| Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals
Monthly Digest March 2025 |
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ANREP Professional Development Travel Scholarships Now Available
ANREP is pleased to offer a limited number of professional development travel scholarships to members for events taking place in 2025. To be eligible to receive funding, you must have paid your 2025 dues. Your application will be reviewed by the Scholarship Committee in advance of the professional development activity that you would like to participate in. Applications will be reviewed when received until this year’s funds are exhausted. The maximum scholarship is $825. Members will receive a response within 10 business days.
Questions? Contact ANREP Treasurer and Scholarship Committee Chair Rene Strnad. |
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Don't forget to pay your 2025 ANREP dues!
Members who haven't paid for 2025 will soon receive past-due notices. Your dues are important, they support our association and provide member benefits - like the professional development scholarships announced above. Want to check on your status? Just log in to the ANREP member area. Your email address is your username. Click on the Membership Status link.
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ANREP PILD AND ELC Representatives still needed!
The ANREP Board is still looking for two member volunteers, one to serve as ANREP's representatives on the Joint Council of Extension Professionals (JCEP) Public Issues Leadership Development Conference (PILD) planning committee, and one to become a member of the JCEP Extension Leadership Conference committee (ELC). Both positions begin in May for a two year term and involve monthly online committee meetings and other conference planning tasks. ANREP will reimburse the conference registration fee for ANREP representatives who decide to attend the conference.
A great way to get involved nationally and build your CV! Please consider this opportunity.
If you are interested or want to learn more, please contact ANREP President Kevin Zobrist. |
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Upcoming professional development opportunities |
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2025 Cooperative Extension Fire Peer-Learning Exchange |
By Jennifer Fawcett
North Carolina State University
The UC ANR Fire Network, in partnership with NEWFI, are planning a "Cooperative Extension Fire Peer-Learning Exchange" in Wawona, California (within Yosemite National Park), April 15-17, 2025 and you are invited! This interactive workshop is designed specifically to provide you with the knowledge, tools, and skills necessary to bring fire-related educational programming to the communities you serve.
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ANREP Webinar Series Continues
Reaching Your Target Audience & Providing Innovative Programs Next Webinar Planning & Delivering High Impact Webinar Series Dr. Beau Brodbeck, Assistant Director of Field Operations/Affiliate Faculty
Auburn University Friday, March 28, 2025 1:00 pm Eastern |
Join expert speakers as they share contemporary tools and techniques for enhancing media communication and delivering novel programs. Knowledge gained can be applied to various fields, initiatives, and organizations. Each 30-minute interactive live webinar awards one door prize. See previously recorded webinars in this series, too. |
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| Scallop Sorter: A Grassroots Effort for Sustainable Recreational Scalloping in Taylor County, Florida |
By Victor Blanco
Florida Sea Grant – University of Florida IFAS Extension
Taylor County, in Florida's Gulf of Mexico coast, renowned for its pristine coastal waters and thriving scallop fishery, has embraced a groundbreaking non-regulatory tool: the scallop sorter.
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| ANREP Award Winners Beth Clawson, 2024 Distinguished Career Award |
Beth Clawson, Michigan State University Extension Natural Resource Educator, is retiring this spring after 24 years of service. She served in many ANREP roles - regional representative, president-elect, president, past-president and 2022 biennial conference chair. Read about Beth's career in her award nomination narrative. Want to honor Beth? Make a donation to the Natural Resource Extension Education Foundation. |
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| Resource Exchange Bites Burns Blood - A new factsheet |
By Susan Lunt Clemson Cooperative Extension
Bites Burns Blood: First Aid For Skin Issues Resulting From Being Outdoors discusses first aid basics to address skin-related injuries resulting from being outdoors. The content serves individuals seeking to gain knowledge on simple home remedies and guidance, and when to seek a professional medical provider to treat wounds. The document categorizes injuries into bites, burns, or blood; shares an overview of the category and self-treatment DO's and DON'Ts; informs on complications and prevention; indicates when to seek professional medical help and/or call 911; and lists suggested first aid supplies.
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Idea Exchange Extending Extension's Reach: Broadening Extension Through Student Training |
By Kurt Smith
North Carolina State University
In a joint effort between Penn State and North Carolina State University a professional development opportunity titles "Broadening Extension Through Student Training" is being offered on May 27-30, 2025, at Penn State University, University Park, PA. The intent of the program is to better familiarize graduate students, and potentially new faculty with the work of extension.
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This month's 30-second survey |
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| What do you think: ANREP-branded promotional items for members? |
The ANREP Board of Directors is considering the idea of having ANREP-branded items available for purchase by members. Stuff like t-shirts, water bottles and stickers. Good idea? Items you think you might like to have? |
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New postings on the ANREP jobs board |
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Articles of interest for natural resource Extension professionals
Current Issue: Volume 63, Number 1 (2025) Beer and Biology, A Perfect Pairing: Using Beer to Spread Awareness About Invasive Species
Samuel Nutile, Adam Simpson, Sara Stahlman, and Lynne E. Beaty Proof of Concept: Leveraging Large Language Models for Qualitative Analysis of Participant Feedback
Andrew B. Crocker, Marcelo Schmidt, Juan Diego Tejeda, and Howard Rodriguez-Mori
Understanding the Accuracy and Best Use of the Woodland Stick as a Tree Height and Diameter Measurement Tool: a Case Study in Oregon
Francisca Belart, Lauren Grand, and Alicia Christiansen Perceived Healthfulness of the Environment of Communities with Low Income: Focus Groups and Interviews with Extension Nutrition Educators
Elder Garcia Varela, Jamie Zeldman, Jade McNamara, Jesse S. Morrell, Lisa Franzen-Castle, Melissa D. Olfert, Tandalayo Kidd, Kendra Kattelmann, Geoffrey Greene, and Karla P. Shelnutt
An Inventory of Private Well Programs across the United States
Bethany G. Foust, Ann S. Ojeda, Jessica Curl, Eve Brantley, and Stephanie R. Rogers
Treated Wastewater Reuse for Non-Direct Food Consumption Crops in Nebraska: Barriers and Benefits of Municipal Irrigation Lagoons
Sussan Moussavi and Bruce Dvorak
Outcomes of a 4-H STEM Learning Enrichment Program Using Video Storytelling
Dena Seidel, Marissa Staffen, Lamia Abdallah, and Xenia Morin
Offal Wildlife Watching: connecting hunters, wildlife researchers, and the public through participatory science
Ellen M. Candler, Grace Milanowski, Amy Rager, and Joseph K. Bump
Increasing the Awareness of Land Grant Extension Service to Ethnic Minority Students: Collaborative Programming of Kansas State University College of Agriculture and K-State Research and Extension Service
Raymond Thomas, Dr. Zelia Z. Wiley, Dr. Lonnie Hobbs Jr., and Summer Santillana |
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