In support of diversity efforts within CALS and Cooperative Extension, I am
pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for the College of Agriculture &
Life Sciences (CALS) James P. & Shirley J. O'Brien Endowment. Proposal
submission instructions and the endowment gift agreement are available at
http://ag.arizona.edu/agdiv/ . This award differs from the "Shirley O'Brien
Diversity Award" that was designed to honor individuals who have contributed
significantly to the advancement of diversity within the College. If you
have any questions, contact Jim Christenson (621-7205, jimc@ag.arizona.edu)
or Steven Crofts (621-7145, scrofts@ag.arizona.edu).
Dr. Dan McDonald, FCS Research Specialist will be joining the Pima County
Extension Office starting October 1. He will be supervising the EFNEP
program and become part of the Pima County FCS team. He will be moving his
office from FCS to the Pima County Extension Office and can be reached at
520 626-5161, 4210 N. Campbell, Tucson, AZ 85719.
Congratulations to Barron Orr, Office of Arid Lands, who with Dr. Phil
Rasmussen received $46,677 for "On-Target Fellowship Program: Empowering
Agents of Change," for training of county extension agents and educators in
use of geographic information and existing decision support tools sponsored
by USDA and ANSA and inject that expertise into the state and local
programs.
Congratulations to Randy Norton, Sue Martin, Lee Clark and Jonie Burge for
the 2nd Annual Safford Water Festival and conducted volunteer training
September 13.
RangeView http://rangeview.arizona.edu/ is a multidisciplinary initiative
designed to make biweekly satellite imagery and other geospatial data
available to natural resource managers. It is a decision aid that provides
applications for viewing, animating, and analyzing satellite imagery in
order to monitor vegetation dynamics through time and across landscapes.
RangeView is simple to use and valuable for natural resource managers, land
owners, educators, and researchers.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
November 3 - 2004 Southwest Vegetation Management Association and Arizona
Noxious Weed/Invasive Plant Summit will be held at Four Points
Sheraton-Metrocenter in Phoenix. For agenda information see
http://ag.arizona.edu/extension/pdf_files/summit_04_information.pdf ; for the
registration form see
http://ag.arizona.edu/extension/pdf_files/summit_04_registration_form.pdf .
Contact Ed Northam 602-470-8086 ext. 843 for more information.