GOAL AREAS
Agrisystems Productivity
& Profitability

Economic & Community
Development

Environmental Conservation

Food Safety & Nutrition

Youth Development

Environmental Conservation

Protecting the environment
To protect the quality of South Carolina's environment, Clemson scientists are studying the impacts made by agriculture and timber production, as well as by commercial development, industries, cities and golf courses.

Environmental conservation in agricultural production includes development of integrated pest management strategies that incorporate biological controls, such as targeted insect viruses or predators. It also includes agroecology, a practice that minimizes soil disturbance and the use of chemicals.

In addition, researchers are studying the ways that housing developments, golf courses and urban development, as well as agriculture, can cause movement of fertilizers, pesticides and other contaminants into surface and ground waters. 

Other studies are developing environmentally sensitive methods to control insects, weeds and diseases on golf courses, athletic fields and residential or commercial landscapes. 

In addition, coastal ecology studies are tracking forest regeneration after natural and man-made disturbances, as well as ways to use natural materials to prevent erosion along the intracoastal waterway.

CLEMSON SITES
Agroecology

Extension Forest Resources

Forest Resources

Teaching Kids About the Environment (KATE)

Master Tree Farmer

Water Quality

Wildlife Management

RELATED SITES
Coastal Conservation League