Center Overview
The Center for Advanced Forestry Systems (CAFS) brings together industry and agency scientists with practitioners and university scientists from across the country to take interdisciplinary approaches to solving problems facing our nation’s planted and natural forests. Its mission is to help create a future with sustainable, healthy forests that provide an economic foundation for many communities and industries, and that offer numerous environmental services.
CAFS seeks to optimize genetic and cultural management regimes to produce high-quality raw forest materials for new and existing products. To do so, CAFS convenes scientists from different disciplines who define and conduct collaborative research on specific and compelling issues relevant to industry that transcend species, regions, and disciplinary boundaries.
Universities
- University of Washington
- University of Idaho
- University of Maine
- North Carolina State University
- Oregon State University
- Purdue University
- University of Georgia
Center Personnel
Aaron Weiskittel
Professor/Director
2075812857
aaron.weiskittel@maine.edu
Douglass Jacobs
Site Director
7654941055
djacobs@purdue.edu
Eric Turnblom
Site Director
2065434043
ect@u.washington.edu
Jeff Hatten
Site Director
5417374933
jeff.hatten@oregonstate.edu
Mark Coleman
Site Director
2088856651
mcoleman@uidaho.edu
Rachel Cook
Site Director
9195152444
rlcook@ncsu.edu
Cristian Montes
Site Director
(706) 542-2686
crmontes@uga.edu
Meg Fergusson
Program Coordinator
(207) 581-3794
margaret.fergusson@maine.edu
Research Focus
CAFS’ research is in four primary areas:
- Decision-support tools.
- Forest genetics.
- Forest management.
- Remote sensing.