Just a reminder that our two candidates for Associate Specialist, Family
and Consumer Sciences, will be on campus for seminars and interviews this
week. Please plan to come and be involved in this process. Lisa Lauxman's
seminar will be August 23rd at 11:00 in FCS 219, with interview time with
agents and volunteers at 1:30 and FCS faculty, staff and students at 2:30.
Lynne Borden's seminar is on August 24th at 2:30 in FCS 219 with interview
times with agents and volunteers at 11:30 and FCS group at 3:30. We look
forward to your feedback.
* Coconino County has benefited greatly from Americorp and is welcoming its
fourth and fifth Americorp volunteers. Amy Sweir is a Youth
Development/Community volunteer who will be working with the Sunnyside
Youth Council. Mindy Hildebrand is a Community Youth Development volunteer
who will be co-facilitating and training using the Building Communities
model. A third volunteer is being recruited to work in community
development. Noelle Frances, although not an Americorp Volunteer, is a
young (high school) person who is hired to be an on call youth facilitator.
* The Geospatial Extension Program (Barron Orr), and the Advanced Resource
Technology Laboratory (Craig Wissler) wish to congratulate 20 Cooperative
Extension Agents on their successful completion of the "Introductory
ArcView GIS Training for University of Arizona Cooperative Extension
Agents".They also wish to thank Andy Honaman and Terry Rice (ART Lab) for
technical support and the seven students from the Arizona Remote Sensing
Center who designed the third day of the training and provided in-class
assistance throughout. The training was the second of a three part
introduction to geospatial technology. The third piece in this series
tentatively scheduled for early 2002 will introduce the power of satellite
imagery for addressing natural resource and agriculture problems.
* The USDA Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program was designed to
encourage research at 1994 Land Grant institutions through collaborative
efforts with 1862 Land Grant institutions. Jim Matlock of Diné College, and
Barron Orr of the UA Geospatial Extension Program have recently learned
that their proposal "Navajo Watershed Research Project" has been awarded
funding under this competitive program. This two year project will involve
designing the methodology for and implementing an interdisciplinary effort
to address land degradation issues in Canyon de Chelly on the Navajo
Nation. The primary objective of the project is to conduct applied,
participatory research to characterize the condition of the watershed,
identify the primary processes involved in land cover change, and develop
mitigation strategies with the participation of all stakeholders. The
approach is designed to involve the ultimate constituents of any mitigation
effort in research design, interpretation of results, and informing the
intervention process.
* Saturday, August 25, the V Bar V Ranch will hold its annual Ranch
Explorers Day at Mahan Park (40 miles east of Flagstaff). Buses to the
ranch will originate in Tucson, Phoenix, Prescott, and Camp Verde! The day
will include presentations on the history of the V Bar V Ranch, forest
management, meat cutting, and food safety. Demonstrations on cattle
handling, branding, predator control, forage use, and the use of GPS units
are planned, as well as displays on noxious weeds, remote sensing, corral
innovations at the ranch, and current projects on the ranch. Youth
activities are planned in the afternoon. It will be a fun and educational
day for the entire family! Cost is $5 per student, $10 per adult. And that
includes transportation and a V Bar V Beef lunch. Call (928) 646-9113,
ext. 10 for more information and to register!
* Cotton Field Day will take place this year at the Maricopa Agricultural
Center on Wednesday, October 10, 2001. As in years past, they will be
holding a poster session under a tent on the west side of the main
building. The poster session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and last throughout
the morning, officially ending with lunch. For more information and to
reserve a booth, contact Ed Martin at (520) 568-2273 or
edmartin@cals.arizona.edu.
* Also on October 10-12 the San Pedro Watershed Tour "Linking Physical and
Ecological Processes on Southwest Watersheds" will be held in Tombstone,
starting at noon. Contact the Cochise County Extension office for details
and registration. 520/384-3594