George R. Hess :: Research
NC State University :: Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources

A Message to Prospective Graduate Students

Past and Current Graduate Students


Greenways for Wildlife

Developing recommendations on how forest corridor width, adjacent development intensity, and other greenway attributes can be managed to attract a variety of wildlife. Our first project examines birds and mammals in the greenways of Raleigh and Cary, North Carolina.
Patterns of Biodiversity
Conservation planning for biodiversity is often hindered by lack of data. Protection of suitable indicator taxa is a popular way to deal with this problem: planning is focused on a small number of taxa expected to represent many others. I've been exploring this issue through a number of collaborative research courses ...
  • Surrogate Species Planning (2003)
  • Regional Biodiversity Priorities (2004)
  • Examining Biodiveristy Patters (2005)

  • Open spaces for wildlife in suburbanizing areas

    Developing methods for designing open space networks from an ecological perspective, with an emphasis on wildlife issues in suburbanizing landscapes.

    Triangle GreenPrint

    Working with a partnership among Triangle Land Conservancy, Triangle J Council of Governments, and NC Divison of Parks Million Acre Initiative to faciliate development of a regional vision for open spaces in the Triangle Region of North Carolina.