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DAES Faculty

Ronald Smith,  Instructor of Forestry

102 Mayberry Hall
Phone: 334-724-8454
Email: rsmith@tuskegee.edu
Area: Forestry
Curriculum vitae

Research Summary

  • Vegetation Management Alternatives. Currently evaluating the use of goats for the control; of undesirable vegetation as an alternative to herbicides and fire. This would be applied to herbicide and fire/smoke sensitive areas. 
  • Effect of Forest operations on Soil Bulk Density 
  • Agro-Forestry Alternatives for Limited Resource Land Owners and Farmers 
  • Restoration of Longleaf Pine ecosystems (Including TU lands with the Chattahoochee Fall Line Restoration Project) 
  • Recording Land Scape Sounds (in co-operation with Purdue University)