Aiken County Clemson Extension

09/09/2026

🪵 Ready to sharpen your chainsaw skills—and your safety knowledge?

Whether you're clearing storm damage, maintaining your property, cutting firewood, or managing woodlands, knowing how to operate a chainsaw safely can make all the difference.

Join Clemson Extension's Chainsaw Workshops for hands-on, expert-led training designed to help you work smarter and safer.

🦺 Chainsaw Safety & Handling Workshop
Learn:
✔ Proper personal protective equipment (PPE)
✔ Safe chainsaw operation and handling
✔ Basic maintenance and sharpening
✔ Safe cutting techniques for logs on the ground

🌲 Tree Felling Workshop
Take your skills to the next level with instruction on:
✔ Directional tree felling
✔ Open-face felling techniques
✔ Hazard recognition
✔ A proven five-step felling plan

These full-day workshops combine research-based instruction with hands-on practice, and participants receive a Certificate of Completion. (Please note: Participants must complete the Chainsaw Safety & Handling Workshop before attending the Tree Felling Workshop.)

🔗 Register today:
https://www.clemson.edu/extension/chainsaw/workshops.html

Tag someone who could benefit from this training!

02/09/2026

Livestock owners are invited to join Clemson Extension Livestock and Forages for a hands-on demonstration and to discuss different types of fencing.
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Date: February 27, 2026
Time: 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Location: Lexington County Clemson Extension office
Cost (per participant): $15
Registration deadline: February 26
Registration link: https://shorturl.at/NH26x

02/05/2026

Landowners and managers are invited to join FNR | Clemson Extension to learn more about South Carolina's forest laws, managing nuisance wildlife, forest pests, invasive plant management, NRCS programs, and decision-making before a timber sale.
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Date: February 26, 2026
Time: 8:30 am to 3:30 pm
Location: Orangeburg County Fairgrounds
Cost (per participant): $40 w/o CFE credits, $90 w/ CFE credits
Registration deadline: February 23
Registration link: https://Woodlands2026.eventbrite.com

02/03/2026

Join FNR | Clemson Extension's Wildlife Food Plot Management Workshop for a field tour, educational presentation, and dinner.

Date: February 24, 2026
Time: 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Location: Edisto REC, Blackville, SC
Cost: $10 per participant
Registration deadline: February 19
Registration link: https://FoodPlots226.eventbrite.com

02/02/2026

🚨 CLOSURE ALERT 🚨

“Per South Carolina policy, when inclement weather occurs in South Carolina, state government offices and their employees/student workers will follow the same weather hazard decisions made by county government officials where the state offices are located.”

Aiken County Government dictates that the Aiken County Clemson Extension office will operate on a delay on Monday, February 2, due to road conditions. ❄️ Our office will open at 1:00 pm.

Staff are working remotely. Email us at [email protected] or leave a voicemail at (803) 649-6297 ext. 0.

Stay warm. Stay safe.

01/23/2026

Did you know that the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Climatology Office offers free weather alerts right in your inbox? ☔️🌨️

👉 Stay weather aware by subscribing at

12/18/2025

Aiken County Clemson Extension will be on Winter Break starting December 22, 2025.

Our staff will return to the office on Monday, January 5, 2026, refreshed and ready to help you with your Extension needs.

🎄Happy Holidays!

12/09/2025

Clemson University's Department of Plant Industry and Clemson University Invasive Species Program confirmed a yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina) observation thanks to an astute beekeeper in York County.

"This is the first detection of a yellow-legged hornet or nest in South Carolina outside the Lowcountry. DPI is asking York County residents to remain alert and report suspected hornets or nests."

🔗 Click https://news.clemson.edu/yellow-legged-hornet-nest-located-in-york-county-residents-urged-to-report-sightings/ to read about the wasps and how to report possible sightings in your neck of the woods.

Officials are encouraging residents to support ongoing response efforts by reporting suspicious hornet activity and allowing inspectors access to their property.

12/03/2025

🔥 Prescribed Burn Planning Workshop
🗓️ Date: December 17, 2025
🕘 Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
📍 Location: Gravatt Camp and Conference Center, 1006 Camp Gravatt Rd, Aiken, SC 29805

About the program
🔥 Participants will be guided through the process of developing a burn plan, how to evaluate site conditions by experienced prescribed burning practitioners, and given the opportunity to write a burn plan for a site at Camp Gravatt.
🔥 Weather permitting, the workshop will include the opportunity to participate in a prescribed burn.

Who should attend
🎯 Landowners who are interested in using prescribed fire on their property and have little or no experience in preparing for a prescribed fire are invited to attend this training.

📞 Event contact: Janet Steele at [email protected] or 839-900-1354

🔗 Registration link:

This workshop is for landowners with little or no experience in preparing for a prescribed fire, but want to start burning.