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Dossier E. David Dickens Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources University of Georgia 4 April 2016
Dossier for Tenure and Promotion
Dossier
E. David Dickens
Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
University of Georgia
4 April 2016
E. DAVID DICKENS
Outline
Section 1:Vita
Section 2:Achievements
1. Achievements in Teaching
2. Achievements in Research
3. Achievements in Service
Appendix
Table of Contents
Section 1. Vitavi
1. Academic Employment History1
2. Resident Instruction and Continuing Education2
Resident instruction-undergraduate2
Resident instruction-graduate2
Teaching evaluations2
Continuing education instruction for professionals2
3. Scholarly Activities4
A. Publications4
1. Books authored or co-authored4
2. Books or proceedings edited or co-edited4
3. Chapters in books4
4. Monographs4
5. Journal articles4
6. Journal paper reviews5
7. Abstracts, non-refereed articles, or proceedings papers5
8. Extension publications10
9. a. Popular press articles and b. workshop papers18
B. Creative contributions other than formal publications19
C. Grants applied for or received19
D. Recognitions and outstanding achievements21
E. Areas in which research is done21
F. Supervision of student research22
G. Editorship or editorial board member of journals22
H. Convention papers and seminars21, 28-30
4. Professional and Public Service22
A. Professional service22
1. Areas of extension responsibility22
2. External clientele contacts23
3. In-service training for agents and other professionals23
4. Statewide educational meetings24
5. Local or county educational meetings24
6. Conferences, Seminars, Workshops attended27
7. Extension instruction evaluations29
8. Membership in professional societies30
9. National level committee assignments30
10. Regional level committee assignments30
11. State level committee assignments30
B. International programs30
C. Governmental and non-governmental agencies30
5. Letter to Dean Describing Major Accomplishments31
Section 2. Professional Achievements
A. Achievements in Teaching34
B. Achievements in Research34
C. Achievements in Service35
Appendix – Job description and letter of offer37
Dossier
E. DAVID DICKENS
SECTION 1
Vita
Curriculum Vitae
University of Georgia
1. Academic History:
Full Name:
Ernest David Dickens
Present Rank:
Full Professor
Department and/or College:Forestry and Natural Resources
Tenure Status:
Tenured in 2004
Type of Appointment:
100 % Outreach/Extension
Highest Degree earned:
Ph.D. Clemson University May 1997
Campus mailing address:P.O. Box 8112 G.S.U. Statesboro, GA 30460
Date of employment at UGA:1 April 1999
Educational History
Degrees:
Ph.D. Forest Site Productivity - May 1997 Clemson University
M.S. Forest Site Productivity - August 1988 Clemson University
B.S. Forest Management - August 1985 The University of Georgia
B.A. Philosophy – August 1980 Furman University
Dissertation title:Growth and Elemental Pool Response of a Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda L.) Plantation to a Biosolids Application
Academic Employment History:
Full Professor – Forest Productivity, WSF&NR, The University of Georgia, August 2011 – present
Associate Professor – Forest Productivity, WSF&NR, The
University of Georgia, April 2004 – July 2011
Assistant Professor - Forest Productivity, WSFR - The University of Georgia, April 1999 - 2004
Extension Associate/Specialist, Clemson University, 1992-1999
Area Extension Forestry Agent, Clemson University, 1988-1992
Graduate Research Assistant, Clemson University, 1986-1988
2. Resident instruction and continuing education:
a. Resident instruction-Undergraduate - No assigned duties with 100% extension appointment
b. Resident instruction-Graduate -No assigned duties with 100% extension appointment
c. Teaching evaluations - No assigned duties with 100% extension appointment
d. Continuing Education:
Continuing education programs for professionals and landowners.
Year/dateMeeting/Conference/Workshop/Seminar RoleAttendance (hrs)
2015
Jan 7 State-wide SC Veg Mgmt Annual Conf Herbicides friendly to wildlife &
Herbicides for pine straw – Greenville, SC - invited speaker
268 (1.2)
Feb 4 Ware County area forestry meeting Pine straw prodn, Waycross
- speaker
55 (1)
Feb 24 Appling County area forestry meeting Pine straw prodn, Baxley
–speaker 30 (1.2)
Mar 31 Randolph County area forestry meeting Forest fertilization, Cuthbert
-speaker89 (1)
April 21 Longleaf alliance meeting Herbicide use for site prep & HWC
Okeefenokee NWR – speaker60 (1.3)
May 5 Longleaf alliance meeting Sprayer calibration & mode of action
Buena Vista, GA – speaker35 (1.5)
May 19 SAF Savannah Chapter meeting Forest herbicides, Pooler
– speaker 30 (1)
July 9 GFC forester training Loblolly, longleaf and slash G&Y and econ,
Macon – speaker
65 (2)
July 15 Multi-county half day forestry workshop Updates on comp control
and fertilization, Statesboro – speaker 60 (2)
Aug 13 SE District agent training Pine straw prodn and tour of 3 study areas
VOVRC – speaker
40 (3)
Aug 25-26 Multi-state Forest herbicide workshop (5 topics), Statesboro
Host, coordinator, speaker
75 (13)
Sept 1 Multi-county Area forestry meeting Negative aspects of pine straw
Raking and field session speaker
95 (2)
Sept 17 State-wide Agroforestry field day Pine straw prodn, Griffin
-speaker
55 (4.5)
Oct 1 DNR, NRCS, GFC training – herbicides for longleaf (4 topics), Forsyth
-co-coordinator, speaker
25 (3)
Oct 6 Multi-state forestry meeting and field day species selection and G&Y
VOVRC –host, coordinator, speaker75 (3.5)
Oct 7 DNR, NRCS, GFC training – herbicides for longleaf (4 topics), Alma
-co-coordinator, speaker
35 (3)
Oct 8 DNR, NRCS, GFC training – herbicides for longleaf (4 topics), Dawson
-co-coordinator, speaker
45 (3)
Oct 15
2014
Mar 6 Multi-county Assessing ice damaged stands, Sandersville – speaker 55
Mar 18 Multi-county Assessing ice damaged stands, Midville – speaker
45
Mar 27 Multi-countyAssessing ice damaged stands, Sylvania – speaker
35
April1 Multi-county Herb weed control & thinning pine plantations, Vidalia –speaker 50
May 1 Multi-county Assessing ice damaged stands, Swainsboro – speaker
55
May 1 Mult-county Economics of growing loblolly, longleaf and slash pine w/ and w/o
pine straw, different rotation ages & est costs, Swainsboro – speaker 55
June 3 SAF chapter meeting Pine plantation economics, Milledgeville – speaker 45
June 11-12 Multi-state Intensive mgmt. and value added, Statesboro – host 55
July 2 GFC training Longleaf stem quality assessments, Hawkinsville – speaker 15
July 16-17 Multi-state Miss State Univ Forest herbicide workshop – invited speaker
Wild pear control, longleaf HWC 5-yr findings, mid-rot fert & comp control 270
Sept 25-26 UGA Ext agent training Intro to forestry in GA, field session, Tifton
Speaker
55
Sept 30 Multi-county Pine straw prodn, stand mgmt. and econ, Lexington, SC
speaker
55
Oct 28-29 Multi-state Forest landowner conference, alternative incomes –
Valdosta invited speaker
60
Nov 5-6 Multi-state Pine straw workshop, (6 presentations), Statesboro
host, speaker 42
Dec 4 Multi-county Barrien Co area forestry meeting, longleaf pine mgmt.
Nashville, GA – speaker
65
Dec 16 Multi-county Lowdens Co area forestry meeting, pine mgmt. and econ
Thomasville – speaker
35
Total # or participants at meetings = 992 total education hrs @ 2279
2013
Feb 6NationalWeed Science Soc of Am – Baltimore,MD – session chair
42 (4)
Mar 19 Multi-stateLongleaf Alliance Workshop – Ft Stewart - invited speaker
25(1.5)
Herbicide use in forestry, longleaf herbaceous weed control (HCW)
Mar 21 Multi-county Timber Taxation – Statesboro - coordinator
30 (3)
April 16 Multi-state Master Tree Farmer Videoconference– invited speaker
Pine mgmt.
68(2.5)
April 23 Multi-stateLongleaf Alliance – Tifton - invited speaker – Longleaf HWC 60 (1)
May 1-2 Multi-stateClemson Univ. Forest herbicide Workshop – invited speaker85 (6)
May 15-16 Multi-state Clemson Univ. Longleaf mgmt. workshop – invited speaker
55 (6)
June 4Multi-countyForestry meeting - Old-field longleaf wood and pine straw yields 60 (2)
June 26 Multi-countyForestry meeting – Planting the right tree in the right place
35 (1)
July 24 Multi-stateState Forester’s tour – Pembroke – speaker
30 (1)
Aug 6Multi-stateSE-SAF meeting – Valdosta - Herbicide use and lessons learned
invited speaker
60(.75)
Aug 20-21 Multi-stateForest herbicides workshop – Statesboro – coordinator/speaker 85 (7)
Aug 26 State-wideGFC training – St. Simons - managing stands for pine straw
invited speaker100 (1)
Oct 29 State-wideGFC landowner meeting – Alternate incomes – invited speaker50(1)
Nov 5-6 Multi-stateLongleaf mgmt. workshop – Statesboro – coordinator/speaker60(7)
Nov 21Multi-countyForestry meeting – Jesup – the right tree in the right place speaker 60 (2)
Dec 5Multi-stateForestry meeting – Waycross – Short rotation woody crop options, herbicides for site prep – invited speaker
50 (2)
Total # participants at meetings = 945 total education hrs @ meetings = 2950
Had a field day at 1 forest demonstration site: Nov 6 (50 attendees)
Youth service:
May 7
K – 5th grade at Liberty Elementary School – career day –
Midway - Invited speaker
200
2012
Feb 8NationalWeed Science Soc of Am Longleaf HWC– Hawaii
*co-author (could not present due to wife surgery)
35
Feb 7 Multi-countyPine thinnings and spacings – Wrightsville invited speaker
50
April 25 Multi-county and multi-state Mid-rotation fert and comp control – Statesboro
coordinator and speaker
40
May 3 Multicounty and multi-state Longleaf pine mgmt. invited speaker – Swainsboro 125
June 5,6 Multi-stateForest Herbicide Workshop – invited speaker Longleaf HWC 100
and Privet Control – Starkville, MS
Aug 30 StatewideForestry BMPs, Invasive Species, and Forest Herbicides
co-coordinator and speaker – Savannah
85
Sept 20 Multi-stateAgroforestry and Wildlife Field Day – on planning committee and
speaker - Griffin
450
Oct 25StatewideGFC Forest Landowner meeting – invited speaker Statesboro140
Nov 13Multi-countySE District Co Agent Forestry Update
60
Nov 27StatewideGFC Forest Landowner meeting – invited speaker Athens
135
Total # of participants at meetings = 1220 total # contact hrs at meetings = 2100
Had a field day at 1 forest demonstration site: Sept 20 (65 of 450 attendees)
Youth service:
May 1
K – 5th grade at Liberty Elementary School – career day –
Midway - Invited speaker
200
Sept 5
SE District 4-H Forestry Competition – set up
50
2011
Feb 9NationalWeed Science Soc of Am Longleaf HWC– Portland, OR25
Feb 15 SE US
15th Biennial So Silvi Res Conf- Old-field longleaf pine
wood and straw- yields -Charleston, SC
85
Feb 15 SE US
15th Biennial So Silvi Res Conf- Old-field longleaf
HWC results Charleston, SC
85
Feb 22,23,24Multi-state Longleaf Alliance meeting series – Longleaf pine spacings
Statesboro
70
Lyons
60
Waycross
50
March 1, 15, 22 StatewideCounty Agent Trainings (via webinars) – Fertilization,11
Old-field longleaf wood and straw yields,
8
Managing pine stands for pine straw
8
April 19 StatewideGA Water and Wastewater Works Association Annual Meeting,
Macon – 2 talks – (1) Benefits of forestland
Applications of biosolids and water trt plant
80
Residuals and (2) Poultry litter app in forestland 80
May 5Multi-countyShort rotation woody crops for GA, Swainsboro Pine Tree
Festival
70
May 17Multi-countyTimber mgmt for pine straw, Sandersville
20
May 18, 19Multi-stateForest Herbicides
80,80
June 8InternationalAgroforestry Conference, Athens
Landowner Technical Session-Pine straw production in GA
20
Aug 17,18 Multi-statePine straw prodn, stand mgmt, and econ workshop,
Statesboro
45,45
Aug 31Multi-county4-H Forestry SE District Competition (help with set-up and
Judging, Reidsville)
45
Nov 15 Multi-countyAd Valorum Taxation Meeting, Statesboro
35
Total # of participants at meetings = 1002 total # contact hrs at meetings = 1877
2010
March 9Is intensive management viable in today’s markets?
