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Forest Stewards is an associatated entity of Western Carolina University with a primary objective to give students hands-on experience in the design and implementation of sustainable forest stewardship practices. This will better prepare them for the workforce, and once there, we hope these students will further advance the practice of sound resource stewardship. Another key objective of these collaborations is to share the results of our work with the larger community including other forest practitioners, landowners, policy makers, and the general public. Selected education and outreach activities and outcomes are presented in Appendix I.

Selected Education and Outreach Activities and Outcomes

WCU’s Forest Stewards Undergraduate Forestry Interns

Year graduated	Career path
2003	MS Botany, U of Wyoming; Idaho Forest Service
2003	MS Forestry, Clemson; Consulting Forester (NC)
2003	Procurement forester (NC)
2003	MS Biology WCU; Instructor, Haywood Comm College
2004	Consulting forester (NC)
2005	US Forest Service (Alabama)
2004	Commercial fisherwoman (WA and Alaska)
--	Private gameland manager
2004	Consulting Forester (NC)
2005	Horse logger (NC)
2006	Assistant County Ranger (NC Forest Service)
2006	Landscaper (NC)
2006	Procurement forester (NC)
2006	Consulting forester (NC)
2006	Student Conservation Association

Forest Stewards Graduate Student Interns and Collaborators

Name	Thesis or project
Davis, Jason, MS Forestry Duke University 2004	The response of Plethodontid salamanders to different forest disturbance histories in the southern Appalachians
Mazzarelli, Lisa, MS Biology WCU 2004	Ground-nesting bird response to land use history in mesic forests of the southern Blue Ridge Mountains
Mitchell, Stephen, MS Forestry Duke University 2005	Herbaceous biodiversity in managed forests of the Little Tennessee watershed
O’Malley, Kelly, MS Forestry Duke University 2004	The benefit of active forest management for private landowners in the Little Tennessee River basin
Rabby, Shannon, MS Biology WCU 2005	Small mammal community dynamics across a chronosequence of southern Appalachian mesic hardwood forests
Rossback, Derrin, MS Biology WCU 2004	NA
Welde, Allison, MS Forestry Duke University 2004	Flora biodiversity as a result of various timber harvesting practices in the Little Tennessee River watershed

Selected papers and presentations

Bates, P.C., S. Rabby, J. Slagle, and D. Evans. Vegetative competition effects on planted black cherry seedlings in southern Appalachian clearcuts. (Poster) Society of American Foresters National Convention. Fort Worth, Texas. October 19-23, 2005. Woodby, J., H. Kunzig, R. Davis, S. Rabby, J. Stewart, and P. Bates. Oak regeneration response to prescribed fire in the southern Appalachians. (Poster) Society of American Foresters National Convention. Fort Worth, Texas. October 19-23, 2005. Bates, P.C. and P. Carlson. 2004. The application of sustainable forest management in a western North Carolina watershed. In: Moore, Susan and Robert Bardon, eds. Enhancing the Southern Appalachian Forest Resource Symposium Proceedings, [CD-ROM] (2004). Available at: http://www.ncsu.edu/feop/symposium/proceedings_2003 Childers, C., P.C. Bates, and T Straka. 2003. Southern Appalachian hardwoods: Sustainable and profitable. Forest Landowner 62(6):16-20. Bates, P.C. Forest management: what is it and how do we do it? Presentation to the Landtrust Alliance, Franklin, North Carolina. April 11, 2003. Bates, P.C. Conservation forestry in the Little Tennessee basin. Presentation to the southern Appalachian forest conservation project group, Rugby, Tennessee. October 1, 2002.

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