Progress 09/15/06 to 09/14/08
Outputs
OUTPUTS: 2007-08: Presentations on the FREMO project were made at the May 2008 Association of Natural Resources Extension Professionals (ANREP) Conference in Madison, WI and the February 2008 USDA Water Quality Conference in RENO, NV. Participated in the 2008 Society of American Foresters Conference and promoted the FREMO project. Additional materials and resources were added to the FREMO Resources page on the National NEMO Network website. A statewide Forest Fragmentation study was added to UConn's Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR) website and shared with the Network as an example of using GIS to demonstrate the impacts of development on forestlands. An article on CLEAR's Forest Fragmentation tool was published in the Summer/Fall 2007 issue of the National NEMO Network Newsletter. 2006-07: A Forest Resource Education for Municipal Officials Workshop was held in Annapolis, MD, September 2007. A sample presentation on Forests in Local Land Use Planning was developed and presented at the workshop. A website and CD-Rom was created that contained forest resource education presentations from the workshop, as well as other pertinent publications and educational materials. A session entitled "The Latest on Land Cover: What does it Tell You About Your Watershed's Health" and featuring information on forests and watershed health was held at NEMO U5, the National Conference of the National NEMO Network, in Middletown, CT, October 2006. A needs & capacity survey was conducted of the members of the National NEMO Network to help guide this project. An article on integrating forest resources into land use education programs was published in the Winter/Spring 2007 edition of the National NEMO Network Newsletter. A presentation on this project was made to the USDA Forests Task Force. PARTICIPANTS: David Dickson, UConn Cooperative Extension Kara Bonsack, UConn Cooperative Extension Chet Arnold, UConn Cooperative Extension Jim Gibbons, UConn Cooperative Extension Thomas Worthley, UConn Cooperative Extension Karen Cappiella, Center for Watershed Protection. TARGET AUDIENCES: The target audience for this project is educators of local land use officials. The secondary/eventual target audience is community land use decision-makers throughout the country. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
Twenty-five educators representing NEMO programs in eleven states participated in the Forest Resource Education for Municipal Officials Workshop and gathered resources to help integrate forest resources in their land use education programs. Some of these programs have begun work to adapt these materials to their states. All members of the National NEMO Network have been able to access materials via the National NEMO website on forests and natural resource based planning. The Chesapeake NEMO program developed and has begin presenting a "Forests and Your Community" workshop based on information and materials gathered at the FREMO workshop. Chesapeake NEMO is now working with the City of Cumberland, MD on an effort to preserve and expand the community's urban tree cover. Additional impacts in the form of changes to local land use plans, regulations, and practices are expected but will take more time to develop.
Publications
- National NEMO Newsletter Volume 9(1). Winter/Spring 2007
- National NEMO Newsletter Volume 9(2 ), Summer/Fall 2007. Forests & Watersheds section of National NEMO Network Website, nemonet.uconn.edu (member login required)
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Progress 09/15/06 to 09/14/07
Outputs
OUTPUTS: A Forest Resource Education for Municipal Officials Workshop was held in Annapolis, MD, September 2007. A sample presentation on Forests in Local Land Use Planning was developed and presented at the workshop. A website and CD-Rom was created that contained forest resource education presentations from the workshop, as well as other pertinent publications and educational materials. A session entitled "The Latest on Land Cover: What does it Tell You About Your Watershed's Health?" and featuring information on forests and watershed health was held at NEMO U5, the National Conference of the National NEMO Network, in Middletown, CT, October 2006. A needs & capacity survey was conducted of the members of the National NEMO Network to help guide this project. An article on integrating forest resources into land use education programs was published in the Winter/Spring 2007 edition of the National NEMO Network Newsletter. A presentation on this project was made to the USDA Forests
Task Force.
PARTICIPANTS: David Dickson, UConn Cooperative Extension Kara Bonsack, UConn Cooperative Extension Chet Arnold, UConn Cooperative Extension Jim Gibbons, UConn Cooperative Extension Thomas Worthley, UConn Cooperative Extension Karen Cappiella, Center for Watershed Protection
TARGET AUDIENCES: The target audience for this project is educators of local land use officials. The secondary/eventual target audience is community land use decision-makers throughout the country.
Impacts
Twenty-five educators representing NEMO programs in eleven states participated in the Forest Resource Education for Municipal Officials Workshop and gathered resources to help integrate forest resources in their land use education programs. These programs will begin working to adapt these materials to their states in the coming year. All members of the National NEMO Network have been able to access materials via the National NEMO website on forests and natural resource based planning.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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