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Panel—What Are Cooperators' And Customers' Expectations Of Extension Wildlife And Fisheries Programs, And What Are The Future Opportunities? Perspectives From Usda-Aphis-Animal Damage Control, Bobby R. Acord
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
I am pleased that you have asked me to be part of this panel. The ADC program depends a great deal on Extension Wildlife and Fisheries Programs, and your success is very important to us. Thus, I am delighted to have the opportunity to discuss ADC's expectations and share our thoughts about the future. I should also point out that we in ADC are honored that you view us as a customer. Based on our experience, if you don't have a customer service focus, there is no future to worry about.
Extension Wetlands Education In Texas, Darrin Bauer, Will E. Cohen
Extension Wetlands Education In Texas, Darrin Bauer, Will E. Cohen
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
The United States has lost more than half of the wetlands that existed prior to European settlement. Wetlands continue to be lost at an alarming rate due to human disturbance and natural processes. The loss of our countries' wetlands is costing our society greatly. Wetlands perform many functions that are beneficial, such as water filtration, recharging groundwater, providing natural flood control, and supporting a wide variety of birds, fish, mammals, amphibians, insects, and plants. Numerous commercially important fish also require wetlands to survive. Wetlands also provide many recreational opportunities.
Expectations And Future Opportunities For Fish And Wildlife Extension Programs, Jack H. Berryman
Expectations And Future Opportunities For Fish And Wildlife Extension Programs, Jack H. Berryman
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
The charge to the panel was really in the form of a question: What do customers and cooperators expect and what are the future opportunities for fish and wildlife extension programs?
It's a pretty risky subject. Each state is different; each has different problems and opportunities. And, most of the practitioners—those who know most about it— are here in this audience.
Pete Petoskey and Jim Miller have already presented some historical background and a perspective for the future. And, the fact of these workshops and a glance at the program is clear evidence of the progress being made. The professionalism, …
Balancing Split Appointments: A View From The Trenches, Margaret Brittingham
Balancing Split Appointments: A View From The Trenches, Margaret Brittingham
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
The following comments primarily address the extension/research split but many of them are also applicable to the extension/teaching split.
Who Are Our Clientele?, Robert D. Brown
Who Are Our Clientele?, Robert D. Brown
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
The title of this session asks us to address what our clientele want, but I think we first need to address a more basic issue—who are our clientele, or at least who might they be in the future? We've given this a lot of thought in Texas in the past year or so, as we find that we have one of the most rapidly growing and changing states in the nation. In my position as department head in Texas, it is imperative that I be aware of those changes, and that I provide leadership as to how our extension program …
Public Issues Education In Natural Resources: Speaking As A Professional, Dave Cleaves, Paul Adams
Public Issues Education In Natural Resources: Speaking As A Professional, Dave Cleaves, Paul Adams
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
One certainty these days is that public policy will continue to shape the future of forestry. We foresters seem to take what's served up, wishing we had more influence on the ingredients and how they are prepared. We need to assert more leadership in providing forestry knowledge to citizens and decision-makers. However, information delivery is not enough; we need to be involved in the process of policy as well as its content. Technical information and good science will not prevail on their own. We don't have to push a particular option to be effective. We can use our skills and …
Exotic Aquatic Plants-Some Good; Some Bad, James T. Davis
Exotic Aquatic Plants-Some Good; Some Bad, James T. Davis
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
Aquatic plants, like all other plants, may be weeds in one location and a source of income and therefore coveted in another location. Introduction of exotic aquatic plants to the United States has always proceeded at a rapid rate. Many plants were brought in for horticultural or agricultural purposes. A greater number of aquatic species were brought in as aquarium plants and then accidentally or purposely introduced into the wild as a future source of income. A much lesser number have been introduced into natural waters from ballast pumpage. Most are of tropical or semi-tropical origin and initially were confined …
Importance Of Youth-A Challenge, Holly Davis
Importance Of Youth-A Challenge, Holly Davis
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
As I was looking through your program for the next few days, I noticed that several of the workshops had to do with the future—Perspectives on Natural Resources Extension for the 21st Century, A Perspective on the Past, Present, and Future Extension Wildlife and Fisheries Programs, Extension Technologies for the 21st Century, and on and on. But it is our youth with whom we should focus. It's the young generations now that are going to be doctors, pilots of major airlines, presidents, UN Peacekeepers, but most important of all—keepers of our planet earth. Our future is going to be built …
National 4-H Sportfishing Program, Catherine A. Elliott
National 4-H Sportfishing Program, Catherine A. Elliott
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
In May I went to the Cornell Biological Field Station with nine volunteers from Maine to attend the pilot training for the National 4-H Sportfishing Program. While I was there, Ron Howard, chair of the program development committee, asked if I was coming to this meeting, and if so, would I speak about the sportfishing program. In the euphoria of the moment, I said yes, then immediately began to wonder why I had said yes. Although I live more than 50 miles from here, I am giving this talk without slides and I haven't been fishing for over 25 years, …
Expectations And Opportunities-View From The Profession, Erik K. Fritzell
Expectations And Opportunities-View From The Profession, Erik K. Fritzell
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
Extension Specialists are in a unique position to address what may become the most significant issue in professional fisheries and wildlife management in the last 50 years—the erosion of public support and confidence in government agencies to manage natural resources.
