USDA National Agroforestry Center (NAC)

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Staff Contact Information

USDA National Agroforestry Center
1945 North 38th Street
UNL-East Campus
Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0822

Phone: (402) 437-5178 (extensions listed below)
Fax: (402) 437-5712

Administration

Greg Ruark, Program Manager
USDA National Agroforestry Center
Alabama A&M University
ARC Building, Room 137
4900 Meridian Street
P.O. Box 1927
Normal, Alabama 35762
- Phone: (256) 372-4540
- Fax: (256) 372-8404

Support Services

Kirsten Stuart, Support Service Specialist (x 4010)
Nancy Hammond, Office Automation Assistant (x 4011)

Research & Development

Michele Schoeneberger, Research Program Leader / Soil Scientist (x 4021)
Michael Dosskey, Research Riparian Ecologist (x 4025)
Gary Bentrup, Research Landscape Planner (x 4018)
Todd Kellerman, GIS Specialist (x 4037)
Richard Carman, Biological Technician (x 4017)
James Chamberlain, Research Scientist, Non-Timber Forest Products
1650 Ramble Road
Blacksburg, Virginia 24060-6349
- Phone: (540) 231-3611
- Fax: (540) 231-1383

Technology Transfer & Applications

Richard Straight, FS Lead Agroforester (x 4024)
Bruce Wight, NRCS Agroforester (x 4036)

About Agroforestry

Agroforestry intentionally combines agriculture and forestry to create integrated and sustainable land-use systems. Agroforestry takes advantage of the interactive benefits from combining trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock. Agroforestry practices include:

Agroforestry Practices

About NAC

The USDA National Agroforestry Center (NAC) had its origins in the 1990 Farm Bill. It began as a Forest Service Research and State & Private Forestry effort in 1992 and expanded into a partnership with the Natural Resources Conesrvation Service (NRCS) in 1995. It is administered by the Forest Service, Southern Research Station. NAC offices are located in Lincoln, Nebraska and Huntsville, Alabama.

NAC accelerates the application of agroforestry through a national network of partners. Together, we conduct research, develop technologies and tools, coordinate demonstrations and training, and provide useful information to natural resource professionals.

About Working Trees

The right trees planted in the right places for the right reasons can add value to land-use systems. That's the Working Trees message that helps natural resource professionals, community leaders, and landowners identify with the concept of agroforestry. NAC uses the Working Trees theme to promote the development of sustainable agriculture and communities.

More about NAC's Working Trees

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