Climatelearning.net is the online learning hub for the Climate Learning Network (CLN). Created as part of the CLN's mission to foster climate literacy in the Extension community, the site offer e-learning modules and other educational materials designed to provide Extension professionals working in agriculture and natural resources with the information they need to advise their audiences about techniques for adapting to a changing climate.

The webinars organized by Dr. David Coyle, SREF Extension Associate and coordinator of the Forest Health and Invasive Species Education and Outreach Program (FHIS), have performed extremely well since they began this year, drawing an average of 163 live attendees per session

Virginia Cooperative Extension has produced 4 landowner impact videos highlighting the importance of the Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program (VFLEP) by telling its story from the point of view of landowners who have benefited from its services.

We are pleased to announce that Clemson Extension’s Forestry and Natural Resources team and the SC New and Beginning Farmer program have joined forces to deliver the first ever Forestry for the Farm training, a primer on the basics of forestry for farmers and rural landowners.

A new website built in partnership with UGA's Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources provides Extension professionals with a centralized source for accurate and up-to-date information about forest health issues, such as diseases and invasive pests, in the Southeastern United States.

A Prescribed Burn at Sandy Creek Nature Center in Athens GA was an outreach success for all involved. The steps that SCNC took to achieve that success will be instructive for future efforts to burn on land reserved for environmental education.

New Extension Associate Cody Rainer was recently hired by MSU to deliver Extension forestry education programs across Mississippi. He will also administer the Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Cost Share Program.

Forestryimpacts.net is a new online resource created in collaboration with the Southern Group of State Foresters to house the most recent state and regional level data on forest economic impacts in the Southeast.

The SREF 2014-2015 Annual Report is now available. The Report provides a brief summary of what the office of Southern Regional Extension Forestry has accomplished over the past 2 years in partnership with the 13 Southern Land-grant Universities and other natural resource organizations in the Southeastern United States.

Our newest Extension Associate, Dr. David Coyle, discusses the Forest Health and Invasive Species Program that he has initiated under the auspices of SREF and UGA's Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, and the USDA Forest Service. The program will create a template and materials for extension education for southern pine health, primarily focusing on pine stand management to mitigate potential insect and disease issues, as well as for several non-native plants, insects, and pathogens.