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Calvin B. Sawyer, PhD

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Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina, United States

Cal Sawyer is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural Sciences at Clemson University and a Water Resources Extension Specialist. He also serves as the Associate Director of Clemson’s Center for Watershed Excellence. He coordinates development and implementation of numerous Extension projects, including South Carolina's Certified Erosion Prevention and Sediment Control Inspector and Certified Stormwater Plan Reviewer programs. Sawyer routinely provides water quality, water quantity and stormwater-related information to various clientele groups, including homeowners, community and government officials, public works and planning staffs, engineers, landscape architects, developers, contractors, and other professional decision-makers. He has taught or co-taught nine (9) undergraduate and graduate courses at Clemson, including Soil and Water Conservation, Nonpoint Source Management in Engineered Ecosystems, and Vegetative Succession in Restored Ecosystems. His applied research interests include sediment and erosion reduction, sediment-bacteria dynamics, agricultural water use, ecosystem monitoring and restoration, and general watershed management and includes extramural funding from the US Environmental Protection Agency, the US Department of Agriculture, the US Department of Transportation, the US Park Service, and the National Science Foundation.

Sawyer’s Extension programming has concentrated on strategies to effectively inform and educate targeted constituencies about water resources and the role they play in the state’s economy, environmental health, and overall quality of life. These efforts tend to fall into one of two broad areas: 1) development and implementation of state agency-approved environmental certification courses; and 2) refinement and expansion of compliance-based stormwater education programming. To address sediment impairment and respond to a direct request from the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control, Sawyer led development and implementation of the CEPSCI program. CEPSCI serves as a model for fostering new Extension clientele yet following the long-standing traditions of Clemson continuing education.

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