Dr. Pete Bettinger
Dr. Pete Bettinger
Professor, Landscape Planning and Harvest Scheduling
Leon "Buddy" Hargreaves Jr. Distinguished Professor in Forest Management
Professor, Landscape Planning and Harvest Scheduling
Leon "Buddy" Hargreaves Jr. Distinguished Professor in Forest Management
Dr. Bettinger was honored with the Award in Forest Science for outstanding research in forest managerial sciences by the Society of American Foresters in 2023.
Dr. Bettinger was honored with the Carl Alwin Schenck award for outstanding performance in the field of forestry education by the Society of American Foresters in 2020.
He is 1 of only 4 people to have been honored with both a national teaching and national research award by the Society of American Foresters.
His personal web page can be found here.
Author of five books published by Academic Press / Elsevier, Geographic Information System Skills for Foresters and Natural Resource Managers, Mapping Human and Natural Systems, Forest Management and Planning, Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources, and Forest Plans of North America, Dr. Bettinger is Hargreaves Distinguished Professor of Forest Management at the University of Georgia.
In 2018, he was selected as a Fellow in the Society of American Foresters. He was honored in 2021 with the Southern Regional Award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Awards Program for Excellence in College and University Teaching. In 2009, he was presented the Award of Excellence for Research and Development by the Southeastern Division of the Society of American Foresters. In 2016, he was presented the Creative Research Medal by the University of Georgia.
Dr. Bettinger is Coordinator for IUFRO Division 4.04.00 (Forest management planning). He is a member of the editorial boards of Forest Science, Forests, Journal of Sustainable Forestry, Journal of Forest Planning, European Journal of Forest Engineering, and Mathematical and Computational Forestry & Natural-Resource Sciences. Thus far in his career, Dr. Bettinger has published over 180 peer-reviewed journal articles.
Dr. Bettinger teaches courses on Forest Planning, Introduction to Forestry, and Aerial Photogrammetry. He conducts research in applied forest management with particular emphasis on harvest scheduling, landscape planning, precision forestry, and geospatial technologies.
Dr. Bettinger received Bachelors and Masters degrees in forestry from Virginia Tech, and a PhD in forest resources from Oregon State University. Dr. Bettinger worked for the forest industry in the southern and western United States, and maintains this connection to forestry professionals through his leadership in the Southern Forestry and Natural Resource Management GIS Conference and other continuing education courses he offers.
Outreach
Continuing Education Courses: Forests and Hurricanes: Impacts and Planning Considerations, GPS for Beginners, Introduction to ArcGIS, Online Mapping Services for Foresters
Distance Education Courses: Introduction to GPS, Online Learning in Applied Forestry (OLAF).
Service
Membership on Editorial Boards: European Journal of Forest Engineering, Forest Science, Forests, Journal of Forest Planning, Journal of Sustainable Forestry, Mathematical and Computational Forestry & Natural-Resource Sciences.
International Associations: Coordinator, IUFRO Division 4.04.00 – Forest management planning.
Dr. Pete Bettinger
Professor, Landscape Planning and Harvest Scheduling
Leon "Buddy" Hargreaves Jr. Distinguished Professor in Forest Management
