Progress 10/01/11 to 09/30/16
Outputs
Target Audience:Our target audiences during the entire five-year reporting period has been: (1) private landowners, both resident and absentee, wishing to improve the natural resource base on their property; (2) educators wishing to incorporate forest and wildlife managementprinciples and practices into their curriculum; and (3) state and federal natural resource professionals wishing to collaboratedelivering program to the first two audiences. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Both state forestry and wildlife Extension specialists have trained regional natural resource and agriculture specialists in various natural resource management practices to enhance wildlife habitat and improve the health of Missouri's forests. Wecontinued to expand outreach efforts on university farms and research centers across the state showcasing the benefits to pollinators and wildlife utilizing cover crops in corn/soybean/wheat rotation systems; most notably has been the incorporation of the national Milkweeds for Monarchs program into our own Missouri Master Pollinators program. Emerald ash borer workshops were developed in partnership with private enterprises in both the Kansas City and St. Louis areas to showcase how ash logs, and other urban tree species, could be repurposed into useful items. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Our programs reached our communities of interest through over 324 individual Extension events including webinars, live evening seminars, half- and full-day workshops, field days, multi-week short courses and asynchronous distance learning opportunities. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Over the course of the past five years, we enhanced resource management on Missouri's working forests and rangelands by conducting 324 webinars, seminars,workshops and field days where we made 32,473 direct contacts; 12,860 adult landowners and 19,613 youth under the age of 18. Pre- and post-event assessments revealed that 6,092 adult landownersincreased their level of knowledge; representing 47 percent of the total number of adult participants. Approximate six-month follow-up surveys show that 3,310 of those 6,092 landowners with increased knowledge implemented at least one new management practice on their property impacting 501,235 acres; 166,603 of which were captured in 647 new comprehensiveforest stewardship plans. We also developed or revised 54 MU Extension publications, authored four, peer-reviewed research manuscripts, and maintained three websites(TreePests, My Missouri Woods, and Missouri Master Naturalist). Efforts to expand our Biomass for Bioenergy program beyond the university's CHP plant have stalled as energy prices have declined dramatically. Lastly, the Missouri Master Naturalist Program continued its strong presence in the state. More than 1,056 new volunteers were trained over this five-year reporting period. In total, 291,820 volunteer hours were logged representing a community service value of $7,122,806. The above results were achieved, in large part, as a result of close collaborations the theConservation Federation of Missouri, Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri Department of Agriculture, USDANRCS, USDA USFS, Missouri State Tree Farm Committee, Quality Deer Management, Quail Forever, and the Missouri Master Naturalist Program.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2011
Citation:
Stelzer, H.E. 2011. Selling Timber: What the Landowner Needs to Know. MU Extension Guide G5051. 6p.
http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G55051
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2012
Citation:
Stelzer, H.E. 2012. Basic Elements of a Timber Sale Contract. MU Extension Guide G5057. 8p.
http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G55057
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Stelzer, H.E. and B. Cregg. 2013. FAQs for helping your trees survive during a drought. EDEN (Extension Disaster Education Network). http://EDEN.lsu.edu/drought.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Stelzer, H., M. Cernusca, J. Dwyer, F. Aguilar, and M. Daniel. 2013. Woody biomass for energy in Missouri. MU Extension Guide G5153. 8p. http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G5153
- Type:
Websites
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Launched the TreePests website to provide rural and urban homeowners, woodland owners, communities, the forest products industry, and professional foresters and arborists with the latest information regarding forest health threats to the State of Missouri.
http://extension.missouri.edu/treepests/home.aspx
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Botard, S., F.X. Aguilar, H. Stelzer, T. Gallagher, and J. Dwyer. 2015. Operational costs and sensitivity analysis of an integrated harvest of solid hardwood products and woody biomass: Case study in Central Missouri. Accepted in Forest Science
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. II, B. White, T. Reinbott, and R. Wright. 2014. Integrating practices that benefit wildlife with crops grown for biomass in Missouri. MU Extension Guide G9422. 7p.
http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G94422
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2012
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. III, T. Reinbott, R. Wright, B. White, and L. Potter. 2012. Establishing and Managing Early Successional Habitats for Wildlife on Agricultural Lands. MU Extension Manual MP0907. 20p.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Pierce II, R.A., C. Nilon, and H.E. Stelzer. 2013. Assessing wildlife habitats and natural resources in neighborhoods and urban environments. MU Extension Manual MP927. 10p. http://extension.missouri.edu/p/MP927.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Pierce II, R.A., H.E. Stelzer, and J. Dwyer. 2013. Integrating woodland and wildlife management practices on your property. MU Extension Guide G9415. 10p. http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G9415.