GFA/SAF Ocmulgee Chapter meeting,
Forsyth
Invited speaker45
March 31Timber taxation, Statesboro
Coordinator
35
July 13-14Forest Herbicides workshop, Starkville, MS Invited speaker85
2009
February 19Pine straw operations and mgmt, Homerville Presenter100
May 5-6 Pine straw production, stand mgmt, and economics
Tifton
Coordinator and co-presenter35
May 6, 7, 20, and Dec 16 Tifton, Swainsboro, Statesboro
Forest ethics
Presenter
48
May 19-20Forest herbicides, Tifton Co-coordinator and presenter48
Sept 17Agro-forestry field day, Griffin
Co-coordinator and presenter 60/400
2008
April 29-30Pine straw production, stand mgmt, and economics
Statesboro
Coordinator and co-presenter35
Aug 12-13Forest Herbicides, Starkeville, MS Invited speaker
90
2007
April 5-6Pine straw production, stand mgmt, and economics
Tifton
Coordinator and co-presenter35
Oct 15-16Old-field longleaf pine management
Tifton
Coordinator and co-presenter32
Oct 30-31Pine straw production and stand mgmt,
Allendale, SC
Coordinator and co-presenter50
2006
May 2-3Pine straw production, stand mgmt, and economics
Valdosta
Coordinator and co-presenter30
June 27-28Forest herbicides – Competition control and fertilization
In thinned slash pine stands on Spodosols, Charleston
Invited speaker85
17-18 OctPiedmont forest soils and mgmt decisions
Under conflicting land uses Athens
Coordinator and co-presenter35
2005
Jan 11Forest Fertilization – SE Agri-business
annual meeting, Perry
Invited speaker100
May 4-5Pine straw production, stand mgmt, and economics
Vidalia
Coordinator and co-presenter28
Oct 10-11Forest soils and mgmt decisions – Coastal Plain &
Sand Hills, Vidalia
Coordinator and co-presenter27
2004
Nov 30 -Forest Herbicides. Tifton, GA
HWC for longleaf and slash pine)
35
Dec 1
Herbaceous weed control for pinesSpeaker
35
2003
Jan. 20-22CCA/CEU Agronomic Seminar
Invited speaker60
Weed control and nutrient mgmt
in pine stand production
2002
April 23-25SE-SAF Slash Pine Symposium
Program co-
250
Jekyll Island, GA
chair and speaker
May 16Silviculture and economics of
Invited instructor35
competition control and fertilization
in loblolly pine plantations, Manning, SC
May 21Fertilization benefits in old-field
Invited speaker20
loblolly and slash pine plantations,
Vidalia and Eastman, GA
2001
Feb. 8
Poultry litter application in pine
Invited speaker90
plantations, Steven F. Austin Univ., TX
April 19Fertilizing pine plantations
Instructor
80
Macon, GA (GFC staff)
June13-14Forest herbicides, Mt. Pleasant SCInstructor
65
Growth response and economics of HWC
Oct. 2-3Forest herbicides - Research and Instructor
50
application, Starkville, MS
Herbaceous weed control
Oct. 29-30Herbicides in forestry Macon, GAInstructor
45
Economics of HWC
2000
Nov. 9-10 Herbicides in forestry, Tifton, GA
Instructor
Role of mid-rotation herbicides in pine stand mgmt
40
3. Scholarly activities
A. Publications
3. Books authored or co-authored – none
2. Books or Proceedings edited and co-edited
Dickens, E.D.; Barnett, J.P.; Bubbard, W.G.; Jokela, E.J. eds. 2005. Slash pine: still growing and growing! Proceedings of the slash pine symposium. GTR SRS-076. Asheville, NC: USDA FS. 148 p.
3. Chapters in books
Dickens, E.D., McElvany, B.C., and Moorhead, D.J. 2006. Soil solution NO3-N levels after poultry litter and DAP+urea applications in a slash pine plantation in Georgia, U.S.A. In: Environmental Engineering and Economics. Editor: T. Theophanides. Published by Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), Athens, Greece. ISBN:978-960-6672-13-2. pp. 165-172.
Dickens, E.D. and F.J. Wolak. 1998. Turning a waste into a resource. In: Biology - A Community Context (Student Resource Book). Unit 1.4. B.J. Speziale, W.H. Leonard, J.E. Penick (Eds.). South-Western Educational Publishing an International Thomson Publishing Co. Cincinnati, OH pp. 13-16.
4. Monographs - none
5. Journal articles (accepted, in press)
Burner, D.M., D.H. Pate, and E.D. Dickens. 2010. Effect of loblolly pine stocking and fertilization on plant and soil nitrogen in west-central Arkansas. The Open Forest Science Journal. 27 p.
Journal articles (printed)
Lee, A.C.W., G Chen, E.D. Dickens, and A.E. Miller. 1999. Selected mechanical properties of wood produced by loblolly pine trees fertilized with sludge. Forest Products Journal 49(9). pp. 43-47.
6. Journal paper reviews
Stocking rate-mediated responses of mid-rotation loblolly pine in west-central Arkansas: profitability. Burner, D.M., J.P. Dwyer, and L.D. Godsey. Agroforestry Systems (reviewer for manuscript # AGFO891). March 2010
Nutrient dynamics and tree growth of silvopastoral systems: impact of poultry litter. Blazier, MA., L.G. Lewis, A. Gaston,T.R. Clason, K.W. Farrish, B.P. Oswald, and H.A. Evans. JEQ (reviewer). Aug 2007
Modeling draft of aerially applied silvicultural chemicals in a young Georgia pine plantations SJAF paper #3192 (reviewer #3). May 2005
Influence of pre-commercial thinning and fertilization on total stem volume and lower stem form on loblolly pine. SJAF (reviewer #2). May 2005
7. Abstracts, non-refereed journal articles, or proceedings papers (printed; ***=international, **=national, *=regional)
*Dickens, E.D., B.C. McElvany, and D.J. Moorhead. 2010. Effect of lime stabilized biosolids and inorganic fertilizer applications on a thinned longleaf stand – ten year results. Pages 121-126. In: J.A. Stanturf, editor, Proceedings of the 14th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-121. USDA Forest Service So. Res. Stn., Asheville, NC.
*Dickens, E.D., B.C. McElvany, and D.J. Moorhead. 2010. Stand dynamics on an old-field longleaf pine stand following herbicide application, poor survival, and subsequent replanting. Pages 27-131. In: J.A. Stanturf, editor, Proceedings of the 14th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-121. USDA Forest Service So. Res. Stn., Asheville, NC.
*Dickens, E.D., D.J. Moorhead, R. Hicks, and B.C. McElvany. 2010. Longleaf pine wood and straw yields, cash flows, and net present value estimates from two old-field planted sites in Georgia. SOFEW Annual Meeting Proceedings, Pinehurst, NC 5 p.
**Dickens, E.D. and D.J. Moorhead. 2009. Here is how to sample loblolly, longleaf, and slash pine foliage for nutrient analysis. The forest source. SAF Vol. 14, No. 9. pp. 14-15.
**Dickens, E.D., B.C. McElvany, and D.J. Moorhead. 2009. Enhancing thinned slash pine volume production and product class distribution with competition control and fertilization on Flatwoods spodosols – six year results. 52nd Annual weed science society of America proceedings. Orlando, FL. 5-7 February 2009.
**Dickens, E.D., B.C. McElvany, and D.J. Moorhead. 2008. Post-plant banded herbicide treatment and spot application of DAP and poultry litter at establishment in an old-field planted loblolly pine plantation. 51st Annual weed science society of America proceedings. Chicago, IL. 4-7 February 2008.
***Dickens, E.D., D.J. Moorhead, and D.J. Moorhead. 2008. Effects of competition control and fertilization in a Pinus elliottii stand on a deep sand in the Coastal Plain of Georgia, U.S.A. The 5th International Weed Science Congress Conference. Vancouver, B.C. 23-27 June 2008. 3 p.
**Dickens, E.D., B.C. McElvany, and D.J. Moorhead. 2007. Six year survival and growth of an old-field planted longleaf stand following herbaceous weed control treatments. 50th Annual weed science society of America proceedings. San Antonio, TX. 5-8 February 2007.
**Dickens, E.D., B.C. McElvany, and D.J. Moorhead. 2008. Post-plant banded herbicide treatment and spot application of DAP and poultry litter at establishment in an old-field planted loblolly pine plantation. 51st Annual weed science society of America proceedings. Chicago, IL. 4-7 February 2008.
