We are part of Research Work Unit 4803 of the Southern Research Station, and the U.S. Forest Health Monitoring Program.  Our clients include international, federal, state, and regional governments, universities, and non-governmental organizations.  Our Agency role is to conduct research leading to improved landscape-based ecological assessments, and to assess landscape patterns such as forest fragmentation at national scale for the RPA and Montreal Process Sustainable Forests Reports.    We are part of an interagency research consortium with scientists in the Forest Service, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and North Carolina State University.  Follow the links below to learn more about our projects, capabilities, and accomplishments.