November 10, 2006
Topics in today's issue of Extension Update:
APPLICATIONS – EXTENSION RISK
MANAGEMENT EDUCATION GRANTS
Risk Management Education to Help Farm and Ranch Families
Succeed Through Targeted Risk Management Strategies Pre-proposals
are due by 5 PM, PST, Thursday, December 14, 2006
The Western Center for Risk Management Education (Western Center),
in conjunction with the Northeast, North Central and Southern Centers
announces a funding opportunity for projects that help farm and
ranch families succeed through targeted risk management strategies.
Awards will fund projects conducted between July 1, 2007 and June
30, 2008. Grant awards are generally between $5,000 and $50,000,
however there is no absolute upper or lower limit on the funds provided
to a single project.
Application Process: Go to the Western Risk Management Education
Center http://www.westrme.wsu.edu/
website and select Competitive Grants. The two-stage online grants
application process (Pre-Proposal and Full Proposal application)
is fully explained in the Western Center's 2007 Request for Applications
(RFA). The RFA is the binding document on application instructions.
It is very important that you read and follow all of the instructions
in the RFA. Applicants who view, read and follow the instructions
provided in the RFA and the Proposal Resources http://www.agrisk.umn.edu/verification/media.htm
will have a far greater chance of success in receiving funds from
the Western Center.
Eligibility: We seek applications from qualified private and public
groups, organizations, and institutions with a demonstrated capacity
to develop, carry out, and manage educational projects that create
targeted results for agricultural producers and their families.
The Western Center serves Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado,
Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington,
Wyoming, and the U.S. affiliated Pacific Islands.
Multi-Region Projects: All four regional Extension Risk Management
Education Centers welcome RME project proposals that cross regional
boundaries (for information on the boundaries click on Regional
Centers). The involvement of two or more regions will constitute
a multi region project proposal. It is important to note that the
same results based evaluation criteria apply to multi region project
proposals as they do to proposals conducted within a region.
If you are unable to complete the application materials online,
please call the Western Center at (509) 477-2168 or email warnerj@wsu.edu
DEMOCRATS' TIDE HITS LEGISLATURE
IN WA
The tide that flowed for Democrats nationally has seeped
into the Washington legislative election, giving Gov. Christine
Gregoire’s political party a commanding majority of both houses
of the Washington Legislature. Political change spread over much
of the state, from Eastern Washington to the east side of Lake Washington.
Click link for the complete report in Olympia Update No. 6: http://www.olympia.wsu.edu/News/2007_News_Six.stm
WSU EXTENSION FACULTY CONTRIBUTIONS
TO JOURNAL OF EXTENSION
On behalf of the Journal of Extension Board of Directors,
it is my pleasure to congratulate these WSU Extension faculty on
their contribution to the October 2006 Journal of Extension http://www.joe.org.
You may read these articles by going to the following links:
Using Updates to Educate Policy Makers About Water Programs at
Land-Grant Institutions [Article No. 5IAW5] Mahler, Robert L.; Simmons,
Robert; Sorensen, Fred; Cochrane, Michael; Andrews, Gail Glick
We developed a regional two-page color newsletter called PNWWATER
UPDATE that focuses on specific water resource issues in the Pacific
Northwest to meet the needs of our stakeholders. This newsletter
is distributed to our congressional delegation and all state legislators
serving on education, environment, or agriculture committees. Fifty-seven
policy makers on our mailing list for the last 2 years evaluated
the value of this newsletter. In general, policy makers found the
newsletter to be of high quality, timely, and informative, and thought
that it addressed the water quality priorities in the region.
Animal Feeding Operations and Water Quality--Resources and Livestock
in Balance [Article No. 5IAW7] Hudson, Tipton D.; Harrison, Joe
H.
This article describes an education program that was developed
to provide conservation district staff an understanding of state
and federal water quality rules and guidance on when to recommend
specific best management practices to livestock producers to protect
water quality. Real farm case studies were used to teach site-specific
conditions that would place a livestock owner at risk of having
a significant negative impact on surface or ground water quality.
Specific outcomes were case studies in PowerPoint presentations,
best management fact sheets, and a livestock-influenced water quality
risk assessment tool.