*Dickens, E.D., C.W. Dangerfield, and D.J. Moorhead. 2006. An economic comparison of slash and loblolly pine under various levels or management. In: Proceedings of the 13th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference. February 2005. USDA Forest Service SRS-GTR 092, Asheville, NC.
*McElvany, B.C., E.D. Dickens, and P. Torrance. 2006. Herbaceous weed control in an old-field planted longleaf stand. In: Proceedings of the 13th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference. February 2005. USDA Forest Service SRS-GTR 092, Asheville, NC.
*McElvany, B.C., B.W. Richardson, and E.D. Dickens. 2006. Ice damage effects on an old-field, thinned and fertilized loblolly pine stand. In: Proceedings of the 13th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference. February 2005. USDA Forest Service SRS-GTR 092, Asheville, NC.
*Dickens, E.D., McElvany, B.C., and Moorhead, D.J. 2006. An investigation of old-field longleaf growth, yield, diameter and product class distributions, pine straw production, and economics of management intensities in Georgia. In: Proceedings of the 9th Annual Longleaf Alliance Conference. 14-16 Nov 2006. Tifton, GA. 6 p.
*Dickens, E.D., McElvany, B.C., and Moorhead, D.J. 2006. Post-plant herbaceous weed control timing considerations for longleaf pine. In: Proceedings of the 9th Annual Longleaf Alliance Conference. 14-16 Nov 2006. Tifton, GA. 5 p.
*Dickens, E.D. and R.E. Will. 2005. Planting density impacts on slash pine stand growth, yield, product class distribution, and economics. In: Dickens, E.D.; Barnett, J.P.; Bubbard, W.G.; Jokela, E.J. eds. Slash pine: still growing and growing! Proceedings of the slash pine symposium. GTR SRS-076. Asheville, NC: USDA FS. p. 36-44.
*Dangerfield, C.W., E.D. Dickens, and D.J. Moorhead. 2005. An economic comparison of slash and loblolly pine under various levels of management in the lower Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. In: Dickens, E.D.; Barnett, J.P.; Bubbard, W.G.; Jokela, E.J. eds. Slash pine: still growing and growing! Proceedings of the slash pine symposium. GTR SRS-076. Asheville, NC: USDA FS.
*McElvany, B.C, K. D. Coder, and E.D. Dickens. 2005. Slash pine selected bibliography. In: Dickens, E.D.; Barnett, J.P.; Bubbard, W.G.; Jokela, E.J. eds. Slash pine: still growing and growing! Proceedings of the slash pine symposium. GTR SRS-076. Asheville, NC: USDA FS p. 105-148.
Bush, P.B., E.D. Dickens, L.A. Morris, and P.F. Vendrell. 2005. Impact of poultry litter applications to forestland on water quality. Presented at the NCSU Water Quality Symposium, Raleigh, NC. May 2005. 5 p.
*Dickens, E.D., D.J. Moorhead, B.C. McElvany, and P. Torrance. 2005. Screening herbicides, dosages, and timing in an old-field planted longleaf stand. Weed Science Society of America Annual Meeting. Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, 5-9 Feb 2005. 1 p.
*Dickens, E.D., B.W. Richardson, and B.C. McElvany. 2004. Old-field thinned loblolly pine fertilization using DAP+urea and poultry litter: four year growth and product class distribution results. Gen. Tech. Rep SRS-71 Asheville, NC: USDA, FS, SRS pp. 395-397.
*McElvany, B.C., E.D. Dickens. 2004. Spot application of DAP and poultry litter at establishment in an old-field loblolly pine plantation. Gen. Tech. Rep SRS-71 Asheville, NC: USDA, FS, SRS pp. 355-357.
Bush, P.B., E.D. Dickens, L.A. Morris, and P.F. Vendrell. 2004. Impact of poultry litter application to near surface water quality. In: Proceedings of the New Mexico Extension Water Resources Conference. Nov. 22-24, 2004. 4 p.
*Dickens, E.D., M.W. Richardson, and B.C. McElvany. 2003. Old-field thinned loblolly pine fertilization using DAP+urea and poultry litter - four year growth and product class distribution results. In: The 12th Biennial Southern Silvi. Res. Conf. Proceedings, Biloxi, MS. Feb 24-27, 2003.
*Dickens, E.D., D. Price, and B.C. McElvany. 2003. Spot application of DAP and poultry litter at establishment in an old-field loblolly pine plantation. In: The 12th Biennial Southern Silvi. Res. Conf. Proceedings, Biloxi, MS. Feb 24-27, 2003.
Dickens, E.D. 2003. Effect of Alum treated water treatment plant residuals applied to a loblolly pine plantation in the lower Coastal Plain of South Carolina. In: The South Carolina Environmental Conf. Proceedings. Myrtle Beach, SC, March 17-19, 2003. 5 p.
*Dangerfield, C.W., Jr, E.D. Dickens, and D.J. Moorhead. 2002. Changing cords to thousand board feet and higher returns with management and time for oldfield longleaf pine timber crops. In: The 32nd SOFEW Proceedings, Virginia Beach, VA. March 18-19, 2002.
*Dickens, E.D. 2001. Effect of a one-time biosolids application in an old-field loblolly pine plantation on diameter distributions, volume per acre, and value per acre. In: The 11th Biennial Southern Silvi. Res. Conf. Proceedings, Knoxville, TN. March 19-22, 2001.
*Dickens, E.D. 2001. Fertilization options for longleaf pine stands on marginal soils with economic implications. In: The SOFEW 2001 Proceedings, Atlanta, GA. March 27-28, 2001.
*Dickens, E.D., C.W. Dangerfield, and D.J. Moorhead. 2001. Short rotation management options for slash and loblolly pine in Southeast Georgia. In: The SOFEW 2001 Proceedings, Atlanta, GA. March 27-28, 2001.
*Dickens, E.D. and P.B. Bush. 2000.Poultry litter applications in pine plantations. In: Proceedings of the National Poultry Waste Mgmt. Symposium. Ocean City, MD. Oct. 16- 18, 2000. pp. 150-157 (Invited paper).
*Dickens, E.D. 2000. Effect of inorganic and organic fertilization on longleaf pine tree growth and pine straw production. In: Proceedings of the 10th Biennial So. Silv. Res. Conf. Proceedings, Shreveport, LA. Feb. 16-18. 1999. USDA FS Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-30. pp. 464-468.
*Dickens, E.D. 1999. Fertilization effect on longleaf pine straw production. In: Proceedings of the 2nd Longleaf Alliance Conf. (June 1999). Chas., S.C. Nov. 17-19, 1998. pp.78-81.
***Dickens, E.D. 1999. Determination of an environmentally sound one-time biosolids application in loblolly pine plantations in South Carolina – with potential application to other SE US states. In: 1999 Annual International Meeting of ASAE. July 18-21, 1999. Toronto, Canada. ASAE Paper #992179. 4 p.
Dickens, E.D. 1999. Determination of an environmentally sound one-time biosolids application in loblolly pine plantations of South Carolina. In: Proceedings of the SC AWWA-WPC Assoc. Environmental Conf. March 15-17, 1999. Myrtle Beach, SC. pp. 11-14 Session IX
***Lucas, W.D, J.P. Chastain, and E.D. Dickens. 1999. Water quality impact of using hog lagoon effluent to fertilize loblolly pine plantations. In: 1998 Annual International Meeting of ASAE. July 18-21, 1999. Toronto, Canada. ASAE Paper #992183. 15 p.
*Dickens, E.D. and A.E. Miller. 1998. Effect of a one-time biosolids application on plantation loblolly pine tree growth in the Upper Coastal Plain of SC. In the Ninth Biennial So. Silv. Res. Conf., Clemson, SC. Feb. 25-27, 1997. USDA FS Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-20. pp. 422-426.
**Dickens, E.D. 1998. Effect of forest land application of lime stabilized biosolids on topsoil pH. In the 12th annual Residuals and Biosolids Management Specialty Conf., Water Environment Federation, Bellevue, WA. July 12-15, 1998.
***Dickens, E.D., J.P. Chastain, and W.D. Lucas. 1998. Determination of sound hog lagoon effluent application rates for loblolly pine, longleaf pine, and sycamore at planting. In: 1998 Annual International Meeting of ASAE. July 12-15, 1998. Orlando, Fla. ASAE Paper #987033.
Dickens, E.D. 1998. Effect of a forest land application of biosolids on water quality in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina. In: SC Environmental Conf. AWWA/WPCA Conf. Proceedings. Myrtle Beach, SC. March 15-18, 1998. Section XVIII pages 1-4.
Dickens, E.D. 1998. Effect of a biosolids application of plantation loblolly pine tree growth in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina. In: SC Environmental Conf. AWWA/WPCA Conf. Proceedings. Myrtle Beach, SC. March 15-18. 1998. Section XI pages 5-8.
**Dickens, E.D. 1997. Effects of forest land application of biosolids on local groundwater in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina. In: Water Residuals and Biosolids Mgmt. Conf. Proceedings, Water Env. Federation. Phila., PA Aug. 3-6, 1997. Section 15, pages 9-20.
**Dickens, E.D. 1996. Element distribution in the forest soil and floor of loblolly pine stands after biosolids application. In: The 10th Annual Residuals and Biosolids Mgmt. Conf. Proceedings. Water Env. Fed. Denver, CO. August 18-21, 1996. p. 59-70.
**Dickens, E.D. 1996. Growth differentials of loblolly pine stands due to biosolids application. In: The 10th Annual Residuals and Biosolids Mgmt. Conf. Proceedings. Water Env. Fed. Denver, CO. August 18-21, 1996. p. 10-9 to 10-19.
*Dickens, E.D., D.H. Van Lear, A.P.C. Marsinko, and T.I. Sarigumba. 1989. Long-term effects of soil drainage, spacing, and site preparation on height and stand volume growth of slash pine. In: Proceedings of the 5th Biennial So. Silvi. Res. Conf. Memphis, TN. Nov 1-3, 1988.USDA FS Gen. Tech Rep. SO-74. pp. 225-230.
8. Extension publications, Bulletins, or Reports (printed)
Minogue, P.M., E.D. Dickens, and D. J. Moorhead. 2009. Herbaceous weed control recommendations for planted longleaf sites. www.forestproductivity.net 8 p.
Dickens, E. D., D. J. Moorhead, and P.M. Minogue. 2009. Herbaceous weed control recommendations for planted slash sites. www.forestproductivity.net 9 p.
Moorhead, D.J., P.M. Minogue, and E.D. Dickens. 2009. Herbaceous weed control recommendations for planted loblolly sites. www.forestproductivity.net 10 p.
