Dr. Rhett Jackson
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Contact Information
- Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
- Athens, Georgia
- Room:4-114
- Phone:706.542.1772
- Fax:706.542.8356
- rjackson@warnell.uga.edu
For more information about classes, programs, and other professors in water resources at UGA, please see www.uga.edu/water
Education
BSE - Civil Engineering
MSE - Environmental Engineering Duke University
PhD - Hydrology University of Washington
Areas of Specialization
- Effects of human land use activities on water quality and aquatic habitiat
- Effectiveness of silvicultural and agricultural BMPs in reducing nonpoint pollution
- Sediment mobilization and transport
- Fluvial geomorphology
- Hillslope and wetland hydrology
Courses Taught
- CRSS/FORS 3060 - Soils and Hydrology
- FORS 4110 - Forest Hydrology
- FORS 4140 - Introduction to Wetlands
- FORS 8120 - Hillslope Hydrology
- HONS 1990H - Resource Scarcity: Technological Substitution for Land and Water
Selected Publications
White, W.J., L.A. Morris, A.P. Pinho, and C.R. Jackson. In Press. Sediment retention potential of forested filter strips in the Piedmont. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation.
Jackson, C.R., D.P. Batzer, S.S. Cross, S.M. Haggerty, and C.A. Sturm. 2007. Headwater Streams and Timber Harvest: Channel, Macroinvertebrate, and Amphibian Response and Recovery. Forest Science 53(2):356-370.
Freeman, M.C., C.M. Pringle, and C.R. Jackson. 2007 Hydrologic connectivity and the contribution of stream headwaters to ecological integrity at regional scales. J. Amer. Water Resour. Assoc. 43(1):5-14.
Jackson, C.R., J.K. Martin, D.S. Leigh, and L.T. West. 2005. A Southeastern Piedmont Watershed Sediment Budget; Evidence for a Multi-Millennial Agricultural Legacy. J. Soil Water Cons. 60(6):298-310.
Ward, J.M. and C.R. Jackson. 2004. Sediment trapping within forestry streamside management zones: Georgia Piedmont, USA. J. Amer. Water Res. Assoc. 40(6):1421-1431.
Rivenbark, B.L. and C.R. Jackson. 2004. Concentrated flow breakthroughs moving through silvicultural streamside management zones: southeastern Piedmont, USA. J. Amer. Water Res. Assoc. 40(4):1043-1052.
Rivenbark, B.L. and C.R. Jackson. 2004. Average discharge, perennial flow initiation, and channel initiation - small southern Appalachian basins. Journal American Water Resources Association 40(3):639-646.
Haggerty, S.M., D.P. Batzer, and C.R. Jackson. 2004. Macroinvertebrate assemblage responses to logging in coastal headwater streams of Washington, USA. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61: 529-537.
Jackson, C.R. and C.A. Sturm. 2002. Woody debris and channel morphology in first- and second-order forested channels in Washington’s Coast Ranges. Water Resources Research 38(9), 1177, doi:10.1029/2001WR001138
Booth, D.B., D. Hartley, and R. Jackson. 2002. Forest cover, impervious surface area, and mitigation of stormwater impacts in King County, WA. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 38(3):835-846.
Jackson, C.R., C.A. Sturm, and J. Ward. 2001. Timber harvest impacts on small headwater channels in the Coast Ranges of Washington. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 37(6): 1533-1550.
Liqouri, M. and C.R. Jackson. 2001. Channel response from shrub dominated riparian communities in eastern Cascade forests and associated effects on salmonid habitat. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 37(6): 1639-1652.
Jackson C.R., S.J. Burges, X. Liang, K.M. Leytham, K.R. Whiting, D.M. Hartley, C.W. Crawford, B.N. Johnson, and R.R. Horner. 2001. Development and application of simplified continuous hydrologic modeling for drainage design and analysis. In Land Use and Watersheds: Human influence on hydrology and geomorphology in urban and forest areas, Water Science and Application Volume 2, Mark S. Wigmosta and Stephen J. Burges, Editors. Pp. 39-58. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC.
Booth, D.B. and C.R. Jackson. 1997. Urbanization of aquatic systems - degradation thresholds, stormwater detection, and the limits of mitigation. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 33(5):1077-1090.
Example Research Projects
Integrated Headwater Stream Riparian Management Study - multi-year study of the effects of timber harvest on channel morphology, macroinvertebrate communities, and amphibian communities in first-order streams of the Washington Coast Ranges, Funded by National Council for Air and Stream Improvement and Washington State DNR. 1998-2002.
Piedmont River Sediment Budget - determining sediment inputs, outputs, and floodplain storages in a typical rural southeastern Piedmont watershed. Funded by National Council for Air and Stream Improvement. 1998-2001.
DeKalb County Dredging Assessment - evaluation of the effects of sand dredging on channel morphology, macroinvertebrate communities, and fish communities in urban Atlanta streams. Funded by DeKalb County. 1998-2001.
Investigation of the Effectiveness of Georgia's Silvicultural BMPs - inter-disciplinary evaluation of the effectiveness of BMPs for reducing non-point source pollution from timber harvest and site preparation. Funded by USEPA. 2000-2004.
Assessment of Timber Harvest Effects on Coastal Plain Depressional Wetlands - evaluation of the effects of timber harvest, with and without buffers, on the hydrology, plant communities, and macroinvertebrate communities of small depressional wetlands. Darold Batzer of Entomology is the PI. Funded by Turner Foundation with cooperation and in-kind services from International Paper (formerly Union Camp). 1998-2001.
Trout stream buffer study - inter-disciplinary evaluation of the effects of buffer encroachment on trout streams in the southern Appalachians. Jim Kundell of the Karl Vinson Institute of Government is the PI. Funded by the Georgia Legislature. 2000-2003.
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