One of the oldest continuous environmental studies in North America, Coweeta is based in the eastern deciduous forest of the southern Appalachian Mountains, and the centerpiece of a long-term cooperation between the University of Georgia and the USDA Forest Service. 
 

Funded by the National Science Foundation, Coweeta LTER has evolved from a site-based to a site- and region-based project centering on the effects of disturbance and environmental gradients on biogeochemical cycling, and the underlying watershed ecosystem processes that regulate and respond to those ecological cycles.

Coweeta LTER Research
Site Character | Basin History


September 2008 - Environmental Information Management 2008. Bringing together information managers, scientists, and informatics researchers, EIM 2008 will feature Coweeta PI James Clark as one of two  keynote speakers.  The conference theme for this year's event is 'Managing Sensor Data in Near Real Time.'

August 2008 - Coweeta researchers further research  into effects of woolly adelgid impact. Published in January of this year, 'Invasive woolly adelgid appears to drive seasonal hemlock and carcass inputs to a detritus-based stream'  examines the short-term seasonal effects of woolly adelgid infestation on allochthonous inputs to stream. Authors: John S. Kominoski, Catherine M. Pringle, and Becky A. Ball.



 Intranet
Annual Reports/Meeting Archives/Proposals
Append Micro-Climate (Riparian)
Append Micro-Climate (Terrestrial)
Committees
Directions to Coweeta
 Email Lists
Information Management
NSF Award Abstracts (02-08) (96-02)
Personnel Directory
Progress Reports/Reviews
Reservations
Site Use Form

Business Office
Travel (Forms/Reimbursements), Supply Orders, Graduate Assistantship Help, Hourly Labor Requests, Leave Requests

ecologyGLOBAL DATA SEARCH
Get results from all Coweeta ecological data and publications, including graduate theses & dissertations, sample archives, GIS, and species lists.
 

ecologySearch Entire Coweeta Website (Reservations, Business, Intranet, Archives, etc.)
Search Coweeta LTER website.


Data Catalog
 Research data, GIS, demographic, special collections - the complete Coweeta LTER data holdings in searchable catalogs.

Publications

Publication, dissertations, theses - dating from 1928, over 1300 citations and over 1200 complete publications online.

 

Cross-site Synthesis
 Interdisciplinary research on the interaction between biophysical and socioeconomic systems across regional, national and oceanic boundaries.

COGENT: GIS Data
 The Coweeta Geographic Network (COGENT) houses GIS data covering the 54,000 square kilometer range of the southern Appalachian region.
 

Researcher Global Search

Mine research, data, and publications by individual researcher.  NSF Biographical Sketches are also provided and include contact information and research foci for each scientist.

 

Samples of Current Projects:
 USGS Hydrologic Data in Near-Real-Time (Collins/Sheldon GCE)
  The EcoTrends Project Socioeconomic Catalog (Gragson)
Southern Appalachian Land Cover (1986-2001) (Fievet/Collins)

 

The precedent of including students in all aspects of the field and laboratory research and publication of results has been established since 1937,  when the first Coweeta graduate student produced their doctoral dissertation.
 

Mission & Goals
Student Training & Development
Graduate Student Resources
 Conditions at Coweeta: Web Cameras
Guided Tours
Information Mgmt.  Process Guides
USDA Forest Service Seminars
 

Schoolyard Program LTERSchoolyard Program
Coweeta LTER scientists and staff provide middle school, high school, and community college students "hands on" field and laboratory research experience.  The variety of ecosystems included in the LTER network, coupled with the ongoing research, realizes the great potential in having Coweeta  serve as a learning environment for students of all levels.

Eastern Chipmunk - Tamias striatus
University of Georgia student and Coweeta artist Abby Zylla offers her view of a creature familiar to us all...and certainly part of the habitat of Coweeta. Learn more about the science behind the range, characteristics, and habitat of the eastern chipmunk:
 University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
 EEK! Environmental Education for Kids - Wisconsin DNR
 Other mammals observed at Coweeta since 1758 - Note the red wolf observed and recorded during the 1850's...red wolves (Canis rufus) once roamed southeastern North America.  Learn more about red wolves at the Red Wolf Recovery Program, Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, Maneo, North Carolina.

 Did you know?
Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory is the only USDA Forest Service outdoor site to carry the 'Laboratory' title.  
History | Legacy of Research | Evolution of Research


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