORT ROTATION WOODY CROPS

SYNTHESIS AND SCALED INTEGRATION RESEARCH

• FOR POLICY AND PLANNING

• SUSTAINABILITY OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

• DROUGHT

• MOUNTAINS TO COAST

• SOUTHERN FOREST FUTURES PROJECT

TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS

• WASSI - WATER SUPPLY STRESS INDEX PREDICTS LAND COVER, CLIMATE, AND POPULATION IMPACTS ON WATER AND C-SEQUESTERING

• GIS TOOLS FOR AQUATIC ORGANISM PASSAGE

• HYDRSTA - REAL TIME MONITORING OF STREAM WATER QUALITY

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Estimated water supply originating on NFS and SPF lands serving drinking water intakes.

SOME RESEARCH NEEDS NOT BEING ADDRESSED

• GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY

• URBANIZATION IMPACTS BASELINE DATA TO INFORM DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

• ECONOMICS OF WATER AS ECOSYSTEM SERVICE