Celebrate Summer With Flags and Fresh Local Produce
From Memorial Day to the Fourth of July, these two American Holidays serve to honor the men and women …
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It’s Strawberry Picking Time
We have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the fresh juicy local strawberries and they are finally here!! Strawberries are …
Private Woodland Management
Forests and woodlands provide environmental, economic, and social benefits to their owners and to the communities in which they are found. Through …
NC Beaver Management Assistance Program (BMAP): Obtaining Services
Since beavers were successfully reintroduced to North Carolina in 1939, this native species has thrived, benefitting people and wildlife …
Cranberries Shine During the Holiday Season
Everyone goes extra crazy about cranberries from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day, sadly after that often cranberries are shelved. …
JACKSON 2023 Veteran's Day Tree Give-Away
Norway Spruce Seedling Giveaway November 11, 2023 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Mark Watson Park, Sylva (Constitution Square) This Veteran’s Day. plant a tree …
Leopold Education Project
AUGUST 1, 2023 10:00 a.m.–- 4:00 p.m. Oconaluftee Visitor Center 1194 Newfound Gap Road • Cherokee, NC Educate the next Generation School Teachers, Camp …
Little Blue Bite Loaded With Nutrition: Fresh Blueberries Are Back!
Fresh or frozen, blueberries are a favorite spring and summer snack; they also pack a lot of nutritional punch …
The Leopold Education Project
Increasing urbanization, growing use of electronic devices and other indirect ways of experiencing our natural environment increasingly disconnects us …
Code of the West in Winter
Winter is fast approaching and we all know that the possibility exists for winter cold and storms that can …
N.C. Cooperative Extension in Jackson County FY 19/20 Accomplishments
N.C. Cooperative Extension in Jackson County during this period worked directly face-to-face with 5,050 and indirectly either virtually (Zoom), social …