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David Coyle, Assistant Professor of Forest Health and Invasive Species at Clemson University at a patch of Bradford pear trees in a field behind a cemetery in Pendleton, Wednesday, February 5, 2020.
The Clemson Extension Service’s forestry program is offering a bounty on the stinky trees — complete with an Old West-style “wanted” poster — that encourages property owners to chop ...
Since 2005, the Extension system has collaborated in developing eXtension.org (pronounced "e-extension"). eXtension is an Internet-based learning platform where Extension professionals and citizens nationwide and beyond have 24/7 access to unbiased, research-based, peer-reviewed information from land-grant universities on a wide range of topics.
The Smith–Lever Act of 1914 is a United States federal law that established a system of cooperative extension services, connected to land-grant universities, intended to inform citizens about current developments in agriculture, home economics, public policy/government, leadership, 4-H, economic development, coastal issues (National Sea Grant College Program), and related subjects.
Companion planting is thought by its practitioners to assist in the growth of one or both plants involved in the association. Possible mechanisms [ 1 ] include attracting beneficial insects , [ 2 ] repelling pests , [ 3 ] or providing nutrients such as by fixing nitrogen , [ 4 ] shade, or support.
Clemson Experimental Forest, a 17,500 acre forest surrounding Clemson University, is a natural resource laboratory. It is a product of a land reclamation project funded by Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration 's New Deal programs. [ 1 ]
William Williams Long, director of Cooperative Extension Service, 1914–34 Long Hall was originally constructed for the Agriculture department. It was built on the former site of the university's cooperative extension service. It was designed in an Italianate style by Rudolph E. Lee. It is currently the home of the Biology department.
The concrete markers also caused more damage than metal posts when struck by cars and presented maintenance problems: "Every two to three years we had to repaint them and re-stencil the street ...