Mapping the future of southern pine management in a changing world.

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  Jill Qi and Aaron Joslin collect soil samples at the PINEMAP Tier III site in Taliaferro County, GA. Photo by Madison Akers.

  
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  Sap flow monitors and throughfall exclusion structures at the Tier III site in Taylor County, Florida. Photo courtesy of Jessica Ireland

  
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  Throughfall exclusion structures under construction at PINEMAP Tier III site in Buckingham County, Virginia. Photo courtesy of Andy Laviner.

  
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  High school students participating in the University of Florida's Science Quest summer camp measure trees and calculate the amount of carbon stored in trees as part of the Project Learning Tree/PINEMAP Secondary Module activity "Counting the Carbon." Photo courtesy of Jessica Ireland.

  
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  Virginia Tech M.S. student Brett Heim uses a LI-COR 6200 to measure soil respiration underneath a throughfall exclusion structure at the Virginia Tier III site. Photo courtesy of John Seiler.

  
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  High school students participating in the University of Florida's Science Quest summer camp learn how carbon cycles through biological and physical systems as part of the Project Learning Tree/PINEMAP Secondary Module activity "Carbon on the Move." Photo courtesy of Jessica Ireland.

  
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  Graduate student mentor Elizabeth Wilson (left) and undergraduate fellow Madison Wigley (right) record pine needle fascicle lengths in a greenhouse experiment at Texas A&M University. Photo courtesy of Ayumi Hyodo.

  

PINEMAP Collaborators

Universities

University of Florida | Alcorn State University | University of Georgia | Auburn University | Mississippi State University | North Carolina A & T University | North Carolina State University |
Oklahoma State University | Texas A & M University | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Virginia State University

University-Corporate-Governmental Research Cooperatives

Cooperative Forest Genetics Research Program | Cooperative Tree Improvement Program | Forest Biology Research Cooperative | Forest Modeling Research Cooperative |
Forest Productivity Cooperative | Plantation Management Research Cooperative | Southern Forest Resource Assessment Consortium | Western Gulf Forest Tree Improvement Program

Other

U.S. Forest Service | Southern Regional Extension Forestry | Southeast Climate Consortium | Additional Supporters

The Pine Integrated Network: Education, Mitigation, and Adaptation project (PINEMAP) is a Coordinated Agricultural Project funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Award #2011-68002-30185.

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• May 09, 2026
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