About Wood County Extension

Office Hours and Location

The OSU Extension Office of Wood County is open from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday.

                                                                                                            
We may be reached by phone at 419-354-9050
                                by e-mail at wood@osu.edu   
                                by fax at 419-352-7413

Our address is 639 S. Dungridge Road, Suite 1, Bowling Green, OH 43402.

Directions:  from Exit 181 (Wooster Street) off I-75 go east 1/8 mile to Dunbridge Rd.
Turn right and proceed south approximately 1/4 mile. 
Ours is the first building on the left.  It has a large white cupola on top. 
Parking and an entrance are in back.

Program Areas

   Agriculture & Natural Resources

OSU Extension's Agriculture and Natural Resources educators help farmers, gardeners, landowners and businesses.

We help farmers:

• Strengthen their businesses, adopt new technology, and improve efficiency while protecting the environment

We help landowners:

• Manage woodlands and protect streams and watersheds

In our Horticultre Program we work with the green industries, from turf grass management to landscape and nursery companies.  In addition, we train Master Gardeners who in turn extend research-based yard and garden information to Ohioans.

    4-H and Youth Development

4-H is a community of young people nationwide who learn about leadership, citizenship and life skills. Participants include:

• Over xxx Wood County youth and over 300,000 young people statewide, ages 5 to 19
• xx local and 32,000 statewide volunteers donating time, energies and talents to work with young people annually

4-H offers over 200 4-H projects to complete and showcase at the Wood County Fair.  4-Hers may also be invited to take their project to compete at the Ohio State Fair.  Youth Development includes programs such as CarTeens, School Enrichment and Summer Day Camps.   

    Family and Consumer Sciences

Family and Consumer Sciences professionals help build strong families. We offer programs and information in:

• Parenting and Family life
• Adult development and aging
• Balancing life, jobs and families and health
• Money management and preparation for retirement 

We also offer a Family Nutrition Program which provides information in nutrition and food safety.

    Community Development

 Community Development educators and specialists enhance communities by working with:

• Business community
• Current and emerging community leaders
• Elected and appointed officials

We provide perspectives to residents and leaders regarding local development issues, increase the knowledge base for individual and community decisions, develop clientele skills necessary to help achieve their individual and community goals, and help create an inclusive decision-making environment.

Wood County Program Highlights

Wood County Program Highlights are available here.  We have enjoyed providing these services and educational opportunities to the Wood County Area.  Reports from other Extension office from around the state are available on the Ohioline web site.

Additional information regarding Extension's West Regional office may be found at the OSU Extension, West Region web site.

Wood County Extension Advisory Committee

The Extension Advisory Committee serves an important role in planning, conducting and evaluation of our local Extension educational programs and efforts. We thank them, along with our County Commissioners and Administrator for their time and support of our programs.

Wood County Commissioners

We gratefully acknowledge the continued help and support of our local county commissioners; Tim Brown, Jim Carter and Alvin Perkins.  Their input and participation into our programming efforts is appreciated.

Wood County Commissioners' webpage