A reminder that the Santa Cruz office now has their permanent phone and fax
numbers (effective last Wednesday, February 28): 520-281-2994 (phone) /
520-281-2985 (fax). Their new address is: 3241 N. Grand Avenue, Suite 6,
Nogales AZ 85621-3917.
* March 2nd, Dairy Day 2001 Educational Sessions were organized and
coordinated by Bob Freitas and Ed Martin to aid the dairy producer in
meeting the soon to be tightened surface water regulations under the NPDES
Permit program. Cooperative Extension along with the Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS), the Agua Fria-New River Natural Resources
Conservation District, the Arizona Department of Agriculture and dairy
industry representatives have been meeting for over a year on Animal Waste
issues and are producing printed materials, workshops and initiating a Web
site on the subject in order to provide technical assistance to producers.
Although producer turnout was lower than expected, the sessions were well
prepared and contained the highlights of what producers will need to know
to be able to respond to upcoming ADEQ & EPA inspections. Roy Ax, Bob
Collier, and Bob Kattnig helped man the UA booth. My thanks to all.
* Congratulations to Bob Greenberg on being awarded a $1,180 sponsorship to
present a lecture during SummerFest 2001 Distinguished Lecturer Series
sponsored by Extended University Summer Session office. Bob is on
assignment with the Army School Age and Teen Project based in Hawaii but
has worked throughout the Pacific Rim for the past 2½ years. Using media,
Bob will present "The Army School Age and Teen Project Experience
Bringing Cooperative Extension to the Pacific Rim" in Marley Auditorium
(Room 230) on July 2 from 2:00 to 3:30. His spouse, Jiang Ying, will
present vocal music and cultural interpretation as a part of the event.
There will be a reception following the lecture.
* Mesa Community College (MCC) is creating a Geographic Information System
Technician Certification Program (GISTC). In an effort to benefit the state
agencies and private industries that utilize Geographic Information Systems
(GIS), MCC is in the final stage of developing a core curriculum to give
the interested student a solid foundation in GIS concepts and software. As
part of the Geospatial Extension Program, Barron Orr met last week with
Steve Bass and Lara Merriam, who are leading this effort at MCC. Four
longer-term objectives were identified in these meetings: a) use the GISTC
as a prototype for other Community Colleges in Arizona, b) obtain funding
to help equip instructional laboratories, c) evaluate the potential to add
other geospatial technology modules (i.e. GPS, remote sensing, d) develop
GIS workshops in support of Cooperative Extension.
* Congratulations to the Undergraduate Range Management Exam Team who won
Second Place in the team competition at the annual international meeting of
the Society of Range Management! Special thanks to Coach, Larry Howery.
* We recently sent out a survey to request your input on leadership
programming for Extension. If you have not done so, I encourage you to
complete the survey and send to Juanita O'Campo Waits at 4341 E. Broadway,
Phoenix, AZ 85040 or fax at 602-470-8092, or e-mail her at
jwaits@cals.arizona.edu.
* REMINDER: Program Enhancement Award proposals are due to Deborah Young
by March 15, 2001. Guidelines are at:
http://cals.arizona.edu/internal/programs/guide99.html