About
Us
Our Mission
The National Learning Center for Private Forest and Range
Landowners is a "virtual natural resource education center" providing
interactive online instruction for private forest and range landowners. With
the growth of technology and the increasing use of the Internet for educational
purposes, this gateway provides a perfect opportunity for natural resource
education. The National Learning Center will allow information to be centrally
coordinated, facilitated, and managed for consistency of content and design.
This consistency will allow landowners in all regions of the United States to
get the reliable information from one source. The Center provides a central
destination for Internet users interested in forest and rangeland management
and related issues. Regionally based information is available for landowners
and other interested persons around the nation to access through interactive
online tutorials, articles, and references.
The Audience
The National Learning Center for Private Forest and Range
Landowners is also utilizing interactive technology and resources to increase
the teaching capacity of educators, such as Extension educators. This portion
of the Center includes prepared presentations, continuing education courses,
and certificate programs these professionals can use to learn and share
information at meetings of landowner groups or other organizations.
Funding
The National Center is a project of the United States Department
of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research, Extension, and Education Service.
The University of Tennessee is coordinating the development and implementation
of the National Web-Based Learning Center for Private Forest and Range
Landowners. The mission of the Center is to educate private forest and range
landowners about natural resource management and to provide educational
resources to Extension educators by expanding learning opportunities and
resources to the World Wide Web.
Leadership
A National Advisory Board has been assembled to provide
oversight to the Center's plans and activities. This board is responsible for
all content and will oversee the grant process. Click
here for the membership of the Advisory Board. Future plans for the
Center include developing Web-based learning, including both synchronous and
asynchronous online instruction for certificate courses, in-service training
and other programs.
The Center will certainly be a valuable tool in natural resource
management education of both private landowners and Extension educators.
Additional content modules and features will be made available as they are
developed.
Project Partners
Content has been developed in cooperation with universities and
organizations across the nation. Our cooperators include:
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Colorado
State University
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Cornell University
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Mississippi State University
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Montana State University
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North Dakota State University
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Oregon State
University
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Pennsylvania
State University
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Purdue University
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Southern Regional Extension Forestry
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Tennessee
State University
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University of
Alaska-Fairbanks
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University
of Arizona
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University
of Arkansas
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University of Georgia
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University
of Idaho
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University of
Kentucky
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University
of Minnesota
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University of New Hampshire
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University of
Tennessee
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University of Wisconsin
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Utah State University
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USDA Forest
Service
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Virginia Tech
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Washington State
University
For more information
on National
Learning
Center
for
Private
Forest
and Range Landowners, please contact the Center Coordinator:
Kelley Zophy
The
University
of
Tennessee
Dept. of Forestry, Wildlife and
Fisheries
2431 Joe Johnson
Drive
, Room
274
Knoxville,
TN
37996-4563
Phone
865-974-2946
Fax 865-974-4714
kzophy@utk.edu
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