The fisheries and wildlife fields comprise a diverse community of professionals—biologists, managers, decision-makers, consultants, researchers, educators, and others. In this country, the foundation of our field is based upon the Public Trust responsibilities for wild animals. State and federal governments share the role of trustees.
Rural America faces a crisis in natural resource management. Natural resource-based economies have suffered with …
Managing Recreational Fish Ponds, Michael P. Masser
Managing Recreational Fish Ponds, Michael P. Masser
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
Kentucky has over 135,000 farm ponds. These ponds are used for irrigation, watering livestock, and recreation. However, most ponds are under-utilized for recreation. Existing ponds can provide excellent recreational opportunities if properly managed.
The first step in recreational pond management is to determine the pond's purpose. Ponds can be managed for swimming, fishing, aesthetics, and to attract wildlife. It may be difficult to manage for all of these things simultaneously. The pond owner must decide about goals or what is most important. If fishing is the desired objective, the following should help.
Walk-In Hunting Area Program In Kansas, Charles D. Lee
Walk-In Hunting Area Program In Kansas, Charles D. Lee
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
Hunting license sales in Kansas are declining. Hunters often cite the lack of access as a reason for no longer hunting. Some landowners are seeking opportunities to use wildlife and other natural resources as a source of supplemental income. Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) initiated a pilot program to lease land and make it available for public hunting. In 1995 KDWP leased 10,345 acres of land from 46 different landowners at a lease cost of $20,400. This lease program follows a simple concept by which landowners receive a fee from the Department to allow people to hunt their …
Multimedia Programs And New Computer Technologies: A Look At Texas 4-H Wildlife School Enrichment Programs, Billy Higginbotham
Multimedia Programs And New Computer Technologies: A Look At Texas 4-H Wildlife School Enrichment Programs, Billy Higginbotham
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
4-H multimedia school enrichment modules offer excellent wildlife educational opportunities for elementary students as we near the 21st century. Modules consisting of hands-on displays, interactive computer programs, videos, lesson plan activities, and pre/post-test components serve to reinforce information relative to topical issues in the wildlife arena. In Texas, modules have been developed entitled "The White-tailed Deer," "Wildlife Success Stories and Endangered Species," and "Something's Fishy." These modules and their duplicates are used as components of county 4-H programs and serve to deliver wildlife information to an ethnically and socio-economically diverse audience of third and fourth graders. Teacher committees are instrumental …
Fee-Fishing: Introduction And Marketing, Michael P. Masser
Fee-Fishing: Introduction And Marketing, Michael P. Masser
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
Essential ingredients for a successful fee-fishing operation include: location, knowledge of clientele, facility design, providing services, advertising, and management of the fish. A fee-fishing operation is a business, a recreational people-oriented business, and not just a method to market fish.
