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About Larimer County Extension
The Larimer County Office of
Colorado State University Extension provides research-based educational programming
in agriculture, natural resources, consumer and family education, and 4-H and
youth development. Extension is a joint partnership of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, State of Colorado and Larimer County.
Larimer County Extension
Office
1525 Blue Spruce Drive
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Telephone:(970)
498-6000
FAX: (970) 498-6025
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m
E-mail us at: larimer@coop.ext.colostate.edu
Larimer County
Extension staff:
- Laurel Kubin, Director;
Consumer and Family Sciences
- Kathy Wolfe, Extension
Agent, 4-H / Youth Development
- Wendy Woerner, 4-H / Youth
Development
- Ernie Marx, Extension
Agent, Agriculture
- Edie McSherry, Extension
Agent, Nutrition, Health and Food Safety
- Nora Garza, Extension Agent,
Food Stamp Nutrition Educator
- Maggie Shawcross, Extension
Agent, Food Stamp Nutrition Educator
- Alison Stoven, Extension Agent,
Horticulture
- Jacque Miller, Extension Agent,
Family & Consumer Sciences
- LuAnn Goodyear, 4-H Horse Program
Coordinator
- Fred McClanahan, Jr.,
Office Supervisor
- Donna Goodwin, Administrative
Assistant
- Pam Heeney, Administrative
Assistant
- Master Gardener volunteers
- Master Food Safety Advisor
volunteers
Helping
You Put Knowledge To Work
It's a new world.
Fifteen years ago, who would have guessed that by now we'd be warming our
morning coffee in the microwave, checking on our children from the car
phone, or using a computer to balance our checkbook? Two hundred television
channels? Synthetic fats? Voice mail? E-mail?
Whether we like it
or not, the world is changing fast. Now each decision we make has to be
based on a solid foundation - a foundation of facts, research, and up-to-the-minute
expertise.
Our job here at Colorado
State University Extension
is to help you build
this foundation, whether the subject is consumer or family issues, agriculture
and natural resource management, or youth development. And because we're
Colorado's connection to the latest in research and techniques, we don't
have to catch up with modern technology - we've been here in the forefront
all along.
The State is Our
Campus
Since 1914, when Congress
authorized Extension in each state, we've been in the education/information
business. The purpose of the Extension system? To provide a
link between the university and the citizens of each state. We make available
to people like you the research, information and expertise provided by
our country's universities, and help you use the information to solve problems
and improve your quality of life.
Agriculture and natural
resources, consumer and family education, and 4-H youth-development faculty
in the counties: they're all part of Extension's effort to
bring the latest information to the people of Colorado.
There's only one
difference between Colorado State University Extension
and
the university itself - the entire state is our campus, and its residents
our students. Our system of county offices puts Extension resources
within easy reach of Colorado's 63 counties.
Programs to Build
On
Just a few of our programs:
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4-H Youth Development.
Extension's powerful youth-development pr gram reaches nearly 100,000 Colorado
youth every year. They learn valuable life skills, such leadership, ethics,
decision making, record keeping, responsibility and community service --through
projects in environmental science, rocketry, foods and nutrition, animal
science and photography, to name just a few.
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Healthwise for Life.
Extension throughout Colorado teach senior citizens how to play a greater
role in their own health care. The results are improved diets and fewer
trips to the doctor, which translates into considerable financial savings.
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RETHINK.
Extension brought one of the country's most effective anger-management
courses to Colorado parents, and now use it to address issues of abuse
and family cohesiveness.
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Pesticide Recovery
Program. Extension helped rural residents in four Front
Range counties pioneer an affordable way to remove dangerous and environmentally
damaging pesticides from the landscape.
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Value-Added Agriculture.
Extension continues to develop alternative markets keep food processing
and food-processing revenues in the local economy.
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Water Quality.
Extension, in cooperation with the Colorado Department of Agriculture,
developed guidelines to help Colorado crop producers employ Best Management
Practices that protect the state's water resources while allowing producers
to remain economically competitive.
Resources to Build
With
Programs are just one
way Colorado State University Extension delivers
the goods. We also work with you one-to-one as a resource center -- a place
where you can get instant access to information relevant to your problems,
no matter where you live or what you do.
Questions on healthy
living, nutrition or money matters? Farming, ranching or family issues?
What to give your children for snacks? How often to water your lawn?
Extension has the latest facts waiting for you. Facts you can access by
phone, fact sheet, modem, booklet, educational conferences, CD-ROM, closed-circuit
satellite broadcast, two-way interactive video, or old-fashioned face-to-face
discussion. Simply call your nearest Extension county office.
Speaking of resources,
inexpensive publications and a CD-ROM on just about any problem or task
you might face in Colorado. Our publications are not textbooks, they are
booklets, information sheets, and brochures specifically intended for everyday
use and application, written by experts and based on the latest findings.
Accurate and Unbiased
Information
Finally, in this age
of sound bites, coupons and advertisements wherever you turn,
Extension offers a rare commodity indeed -- information you can trust.
Our techniques and
data are all research-based, put together by specialists, experts and researchers
with no products to sell or agendas to push. Our only concern is the accuracy
of the information and the welfare of the citizens of Colorado.
So if you are looking
for straightforward, research-based, usable information on agriculture
and natural resources; 4-H youth development; consumer and family issues;
or community development, then your first stop should be Extension.
Let Colorado State
University Extension help you build a new foundation
to
improve the quality of life for your family and your community.
Colorado State University,
U.S. Department of Agriculture and Larimer County cooperating.
Extension programs are available to all without discrimination.
Updated:
July 11, 2007
Contact
Larimer County Extension Web
Manager