By Becky Barlow
The Alabama Cooperative Extension System forestry, wildlife, and natural resources team invites you to subscribe to the Backyard to the Back 40 newsletter. In it, our FWNR team will provide practical information to help you manage natural resources in your back yard, your back forty, and more!
The FWNR team is made up of Regional Extension Agents (REAs) and Extension Specialists who work for the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. Regional Extension Agents work in one of seven areas across the state. These experts are here to help you with questions you might have about forestry, wildlife, ponds, invasive species, and other natural resource management topics. They can also make on-site visits from time to time. Specialists have state-wide responsibilities and can answer questions over the phone, via e-mail, or through other forms of written communication.
Specialists and REAs also work together to deliver science-based information in the form of publications and workshops. To learn more about the members of our team check out our “Meet the Team” page on the Alabama Cooperative Extension System website at aces.edu.
In the coming year, this quarterly newsletter will include information on upcoming workshops and address land management topics such as:
- community forestry including tree risk assessment, chainsaw safety, arborist education, and beekeeping;
- forest management techniques such as principles, practices, and stewardship for landowners, professional logging management, forest business resources, alternative income generation, and land management for women and minority landowners;
- identification and control of non-native plant, animal, and insect pests;
- water quality and farm pond management; and
- wildlife management including game and non-game management techniques, wildlife damage and wild pig control.
We are here to help and excited about this new way to communicate with you. Let us know if you have questions, and as always, thanks for looking to Alabama Extension for answers.
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