Dickens, E.D., B.C. McElvany, and D.J. Moorhead. 2005. Phosphorus fertilization at establishment in loblolly and slash pine stands on Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain sites. www.forestproductivity.net/fertilization/p-fert12-09final/pdf. 25 p.
Hayes, M.D., B.C. McElvany, E.D. Dickens, and D.J. Moorhead. 2009. The impact of competition control and fertilization on an infertile deep sand cut-over slash pine site – six year results. www.bugwood.org/productivity/pdfs/infertile/pdf. 5 p.
Hayes, M.D., B.C. McElvany, E.D. Dickens, and D.J. Moorhead. 2009. Intensive pine straw management on post CRP pine stands. www.bugwood.org/productivity/pdfs/pinestraw/pdf. 5 p.
Dickens, E.D., B.C. McElvany, and J. Wall. 2008. NRCS woodland productivity section for Ware County, Georgia. NRCS 3 p.
Dickens, E.D., B.C. McElvany, M. von Waldner, K.M. Irwin,and D.J. Moorhead. 2008. Compost Application to Eastern Redcedar, Leyland Cypress, and Virginia Pine Christmas Tree Seedlings. Georgia Forest Productivity Series No. 001R-08. www.bugwood.org/productivity. 5 p.
Dickens, E.D., B.C. McElvany, M. von Waldner, K.M. Irwin, and D.J. Moorhead.2008. Compost Application to Eastern Redcedar, Leyland Cypress, and Virginia Pine Christmas Tree Seedlings. Georgia Forest Productivity Series No. 001S-08. www.bugwood.org/productivity. 3 p.
Dickens, E. D., D.J. Moorhead, B.C. McElvany, B. Boland, and K.M. Irwin. 2008. The Effect of Inorganic Fertilizer and Layer Litter Applications on a Slash Pine Stand in Brantley County, Georgia: Four Year Results. Georgia Forest Productivity Series No. 002R-08. www.bugwood.org/productivity. 9 p.
Dickens, E. D., D.J. Moorhead, B.C. McElvany, B. Boland, and K.M. Irwin. 2008. The Effect of Inorganic Fertilizer and Layer Litter Applications on a Slash Pine Stand in Brantley County, Georgia: Four Year Results. Georgia Forest Productivity Series No. 002S-08. www.bugwood.org/productivity. 3 p.
Dickens, E.D., J. Johnson, B. Allen, and P. M. Crosby. 2008. Assessing storm damaged forest stands. UGA-WSFNR Publication #10-08. Athens, GA. 6 p.
Dickens, E.D., D.J. Moorhead, and C.W. Dangerfield. 2008. Growth response and economics of herbaceous weed control in loblolly pine stand management. www.forestproductivity.net 6 p.
Dickens, E.D., D.J. Moorhead, and C.W. Dangerfield. 2008. Mechanical versus chemical site preparation in loblolly pine stand management. www.forestproductivity.net 5 p.
Dickens, E.D., C.W. Dangerfield and D.J. Moorhead. 2007. Economics of growing slash and loblolly pine to a 24-year rotation with and without thinning, fertilization, and pine straw–net revenue and rate of return - Series Paper #1. http://www.forestproductivity.net/economics/1.pdf
Dickens, E.D., C.W. Dangerfield and D.J. Moorhead. 2007. Economics of growing slash and loblolly pine to a 24-year rotation with and without thinning, fertilization, and pine straw production – soil expectation value and annual equivalent value - Series Paper #2. http://www.forestproductivity.net/economics/2.pdf
Dickens, E.D., C.W. Dangerfield and D.J. Moorhead. 2007. Economics of growing slash and loblolly pine to a 24-year rotation with and without thinning – impact of thinning at various stumpage prices - Series Paper #3. http://www.forestproductivity.net/economics/3.pdf
Dickens, E.D., C.W. Dangerfield and D.J. Moorhead. 2007. Economics of growing slash and loblolly pine on a 33-year rotation with and without thinning, fertilization, and pine straw–net revenue and rate of return - Series Paper #4. http://www.forestproductivity.net/economics/4.pdf
Dickens, E.D., C.W. Dangerfield and D.J. Moorhead. 2007. Economics of growing slash and loblolly pine on a 33-year rotation with and without thinning, fertilization, and pine straw – annual equivalent value and soil expectation value - Series Paper #5. http://www.forestproductivity.net/economics/5.pdf
Dickens, E.D., C.W. Dangerfield and D.J. Moorhead. 2007. Economics of growing slash and loblolly pine to a 33-year rotation – impact of thinning at various stumpage prices - Series Paper #6. http://www.forestproductivity.net/economics/6.pdf
Dickens, E.D., C.W. Dangerfield and D.J. Moorhead. 2007. Economics of growing slash and loblolly pine under various levels of management – a 24- versus 33-year rotation comparison - Series Paper #8. http://www.forestproductivity.net/economics/ 8.pdf
Dickens, E.D., C.W. Dangerfield and D.J. Moorhead. 2007. The economic impact of changing stumpage prices when growing slash and loblolly pine under a 24- and 33-year rotation - Series Paper #9. http://www.forestproductivity.net/economics/
9.pdf
Irwin, K.M., E.D. Dickens, B.C. McElvany, D.J. Moorhead, and L. L. Lanier. 2007. Determining survival in young slash, loblolly, and longleaf pine stands after a fire using a slash pine stand fire in Bulloch County, Georgia. 4 p. http://www.bugwood.org/productivity/pdfs/Bulloch004R-07.pdf
Torrance, P.R., P.M. Crosby, E.D. Dickens, B.C. McElvany, D.J. Moorhead, and K. M. Irwin. 2007. Timing, herbicide type, and dosage effects on old-field longleaf pine survival and early growth after a droughty first growing season in Emanuel County, Georgia. 6 p. http://www.bugwood.org/productivity/pdfs/Emanuel002R-07.pdf
Riner, C., R. Torrance, J. Cook, B.C. McElvany, E.D. Dickens, D.J. Moorhead, and K. M. Irwin. 2007. Six year results from a longleaf and slash pine at planting poultry litter and diammonium phosphate application trial in two old-field sites – Full Report. 8 p. http://www.bugwood.org/productivity/pdfs/Tattnall006R-07.pdf
Price, D.C., B.C. McElvany, E.D. Dickens, D.J. Moorhead, and K. M. Irwin. 2007. Spot application of diammonium phosphate and poultry litter at establishment in an old-field planted loblolly pine plantation. 5 p. http://www.bugwood.org/productivity/pdfs/Quitman005R-07.pdf
Crawford, J., E.D. Dickens, B.C. McElvany, and K. M. Irwin. 2007. Fence row herbicide evaluation: efficacy of control – Full report. 5 p. http://www.bugwood.org/productivity/pdfs/Jefferson003R-07.pdf
Hayes, M.D., B.C. McElvany, E.D. Dickens, and D. J. Moorhead. 2007. Does fertilization and competition control pay in slash pine stands growing on deep sands? – Summary Report. 2 p. http://www.bugwood.org/productivity/pdfs/Wheeler009S-07.pdf
Hayes, M.D., B.C. McElvany, E.D. Dickens, and D. J. Moorhead. 2007. Competition control and fertilization in an unthinned, cut-over slash pine stand growing on a droughty, infertile deep sands – Four year results. 5 p. http://www.bugwood.org/productivity/pdfs/Wheeler009R-07.pdf
Dickens, E.D., B.C. McElvany, and D.J. Moorhead. 2007. Establishing southern pine stands – site preparation options. 5 p. http://www.forestproductivity.net/ preparation/site_preparation_options.pdf
Dickens, E.D., B.C. McElvany, D.J. Moorhead, and M. Frye. 2007. Growing poles in southern pine stands. 9 p. http://www.bugwood.org/productivity/Treutlen010R-07.pdf
Dickens, E.D., McElvany, B.C., and Moorhead, D.J. 2006. Site preparation for establishing southern pine plantations. In: Agroforestry and Wildlife Field Day Program Book. UGA Griffin Campus. Editors: M. Cummings and S. Omanhen. www.caes.uga.edu/events/awfd06/index/html. pp. 15-17.
Dickens, E.D., McElvany, B.C., and Moorhead, D.J. 2006. GA-21F Effect of fertilization on wood volume, product class distribution, and pine straw production with fertilization of old-field planted slash and loblolly pine stands – Study area I: Dodge County, GA site – thinned slash pine.www.ipni.net/search. 12 p.
Dickens, E.D. and McElvany, B.C. 2006. Sand Hills State Forest and Town of Cheraw – Lime stabilized biosolids and inorganic fertilizer applications in longleaf stands 10 year summary report for the 1963 planted stand. Report to SC Forestry Commission, Columbia and Patrick, SC. 22 p.
Dickens, E.D. and McElvany, B.C. 2006. Sand Hills State Forest – Lime stabilized biosolids, pelletized broiler litter, and inorganic fertilizer applications in longleaf stands 10 year summary report for the 1986 planted stand. Report to SC Forestry Commission, Columbia and Patrick, SC. 22 p.
Dickens, E.D. 2006.Demonstration of BMPs for broiler and layer litter applications in loblolly and slash pine stands in three GA watersheds. GA-DNR (EPD Final report. 19 p.
Bush, P.B., Dickens, Vendrell, P.F., Boland, Jr., R.T. Mitchell, B.R., and Harrison, W.E. 2006. Soil solution N and P levels after poultry litter and inorganic fertilizer applications in two slash pine stands in Georgia. GA-DNR report II. 6 p.
Dickens, E.D., McElvany, B.C., Moorhead, D.J., Boland, Jr. R.T., and Bush, P.B. 2006. Four year growth response results from the demonstration of BMPs for layer litter applications to a slash pine stand in Brantley County, Georgia. GA-DNR report III. 6 p.
Dickens, E.D., McElvany, B.C., Moorhead, D.J., Mitchell, B., Harrison, W.E., and Bush, P. 2006. Four year growth response results from the demonstration of BMPs for broiler litter applications to a slash pine stand in Mitchell County, Georgia. GA-DNR report IV. 9 p.
Hayes, M., McElvany, B.C., and Dickens, E.D. 2006. Does fertilization and competition control pay in slash pine stands growing on deep sands? Poster presentation at the Annual GA County Extension Agent Conf., Rome, GA 1 p.
Dickens, E.D., D.J Moorhead, L.A. Morris, and B.C. McElvany. 2005. Straw raking in southern pine stands and fertilization recommendations. www.forestproductivity.net/pdfs/pinestrawextpub.pdf. 7 p.
