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Environmental Sciences

11th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (2006)

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First-Stop Planning And Communication For Landhelp, Delwin E. Benson Oct 2006

First-Stop Planning And Communication For Landhelp, Delwin E. Benson

11th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (2006)

I developed an Internet-based, planning and communication system for professional and private users to make plans for their lands, which is branded as LandHelp (www.LandHelp.info). The project was funded by grants from the Renewable Resources Extension Act, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Wildlife Habitat Management Institute, Colorado State Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (USDA SARE) from the Western Region, and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agro-forestry program with the NRCS. Currently, LandHelp contains links to 31 broad categories of information that then link to 2,613 more resources. Major topics include, but …


Growing Quality Stewardship For Natural Resources In Tennessee, Aubrey L. Deck, Craig Harper Oct 2006

Growing Quality Stewardship For Natural Resources In Tennessee, Aubrey L. Deck, Craig Harper

11th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (2006)

A primary goal of Extension Wildlife in Tennessee is to steer youth in a direction that will increase their chance of successful recruitment into society and make a positive difference in the way the public views and manages our natural resources. Tennessee’s 4-H Wildlife Project is in its 35th year of growing quality stewardship by 1) teaching the basic principles of wildlife ecology and management, 2) helping students understand the importance of wildlife in our environment, and 3) promoting citizenship/leadership. These efforts may lead to informed participation in natural resource conservation and land-use decision making.

The University of Tennessee has …