USDA Forest Service Laboratories and other installations engaged in environmental research City, State, title or function Number of SMY' Laboratories: College, Alaska, Forestry Sciences Laboratory (ecology, fire, entomology). Bend, Oreg., Silviculture Laboratory La Grande, Oreg., Range and Wildlife Habitat Laboratory, Corvallis, Oreg., Forestry Sciences Laboratory (silviculture, pathology, Bozeman, Mont., Forestry Sciences Laboratory (silviculture, range Logan, Utah, Forestry Sciences Laboratory (water, range ecology, recreation, pathology). Missoula, Mont., Forestry Sciences and Fire Laboratories (fire, silviculture, wildlife, wilderness ecology). Moscow, Idaho, Forestry Sciences Laboratory (silviculture,' soil and water, entomology, pathology). Bottineau, N. Dak., Shelterbelt Laboratory Flagstaff, Ariz., Forestry Sciences Laboratory (silviculture, multiresource management, fire, range ecology).. Fort Collins, Colo., Headquarters, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (entomology, pathology, range plant taxonomy, silviculture, range ecology, wildlife habitat, alpine snow, watershed management, forest products marketing) Laramie, Wyo., Forest Range and Watershed Laboratory. Rapid City, S. Dak., Forestry Research Laboratory (watershed management, silviculture, wildlife habitat) Tempe, Ariz., Forest Hydrology and Wildlife Laboratory. Carbondale, Ill., Forestry Sciences Laboratory (silviculture, forest products marketing).. Grand Rapids, Minn., Northern Conifers Laboratory (silviculture, hydrology) La Crosse, Wis., Forest Watershed Laboratory. Houghton, Mich., Forest Engineering Laboratory. Rhinelander, Wis., Institute of Forest Genetics_. St. Paul, Minn., Headquarters, North Central Forest Experiment Delaware, Ohio, Forest Insect and Disease Laboratory. Morgantown, W. Va., Forestry Sciences Laboratory (wildlife habitat)_ Athens, Ga., Forestry Sciences Laboratory (silviculture, entomology, pathology, forest products) 24 Lehigh Acres, Fla., Forest Resources Laboratory (wildlife habitat, ecology, recreation) Macon, Ga., Southern Forest Fire Laboratory (fire, silviculture). 13 Alexandria, La., Alexandria Forestry Center (silviculture, range ecology, entomology, forest products) - - 22 Gulfport, Miss., Institute of Forest Genetics and Forest Insect and 17 Nacogdoches, Tex., Wildlife Habitat and Silviculture Laboratory. Sewanee, Tenn., Silviculture Laboratory State College, Miss., Forestry Sciences Laboratory (ecology) Madison, Wis., Forest Products Laboratory. Stoneville, Miss., Southern Hardwoods Laboratory (silviculture, entomology, pathology)-- 13 57 9 19 5 USDA Forest Service Laboratories and other installations engaged in City, State, title or function Other installations: Juneau, Alaska, Silviculture, soil and water, entomology, forest survey- Seattle, Wash., Engineering, fire, recreation Number of fire, entomology, multiresource economics, forest survey, genetics, 35 Fresno, Calif., Range ecology Redding, Calif., Silviculture.. Honolulu, Hawaii, Silviculture, watershed management Boise, Idaho, Silviculture, soil science, range ecology, wildlife habitat Albuquerque, N. Mex., Entomology, pathology, range ecology, soil and water. Lincoln, Nebr., Great Plains forestry, pathology Tucson, Ariz., Multiresource economics, range, ecology. Ames, Iowa, Silviculture___ Columbia, Mo., Silviculture, range ecology, fire effects Duluth, Minn., Forest products utilization and marketing East Lansing, Mich., Sewage recycling, entomology silviculture_ Columbus, Ohio, Forest measurement products and economics_ Upper Darby, Pa., Forest survey, municipal watershed management, Syracuse, N. Y., Watershed management, recreation_ Amherst, Mass., Urban forestry Durham, N.H., Pathology, silviculture, watershed management_ Orono, Maine, Silviculture.. Beltsville, Md., Ecology. Blacksburg, Va., Wildlife habitat, silviculture__ Asheville, N.C., Forest survey, silviculture, recreation_ Franklin, N.C., Hydrology Charleston, S.C., Silviculture, hydrology. Marianna, Fla., Forest