Wildlife Management
Wildlife Food Plots and
Early Succesional Plants
Dr. Harper is updating and revising Wildlife Food Plots and Early Successional Plants. It is a slow process because his work at the University of Tennessee keeps him extremely busy. Any further updates on the progress of the book can be found right here at nocsopublishing.com. Thank you for your interest and patience!
ABOUT
THE AUTHor
Craig A. Harper is a Professor of Wildlife Management and the Extension Wildlife Specialist at the University of Tennessee. His primary responsibility is assisting natural resource professionals and landowners with issues concerning wildlife management.
Dr. Harper’s Extension programming and research efforts have concentrated on applied wildlife management, especially
as related to forest management, early succession management, prescribed fire effects, herbicide applications, quality deer management, and food plot management. He has conducted research on food plots, wildlife openings, and their use by wildlife since 1994.
Craig earned an A.A.S. in Fish and Wildlife Management from Haywood Community College (1988), a B.S. in Natural Resources Management from Western Carolina University (1990), an M.S. in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (1993), and a Ph.D. in Forest Resources from Clemson University (1998). Between degrees, he worked as a wildlife technician with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission where managing food plots and wildlife openings was one of his duties. Craig is a Certified Wildlife Biologist® and Certified Prescribed Fire Manager.
Craig is a 10th generation North Carolinian. His interest in food plots came naturally as he grew up hunting on his family’s farm in the Piedmont. Craig and his family live in Blount County, Tennessee.
