Fires and acres reported to the National Interagency Coordination Center are for operational uses. Official totals may be obtained from agencies directly. With the support of the Department of Forestry at NC State University's College of Natural Resources, the Forestry Educational Outreach Program provides continuing forestry and natural resource education to professionals, landowners, public and private land managers, and all the citizens of North Carolina and beyond. Students will spend mornings in a classroom setting for lecture periods. In the afternoon, students spend lab time working on the school's contracted management lands, public lands or on forest industry lands.
Graduates obtain jobs in private industry and government organizations.
PLT helps students gain awareness and knowledge of the natural and built environment, their place within it, as well as their responsibility for it. Helping people put knowledge to work. The Natural Resources Leadership Institute is a training program administered through the NC Cooperative Extension Service at NC State University. The Institute is the first of its kind in the country to provide a structured leadership curriculum for people who are critically involved in natural resources management and policy. Top Urban Forestry Tree Link sponsored by the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council, USDA Forest Service and TreeUtah is a site for accessing urban forestry information and links.