Natural Resources

Our Natural Resource Program provides forestry, wildlife, watershed management and other natural resource related information to a wide variety of county residents and visitors. The goal is to promote sound management and conservation of the region's natural resources, through research, educational activities, and good working relationships with a broad range of people. The main clientele for this position are private landowners; resource management professionals working on private, State and Federal lands; and other groups such as users of public lands, conservation organizations, and the agriculture and forest products industries. The Natural Resources Program examines forest resources and hardwood rangeland including soil, water, vegetation and wildlife.