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Progress 10/01/15 to 09/30/16
Outputs
Target Audience:Our target audiences for FY16 remained the same as for FY15: (1) private landowners, both resident and absentee, wishingto improve the natural resource base on their property; (2) educators wishing to incorporate forest and wildlife managementprinciples and practices into their curriculum; and (3) state and federal natural resource professionals wishing to collaboratedelivering program to the first two audiences. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Both state forestry and wildlife Extension specialists have trained regional natural resource and agriculture specialists invarious natural resource management practices to enhance wildlife habitat and improve the health of Missouri's forests. Ofnote in FY16 was Ohio State University Extension adapting our program's Forest Pest Control Manual for use in theircommercial pesticide applicators training program. We continued to expand outreach efforts on university farms and researchcenters across the state showcasing the benefits to pollinators and wildlife utilizing cover crops in corn/soybean/wheat rotationsystems. The Missouri Master Naturalist Program continued its strong presence in the state. More than 240 new volunteerswere trained. In FY16, 60,000 volunteer hours were logged representing a community service value of $1,383,946. Master Naturalists were also responsible for assiting in launching the MU Extension-developed educational program, Missourians for Monarchs. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Our programs reached our communities of interest through over 46 individual Extension events including webinars, liveevening seminars, half- and full-day workshops, field days, multi-week short courses and asynchronous distance learningopportunities. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?As we are at the end of the FY12-16 POW, the following FY17 goals are based upon our recently approved FY17-21 POW: Goal: Increase the level of active forest and woodland management by Missouri's family forest landowners Products: (1) Conduct a minimum of 12 forest-related educational events under the My Missouri Woods and Wildlifeprogram. These events will include, but not be limited to, evening seminars, day-long workshops, farm field days, webinarsand other online media platforms; (2) Create and/or revise a minimum of six, peer-reviewed, MU Extension Guides targetingfamily forest landowners; (3) Develop a minimum of six, 10- to 15-minute forest-related video segments for the My MissouriWoods and Wildlife program. Goal: Increase the level of active wildlife management practices conducted by Missouri's private landowners, urbanresidential property owners, Missouri citizens, volunteers, and youth. Products: (1) Create a minimum of 10 new Master Naturalist cohorts either through existing chapters or the creation of newchapters; (2) Conduct a minimum of 12 wildlife-related educational events under the My Missouri Woods and Wildlife program. These events will include, but not be limited to, evening seminars, day-long workshops, farm field days, webinars and other online media platforms; (3) Create and/or revise a minimum of six, peer-reviewed, MU Extension Guides targetingprivate landowners; and (4) Develop a minimum of six, 10- to 15-minute wildlife-related, video segments for the My MissouriWoods and Wildlife program. Goal: Sustain the strong working relationships that MU Forestry and Wildlife Extension has developed with various federal,state, and private partners across the state. Products: (1) Continue development of the Missouri Master Naturalist program; (2) Continue development of the My MissouriWoods and Wildlife Program; (3) Provide distance education events for natural resource professionals as needed. An emerging opportunity will be expanding outreach efforts to Missouri's forest landowners as two key programs begin incalendar 2016: (1) SFI certification of all state land under the Missouri Department of Conservation's jurisdiction and (2) thelaunching of the Department's Missouri's Managed Forests program. This latter program is especially exciting because it is arevison of the State's 1946 Forest Cropland program to bring it in line with today's economic realities that should incentivizelandowners to actively manage their woodlands.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
We enhanced resource management on Missouri's working forests and rangelands by conducting 46 webinars, seminars,workshops and field days where we made 4,200 direct contacts; 975 adult landowners and 3,225 youth under the age of 18.We met our FY16 base goals. Pre- and post-event assessments revealed that 680 adult landowners increased their level ofknowledge; representing 70 percent of the total number of adult participants. Approximate six-month follow-up surveys showthat 525 of those 680 landowners with increased knowledge implemented at least one new management practice on their property impacting 118,500 acres; 33,750 of which were captured in 150 new comprehensive forest stewardship plans. Theabove results were achieved, in large part, as a result of close collaborations the the Conservation Federation of Missouri,Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri Department of Agriculture, USDA NRCS, USDA USFS, Missouri State TreeFarm Committee, Quality Deer Management, Quail Forever, and the MissouriMaster Naturalist Program. We also developed or revised four MU Extension publications, and maintained three websites(TreePests, My Missouri Woods, and Missouri Master Naturalist). Efforts to expand our Biomass for Bioenergy programbeyond the university's CHP plant have stalled as energy prices have declined dramatically.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Udawatta, R.P., C.J. Gantzer, T. Reinbott, and R.A. Pierce II. 2016. Yield differences influenced by distance from riparian buffers and Conservation Reserve Program. Agronomy Journal 108:647-655
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. II, S. Sudkamp, N. Prough and A. Ohmes. 2016. Ecology and management of mourning doves in Missouri. MU Extension Guide G9416. http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G9416
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. II, S. Sudkamp, N. Prough and A. Ohmes. 2016. Hunting doves on agricultural lands in Missouri. MU Extension Guide G9417. http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G9417
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. II, S. Denkler. 2016. Attracting hummingbirds to your property. MU Extension Guide G9419. http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G9419
