16 U.S.C. § 1672 — General program authorization

(a) The Secretary of Agriculture, under conditions the Secretary sets and working with State^* cooperative-extension directors and eligible colleges and universities, must: (1) provide education that helps people recognize, analyze, and solve renewable-resource problems, including forest and range recreation, urban trees and forests, and shelterbelt trees and shrubs; (2) use education to share research results; (3) transfer the best available technology to people managing and protecting forests and rangelands and processing or using related resources; (4) give special attention to small private nonindustrial forest landowners; (5) provide education in range and fish and wildlife management; (6) help provide continuing education for trained professionals in fish and wildlife, forest, range, watershed management, and related fields; (7) help forest and range landowners obtain technical and financial help; (8) identify needed renewable-resource research; (9) with State foresters or equivalent officials, promote public understanding of the energy, economic, social, environmental, and psychological values of trees and open space in urban and community areas and of the ecological relationships and benefits of urban trees and related resources; and (10) provide comprehensive natural-resource and environmental education for landowners, managers, public officials, and the public, especially young people.
(b) “Eligible colleges and universities” means institutions eligible for support under the Acts of July 2, 1862, and August 30, 1890, including Tuskegee Institute, and institutions eligible for assistance under the Act of October 10, 1962. This section does not define those Acts' eligibility rules.
(c) The Secretary may use all appropriate educational methods, including meetings, short courses, workshops, tours, demonstrations, publications, news releases, and radio and television programs.