Dickens, E.D., C.W. Dangerfield, and D.J. Moorhead. 2005. Why not selling your best Southern pine trees in a first thinning can make sound economic sense: Using three wood product classes – Series Paper I. www.bugwood.org. 9 p.
Dickens, E.D., C.W. Dangerfield, and D.J. Moorhead. 2005. Why not selling your best Southern pine trees in a first thinning can make sound economic sense: A comparison of using three versus four wood product classes – Series Paper II. www.bugwood.org. 10 p.
Dickens, E.D., C.W. Dangerfield, and D.J. Moorhead. 2005. Why not selling your best Southern pine trees in a first thinning can make sound economic sense: Impact on rotation length financial measures using three product classes – Series Paper III. www.bugwood.org. 11 p.
Dickens, E.D., C.W. Dangerfield, and D.J. Moorhead. 2005. Why not selling your best Southern pine trees in a first thinning can make sound economic sense: Impact on rotation length financial measures using three versus four product classes – Series Paper IV. www.bugwood.org. 11 p.
Dickens, E.D., B. Jackson, J. Beckwith, D.J. Moorhead, B.C. McElvany, and A. Clark III. 2005. A guide to Southern pine products and general specifications. UGA WSFNR Extension Note. 5 p.
Irwin, K. and E.D. Dickens. 2005. Controlling weeds early is the name of the game for longleaf pine. Series #002S. http://warnell.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/productdemo. 3 p.
Irwin, K. and E.D. Dickens. 2005. Does fertilization of unthinned loblolly pine stands pay dividends? Series #001S. http://warnell.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/productdemo. 3 p.
Dickens, E.D. and K. Irwin. 2005. Fertilization of unthinned loblolly pine on an intensively prepared cut-over site in Twiggs County, Georgia – four year results. Series #001F. http://warnell.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/productdemo. 7 p.
Dickens, E.D. and K. Irwin. 2005. Herbaceous weed control in an old-field planted longleaf pine stand. Series #002F. http://warnell.forestry.uga.edu/
warnell/productdemo. 6 p.
Moorhead, D.J. and E.D. Dickens. 2005. Fertilizing pine plantations – A county agent’s guide for fertilizer recommendations. www.bugwood.org/ fertilization/csoilab.html. 3 p.
Dickens, E.D. and D.J. Moorhead. 2005. Sampling loblolly, longleaf, and slash pine foliage for nutrient analysis. www.bugwood.org/fertilization/ foliage.html. 3 p.
Dickens, E.D., D.J. Moorhead, and B.C. McElvany. 2005. Effect of fertilization on wood volume, product class distribution and pine straw yields on an old-field slash stand – Dodge County, Georgia site. GA-21F1 summary report to PPI-FAR 12 p.
Dickens, E.D., D.J. Moorhead, and B.C. McElvany. 2005. Effect of fertilization on wood volume, product class distribution and pine straw yields on an old-field slash stand – Toombs County, Georgia site. GA-21F2 summary report to PPI-FAR 13 p.
Dickens, E.D., D.J. Moorhead, and B.C. McElvany. 2005. Enhancing thinned slash pine volume with competition control and fertilization on flatwoods spodosols. GA-24F summary report to PPI-FAR 6 p.
Dickens, E.D., D.J. Moorhead, and B.C. McElvany. 2005. Effect of fertilization on wood volume, product class distribution and pine straw yields on an old-field slash stand – Dodge County, Georgia site. GA-21F1 summary report to PPI-FAR 12 p.
Dickens, E.D. and DJ. Moorhead. 2005. Updated checklist for fertilization of loblolly,
longleaf, and slash pine stands. UGA-WSFR Extension Note 3 p.
Dickens, E.D., D.J. Moorhead, and B.C. McElvany. 2004. Enhancing pine straw production, wood volume, and product class distribution with fertilization of old-field planted slash and loblolly pine stands. Summary report to Foundation for Agronomic Research (FAR) and Potash & Phosphate Institute (PPI) for Project GA-21F. 7 p.
Dickens, E.D., D.J. Moorhead, and B.C. McElvany. 2004. Thinned slash pine volume production and product class distribution with competition control and fertilization on flatwoods spodosols. Summary Report to Foundation for Agronomic Research (FAR), Potash & Phosphate Institute (PPI), and BASF for Project GA-26F. 9 p.
Dickens, E.D., P. Bush, and L.A. Morris. 2003. Poultry litter recommendations in pine plantations. University of GA Coop. Ext. Service Pub., http://www. bugwood.org. 19 p.
Dickens, E.D. L.A. Morris, and D.J. Moorhead. 2003. Fertilization recommendations for pine straw production in southern pines. University of GA Coop. Ext. Service Pub., http://www. bugwood.org. 20 p.
McElvany, B.C., E.D. Dickens, and K.D. Coder. 2002. Slash pine - selected bibliography. 1981 - 2001. UGA-WSFR Pub FOR02-10. Athens, GA 119 p.
Dickens, E.D., W.H. McKee, Jr, and J.J. Camberato. 2002. Forest land application of animal manures. Chapter 5b. Clemson Univ. Ext. Pub., www.clemson.edu/peedeerec/certifi/Camm.html 4 p.
Dickens, E.D. 2000. Decision-making aid for loblolly and slash pine plantation mid-rotation fertilization. University of GA Coop. Ext. Service Pub., http://www. bugwood.org. 1 p.
Dickens, E.D. and D. J. Moorhead. 2000. Sampling loblolly, longleaf, and slash pine for foliar nutrient analysis. Univ. of GA Coop. Ext. Serv. Pub. http://www.bugwood. org. 3p.
Dickens, E.D. 2000. Sand Hills State Forest – Town of Cheraw lime stabilized biosolids and inorganic fertilizer application in longleaf stands – four year summary report. SC Forestry Commission. 23 p.
Dickens, E.D, J.J. Camberato, and W.H. McKee, Jr. 1999. Forest land application of animal manures recommendations for South Carolina. Clemson Extension - SC Confined Animal Manure Managers Certification Guidebook. 4 p.
Dickens, E.D. 1997. Berkeley County Water & Sanitation Authority - Alumax Forest Land Application of Biosolids Project - Summary Report. Submitted to Alumax, BCW&SA, and ERC. Aug 14, 1997. 23 p.
Dickens, E.D., G. Aull, R.K. White, W.H. McKee, Jr, and K. Rhodes. 1994. Workshop on Forestland Application of Biosolids (Sludge) - Workbook & Resource Manual. Clemson University Coop. Ext. Service, Clemson, SC. 64 p.
9. a. Popular press articles (printed)
Dickens, E.D., D.J. Moorhead, and L.A. Morris. 2008. Pine straw – an economically important forest product. South Carolina Forestry – The monthly journal of the SC forestry Association. Vol. MMVIII, No. 2. Feb 2008. pp. 6-10.
Dickens, E.D., D.J. Moorhead, L.A. Morris, B. McElvany and M. Hayes. 2007. Pine straw raking in southern pine stands. Georgia Forestry Today. Vol. 3(5):34-35.
Dickens, E.D., D.J. Moorhead, C.W. Dangerfield, and S. Chapman. 2004. Georgia’s Stewardship Forests - Thinning pine plantations. Georgia Forestry Commission Pub No. C/S011. 6 p.
Dickens, E.D., D.J. Moorhead, and B.C. McElvany. 2003. Pine Plantation Fertilization. In: Better Crops Vol. 87 (1): 12-15.
Dickens, E.D., D.J. Moorhead, and C.W. Dangerfield, Jr. 2003. Thinning pine plantations. In: Georgia Forestry.
Dickens, E.D.. 2000. Fertilizing Loblolly Pine Plantations. In: Georgia Tree Farm Times, Vol. IV, #2. Fall. 2000. p.1.
Dickens, E.D. 1999. Fertilizer opportunities in loblolly pine plantations. In: Forest Landowner Magazine. April-May Manual Issue. pp. 71-75.
9. b. Workshop papers
Dickens, E.D. 2002. Selected loblolly pine wood properties from a one-time biosolids application. In: From Brown to Green - Environmental and biological aspects of applying agricultural and municipal by-products to forest stands. Raleigh, NC. May 29-30, 2002.
Dickens, E.D. 2002. Effective use of herbicides and inorganic and organic fertilizers in pine plantation management. Clemson University Coop. Extension Service Workshop. May 16, 2002. Manning, SC 35 p.
Dickens, E.D. 2000. Loblolly pine establishment and fertilization workshop. Clemson University Coop. Ext. Service. Anderson, SC November 29, 2000. 50 p.
Dickens, E.D. 1999. Water quality effects of a biosolids application in Atlantic Coastal Plain loblolly pine plantations. Presented at: Extension Water Quality Conf. April 17-21, 1999. Raleigh, NC. 4 p.
Dickens, E.D. 1999. Mid-rotation fertilization in row thinned loblolly pine plantations: effect of broiler litter and inorganic fertilizer applications on stand growth. Presented at the Univ. of MD Fertilization of Forest Stands with Poultry Litter Workshop. March 18, 1999. Ocean City, MD.
B. Creative contributions other than formal publications-
From our applied research studies we have found:
1. Herbicide applicators need to wait at least two months after planting longleaf pine before applying labeled herbicides over-the-top for herbaceous weed control
2. Herbaceous weed control timing (early April versus early May) can be very important in years (i.e. 2000) of excessive early spring droughts for longleaf pine on moderately well to excessively well drained soils
3. Applying a single dose of NP, NPK, or NPKSMgBCu, a single or annual dose of poultry litter in established (age 8- to 20-yrs) slash and loblolly stands planted on old-field sites does not significantly increase volume growth
4. Old-field loblolly, slash, and longleaf growth rates have been determined in Georgia at 10-14 tons/ac/yr, 8-10 tons/ac/yr, and 6-8 tons/ac/yr, respectively through age 20-years on somewhat poorly to well drained soils of the Coastal Plain
C. Grant proposals submitted or ready for submission:
2010$881,500Dickens, E.D., L.A. Morris, D.E. Markewitz. and M. Kane. NRCS-CIG. Updating Natural Resource Conservation Service “Woodland Suitability” and “Woodland Management and Productivity” tables to sustain site-specific soil productivity and establish carbon sequestration estimates in southeastern pine forests. Oct 2010 – Sept 2013.
Grants received: (total grant funds between 1999 and 2009 while at UGA = $574,559)
YearAmount, Investigators (PI listed first), Funding Source(s), Title, duration
2006$40,000Dickens, E.D., and D.J. Moorhead. USDA FS. An investigation of old-field longleaf growth, yield, product class distributions, pine straw production, and economics of management intensities in Georgia. July 2006 – April 2011
2006$40,000Dickens, E.D., and D.J. Moorhead. Loblolly pine stand fertilization at mid-rotation to increase small and large sawtimber volumes. IPNI-FAR. July 2006 – Dec 2010
2003$40,000 Dickens, E.D., D.J. Moorhead, and C.W. Dangerfield, Jr.
