The 24th Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference (BSSRC) is being hosted by the Auburn University College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment on behalf of the BSSRC Committee. The 24th BSSRC will be held at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center in Auburn, March 22 – 25, 2027.

Initiated in 1980, the BSSRC provides a forum for scientists and practitioners, as well as graduate and undergraduate students, broadly engaged in forestry and southern silviculture to report their study results, present new concepts and techniques, discuss topics of mutual interest, coordinate cooperative efforts, and stay current on developments in the field. For decades, the BSSRC and its published proceedings have been invaluable sources of information on current and developing trends in southern silviculture.

While the offerings of the BSSRC are inherently related to silviculture, presentations have ranged across topics as diverse as southern pine management, hardwood management, nutritional amendments, site preparation and vegetation management, natural and artificial regeneration of tree species, intermediate treatments and stand tending, midstory competition control, modeling, growth and yield, best management practices, water quality, prescribed fire, forest health, silvicultural history, economics of forest management, and wildlife ecology as it relates to silvicultural treatments. The BSSRC consists of two days of concurrent sessions, an evening poster session, and an optional field tour on the third day.