Mission

The mission of the Forest & Wildlife Research Center is to expand through research the fundamental and applied knowledge upon which forestry, forest products, and wildlife & fisheries disciplines are based; to assist in conserving, developing, and using the forest, forest products, wildlife and fisheries resources of Mississippi, the nation, and other countries through research, technology transfer, and other service activities.

  Forestry

• Forest Biology and Watershed Management
• Forest Economics, Management and Policy
• Forest Measurements and Spatial Technology
• Spatial Information Technologies Laboratory
• Wood Supply Systems
• Wood Supply Systems Group

  Forest Products

• Biotechnology and Fundamental Research
• Lucas Laboratory
• Formosan Termite Research Facility
• Chemicals and Energy from Wood
• Engineered Wood Products
• TimTek Project
• Furniture
• Workforce Training and Development
• New Manufacturing Systems for Wood-based Industries
• Performance of wood structures in housing
• Southern Climatic Housing

  Franklin Furniture Institute

Water Resources Research Institute

  Wildlife & Fisheries

• Agro-wildlife ecology and management
• Fisheries ecology and management
• Forest and wildlife management
• Human-wildlife conflict resolution
• The Berryman Institute
• Non-game management
• Small- and big-game management
• Bobwhite Restoration Project
• Carnivore Ecology Research Project
• Waterfowl and wetland ecology and management
• Wildlife and fisheries economic enterprises
• Natural Resources Enterprises
• Wildlife and fisheries human dimensions
• Human Dimensions and Conservation Law Enforcement Laboratory
• Wildlife habitat restoration/monitoring
• GAP Analysis Program

Wood Utilization Research Institute