| Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals
Monthly Digest August 2025 |
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In this edition - Last chance to complete the ANREP Awards Committee Survey
- 2025 ANREP Professional Development Travel Scholarships Still Available
- Renew your 2026 ANREP membership early!
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ANREP Professional and Leadership Development Committee Webinar Series continues on September 8
- ANREP 2026 update: "Confluence of Knowledge" in Wilmington!
- Fire Adapted Communities Network conference, March 2026
- Thanks to ANREP for supporting my professional development with a travel scholarship!
- New Penn State Learn Now video
- iNaturalist Meta-Survey of Thread-Waisted Wasps of Southeast United States and Northeast Florida
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New Spruce Budworm landowner guide
- Residential irrigation evaluations expertise?
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| Last Chance! ANREP Awards Committee Survey
By Catelyn Turner
ANREP Awards Committee Chair This is you last chance to contribute your opinions by completing the Award Committee survey! The survey will close on August 31.
The committee's goal gather the thoughts of ANREP Members to improve our award submission process and help us recognize the hard work and dedication of our members. To better serve you please consider taking a few minutes to complete this survey. Your input is valuable and greatly appreciated. 56 members completed the survey so far, but we need more!
Thank you! |
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2025 ANREP Professional Development Travel Scholarships Still Available
ANREP still has a limited number of professional development travel scholarships to support members for events taking place yet this year. You cannot apply for events to take place in 2026.
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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| Renew your 2026 ANREP membership early! Every year we receive questions from members asking if they can pay their next-year's dues early when they have fiscal year end funds available.
The answer is yes, definitely. Members can always renew their membership early. just log on at anrep.org (your email address is your username) and click on the Extend Your Membership Term link. It's very easy. |
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Upcoming professional development opportunities |
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| ANREP Professional and Leadership Development Committee Webinar Series continues on September 8
Are you interested to increase the success of your outreach efforts? If so, please join us in the continuation of the 2025 ANREP webinar series this fall, Reaching Your Target Audience & Providing Innovative Programs! Fall series topics -
Leveraging Podcasts in Agricultural and Natural Resources Communication and Outreach - September 8
- Capturing the Impact of Natural Resource Extension Programs - September 22
- Paddling Through Paradise: Educating on the Water - October 13
- Training with Video - October 27
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| ANREP 2026 update: "Confluence of Knowledge" in Wilmington!
Plans are moving along for the ANREP 2026 Biennial Conference, set for May 12-15, 2026, in beautiful Wilmington, North Carolina! The conference theme, Confluence of Knowledge: Charting the Future of Natural Resource Extension, promises a vibrant exchange of ideas and experiences. This is your premier opportunity to connect with fellow Extension professionals, expand your expertise, and forge invaluable partnerships through educational keynotes, breakout sessions, tours, poster session, awards, and networking events.
Call for Presentations open until October 1
Who should submit a proposal? You! Natural Resource Extension professionals and students (undergraduate and graduate) from across all disciplines and career levels are welcome and encouraged to submit a proposal. Your knowledge is crucial for a diverse and impactful technical program.
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We sill need volunteers!
The committee needs your help! Don't miss this chance to contribute to an unforgettable ANREP experience! We need abstract reviewers and sponsorship seekers!!! |
Sponsorships available
Sponsoring this event is a powerful way to connect with a dedicated audience, expand networks, and align brands with leaders in natural resource education. That support helps ANREP provide a dynamic experience, including educational sessions, inspiring keynotes, and valuable networking opportunities.
Explore our conference sponsorship options and pass these opportunities on to organizations and companies that you think may be interested. |
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Thanks to ANREP for supporting my professional development with a travel scholarship! |
By Amy Scaroni
Clemson University
This past June I traveled to Minneapolis, Minnesota to present at the University Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) and National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR) annual joint conference. This opportunity would not have been possible without a travel grant from ANREP. |
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| Resource Exchange
New Penn State Learn Now video |
By Sanford Smith
Penn State University
Ethan Tapper, forester and writer, shares his hope and realistic vision of compassionate forest stewardship through communicating a contemporary forestland ethic. |
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| iNaturalist Meta-Survey of Thread-Waisted Wasps of Southeast United States and Northeast Florida |
By Dave Hebert
UF/IFAS Extension Nassau County
Thread-waisted wasps are beneficial wasps native to North America and often found in the eastern portion of the United States, especially in the southeast. This article highlights and summarizes the data from iNaturalist, showing researchers and naturalists how many of each species are in which regions of the United States, and which plants are attractive to a Ammophila pictipennis. |
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| Resource Exchange
New Spruce Budworm landowner guide |
By Sarah Waddle University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota Extension has released a new Spruce Budworm Landowner Guide. This plain language resource provides landowners with practical, actionable information about spruce budworm impacts and management. Sections on ecology, climate complexity, and wildfire risk also deepen readers' understanding of spruce budworm and can aid in decision-making between and during spruce budworm outbreaks. |
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Idea Exchange Residential irrigation evaluations expertise?
The Center for Land Use Efficiency at the University of Florida is supporting UF/IFAS Extension county agents with conducting residential irrigation evaluations, with the goal of protecting Florida's water resources. As part of this, we are creating a standardized irrigation evaluation process, a state-wide form for agents to use in the field, and a training program. We are looking for expertise from other Extension professionals across the country, who may be aware of similar efforts (previous or ongoing) at other universities. If you have any information about residential irrigation evaluations programs offered in your state, please contact Nick Taylor and Kaitlin Robb Price.
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