Images Of The 8th Extension Wildlife And Fisheries Specialists Workshop
Images Of The 8th Extension Wildlife And Fisheries Specialists Workshop
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
Images of the 8th Extension Wildlife and Fisheries Specialists Workshop
Development And Management Of Fishing Leases, Billy Higginbotham, Greg Clary
Development And Management Of Fishing Leases, Billy Higginbotham, Greg Clary
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
The popularity of developing sportfish leases is increasing rapidly in the South, much as development of hunting leases has done over the past three decades. This trend is occurring because an increasing number of: (1) landowners realize that their ponds and reservoirs are valuable resources capable of generating additional profits and (2) anglers desire a level of exclusivity not normally available on public waters. A sound economic evaluation of sportfish leasing opportunities is essential if landowners are to identify their most profitable alternatives. Net present value analysis is recommended as one method for evaluating compared profitability of selected investment and …
Training Field Staff About Wetlands And Wetland Issues: Dealing With The Unknowns-A Case History, James A. Parkhurst
Training Field Staff About Wetlands And Wetland Issues: Dealing With The Unknowns-A Case History, James A. Parkhurst
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
In response to an increasing number of requests for assistance from county-based extension agents in Virginia about regulatory issues relating to wetlands, an in-service training program on wetland definition, delineation, and permit review was developed and conducted in spring 1995. As a means to familiarize agents with the various wetland regulators, representatives from all agencies or organizations who have any regulatory authority over wetlands in Virginia were invited and asked to introduce and describe their agency and its responsibilities, and discuss when and how they conduct wetland permit reviews. Although an important objective of this training workshop was to help …
Finding Your Song, John Munn
Finding Your Song, John Munn
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
Planet Earth is a magnificent mix of things that make "living" possible. Delicate mixtures of chemicals, minerals, gases, and waters bathe us. Earth is just the right distance from our sun to provide the energy, driving all the systems—necessary for life—as we know it. Some refer to this as the Great Balance of Life.
How well are these systems balanced, and what would it take for the Planet to lose its ability to create and sustain Life?
We are all aware of the long list of environmental problems facing us. We are also aware of the scientific uncertainties that make …
Perspective On Natural Resources Extension For The 21st Century, Merrill Petoskey
Perspective On Natural Resources Extension For The 21st Century, Merrill Petoskey
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
Speaking to this group of fish, wildlife, and natural resources professionals is getting to be a habit with me, having talked at this workshop three times in the past 2 decades. This is the fourth.
The first time was in 1977, I was gainfully employed as Director of Wildlife Management for the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). I'm not quite sure why I was at your meeting. I expect my good friend, Jim Miller, trapped me because of some earlier discussions we had on grazing on the Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas. Regardless, at the time, I suggested that funding, in …
Habitat Management Planning: Blending Commercial Forest Management And The Protection Of Forest Ecosystems, Including Their Wildlife Communities, James A. Rochelle
Habitat Management Planning: Blending Commercial Forest Management And The Protection Of Forest Ecosystems, Including Their Wildlife Communities, James A. Rochelle
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
The purpose of a Habitat Management Plan is to use the best available science, within an adaptive framework, to provide habitat for a wide variety of native forest wildlife species while profitably managing private land for wood production. This process is currently under development by Weyerhaeuser Company in Washington State. The process starts with a Watershed Analysis conducted under the forest practices laws of the state. In this analysis, technical experts of the appropriate disciplines identify the causal mechanisms behind those processes (mass wasting, surface erosion, temperature regulation, etc.) which are related to fish habitat and water quality. With knowledge …
Interdisciplinary And Multidisciplinary Public Education By Combining Consensus-Based Planning And Environmental Analysis, Sherman Swanson, Robert Wilson
Interdisciplinary And Multidisciplinary Public Education By Combining Consensus-Based Planning And Environmental Analysis, Sherman Swanson, Robert Wilson
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
In extension, we educate people to improve their lives. In natural resources extension, we educate people to improve life. Resolving issues often does this. In natural resources extension we also resolve issues to educate people.
As educators we steer clear of some issues to avoid the hazards. We may refrain from choosing sides. When we choose sides, we often tarnish the perceived objectivity of our University. Yet issues provide the need for knowledge, the teachable moments, and the set and focus that translates knowledge exposure into learning. When issues involve common resources, shared or conflicting interests, complications from complex or …
Sustainable Channel Catfish Farming: Low Management Production Through Modified Stocking And Feeding Practices, William A. Wurts, Forrest Wynne
Sustainable Channel Catfish Farming: Low Management Production Through Modified Stocking And Feeding Practices, William A. Wurts, Forrest Wynne
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
Sustainability has become the recent "buzz-word" in aquaculture and agriculture. As Claude Boyd indicated in San Diego (Aquaculture '95), aquaculture is not truly sustainable because aquaculture relies on external feed, chemical, and energy inputs. The United States Farm Bill of 1990 more narrowly defined the key components of sustainability as: maintaining profitability, supplying food and fiber needs, using non-renewable resources efficiently, enhancing renewable resources, and improving the quality of life in rural areas.
