Welcome to the website of the ANREP Climate Science Initiative, an official initiative of the Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals. This site is to serve as tool to allow extension educators communicate, collaborate and share resources related to climate change science and managing natural resources in a changing climate.
Background
The
2010 ANREP Conference in Alaska and its focus on climate change clarified the
need for the Cooperative Extension System, and ANREP in particular, to address
this issue by developing extension education programs and materials to serve
various clientele. The 2011 National Workshop and Extension In-Service on
Forests and Climate Change created additional momentum among Extension
participants and culminated in day-long in-service workshop at which 38
participants identified a wide range of Extension opportunities and imperatives
related to the effects of climate change on ecosystems and people. A
follow-up conference call on July 7, 2011 with 18 of the 38 participants from
the In-Service generated support for and a desire to establish, under the
auspices of ANREP, a Climate Science Initiative that would function much like
the National Network of Sustainable Living Education (NNSLE), the first ANREP
initiative.
Leadership Team
Christopher Jones Extension Agent, Gila County University of Arizona Cooperative Extension ckjones@cals.arizona.edu
Eleanor Burkett Water Resources Educator, Brainerd County University of Minnesota Extension burke044@umn.edu
James A. Clark Extension Educator, Cameron/Elk/Jefferson/McKean/Potter District Pennsylvania State University jac20@psu.edu
Daniel Geller Climate Learning Network Coordinator, SREF/College of Engineering University of Georgia dgeller@uga.edu
Paul Lachapelle, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Extension Community Development Specialist Montana State University paul.lachapelle@montana.edu
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Eric Norland, Ph.D. CF National Program Leader, Forest Resource Management USDA-National Institute for Food and Agriculture enorland@nifa.usda.gov | Climate, Forests and Woodlands CoPA sister project to the Climate Science Initiative is the eXtension Climate, Forests and Woodlands Community of Practice (CoP): www.extension.org/climate_forests_woodlands. The CoP is a national collaboration of Extension educators that provides an interactive learning environment that serves to assist forest managers and small forest landowners to improve forest management in changing climate.
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Purposes of the
Initiative :
- To promote and facilitate a
Cooperative Extension System-wide response to this pressing issue;
- To provide professional development
opportunities for ANREP members (primarily) and non-members through
training opportunities to expand members’ knowledge base in order that
they are able to more effectively serve their clientele;
- To develop educational materials (using
various print and electronic media) to meet the needs of various Extension
clientele;
- To create new and expand existing
partnerships with organizations and agencies whose missions and areas of
expertise compliment and support the work of Extension Natural Resource
educators;
- To demonstrate the capacity of the
Cooperative Extension System to others who seek to duplicate the existing
nationwide delivery system for climate change information and education.
- To provide ANREP members an opportunity
to participate in and contribute to regional and national programs in a
manner that would support their individual professional, promotion, and
tenure goals.
Recent Announcements
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Climate Questions and Resources - Links Document Posted
Climate Questions and Resources document from climate communication session at National Extension Climate Science Initiative Conference 2013https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dl4yV2eoKenwupabq21T8h9meWntl4L58o4gwxdMpUs/edit?usp=sharing
Posted Oct 30, 2013, 6:57 AM by Mike Crimmins
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National Extension Climate Science Initiative Conference and In-service Workshop
Registration is now open for the
National Extension Climate Science Initiative Conference and
In-service Workshop
October 28-30, 2013; Cloquet, Minnesota
http://sfec.cfans.umn.edu/Conference/index.htm
Posted Jun 14, 2013, 10:21 AM by Christopher Jones
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Seeing Climate Change
Really interesting post on visualizing climate change impacts...http://www.yaleclimatemediaforum.org/2013/02/seeing-climate-change-in-time-to-act-on-it/
Posted Feb 7, 2013, 12:33 PM by Mike Crimmins
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February 7th, 3pm EST: ANREP Climate Sci Initiative TeleConference Call
Please
join us
for our next call. Last month’s slides and minutes are available at https://sites.google.com/site/anrepclimate/home/files
Here
is the information for our upcoming teleconference:
Thursday, February 7th; 3
to 4:30 Eastern Standard Time
Everyone
on the phone (log into the URL below 10 minutes before for call-in info) URL:
https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/woodlands (Enter as a guest, please include your name and university. A
call-in phone number will be provided at the start screen.)
Our
speaker is Dr Astrid Newenhouse, Senior Scientist of Agriculture &
Sustainability at University of Wisconsin-Madison Environmental
Resources Center and Dept.
of Biological Systems Engineering. She will speak on the “Results of ...
Posted Jan 28, 2013, 1:49 PM by Christopher Jones
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Climate Change: Values, National Security, & Free Enterprise; April 4th 7:00pm CST Live-Stream
A
forum entitled Climate Change: Values, National Security, and Free
Enterprise, is to be held on the evening of April 4th on the
campus of the University of Kentucky. The event will be
live-streamed. Please see the following URL for details:
http://www2.ca.uky.edu/environment-files/ccflyervincelli.pdf
This
is really an exciting and unique lineup of speakers, with thoughtful and
enlightening comments expected from these highly respected individuals.
Paul
Vincelli
Extension
Professor and Provost's Distinguished Service Professor
Department
of Plant Pathology
University of Kentucky
207 Plant Science Bldg.
Lexington, KY 40546-0312
ph: 859-218-0722
fx 859-323-1961
pvincell@uky.edu
Twitter
@pvincell
Posted Jan 17, 2013, 7:47 AM by Christopher Jones
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