In 1934, the Coweeta Experimental Forest was officially established on the Nantahala National Forest. Occupying nearly 4,000 acres just north of the North Carolina-Georgia border and renamed the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory in 1948, the site would prove to be the source of some of the most influential research on forested watersheds done in the world. [...]
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Coweeta Hydrologic Lab Celebrates 75 Years
Posted in From the Archives, tagged Charles Hursh, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, forest research, North Carolina, U.S. Forest Service, Wayne Swank on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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