April
28, 2006
Topics in today's issue of Extension Update:
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PAGE ON PESTICIDES
IN SPANISH LANGUAGES PORTAL THROUGH EPA
EPA announced a new Hispanic environmental health page
on pesticides in its Spanish-language portal. The new page discusses
health and environmental issues associated with the proper use of
pesticides and informational resources in Spanish and English. This
Hispanic Web site is part of the agency's continuing expansion of
outreach to the Hispanic community in the United States and Puerto
Rico.
The Hispanic environmental health page, "El medio ambiente
y su salud," focuses on the agency's overall efforts to educate
Hispanics, researchers, and health care providers on how environmental
health issues affect the different Hispanic communities. The page
is updated regularly with new information on developments and policy.
Since its launch last year, this popular page has covered issues
such as asthma, mold and carbon monoxide. This segment of EPA's
Spanish-language portal will feature other environmental issues
such as green technology and drinking water in the near future.
New edition on pesticides (http://www.epa.gov/espanol/pesticidas.htm)
also information on "El medio ambiente y su salud"
(http://www.epa.gov/espanol/saludhispana/index.htm)
Source: Karen Funkenbusch, Missouri AgrAbility Project through Scott
Fedale.
CSREES PARTNERS MAGAZINE: GREAT
PLAINS
Five years ago, four tribal colleges and four neighboring
land-grant universities began work on the Natural Resource Education
project funded by USDA Cooperative States Research, Education
and Extension Service (CSREES). Partners reports on their extraordinary
progress. The recent Partners Video Magazine on America’s
Great Plains is narrated by Pulitzer-Prize winning author & PBS
celebrity N. Scott Momaday.
Saddle Magic Amazing things happen when local
youth are mixed with horses at the Sinte Gleska University ranch.
Edible Landscape From community gardens to prairie
restoration, Native residents are reconnecting with the land.
Prairie Power The bison holds promise of delivering
delicious meat rich in selenium, a natural mineral with strong anti-cancer
properties.
Return Of The Juneberry Once a common fruit of
the Great Plains diet, the nutritious Juneberry is making a welcomed
comeback to tribal lands.
A free half-hour DVD on Tribal Natural Resources has already been
sent to you and should arrive soon. Starting Friday, you can acquire
another copy or to view short clips of the above by logging on
to:
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/newsroom/partners/partners_15.html
Partners Video Magazine is produced by the Cooperative State Research,
Education and Extension Service (CSREES). The series highlights
the programs and accomplishments of agricultural research, education,
and extension systems nationwide.
CHOICES MAGAZINE
Choices www.choicesmagazine.org,
(the on-line magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues) published
by the Agricultural Economics Association, has released its issue
for the first quarter of 2006, and the main theme is biofuels and
developing new energy sources from agriculture. In this issue's
Grab Bag section (left-hand side of the webpage),
you can find two articles of interest: Obesity: Health and
Food Policy Dilemma and State-Grown Promotion Programs:
Fresher, Better?
To access this issue of Choices, you should use
or click on the hotlink below: www.choicesmagazine.org
To access Obesity: Health and Food Policy Dilemma,
use or click on: www.choicesmagazine.org/2006-1/grabbag/2006-1-07.htm
To access State-Grown Promotion Programs: Fresher, Better?,
use or click on: www.choicesmagazine.org/2006-1/grabbag/2006-1-08.htm
SPRING WSU EXTENSION CLOTHING ORDER
Show your Cougar pride by wearing merchandise with the
Washington State University Extension logo! We will be placing a
bulk order for selected spring/summer clothing items, including
short-sleeved polo and twill shirts and lightweight windbreakers.
We are also offering the windbreakers in youth sizes. Starting Friday,
May 5, you can view and order items being offered at http://ext.wsu.edu/marketing,
then click on the “Clothing Items” link.
Other WSU Extension logo merchandise available at any time through
Bulletins include: pens, lapel pins, ceramic mugs, and post-it-note
cubes. Our hottest accessory item, the travel mug, is being restocked
and will also be available. These items are available for direct
order on the web at http://ext.wsu.edu/marketing,
and then click on the “Accessories” link.
We are also offering static window clings displaying the WSU Extension
logo for only $1.00 (plus tax and S&H). These make great “giveaway”
items for promotional events.
Just fill out the appropriate order form and send in your check
or IRI to Kathy Stilwell, P.O. Box 646248, Pullman, WA 99164-6248.
Make checks payable to WSU Extension. Please submit all clothing
orders by Friday, May 19. We anticipate delivery of clothing orders
by June 15. Orders for accessories can be placed at anytime as the
items are maintained in stock at Bulletins. All payments
must be received before order can be placed.
Please contact Kathy Stilwell, WSU Extension, at stilwell@wsu.edu
or 509-335-2837 if you have any questions.
NOTICE TO TRAVELERS – PIERCE
COUNTY LODGING RATE CHANGE
Effective May 1, 2006, the maximum lodging rate for Tacoma/Pierce
County will change as a result of changes adopted by the General
Services Administration (GSA). Old rate: $74, New rate: $99.
The state of Washington Per Diem Map reflecting this change is
available on the Office of Financial Management's (OFM) Administrative
and Accounting Resources web site at: http://www.ofm.wa.gov/resources/travel.asp.
Please contact Kasey Schertenleib in the CAHNRS/Extension Business
and Finance Office (BFO) at 509-335-2827 or kasey@wsu.edu
if you have any questions.
SCHEDULE
Linda will be in Mt. Vernon on Monday and in Pullman the
rest of the week. John will be attending the CSREES Administrative
Officers’ meeting in Rapid City, SD, Monday through Thursday
and in Pullman on Friday.
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Linda Kirk Fox, PhD
Dean and Director
Washington State University Extension
PO Box 646230, 411 Hulbert Hall
Pullman WA 99164-6230
(509) 335-2933 Office
(509) 335-9223 Desk/Voicemail
FAX (509) 335-2926
lkfox@wsu.edu
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