LIFE activities include the

following:

•Resource publications entitled “Small Landowners’ Estate Planning Guide” and “Forestry Resource Manual”

•A statewide electronic GIS database

•An educational outreach exhibit

•“Managing Your Land for Profit” workshops

•Instructional Training Clinics-wills and advance directives for healthcare for underserved landowners.

Partnering Organizations:

Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension Work, based on the passage of the Food & Agricultural Act of 1977 on September 29, 1977, and in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Mark Latimore Jr., Interim Assistant Vice President for Land-Grant Affairs for the Office of Academic Affairs, College of Agriculture, Family Sciences and Technology, Fort Valley State University, a State and Land-Grant Institution, University System of Georgia.

Fort Valley State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate and master’s degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Fort Valley State University.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Fort Valley State University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution and does not discriminate against applicants, students or employees on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability or marital or veteran status.

Landowners Initiative for F o r e s t r y Educ at i on

United States Department of Agriculture

The mission of the Cooperative Extension Program at Fort Valley State University is to provide practical, problem-oriented learning opportunities for those people who do not or cannot participate in formal classroom instruction offered on the campus. The program provides educational services through its staff of program leaders, specialists, county agents, county extension program assistants and support personnel. One of four primary extension areas is agriculture and natural resources.

To ensure that the needs of the small, limited resource, minority farmers and landowners are addressed, the FVSU Cooperative Extension Program created the Landowner Initiative for Forestry Education (LIFE). This program focuses on the overall goal of increasing outreach, awareness and

technical assistance to minority and limited resource farmers/landowners in the areas of sustainable natural resource practices and effective estate planning including the incorporation of computer technology.

The objectives of the program are to:

• Identify minority and limited resource forest landowners and farmers in Georgia and create GIS database of minority and limited resource landowners.

• Increase communications and outreach to limited resource farmers and landowners on current forest management and protection strategies.

•Provide training, technical assistance and education to limited resource farmers and landowners on forest protection & management with an emphasis place on estate planning.

If you are interested in any of

the LIFE activities for your

area, contact us:

Fort Valley State University

Cooperative Extension

Program

LIFE Project

P.O. Box 4061

1005 State University Drive

Fort Valley, GA 31030

478-825-6296

fvsulife@fvsu.edu

Landowners Initiative for Forestry Education

https://www.facebook.com/LIFE.FVSU.CooperativeExtensionProgram