BASF, Helena, PPI-FAR Enhancing thinned slash pine volume production and product class distribution with competition control and fertilization on Flatwoods spodosols. July 2003 - July 2008
2003$10,000 Dickens, E.D. USFS Slash Pine Symposium General Technical Report July 2003
2003$56,664 Dickens, E.D., D.J. Moorhead, and C.W. Dangerfield, Jr.
An investigation of old-field longleaf growth, yield, diameter distributions, product class distributions, pine straw production, and economics of management intensities in Georgia.
July 2003 - July 2008.
2002$10,000 Dickens, E.D. USFS Slash Pine Symposium April 2002
2001$315,545Dickens, E.D., P.B. Bush, D.J. MoorheadEPA 319(h) funds GA-EPD Demonstration of Best Mgmt Practices for Broiler and Layer Litter Applications in Loblolly and Slash Pine Plantations in Three Georgia Watersheds. June 2001 - Dec 2005
2001$52,350 Dickens, E.D., Moorhead, D.J. PPI - Foundation for Agronomic Research Enhancing Pine Straw Production, Wood Volume, and Product Class Distributions with Fertilization of Old-field Loblolly and Slash Pine Plantations.
June 2001 - June 2006
2001$10,000 Dickens, E.D.Sand Hills State Forest and SC Forestry Commission Effect of Lime Stabilized Biosolids, Turkey Litter, and Pelletized Broiler Litter Application on Longleaf Stand Growth and Pine Straw Production on Deep Sandy Soils April 2001 - April 2006
Grant funds received while at Clemson University (total = $528,000):
1998$105,000T.W. Williams, C. Gresham, E.D. Dickens SC State Legislature monies Effect of Intensive Pine and Hardwood Management including Annual Weed Control and Fertilization on Water Quality December 1998 - December 2002
1997$125,000Dickens, E.D., J.P. Chastain, R.O. Hegg EPA 319(h) SC-DHEC
Water Quality Impact of Hog Lagoon Effluent and Turkey Litter Applications in Loblolly Pine Plantations in the CP and Sand Hills of SC November 1997 – April 2001
1997$75,000 Chastain, J.P., E.D. Dickens, D.E. LinvilleSC State Legislature PSA Forest Floor Energy Balance, Volatilization Losses of NH3 and Immobilization of N in the Forest Floor Biomass of Loblolly Pine Plantations Fertilized with Swine and Poultry Manure November 1997 - November 2000
1997$105,000 Dickens, E.D., J.P. Chastain, J.J. Camberato, W.H. McKee, Jr., T.W. WilliamsSC State Legislature monies Determination of Sound Hog Lagoon Effluent Application Rates for Loblolly, Longleaf Pine and Sycamore at Planting
November 1997- November 1999
1997$75,000 Brune, D.E. and E.D. Dickens SC State Legislature PSA monies
Electromagnetic Terrain Conductivity in Quantifying Groundwater Impact of Animal manure Application in Forest Stands November 1998- November 2000
1996$33,000Dickens, E.D.Hanahan CPW
Forest Land Application of Alum Residuals - Effects on Loblolly Pine Stand Vigor
April 1996 - April 1999
1995$10,000 Dickens, E.D.Sand Hills State Forest and the SC Forestry Commission Effect of Lime Stabilized Biosolids, Turkey Litter, and Pelletized Broiler Litter Application on Longleaf Stand Growth and Pine Straw Production on Deep Sandy Soils April 1995 - April 1999
D. Recognitions and outstanding achievements
Twice winner (2002 and 2006) of the SE Extension Forestry Award for Excellence for the “Growing Pines in Trying Times” landowner meeting series in GA and the Slash Pine Symposium and General Technical Report
E. Areas in which research is done
(1) Poultry litter (broiler and layer; annual and one-time) and
(2) commercial fertilizer (NP, NPK, NPCu, NPKCu, NPKS, NPKSCu, NPKMgSBCu; single and split applications) in loblolly (5 sites), slash (7 sites) and longleaf (6 sites) pine stands, effects of the same on groundwater quality (in soil soln @ 1m or in wells @ 4-6 m),
(3) Herbaceous weed control (HCW) and mid-rotation herbicide trials in loblolly (2 sites), slash (4 sites) and longleaf (6 sites) stands.
(4) Growth rates of loblolly, longleaf, and slash pine on old-field sites.
(5) Pine straw yields in loblolly, longleaf and slash pine sites.
(6) Economics (Net revenues, AEV, SEV, NPV, and ROR) of various levels of management for loblolly, longleaf, and slash pine with and without pine straw, fertilization, thinning, and varying rotation ages.
F. Supervision of student research - Experience with graduate education
Masters and Ph.D. student committee member
as Clemson University Adjunct Professor of Forestry
1 MS and 1 Ph.D student
G. Editorship or editorial board member of journals or other learned papers –
2010 paper reviewer for Agroforestry Systems
2005 – 2007 paper reviewer for SJAF and JEQ
H. Review Committee for Convention papers
2007, 2006 Biennial So. Silvicultural Research Conference – paper abstract review committee, session committee Athens, GA
2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 Weed Science Society of America – committee chair, chair elect – review abstracts for acceptance, moderate session
**Complete list of papers presented at conferences and seminars are listed under Section 4; #6 a. on pages 28-30
4. Professional and Public Service
A. Professional Service
3. Area of Extension Responsibility
The job objective as stated in the job description is “to assist nonindustrial private forest landowners on enhancing forest productivity and yield.” This objective is to be achieved through the “development and implementation of a comprehensive statewide program. Primary extension responsibilities include working with nonindustrial private forest landowners, extension agents, resource managers, and other school faculty on the effect of cultural practices on growth, yield, enhancing stand productivity, timber management, and production of commercial forest products.”
3. External Clientele Contacts (includes farm visits, office visits, phone and email contacts as Associate Professor in 2004)
Year
Number of contacts
2010
394* (through 1July)
2009
545
2008
525
2007
485
2006
445
2005
410
2004 370
3. Inservice training for agents and other professionals
Year
Workshop
Role
Attendees
2009
March 11Pine straw prodn and stand
mgmt, Statesboro
Coordinator, speaker
35
Dec 15Pine stand fertilization,
Statesboro
Coordinator, speaker
35
2008
March 4Herbicide update, Statesboro
Coordinator, speaker
40
Sept 17Seedling update, Statesboro
Coordinator
30
2007
Jan 17Forest Fertilization, Agent Training
Rock Eagle
Instructor
25
Jan 17Herbaceous weed control (HWC)
Agent Training, Rock Eagle
Instructor
25
Jan 19CCA/CEU SE Agri-business meeting
Perry, Forest Nutrition
Invited speaker
55
Nov 29Forest Herbicides HWC timing with longleaf pine
Macon GFC forester trainingInvited speaker
85
Dec 12Southern States Fertilizer Reps
Meeting, Perry Pine FertilizationInvited speaker
65
2006
Jan 19Extension winter school - Fertilization,
Rock Eagle
Speaker
25
2005
Jan 21Extension winter school – Wood quality Issues,
Interpreting soils maps, Rock EagleSpeaker
30
March 25FASAT training – Poultry litter applications in
Pine plantations, Camellia
Speaker
25
2004
Jan 21Extension winter school – Fertilization, herbicides
Rock Eagle
Speaker
30
March 24-25FASAT training – Jones Center
Speaker
40
March 30-31Agroforestry training –TiftonCoordinator, speaker25
2001
Jan 17Extension winter school – Intensive forest mgmt
Rock Eagle
Speaker
15
May24East District agent training – Forest soils
Wade Plantation
Coordinator, speaker50
2000
March 27-30FASAT training, Athens
Coordinator, speaker55
June 8Central District agent training – Demonstration
Area installation, Rock EagleCoordinator, speaker55
June 28East District agent training – Pine foliage
Sampling, Wade PlantationCoordinator, speaker55
4 & 5.Multi-state, statewide, or multi-county educational meetings, workshops, short courses conducted for professionals and landowners.
Year/dateConference/Workshop
Role
Attendance
2010
March 4Pine straw prodn and stand mgmt, Alamo
Invited speaker
40
April 29Pine tree festival, Herbicides for site prep
Swainsboro
Invited speaker
200
2009
April 16The state of Georgia’s forests, Statesboro
Invited speaker
125
June 1Status report – one year after the Mother’s Day
tornados, Swainsboro
Invited speaker
35
Dec 16Pine stand fertilization, Statesboro Presenter
35
2008
Jan 17Longleaf mgmt and herbicides, Waycross Invited speaker105
Jan 22Do herbicides and fertilization pay? Springfield
Invited speaker
35
Jan 31Fertilization for lumber and pine straw, Patterson
Invited speaker
120
May 14Longleaf pine mgmt, Pelion, SCInvited speaker
70
Oct 7
Longleaf pine straw mgmt, Columbia, SC
Invited speaker
45
Oct 16
Loblolly pine fertilization, BullardCoordinator and presenter 30
Oct 21
Site preparation after the Mother’s Day tornados,
WrightsvilleInvited speaker
15
2007
Jan 20Does intensive forest mgmt pay?Invited speaker
110
Newberry, SC
Feb 17Longleaf herbaceous weed control (HWC),
Moultrie
Speaker
70
Feb 21Longleaf CRP and HWC, MoultrieInvited speaker70
March 27Forest Fertilization, Cordele
Speaker
20
April 17Fertilization and competition control,
Jesup
Coordinator, speaker
30
April 26Longleaf fertilization, Sandersville
Invited speaker100
Sept 26Longleaf pre- and post plant HWC
Dublin
Invited speaker60
Oct 9
Site prep options after the wildfires of
South GA, Waycross
Speaker
75
Nov 7
HWCfor longleaf pine, Americus
Invited speaker50
2006
Mar 7
Pine straw production and stand mgmt, Alamo
Invited speaker70
Aug 23Pine straw production, Folkston
Invited speaker60
Oct 10
Fertilization and herbicide use in thinned
Slash stands, Waycross
Invited speaker30
Oct 19
Poultry litter applications in pine stands, Nahunta
Invited speaker120
Oct 24
Pine straw production, Oliver
Invited speaker70
Dec 4
Pine straw production, Jekyll IslandInvited speaker50
2004
Jan 29Pine straw prodn and yields, Pearson
Speaker175
Feb 5
Fertilization benefits, Alamo
Invited speaker35
March 17Master Tree farmer videoconference, Savannah
Coordinator
2500
March 24-25South FASAT Training, Jones Center Co-coordinator, speaker 30
April 15Pine straw prodn, Baxley
Invited speaker80
May 6
Poultry litter applications, Nahunta Invited speaker100
May 27Herbicide and fertilization alternatives
for thinned slash pine on Spodosols
(GP, BASF, and Helena sponsored)
field day, Jesup, GA
Invited speaker120
August 10Pine straw prodn, Valdosta
Invited speaker70
August 16Growing pines in trying times
Abbeville, SC
Invited speaker50
Oct 5
Poultry litter applications in pine plantations
Lexington, SC
Invited speaker35
Oct 7
Pine straw prodn, Homerville
Invited speaker20
Oct 21
Pine straw mgmt, Fitzgerald
Invited speaker110
Oct 25
Economics of growing loblolly pine in depressed
economic times, Edgefield, SC
Invited speaker50
2003
Feb. 4-6Florida Forestry Forum
Invited speaker125
Economics of growing loblolly
and slash pine with depressed prices
2001
Feb. 20Master Tree Farmer Videoconf.
