Office of Environmental Sciences

Extension & Outreach

The University of Georgia Cooperative Extension is a two way mechanism for transferring research results to local communities and making local needs known to scientists for research. There are more than 300 Extension agents covering all 159 Georgia counties and connecting communities with The University of Georgia.

Through hands-on education, adults and youth learn to use cutting edge-technology to make wise environmental decisions that affect their personal livelihood, family life and community. Recent initiatives include: the location of a watershed agent in the upper Ocmulgee, Oconee, and Altamaha River Basin, conversion of biomass to fuel for electricity and transportation needs, proper management of nutrients on poultry and livestock operations and a wellness approach to diet and lifestyle.

Cooperative Extension Programs

• Agricultural and Environmental Services Laboratories
• Georgia Master Gardener Extension Volunteer Program
• Georgia 4H Environmental Education
• Georgia Center for Urban Agriculture

Other Links

• Agricultural Pollution Prevention
  • Environmental Assessments for farms
  • Animal Waste Management
  • Land Application
  • Sustainable Agriculture
  • Environmental Horticulture
  • Crop Production
• Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development (CAED)
• C. M. Stripling Irrigation Research Park
• Distance Diagnostics
• Georgia Environmental Monitoring Network
• National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture Laboratory
• Southeast Watershed Research Laboratory, USDA
• Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
• Sustainable Agriculture
• The Bugwood Network
  • Integrated Pest Managemen
  • Invasive Exotic Specie
  • Forest Pests
• UGArden ( student campus vegetable garden)
• Urban Pest Management