Results/Conclusions These educational activities have led to better informed students, adults, and voters who value the understanding of our ecosystems, services they provide, and the long-term outlook necessary to make wise resource management decisions. Each year, more than 1300 people take part in the various integrated education and research outdoor activities at Coweeta. These participants often serve as conduits of information to other members of their educational, professional, and civic organizations, thereby enhancing a multiplier effect of the learning experiences they actively participated in with Coweeta representatives. As a means of further distributing current research results, we have developed a new informal publication series titled ‘Science Highlights’ that condenses findings from current peer-reviewed research to a two-page easy-to-read format that can be distributed in PDF form via the internet. With this internet-based audience, we can reach individuals who can benefit from the results of our programs and results, but who may not be able to participate in our hands-on field-based activities.