Craig A. Harper, Associate Professor and
Extension Wildlife Specialist
Craig A. Harper is an Associate Professor and the Extension Wildlife Specialist in the Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries at The University of Tennessee. Craig received his A.A.S. in Fish and Wildlife Management from Haywood Community College, B.S. in Natural Resource Management from Western Carolina University, M.S. in Biology from The University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and Ph.D. in Forest Resources from Clemson University. Between degrees, he worked as a wildlife technician with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission in western North Carolina.
Dr. Harper is responsible for developing wildlife-related programs for the UT Agricultural Extension Service and assisting Extension agents with wildlife-related issues throughout the state. Current Extension programming includes issues related to habitat management, population management, wildlife damage management, and the Tennessee 4-H Wildlife Project. ......more
Selected Extension Publications
Quality Deer Management : Guidelines for Implementation (PB1643)
Growing
and Managing Successful Food Plots for Wildlife in the Mid-South (PB1743)
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Selected Research, Abstract, & Magazine Publications
Jackson, S.W., R.G. Basinger, D.S. Gordon, C.A. Harper, D.S. Buckley, and D.A. Buehler. Accepted. Influence of silvicultural treatments on eastern wild turkey habitat characteristics in eastern Tennessee. Proceedings of the 9th National Wild Turkey Symposium.
Jackson, S.W., D.S. Buckley, B.F. Miller, and C.A. Harper. Accepted. Initial impacts of prescribed burning, shelterwood cutting, and selective girdling on heterogeneity in canopy cover, light, and soil moisture levels in mature oak-hickory forests in Tennessee. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry.
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Selected 4-H Publications
4-H
FACE for Wildlife Contest Brochure (SP 209-A)
4-H
FACE for Wildlife Procedures and Guidelines (SP 209-B)
4-H
FACE for Wildlife Scoresheet (F820)
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Contact Information
Craig Harper
280 Ellington Plant Sciences
2431 Joe Johnson Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-4522
Phone: (865) 974-7346
Email: charper@utk.edu