Landowners, entrepreneurs and community leaders can

• Develop and manage natural resource-based enterprises.
• Learn about the potential effect of natural resource-based enterprises on agricultural profitability, community economies and environmental enhancement.
• Strengthen the collaboration among the agricultural community, natural resource managers and local economic development leaders through the development and marketing of existing natural and man-made resources.
• Move to a more diversified economy, which augments traditional agriculture, particularly on marginal agricultural lands.
• Increase the development efforts and use of natural resources – timber, wildlife and fish.
• Enjoy the long-term financial and environmental benefits of sustaining a strong natural resource base.