Distance Education: Reaching The Masses, Thomas G. Barnes, Kim R. Gray
Distance Education: Reaching The Masses, Thomas G. Barnes, Kim R. Gray
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
There are a variety of different distance learning technologies available to Extension educators including the use of compressed video on fiber optics, television courses, and satellite conferences and university courses. In this presentation we describe the use of satellite for presenting an introductory wildlife conservation course to advanced placement high school students in the commonwealth of Kentucky. The course was designed after the on-campus course: FOR 101: Introduction To Wildlife Conservation, and was offered for 3 semester hours of college credit. The course was developed as a cooperative venture by the University of Kentucky and The Kentucky Educational Television Station …
Private Lands: The New Frontier For Wildlife And Recreation Management, Delwin E. Benson
Private Lands: The New Frontier For Wildlife And Recreation Management, Delwin E. Benson
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
Private lands are the new frontier for managing wildlife that covers two-thirds of the United States, provides habitat for 85% of wildlife, and offers opportunities for outdoor recreation. Wildlife and recreation are increasingly viewed as a product of agricultural and forest lands rather than by-products. The role of landowners to manage wildlife on private lands and the incentives to do so are unclear. Historical conflicts between governments and landowners make working together a new challenge. The "debris" of controversy erodes the building blocks for solutions; thus, debates about governmental controls over wildlife must be replaced with the pragmatic recognition that …
The Personal Approach To Put Theory Into Practice, Delwin E. Benson
The Personal Approach To Put Theory Into Practice, Delwin E. Benson
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
Personal traits and techniques of facilitators enable theory to affect practice. Facilitators are guides working within the ethos of the situation to reduce stresses, open the minds of participants, and clear the paths of communication to find what can be accomplished instead of preserving the status quo of what cannot be accomplished. Facilitators should leave their biases at the door and help others to do the same, except for upholding two considerations: 1) the integrity of resources in question; and 2) the dignity of persons who question. Abilities to do the right job are as important as doing the job …
Wetlands For Wisconsin: A Wetland Restoration And Management Program For Landowners And Local Government Staff, Darrel F. Covell, Robert Ruff
Wetlands For Wisconsin: A Wetland Restoration And Management Program For Landowners And Local Government Staff, Darrel F. Covell, Robert Ruff
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
The Wetlands for Wisconsin Project is a comprehensive, hands-on, educational program on wetlands restoration and management for private landowners and local government staff. This program recruits highly motivated participants to take part in a 2-day workshop and become "Wetland Cooperators." At the workshop presenters instruct sessions both indoors and at field sites to demonstrate the value of wetlands and to show how wetland restoration and management techniques work. We provide each participant with a binder of pertinent wetland publications, and we pay for their meals and lodging during the workshop. In return, the wetland cooperators agree to implement a sound …
Landowners' Perceptions Related To Wetland Regulatory Policy In Coastal Louisiana, Paul D. Coreil
Landowners' Perceptions Related To Wetland Regulatory Policy In Coastal Louisiana, Paul D. Coreil
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
Coastal wetlands in Louisiana are over 75% privately owned. Activities conducted in wetlands are primarily regulated through both the Clean Water Act (Section 404) and the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA). The purpose of this study was to investigate coastal landowners' perceptions related to wetland regulatory policy and use the results in the development of future, more workable wetland regulatory policy in Louisiana and the United States (see recommendations section). Regulatory program concerns most often listed by private landowners include: 1) acceptable definition of a wetland remains unsettled; 2) inconsistencies caused when two or more government agencies or programs issue …
Plenary Session—Welcome And Opening Remarks, Edward J. Depuit
Plenary Session—Welcome And Opening Remarks, Edward J. Depuit
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
I vastly appreciate the opportunity of being with you all today to help launch what, I am certain, will prove an extraordinary workshop. I bring you specific greetings and words of welcome from colleagues in eastern Washington and elsewhere in the interior Pacific Northwest and particularly from the organization that John Munn and I work for, the College of Agriculture and Home Economics and Cooperative Extension, Washington State University. We are delighted indeed to have this meeting in our corner of the world this year.
Development Of A Forestry, Fish, And Wildlife Center, W. Daniel Edge, Edward Jensen, Nancy Boriack
Development Of A Forestry, Fish, And Wildlife Center, W. Daniel Edge, Edward Jensen, Nancy Boriack
8th Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference (1996)
Public concerns for stewardship and conservation of biological diversity have caused a reduction in the timber supply in the Pacific Northwest on federal lands. This reduction in the availability of federal timber has resulted in an intensification of management activities on private forest lands. The reduced timber supply has also increased timber prices to the point that many nonindustrial private woodland owners, who previously were not interested in selling timber, have entered the market. This intensification of management activities on the private forest base has resulted in additional increased concerns for fish and wildlife species. Reliable and readily accessible information …
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