{"id":28,"date":"2026-01-20T15:15:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/trevorwalker\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2026-04-24T14:08:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:08:32","slug":"extension","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/trevorwalker\/extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-fancy-paragraph-fifty is-text wp-block-ncst-fancy-paragraph\">\n      \n<div class=\"text-only wp-block-ncst-fp-accompaniment\">\n    \n\n<p>I use the Cooperative Tree Improvement Program as a venue to amplify the impact of my research results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I engage foresters and tree farmers through member visits, presentations at society meetings, and online content.<\/p>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-fp-accompaniment\">\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-fp-image\">\n  <figure class=\"fancy-paragraph__image-container fancy-paragraph__image-square\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2070\" \n        decoding=\"async\"\n        class=\"fp-image wp-image-50\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/trevorwalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/01\/vdf_forest_mgmt_academy_phtocred_corey_swiftturner-Low-scaled.jpg\"\n         alt=\"Photo credit: Corey Swift-Turner\"          style=\"object-position:38% 41%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/trevorwalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/01\/vdf_forest_mgmt_academy_phtocred_corey_swiftturner-Low-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/trevorwalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/01\/vdf_forest_mgmt_academy_phtocred_corey_swiftturner-Low-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/trevorwalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/01\/vdf_forest_mgmt_academy_phtocred_corey_swiftturner-Low-1024x828.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/trevorwalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/01\/vdf_forest_mgmt_academy_phtocred_corey_swiftturner-Low-768x621.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/trevorwalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/01\/vdf_forest_mgmt_academy_phtocred_corey_swiftturner-Low-1536x1242.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/trevorwalker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2026\/01\/vdf_forest_mgmt_academy_phtocred_corey_swiftturner-Low-2048x1656.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\n         \n      <figcaption class=\"fancy-paragraph-image__caption\">Image credit: Corey Swift-Turner<\/figcaption>\n      <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Extension presentations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you attended one of the meetings below and would like a copy of the slides\/handouts, please contact me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-red-heading\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Date<\/td><td>Meeting<\/td><td>Location<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4\/23\/2026<\/td><td>Society of American Foresters South Carolina Chapter<\/td><td>Webinar<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4\/16\/2026<\/td><td>Association of Consulting Foresters Meeting<\/td><td>Dunn, NC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4\/11\/2026<\/td><td>The American Chestnut Foundation Spring Meeting<\/td><td>Abingdon, VA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3\/10\/2026<\/td><td>Seminar for UGA Animal Breeding and Genetics Group<\/td><td>Athens, GA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3\/4\/2026<\/td><td>Inland Empire Tree Improvement Cooperative Annual Meeting<\/td><td>Coeur d&#8217;Alene, ID<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10\/10\/2025<\/td><td>The Chestnut Chat Webinar<\/td><td>Online<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10\/7\/2025<\/td><td>MASBio Consortium<\/td><td>Butner, NC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9\/16\/2025<\/td><td>Virginia Department of Forestry: Forest Management Academy<\/td><td>Sweetbrier, VA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7\/16\/2025<\/td><td>Plantation Management Research Coop. Annual Meeting<\/td><td>Athens, GA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6\/10\/2025<\/td><td>TI Alberta<\/td><td>Grande Prairie, AB<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/7\/2025<\/td><td>Clemson Extension: Growing our Future<\/td><td>Clemson, SC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12\/4\/2024<\/td><td>Forest Modeling Research Coop. 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