Current Research

Position Statement:

Susan is the director of the USDA’s National Agroforestry Center (NAC), a partnership between two Forest Service units, Research and Development and State and Private Forestry, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Based in Lincoln, Nebraska, the Center’s 10 positions are focused on conducting and supporting research and information transfer on the integration of trees and shrubs into agricultural systems.

Publications

• Stein, Susan M.; Carr, Mary A.; Liknes, Greg C.; Comas, Sara J. 2014. Islands on the edge: housing development and other threats to America's Pacific and Caribbean Island forests: a Forests on the Edge report.

Research Highlights

Highlight	Title	Year
WO-2018-81	Advancing Agroforestry by Supporting Those Who Assist Producers Increasing natural resource professionals' knowledge and experience of agroforestry is one focus of the National Agroforestry Center. This is be ...	2018
WO-2018-69	Enhancing Rural Economies through Agroforestry: Assessing Emerging Opportunities A national workshop identified opportunities for enhancing the profitability of agroforestry through increased access to land, capital, and mark ...	2018