CALS Annual Faculty Conference will be held Tuesday-Thursday, August 27-29,
2002 at the Omni Tucson National Golf Resort and Spa. Please ink these
dates on your calendar. Renowned cowboy poet Baxter Black will be our
guest of honor at the all faculty luncheon on Tuesday the 27th. More
details to follow.
* The State 4-H Office is planning a farewell reception honoring Peggy
Ouderkirk's longtime association with the College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences. It will be held at the Pima County Extension office on Thursday,
February 28, from 4-6 p.m., and they would like to invite all of her
friends and colleagues to attend. Contact Lisa Lauxman, 621-3623 for more
details.
* To all those with an interest in invasive, noxious weeds in Arizona: Mark
your calendars for the Arizona Noxious, Invasive Plant Summit that will
held at the Radisson Hotel, in Tucson, April 25 & 26, 2002. Major goals of
the Summit are to: 1) Raise awareness and share information and knowledge
about the problems associated with noxious, invasive plants nationally and
regionally, with special emphasis on Arizona, 2) Encourage land managers
and citizens to cooperatively participate in local noxious, invasive plant
management efforts in Arizona, 3) Strengthen the institutional
infrastructure for invasive plant management in Arizona. Please hold these
dates on your calendar if you are interested in noxious, invasive plants.
Details on the agenda and on how to register will be sent out soon.
* There were well over 300 in attendance at the Annual SWIAA Conference
held at Laughlin, Nevada, January 15 thru 17. The program was well
received, particularly the water marketing session on Thursday which both
Joe Hiller and Ina Holm did an excellent job in developing. A number of
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty and administrators had a
part on the program: Dean Sander had special meeting with the SWIAA Board
and some Tribal leaders; Pat Reid moderated the Water Marketing session;
Paul Brown gave a session "AZMET...How do we use it on the Reservation";
Barron Orr presented "Using GIS for Resource Enhancement"; and Peder Cuneo
presented "Vaccination - the key to healthy cattle". LaPaz and Mohave
Counties furnished the audio-visual equipment for the conference. Dr. Mary
Jo Fox from President Likins' office put together a panel made up of people
from ASU, UA, NAU, Tohono O'odham Community College and Dine' college on
educational opportunities for Indians. Woodie Winans, former La Paz County
Extension Director was honored with a special award for all the work he had
done with and for Indians on the county, state and national levels and
continued to do after he retired. Also honored with a special award was the
Maricopa Ag Center administration and staff for their support of Indian
programs, particularly youth programs on the Gila River Indian Community.
Thanks to Joe Graham (Academic Programs), three $1000 scholarships were
awarded to Indian young people who are or will be attending the University
of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
* Coconino County will host this year's Highlands Garden Conference at the
Arizona Snowbowl on October 3-4, 2002. Contact Tom DeGomez for details.