Teaching Responsibilities

• Forest Boundaries and Roads (Spring)
• Forestry Consulting (Fall)

Selected Research Activities

• Forestry Streamside Management Zone variations within harvested blocks and associated impacts on soil movement, SMZ function, water quality, and cost to landowners.

Selected Publications

• Slash Mulching and Incorporation as Mechanical Site Preparation for Pine Plantation Establishment and Subsequent Effects on Soil Moisture and Site Hydrology (Master's Thesis) 2000.
• Slash Incorporation for Amelioration of Site, Soil and Hydrologic Properties on Pocosins and Wet Flats in North Carolina. Pgs 298-301 in: Proceedings of the Tenth Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference Shreveport LA Feb16-18 1999. USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station General Technical Report SR30 U.S. Government printing office. 618 pp.
• W.A. Lakel, W.M. Aust, M. Buford and E.A. Carter. 1998. Soil Moisture Relationships in Pocosins and Wet Flat Wetlands as Affected by Organic Matter Incorporation. Page 324 in: 1998 Annual Meeting Abstracts. Soil Science Society of America. Baltimore, MD. October 18-22, 1998.
• W.A Lakel, W.M. Aust, C.A. Dolloff, and E.P. Sharp. 2005. Commercial Timber Value of Streamside Management Zones In Managed Pine and Hardwood Stands. In: Proceedings of the Thirteenth Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference Memphis TN Feb. 2005. USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station General Technical Report.
• W.A Lakel, W.M. Aust, C.A. Dolloff, and A.W. Easterbrooke 2005. Soil Erosion From Harvested Sites Versus Streamside Management Zone Sediment Deposition in the Piedmont of Virginia. In: Proceedings of the Thirteenth Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference Memphis TN Feb. 2005. USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station General Technical Report.
• W.A Lakel, W.M. Aust, C.A. Dolloff 2006. Seeing the Trees Along the Streamside. Feature Article: Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. Jan/Feb 2006. Vol 61. No. 1.

Professional Achievements

Five years working as a District Forester for Resource Management Service, Inc. in Central Virginia managing investment grade timberland for institutional investors and other private landowners.