Congratulations to Sherry, Donna and Dan for their contribution to the August 2005 Journal of Extension.
You may read this article by going to the following link: More Tips: What If a Cooperative Extension Professional Must
Work With Two or More Institutional Review Boards? [Article No. 4TOT1. Betts, Sherry C.; Peterson, Donna J.; McDonald,
Daniel A. This article focuses on working with more than one IRB at a time regarding one project. It is a follow-up to
a series of four recent articles designed to help Extension professionals navigate the university IRB process. The authors
use their experience with a project funded by a federal government agency to illustrate some of the issues and tips for success.
In cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service and the Arizona State Forester, three forest health restoration grants were
awarded this year, including one to Apache County Cooperative Extension (Mike Hauser). Additionally, eight proposals
dealing with invasive, noxious weeds were funded, including projects in Willcox-San Simon (Kim McReynolds) and Summerhaven
(Alix Rogstad). Congratulations to Dr. Tom DeGomez, forest health specialist, for his leadership and coordination. Arizona
has received $622,283 in these programs, to manage healthy forests in our state.
The downloadable Extension Faculty/Staff Roster has been updated and is now available under the "Directory" section of
our website. We have received a lot of changes and although we did not check with everyone by email, we wanted to make
a more up-to-date version available. You can link to it directly at http://ag.arizona.edu/extension/directory/20050926Roster.pdf.
If you do have changes, email them to Steven Crofts .
Reservations for posters for the MAC Field Day taking place on October 5, 2005, must be made by Friday, September 30.
Please fill out the form found at http://cals.arizona.edu/crops/counties/all/meetings/MACfieldday05/cottonfieldday05.html.
If you have any questions, contact Ed Martin (520-568-2273).
Do you know about eXtension? eXtension is an initiative to build a national extension information system. If you would
like to learn more about eXtension, see the eXtension web site at http://intranet.extension.org/index.php or the FAQ's
about eXtension at http://intranet.extension.org/index.php?module=articles&func=view&itemtype=11 . If you would like to
be involved in eXtension, contact Deborah Young (520-621-7205 ).
The 2006 Water Resources Research Center's Annual Statewide Water Conference has been scheduled for June 20-21, 2006.
The conference topic will be "Providing Water to Arizona's Growing Population: How Will We Meet the Obligation?"
A full-day program featuring a mix of key note speakers, panel discussions and commentary will be followed by a half-day
of more in-depth discussion and analysis. The conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency, Phoenix at Civic Plaza.
Registration options will include only the first day or both days. Additional information will be provided on the
WRRC web site and via email. Contact us at wrrc@cals.arizona.edu to have your name added
to the conference email list or if you have questions about the conference. Please mark this on your calendars, post it
in your newsletters and/or websites, and pass the information along to others.