Invited speaker
Clemson, SC Intensive Pine Mgmt
2500
2000
Feb. 16Master Tree Farmer Videoconf.
Invited speaker
Clemson, SC Intensive Pine Mgmt
1450
Sept. 6American Tree Farm SystemS
Landowner Symposium, Bullard, GAInvited speaker55
Sept 28Agro-forestry Field Day, Griffin GA,
assisted L. Morris at pine straw prodn station
650
Nov. 29Loblolly Pine Establishment and
Fertilization Workshop, Anderson, SCInvited speaker55
1999
Oct 9
Annual GA Christmas Tree Assoc. Meeting
Douglas Herbicide use
Invited Speaker
50
Sept 27Forest Fertilization
Greenwood, SC
Invited speaker
45
6. Conferences, seminars, workshops attended and presented
a. Professional Conference Presentations (*Regional, ** National, ***International)
Year/dateConference/Workshop
Role
Attendance
2010
*March 15-17 Southern Forest Economics Worker’s
Meeting, Pinehurst, NC
Presenter40/80
2009
**Feb 8-11Weed Science Society of America
Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL
Presenter30/400
2008
**Feb 6-7Weed Science Society of America
Annual Meeting, Chicago, ILChair,Presenter25/400
***June 24-26 International Weed Science Society
of America, Vancouver
Presenter30/440
2007
**Feb 6-8Weed Science Society of America
Annual Meeting, San AntonioChair,Presenter28/400
*Feb 26-2714th Biennial So. Silvi. Res. Conf,
Athens Longleaf HWC and fertilizationPresenter25,40/400
2006
**Feb 5-8Weed Science Society of America
Annual Meeting, NewYork, NY Chair-elect, presenter 28/400
***Aug 3-5 Presentation at International Symposium on the Environment, Athens Greece 3-5 August
125
2005
**Feb 5-949th Annual Weed Science Soc of Am. Speaker 30/400
Meeting, Hawaii Screening herbicides,
doses, and timing in an old-field longleaf stand
2004
Oct 14
Taxation and current use valuation, Statesboro
45
Coordinator
2003
*March 17-19 South Carolina Environmental Conf.Speaker
250
Effect of Alum treated residuals applied
to a loblolly pine plantation
*April 23-24Georgia Water Resources Conf.
Speaker
200
Impact of poultry litter application
to near surface water quality
2002
*March 18-19 Southern Forest Economics
Speaker
100
Workshop VA Beach, VA
Economics of old-field longleaf
under various management intensities
1999
*April 18-21Extension Water Quality WorkshopSpeaker
200
Raleigh, NC
*Nov 30Forest Fertilization, McCormick, SC Invited speaker105
Papers presented at professional and learned societies
International
2008Presentation at International Weed Science Society of America Conference, Vancouver 24-26 June 2008 (440 attendees)
2006Presentation at International Symposium on the Environment, Athens Greece 3-5 August (125 attendees)
1999. Presentation at the Annual International Meeting of ASAE. July 18-21. Toronto, Canada. Water quality impact of using hog lagoon effluent to fertilize loblolly pine plantations. ASAE Paper #992183. 15 p.
National
2006-2009 Presentations at Annual Weed Science Society of America National meetings in Hawaii, New York, San Antonio, and Chicago
2000 Invited speaker on Poultry litter applications in pine plantations at the 2000 National Poultry Waste Mgmt Symposium, Ocean City, MD. Oct 16-19
Regional
1999-2007 Biennial So. Silvi. Res. Conf. presenter (2006-07 abstract review committee member)
2002 SE – Society of American Foresters Slash Pine Symposium Program Co-chair, speaker, and co-editor for the Gen. Tech. Rep. 148 p.
2002 Invited speaker on Effects of Biosolids applications on wood quality in loblolly pine plantations at the NCSU Beneficial re-use of Animal Manures and Biosolids Conf., May 29-30
2002 Speaker and program co-chair for the SE Society of American Foresters Slash Pine Symposium. Jekyll Is., GA. April 23-25
2002 Invited speaker on Biosolids and animal manure applications in pine plantations at the Virginia Nutrient Management Symposium. Quantico, VA February 15
2001 Invited speaker on Slash and Longleaf Pine Herbaceous weed control at the Herbicides in Forestry Workshop, Macon, GA. Oct. 29-30
2001 Invited speaker on Economics of herbaceous weed control in loblolly pine plantations at the Forest Herbicides: Understanding the Latest Developments in Technology, Research, and Application. Miss. State Univ. Oct 2-3
2001 Invited speaker on Growth response and Economics of Herbaceous Weed Control in Pine Plantations at the Forest Herbicides Workshop, June 13-14 in Mt. Pleasant, SC
2001 Invited speaker on Poultry Litter Applications in Pine Plantations at the Workshop for Fertilizing Forestlands with Poultry Litter, February 8 at Steven F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
1999 Invited speaker on Water Quality Impact of Biosolids Applications in Loblolly Pine Plantations at the SE Extension Water Quality Conference, April 18-21 in Raleigh, NC.
1999 Invited speaker on Poultry Litter Applications in Thinned Old-field Loblolly Pine Plantations at the Fertilization of Forest Stands with Poultry Litter Univ of MD Conf., Ocean City, MD March 18
7. Extension instruction evaluations
Date
Course
N
Instructor Rating
Subject knowledge
Presentation quality
Course content
Research based info
Overall rating
16 April 2009
State of GA’s forests Statesboro
65
3.85
3.71
3.67
3.89
3.78
16 Dec 2009
Fertilization Statesboro
25
3.90
3.80
3.85
3.90
3.85
4 March 2010
Pine straw prodn. Alamo
25
3.80
3.75
3.80
3.85
3.80
Rating: 1=poor, 2=fair, 3=better than average, 4=good, 5=excellent
8. Membership in professional societies
American Tree Farm System
Weed Science Society of America (Chair, chair elect for forest, right-of-way and pasture section from 2006-08)
Water Environment Federation (WEF)
Southern Forest Economics Worker’s (SOFEW)
SC Registered Forester #1224
9. National level committee assignments
2006-2006 Sessions organized and chaired at professional meetings - Weed Science Society of America, chair and chair elect for Forests, pasture, and right-of-way section.
10. Regional level committee assignments
2006-2007 14th Biennial So. Silvi. Res. Conf. abstract review committee member
2002-2004 USDA Forest Service Slash Pine Symposium Gen. Technical Report co-editor
2002 SE Society of American Foresters Slash Pine Symposium program co-chair
11. State level committee assignments
2003-2009 Agro-forestry field day planning committee member (2003, 2006, and 2009; an every three year event that has between 400 to 750 attendees)
B. International programs
Presentations at three international meetings; 1999, 2006, and 2008 and have a chapter in the book that came out of the 2006 international conference in Athens, Greece
C. Governmental and non-governmental agencies
I have a good working relationship with the SC, GA, and FL Forestry Commissions and Division of Forestry as well as the the USFS. The USFS has supported ($10,000) the slash pine symposium and the GTR-076 ($10,000) and a study to quantify old-field longleaf growth in Georgia ($56,664). The Foundation for Agronomic Research has funded two fertilization projects in Georgia totaling $105,000. Two chemical companies, BASF and DuPont, have funded our herbicide trials totaling $28,500. We have a working relationship with GA-EPD and they funded ($315,545) a non-point source pollution project investigating poultry litter inorganic fertilizer applications in pine stands.
8. Letter describing major accomplishments
Dr. Michael L. Clutter
Dean and Professor of Forest Finance
Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
The University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602
Dear Dean Clutter,
The following summarizes my most significant accomplishments during my faculty time with UGA – WSF&NR (100% service appointment):
• Grant funds totaling $574,559 have been procured as principle investigator to address current NIPFL forest productivity questions. Approximately 67% of the grant funds I have received are through a competitive RFP system. The balance of grant funds received are as a direct request for applied research in the area of forest productivity from fertilizer industries, herbicide companies, and state and federal agencies
• Lead editor of the Slash Pine General Technical Report (2005; SRS-GTR-076, 148 p.) and authored three chapters as well as co-program chair for the symposium
• Published at total of 112 papers including sixty-seven Extension publications, seven popular press articles, one SAF article, thirty-three conference papers, one refereed journal article, one USDA FS Gen. Technical Report (148 pages), and two book chapters. I was the lead author in over 85 percent of these papers
• Reviewer of four refereed journal articles and two book chapters since 2005
• Made 206 presentations at 120 continuing education programs for professionals, regional, national, and international conferences, and multi-state, state-wide, or multi-county forest landowner workshops and meetings
• There were 2828 participants at our 49 continuing education workshops (29 for professional foresters and 20 for agents)
• There were 3540 participants at 23 professional conferences where I was program co-chair (Slash Pine Symposium), session chair (Weed Science Society of America – Forestry, Pasture and Rights-of-way) and/or presenter
• There were 9980 participants or viewers at our 48 multi-state, statewide, and multi-county meetings and videoconferences
• We continue to maintain 10 research and demonstration areas in Georgia discerning fertilization and herbicide benefits in loblolly (2), longleaf (6) and slash (2) pine stands where we have found and published important forest management findings. (a) Herbicide applicators need to wait at least two months after planting longleaf pine before applying labeled herbicides over-the-top for herbaceous weed control. (b) Herbaceous weed control timing (early April versus early May) can be very important in years (i.e. 2000) of excessive early spring droughts for longleaf pine on moderately well to excessively well drained soils. (c) Applying a single dose of NP, NPK, or NPKSMgBCu, a single or annual dose of poultry litter in established (age 8- to 20-yrs) slash and loblolly stands planted on old-field sites does not significantly increase volume growth. (d) Old-field loblolly, slash, and longleaf growth rates have been determined in Georgia at 10-14 tons/ac/yr, 8-10 tons/ac/yr, and 6-8 tons/ac/yr, respectively through age 20-years on somewhat poorly to well drained soils of the Coastal Plain
• Invited speaker to 40 regional, state-wide, multi-county, or county meetings
• Presenter at three International Meetings:
1999 in Toronto, Canada at the Annual International Meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (July 18-21; Water quality impact of using hog lagoon effluent to fertilize loblolly pine plantations)
2006 in Athens, Greece at the International Symposium on the environment (Aug 3-5; Soil solution NO3-N levels after poultry litter and DAP+Urea applications in a slash pine plantation in Georgia, USA)
2008 in Vancouver, Canada at the International weed science society of America conference (24-26 June; Effects of competition control and fertilization in a Pinus elliottii stand on a deep sand in the Coastal Plain of Georgia, USA).