Livestock-Influenced Water Quality Risk Assessment Tool [Article
No. 5TOT7] Hudson, Tipton D.; Harrison, Joe H.; Koelsch, Rick
This article describes a livestock-influenced water quality risk
assessment tool that was developed to assist livestock producers
with conducting a self-assessment of their operation and management
relative to a facility's risk of negatively affecting water quality.
The tool focuses on factors likely to influence designation of the
operation as a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation by a permitting
authority and was also designed to be used in cooperation with a
technical service provider to make a site-specific assessment. The
tool is available in paper format and an interactive Microsoft ExcelTM
spreadsheet version.
An additional article of interest:
The Change Agent States for Diversity Project: The Catalyst Team
Approach [Article No. 5FEA1] Ingram, Patreese D.
The Change Agent States for Diversity is a consortium of several
states dedicated to supporting greater cultural diversity in land-grant
universities. The overall goal is to build the capacity of land-grant
universities to function inclusively and effectively in a multicultural
world. This study reported here evaluated the progress of the project.
This article reports findings from interviews with project coordinators
in each state and focuses on the value of the Catalyst Team approach.
Conclusions suggest that efforts of the Catalyst Teams are strengthening
the capacity of the individual state organizations to create change
around issues of diversity.
The Journal of Extension http://www.joe.org
(JOE) is the refereed journal of the U.S. Cooperative Extension
System. It seeks to expand and update the research and knowledge
base for Extension professionals and other adult educators to improve
their effectiveness. JOE is an electronic journal, available only
on the World Wide Web and celebrates its 12th anniversary this year.
SYMPOSIUM TO DISCUSS DEFENDING THE
FOOD SUPPLY
Two nationally known food security experts will conduct a training
on strategies for protecting the food supply from farm to table
at the upcoming Food Defense Awareness Symposium being sponsored
by the Lewis & Clark Section of Institute of Food Technologists
http://www.wsutoday.wsu.edu/completestory.asp?StoryID=3427.
The symposium will be held from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Thursday,
November 16, at the Chandler Reach Vineyards, 9506 West Chandler
Road in Benton City. The featured speakers are Frank Busta, director
of the National Center for Food Protection and Defense, and emeritus
professor of microbiology at the University of Minnesota; and Cory
Bryant, Senior Research Scientist for the Institute of Food Technologists
in Washington D.C. "We really encourage anyone involved with
the food supply to come learn about strategies they can use to help
protect against accidental or intentional food contamination,"
said Karen Killinger Mann, Washington State University Extension
Food Safety Specialist and IFT member.
AHEC - PIONEER OF SYSTEMS MEDICINE TO DELIVER
STIER LECTURE
"The Future of Healthcare: Prediction, Prevention and Personalized
Care" is the topic of this year's Washington State University
Spokane Robert F.E. Stier Memorial Lecture in Medicine presented
by LeRoy Hood, MD, PhD, president and co-founder of the Institute
for Systems Biology http://www.wsutoday.wsu.edu/completestory.asp?StoryID=3425
. The Eastern Washington Area Health Education Center (AHEC), WSU
Extension and the Northwest Association for Biomedical Research
offer this free public lecture set for 3 p.m. Friday, December 8,
in the Providence Auditorium at Sacred Heart Medical Center, 101
W. 8th Ave., Spokane, with reception to follow.
WSU COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER – WILLIAM
D. RUCKELSHAUS
Williams D. Ruckelshaus, namesake for the UW – WSU Extension
consensus center, will speak at Washington State University's fall
2006 commencement set for 10 a.m. Saturday, December 9 in Beasley
Performing Arts Coliseum http://www.wsutoday.wsu.edu/completestory.asp?StoryID=3442
. Ruckelshaus is well known for his service at the highest levels
of federal government by presidential appointment.
SCHEDULE
Next week Linda will be in Houston, TX, Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday for the annual meeting of the National Association
of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC). She will
be in Spokane Thursday and in Pullman on Friday.
John will be in the office Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
John will be in Spokane on Tuesday for a Professional Development
meeting.
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Linda Kirk Fox, PhD
Dean and Director
Washington State University Extension
PO Box 646248, 411 Hulbert Hall
Pullman WA 99164-6248
(509) 335-2933 Office
(509) 335-9223 Desk/Voicemail
FAX (509) 335-2926
lkfox@wsu.edu
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