Extension and Outreach
We share research-backed knowledge far beyond our campus, strengthening the people, communities and businesses that face natural resource challenges every day.
Seeding Knowledge
At the College of Natural Resources, our research and discoveries tackle real-world problems that affect everyone. We use the planet as both our classroom and our laboratory, and we share our work with the world.
Our outreach, extension and continuing education programs share knowledge across the state and the nation. We collaborate with community and business leaders, policymakers, educators, students and the public to promote the sustainable and responsible use of natural resources.
“Our goal isn’t just to share data, but to share usable knowledge. This knowledge when put into practice, provides everyday solutions that improve lives and grow our state.”
Bob Bardon
Associate Dean for Extension and Professor
Our work directly supports three of North Carolina’s top five industries: forestry, wood products and tourism. We are committed to fostering healthy communities and strong economies, while providing every North Carolinian with the resources to improve our state.
AREAS OF EXTENSION
Supporting Communities
From Christmas tree farms to K–12 classrooms to advanced research laboratories, our extension programs foster personal growth and drive economic development across North Carolina.
We help private landowners and inheritors better manage their properties. We provide distance education, certificate programs, workshops and short courses to thousands of professionals each year, and we put materials on natural resources in the hands of hundreds of teachers across the state.
More than 100 county extension agents funnel our nature- and heritage-based tourism programming and resources to the communities that need them. More than 2,000 of the state’s Christmas tree growers look to us for research and guidance. And, in partnership with the College of Engineering and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, we’re leading the development of novel biomaterials and biofuels.
OUTREACH RESOURCES