• Elected to Weed Science Society of America session chair for 2007 and 2008 for the Forests, Pasture, ad Right-of-way section, a national Society
• Member of the Griffin Experiment Station Agro-forestry field day planning committee since 2003. This field day has been held every three years. During 2003, 2006, and 2009 attendance has ranged from 400 to 750 with from 15 to 30 speaking stations
• Co creator of the www.forestproductivity.net that has site preparation, herbicides, fertilization, thinning, species selection, and economics sections for consultant and landowner use written by faculty from University of Florida, North Carolina State University, Virginia Tech, Mississippi State, Steven F. Austin University, University of Tennessee, University of Kentucky, and University of Georgia.
• Co-creator of the forest productivity portion of the www.bugwood.org network that highlights our applied research and demonstration area results and recommendations in Georgia (37 publications)
Regards,
E. David Dickens, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Forest Productivity
Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
Dossier for Tenure and Promotion
E. DAVID DICKENS
SECTION 4
Achievements
Section 4. Achievements (100% Service appointment)
A. Achievements in Teaching
Dr. Dickens does not have a teaching appointment but he served on one MS and one Ph.D. graduate committee as an adjunct professor with Clemson University. Both graduate students have successfully completed their graduate degrees.
B. Achievements in Research and Other Creative Activities
Dr. Dickens has installed a total of 20 study areas in Georgia and South Carolina since 1999. He currently maintains 10 study areas. The objectives of these study areas are to address the impact of annual or one-time poultry litter, inorganic fertilizer, and/or herbicide applications in loblolly, longleaf, and slash pine stands on wood volume and pine straw production, product class distributions, and economics. He has received financial (over $574,000 as lead investigator) and in-kind support from the Foundation for Agronomic Research (FAR), GA-DNR and GA-EPD, Royster Clark Rainbow, USFS and the GA and SC Forestry Commissions. He has also installed herbaceous weed control trials over old-field planted longleaf and cut-over slash and loblolly pine with the support of DuPont, BASF, and Helena. These study areas serve as both demonstration areas and a source of data for Extension, conference proceedings, and popular press articles currently totaling over 100 publications.
Dr. Dickens has one refereed paper currently accepted and in press (2010), one published, and two refereed book chapters. He is the senior author of two comprehensive Extension publications; (1) “Poultry litter application recommendations in pine plantations” (23 pages) on www.bugood.org under the fertilization sub-section and (2) “Phosphorus fertilization at establishment in loblolly and slash pine stands on Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain sites” (25 pages; revised in 2009) on www.forestproductivity.net to help practicing foresters, land managers, Extension agents, and forest landowners with making effective management decisions using poultry litter or when, where, what, and how much phosphorus to apply on P-deficient sites. Dr. Dickens has been invited to write and published seven articles in popular press magazines or newsletters (Better Crops, Georgia Forestry, Forest Landowner Magazine, GA Tree Farm Times, SC Forestry Association Newsletter, and one article in SAF – The Forestry Source that have a collective worldwide distribution of over 125,000 subscribers. He has authored or co-authored 40 internally reviewed proceedings papers addressing organic and inorganic fertilization and competition control impacts in thinned and unthinned, old-field and cut-over loblolly, longleaf, and slash pine plantations on water quality, wood volume, pine straw production, product class distributions, and economics.
Dr. Dickens was nominated Slash Pine Symposium program co-chair with Dr. Eric Jokela (UFL) for the SESAF spring meeting that had 250 attendees. He was nominated co-editor of the Slash Pine General Technical Report (SRS-GTR-076, 148 p) that was published in 2005. He received the southeastern Outstanding Extension Forester Award for Technology Transfer twice; in 2002 for “Growing pines in trying times” landowner meeting series and in 2006 the Slash Pine General Technical Report.
C. Achievements in Service
Dr. Dickens extension responsibilities encompass service, education, and technology transfer of current, science-based forest productivity knowledge to NIPF landowners in Georgia (over 660,000) and the southeastern United States and those that assist them including Extension agents, private and state foresters, plantation managers, and other natural resource managers. David has made 206 presentations at 120 conferences, workshops, seminars, and forest landowner meetings to over 20,000 viewers, participants, and attendees in Georgia (85), the southeastern United States (26), nationally (6), and internationally (3 presentations) in the last 9 and ½ years. Based on the Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources (WSF&NR) Evaluation Criteria for Promotion the 206 presentations in the last 9.5 years (21.7 presentations/ year) exceeds the “excellent” performance criteria of 20 presentations per year for outreach faculty.
Dr. Dickens has been an invited speaker at the national, regional, state, multi-county, and county level since his employment with The University of Georgia. He was an invited speaker at the National Poultry Waste Management (NPWM) Symposium in Ocean City, Maryland on the “Use of poultry litter in pine plantations”. He is the senior author on the use of poultry litter in pine plantations in the published National Poultry Waste Management Symposium Proceedings (350 attendees). Dr. Dickens was an invited speaker at the regional (13 states) Master Tree Farmer video conference with a viewing audience of 3800. He has also been an invited speaker at the state-wide conferences in Delaware (poultry litter use in pine plantations), Virginia (biosolids and poultry litter use in pine plantations), Maryland (poultry litter use in pine plantations), North Carolina (biosolids application effect on loblolly pine wood quality), South Carolina (fertilization recommendations in loblolly pine stands; four invites), Florida (economics of fertilization, thinning and pine straw income in loblolly and slash pine plantations) and Texas (poultry litter applications in pine plantations). Dr. Dickens has published 111 papers in the last 9 and ½ years in the area of forest productivity at the state (67 Extension publications), regional (25 Conference and Symposium Proceedings), national (8 Symposium Proceedings and 7 Popular Press), and international (2 Book Chapters and 2 Proceedings) levels. Based on the WSF&NR Evaluation Criteria for Promotion the 112 publications in the last 9.5 years (11.8 publications/year) exceeds the “satisfactory” performance criteria of 6 publications per year and is 0.2 publications per year below meeting the “excellent” performance criteria for outreach faculty (12 publications per year).
Dr. Dickens is the co-creator of the www.forestproductivity.net web site that has site preparation, herbicide use, fertilization, species selection, thinning, and economics publications written by faculty from University of Florida, North Carolina State University, Virginia Tech, Mississippi State, Steven F. Austin University, University of Tennessee, University of Kentucky, and University of Georgia. These publications are written for consultants and state/federal foresters. He is the co-creator of the forest productivity section of the www.bugwood.org network that highlights our applied research and demonstration area results and recommendations in Georgia (37 publications). The recent development of these two new web sites can be considered as fulfilling the final “excellent” performance criteria as stated in the WSF&NR Evaluation Criteria for Promotion stating “develop new and innovative approaches for integration, synthesis, or delivery of technical or educational materials.”
Dr. Dickens’ work and collaboration with UGA Warnell School and other University faculty has lead to these important findings in the area of forest productivity, especially in the areas of fertilization, herbicides, and pine straw production ($85 million/year paid to forest landowners market in Georgia in 2007 and 2008) to assist private non-industrial forest landowners (NIPFLs) :
• Determining where there is additional growth economic value (low fertility cut-over sites) or no additional value (high fertility old-field sites) of traditional fertilizer materials and poultry litter applications in loblolly, longleaf and slash pine stands
• Discerned old-field planted loblolly, longleaf and slash pine stand growth rates through 20years of 10-14 tons/ac/yr, 6-8 tons/ac/yr, and 8-10 tons/ac/yr, respectively on well drained typic and arenic udults soils of the Georgia Coastal Plain
• Publications addressing the rates and frequency of inorganic fertilizers and animal manures in pine stands that will respond to fertilization
• Publications on the use of diagnostic tools to determine the probability of response to fertilization and the magnitude and duration of fertilizer response base on soil characteristics and pine species
• Determining that labeled herbicides for use over longleaf pine seedlings must not be applied within two months of planting to maximize survival (a significant 15 to 25 percentage point decline in survival was found in recent herbicide timing trials over longleaf pine and is documented in a 2009 publication) and Georgia had over 150,000 new acres planted in longleaf pine in the last three years
• Found and published that early (early April) herbaceous weed control in years of extreme drought (i.e. 2000 in the interior Georgia Coastal Plain) can dramatically improve longleaf seedling survival on old-field planted well drained soils compared to later herbicide treatments (early May) and recently (2010) published these findings in the 14th Biennial So. Silvi. Res. Conf. Proceedings – GTR SRS 121
• Publications on pine straw production, stand management, herbicide use and fertilization are available or in press for those Georgia and southeastern US forest landowners who need these kinds of information
APPENDIX
Job Description
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FOREST PRODUCTIVITY
Position:The Daniel B. Warnell School of Forest Resources at The University of Georgia, invites applications for a 12-month, tenure-track, 100% Extension position at the assistant professor level. The successful candidate will develop and implement a comprehensive statewide extension program for nonindustrial private forest landowners on enhancing forest productivity and yield. Primary extension responsibilities will include working with nonindustrial private landowners, extension agents, resource managers, and other School faculty on effects of cultural practices on growth and yield, enhancing stand productivity, timber management, and production of commercial forest products. The position is located in Statesboro, Georgia at The University of Georgia East Georgia Extension on the campus of Georgia Southern University.
Required Qualifications: 1) Earned Ph.D. with an emphasis in forest productivity/management, 2) excellent communication skills to work and interact with clientele and professionals.
Desired Qualifications: 1) At least one degree or experience in forestry or a related field, 2) extension/service experience, 3) training/experience in forest biometrics, forest management, mensuration, silvicultural aspects of forest
