The openings for both jobs are expected to be posted within days, and with luck and strong candidates, Hoffman said, the hope is to have someone in place for each position by April.
The first two sessions will be held at the FVTC Regional Center on Hwy 22/45 just south of Clintonville directly across the road from Fleet Farm. The final program includes several farm tours.
The Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance is sponsoring the initiative with support from UW-Madison, UW-Extension and the Department of Natural Resources.
A UW-Extension educator says an alternative for quality, mid-range housing could be come popular in the Northwoods where that type of housing isn’t in large supply.
Oneida County Extension’s Myles Alexander describes a growing trend called a Community Land Trust.
Oneida County UW-Extension Family Living educator Sara Richie says the best way to approach the spending season is to set aside money at other times to use at this time. But she says that isn’t always possible…
“Each of the 2017 Wisconsin 4-H Hall of Fame laureates has transformed the lives of children and families with whom they’ve worked and the communities in which they’ve lived,” says John de Montmollin, interim co-program director of Wisconsin 4-H Youth Development.
“I am deeply concerned that housing WPR and WPT in the Office of the President will inherently create a chilling effect of the free exchanges of ideas that we have come to expect in public broadcasting in Wisconsin,” Miller wrote to Cross in a Nov. 1 letter.
Over the last 100 years, Cooperative Extension has been a bridge between University of Wisconsin institutions and county residents. Educational programs have grown with the county and kept current in meeting public needs.
Breads and cakes baked in glass jars and then sealed with canning lids are not safe to eat.
Meyer is most proud of her work when she has been able to disseminate this information to the community, and then the public latches onto it and makes it their own like the Strengthening Families program.
For those with ash trees in their yards, there are pesticides available to deter the beetles from infesting them and mitigate damage for those that already have minor infections.
“There are some preventative treatments that can be done for ash trees,” said Erin LaFaive, horticulture educator for the UW-Extension office in Eau Claire County.
In June of 2008 the Wisconsin Dells and Baraboo area were hit with storms that destroyed homes, disrupted the area’s tourism industry and caused Lake Delton to empty out into the Wisconsin River.
Ballmer is a junior at UW-Madison, where she is majoring in dairy science with an agricultural education emphasis. She is a 2015 alumnus of Clinton High School and the Clinton FFA Chapter.
She said she hopes to earn a master’s degree in agricultural education after receiving her undergraduate degree in dairy science. She hopes to use her training to become an agriculture educator and FFA adviser or an Extension 4-H and youth development educator.
“Some people set aside a little money out of every paycheck or shop sales all year to get ready for the holidays,” said Karen Ehle-Traastad, UW-Extension Family Living Educator in Vernon County. “If the holidays have snuck up on you, there are steps to take now to prepare for the season and stay within budget.”
Doug Reinemann, chairman of the UW-Madison Department of Biological Systems Engineering, has been named College of Agricultural and Life Sciences associate dean for Extension and outreach.
In this role, Reinemann will be in charge of the organization, content and effectiveness of the college’s Extension and outreach programs, as well as aligning CALS programs with those of UW-Extension Cooperative Extension.
