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Putting knowledge to work with the people of Maine

Putting knowledge to work with the people of Maine. www.umext.maine.edu. 92 Years!. The University of Maine. UMaine Cooperative Extension. Cooperative Extension: A Nationwide Network. USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES)

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Putting knowledge to work with the people of Maine

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  1. Putting knowledge to work with the people of Maine www.umext.maine.edu

  2. 92 Years! The University of Maine UMaine Cooperative Extension

  3. Cooperative Extension:A Nationwide Network • USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) • 100+ land-grant colleges and universities • 3150 counties

  4. Smith-Lever Act • Enacted by Congress in 1914 • Established partnership of federal, state, and county governments, which brings university resources to YOUR COUNTIES Androscoggin Sagadahoc

  5. UMaine Cooperative Extension: a three-way federal, state, and county partnership Grants, Contracts & Special Funds USDA We use funding from Maine counties and the University to match and leverage support from the United States Department of Agriculture, other federal grantors, state agencies and private agencies. 19% 29% The University of Maine County Government 3% 49%

  6. UMaine’s Connection to the Community By conducting Extension programs in every Maine county, Cooperative Extension supports UMaine’s public education and service role as a land-grant and sea-grant institution.

  7. UMaine Cooperative Extension Offers Programs Statewide • Agriculture • Business & Community • Food & Health • Gardening & Horticulture • Home, Family & Youth • Natural Resources • Pests & Plant Diseases • Safety & Preparedness

  8. The County Extension Act “…there may be created in each county or combination of two counties within the State an organization known as a “county extension association,” and its services available to all residents of a county. The county extension is viewed as a unique and important educational program of county government.”1 1 Excerpted from Title 7, Chapter 7 of the Maine Revised Statutes, §191–§195. (1985)

  9. Each county office has an executive committee or advisory board Members • Are local volunteers • Are community residents • Link county needs with university resources • Work with Extension staff on county-specific programs

  10. Extension Programs in Your Community:Androscoggin/Sagadahoc Counties 4-H Youth Development Program • Works with local youth from Lisbon Elementary School & Mt. Ararat Alternative School • Developing community mapping projects with 4-H Global Information System (GIS)/Global Positioning System (GPS)

  11. 4-H:Muddy Spurs 4-H club members participate in a hands-on workshop.

  12. Extension Programs in Your Community:Androscoggin/Sagadahoc Counties Habitat StewardsTM • Trains local volunteers to help save wildlife one backyard at a time • First partnership of its type nationwide

  13. Habitat StewardsTM Program: enhances wildlife habitat in our yards and communities.

  14. Extension Programs in Your Community:Androscoggin/Sagadahoc Counties Women in the Woods Trains women in • Woodland stewardship • Communicating with resource professionals • Timber harvesting • Maple sugaring • Estate planning • Forest-related tax laws

  15. Women in the Woods:Associate Extension Professor Vivianne Holmes works with farmer and woodlot owner Mary Ann Haxton to determine timber stand inventory.

  16. Extension Programs in Your Community:Androscoggin/Sagadahoc Counties Eat Well Nutrition Education Program Provides nutrition education to local limited-income families

  17. Your Community Extension OfficeAndroscoggin/Sagadahoc Counties For more information on programs UMaine Cooperative Extension Androscoggin/Sagadahoc 24 Main Street Lisbon Falls, ME 04252-1505 800-287-1458 (in Maine) Or 207-353-5550 E-mail: andsag@umext.maine.edu www.umext.maine.edu

  18. Extension Programs Statewide For information on statewide programs as well as books and publications, visit UMaine Cooperative Extension at www.umext.maine.edu or call 1-800-287-0274

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