ecology- Auburn, Ala., Silviculture, engineering Tuskegee, Ala., Recreation.. New Orleans, La., Forest survey, forest economics.. Fayetteville, Ark., Silviculture, hydrology. Rio Piedras, P.R., Tropical forestry. Washington, D.C., Forest survey. Soil Conservation Service Locations Engaged in Environmental R. & D. Studies City, State, and function Upper Darby, Pa.: Soil classification, correlation and interpretation___. Soil classification, correlation and interpretation__ Number of PMY'S 566 Beltsville, Md.: Soil physics, chemistry, and mineralogy investigations. Riverside, Calif.: Soil physics, chemistry, and mineralogy investigations.. Raleigh, N.C.: Soil geomorphology Ithaca, N.Y.: Soil-plant-animal nutrition relations... Total___ 1 Soil surveys totaling 669 counties are in progress in every State. This represents approximately 1,200 PMY's. QUESTION 2. What are the fields of specialization of the scientific investigators in your laboratories? What advanced degrees do they hold? Agricultural Research Service estimated scientific man-year (SMY) engaged in environmental quality research fiscal year 1971 By Discipline: Agricultural Engineer. Agricultural Marketing Specialist_ Agronomist Biochemist Biologist Botanist Chemical Engineer. Chemist Entomologist Food Technologist.. Geneticist Geologist Estimated 122.4 1. 1 88.0 1.3 4.0 5.6 6. 2 186. 7 342. 8 Horticulturist Husbandrymen Hydraulics Engineer-- Hydrologist Mathematician Mechanical Engineer.. Medical Officer Meteorologist Microbiologist 6.0 104. 3 4.3 34. 6 1.2 5.4 ------ 31.5 2.0 3.2 .3 2.0 35.4 1.0 17.0 7.0 3.0 55. 3 60. 0 27.9 14. 2 18. 0 98. 3 1.0 3.0 1,294. 0 Nematologist Parasitologist Pathologist Plant Pathologist. Plant Physiologist--- Physiologist Range Conservationist.. Soil Scientist.. Statistician Zoologist Total By Academic Achievement: Ph.D. D.V.M. M.Sc. B.Sc. Total 831.0 10. 0 304. 0 149. O 1, 294. 0 COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE Agricultural economics, sociology or rural sociology and law. Highest degree attained by scientists engaged in environmental research: Question No. 2 (Part 1).-Disciplines involved in its environmental research: Soil Chemistry, Soil Physics, Soil Biology, Plant Materials, Soil Engineering, Geology, Agronomy, Forestry, Range, Hydrology, Soil Geomorphology, SoilPlant-Animal Nutrition Relations, Soil Microbiology. Question No. 2 (Part 2).-SMY's for highest degree held. 1 Field soil surveys are being made with approximately 1200 SMY's. About 70 percent have the B.Sc. and 30 percent the M.Sc. QUESTION 3. What is your present level of funding for environmental research? What is your present level of authorization for environmental research? For how many years? USDA appropriation authorizations for research are open-ended--without designated termination dates or limiting authorization amounts. I T a cool tabam US. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Funding for Research and Development Relating to Protecting and Enhancing Environmental Quality, Fiscal Year 1971 Activity. IA Control or abatement of agricultural-related pollution. Estimated obligations (thousands) $41, 015 Pesticides in the environment_. Wastes from industrial processing of raw agricultural products--| 466 1722 1,775 'Water 13, 094 Sediment Animal wastes___ 2, 183 Pesticides in the environment. Wastes from industrial processing of raw agricultural materials 1,728 1, 480 Other 4, 456 Wastes from industrial processing of raw agricultural materials. Inorganic salts and minerals_ 3, 368 823 179 1, 467 2,680 1 824 7,384 1,278 6. 322 97 Wastes from industrial processing of raw agricultural products--- 39 1. 134 Preventing, controlling, or correcting environmental degradation caused. by natural resource management. and utilization and natural phenomena Environmental measurement, observation, and prediction activities for the purpose of describing and predicting weather. Survey, activities for locating and describing natural resources 520 1.018 |