Dr. Pete Bettinger
Dr. Pete Bettinger
Faculty
Professor
Landscape Planning and Harvest Scheduling
Research Interests
Heuristic programming techniques for multi-objective forest planning problems.

Integration of GIS techniques with forest planning, operations, silviculture, and economics.

GPS studies.
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. Phone: 706.542.1187. Fax: 706.542.8356.
Background
BS, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
MS, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
PhD, Oregon State University
Courses
FANR 3000: Field orientation and measurements, (Fall Yearly)
FORS 4710: Forest planning, (Spring Yearly)
FORS 5650: Air photo interpretation, (Spring Yearly)
FORS 5900: Independent study (GIS or GPS), (Summer Yearly)
FORS 6710: Forest planning, (Spring Yearly)
FORS 7650: Air photo interpretation, (Spring Yearly)
FORS 8450: Advanced forest planning (combinatorial optimization), (Fall 2007)
Research
Combinatorial optimization
Development and testing of heuristic methods for addressing large-scale or complex forest planning problems.
Ft. Stewart Hurricane Study
Phase I: Assessment of potential impacts
Phase II: Damage receovery plan assistance
Phase III: Hurricane modeling
GPS accuracy assessments
Mapping and recreation-grade GPS unit assessments. Whitehall Forest GPS test site
Publications
Bettinger, P; Boston, K; Siry, J; and Grebner, D.L. 2009. Forest Management and Planning. New York: Academic Press.
Wing, M and Bettinger, P. 2008. Geographic Information Systems: Applications in Natural Resource Management. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, Canada.
Office:
527 Building 4
Phone: 706.542.1187