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Pierce, R.A., C. Nilon, N. Navarrete-Tindall, S. Denkler, and E. Fishel. 2016. Improving habitats for wildlife in your backyard and neighborhood. MU Extension Guide G9500. http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G9500
- Type:
Other
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. and J. Isabelle. 201x. Bilogy and management of wild turkeys in Missouri. MU Extension Guide G9526
- Type:
Other
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. II. 201x. Controlling nuisance chipmunks in Missouri. MU Extension Guide G9527
- Type:
Other
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. II 201x. Controlling nuisance weasels in Missouri. MU Extension Guide G9528
- Type:
Other
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. II, and L. Webb. 201x. Biology and management of wood ducks in Missouri. MU Extension Guide G9529
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2016
Citation:
Kabrick, J., H.E. Stelzer, and K. Goyne. 2016. Retention of Woody Debris and Nutrients Following Alternative Biomass Harvesting Guidelines. J. Forestry
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Progress 10/01/14 to 09/30/15
Outputs
Target Audience:Our target audiences for FY15 remained the same as for FY14: (1) private landowners, both resident and absentee, wishing to improve the natural resource base on their property; (2) educators wishing to incorporate forest and wildlife management principles and practices into their curriculum; and (3) state and federal natural resource professionals wishing to collaborate delivering program to the first two audiences. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Both state forestry and wildlife Extension specialists have trained regional natural resource and agriculture specialists in various natural resource management practices to enhance wildlife habitat and improve the health of Missouri's forests. We continued to expand outreach efforts on university farms and research centers across the state showcasing the benefits to pollinators and wildlife utilizing cover crops in corn/soybean/wheat rotation systems; most notably this year has been the incorporation of the national Milkweeds for Monarchs program. Emerald ash borer workshops were developed in partnership with private enterprises in the Kansas City area toshowcase how ash logs, and other urban tree species, can be repurposed into useful items. Lastly, the MissouriMaster Naturalist Program continues its strong presence in the state. More than 200 new volunteers were trained. In FY15, 66,500 volunteer hours were logged representing a community service value of $1,679,524. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Our programs reached our communities of interest through over 56 individual Extension events including webinars, live evening seminars, half- and full-day workshops, field days, multi-week short courses and asynchronous distance learning opportunities. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We will continue to strengthen our partnerships with federal and state agencies, as well as thos non-profit organizations we have worked with in the past. When available and appropriate, we will seek support through competitive funding sources. We will also continue to be a strong partner in the NSF-funded EPSCoR grant, :The Missouri Transect: Climate, Plants, and Community". Activities will include developing learning tools and opportunities that inform individuals of all ages about climate change and its predicted effects on agriculture and the natural environment. An emerging opportunity will be expanding outreach efforts to Missouri's forest landowners as two key programs begin in calendar 2016: (1) SFI certification of all state land under the Missouri Department of Conservation's jurisdiction and (2) the launching of the Department's "Missouri's Managed Forests" program. This latter program is especially exciting because it is a revison of the State's 1946 Forest Cropland program to bring it in line with today's economic realities that should incentivize landowners to actively manage their woodlands.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
We enhanced resource management on Missouri's working forests and rangelands by conducting 56 webinars, seminars, workshops and field days where we made 8,000 direct contacts; 2,700 adult landowners and 5,300 youth under the age of 18. We exceeded our FY15 base goals by 5 percent. Pre- and post-event assessments revealed that 1,070 adult landowners increased their level of knowledge; representing 40 percent of the total number of adult participants. Approximate six-month follow-up surveys show that 670 of those 1,070 landowners with increased knowledge implemented at least one new management practice on their property impacting 77,335 acres; 49,000 of which were captured in 140 new comprehensive forest stewardship plans. The above results were achieved, in large part, as a result of close collaborations the the Conservation Federation of Missouri, Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri Department of Agriculture, USDA NRCS, USDA USFS, Missouri State Tree Farm Committee, Quality Deer Management, Quail Forever, and the Missouri Master Naturalist Program. We also developed or revisedfour MU Extensionpublications, and maintained three websites (TreePests, My Missouri Woods, and Missouri Master Naturalist). Efforts to expand our Biomass for Bioenergy program beyond the university's CHP plant have stalled as energy prices have declined dramatically.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Bucheit, W. C. Nilon, and R.A. Pierce II. 2015. Implications of climate change on rural land management and bird communities. 2015. Missouri NSF EPSCOR Annual State Meeting
- Type:
Other
Status:
Awaiting Publication
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. II, S. Sudkamp, and N. Prough. 201x. Managing and hunting doves on agricultural lands in Missouri. MU Extension Guide G9417
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Awaiting Publication
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Botard, S., F.X. Aguilar, H. Stelzer, T. Gallagher, and J. Dwyer. 201x. Operational costs and sensitivity analysis of an integrated harvest of solid hardwood products and woody biomass: Case study in Central Missouri. Accepted in Forest Science
- Type:
Other
Status:
Under Review
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Stelzer, H.E. 201x. Elm phloem necrosis. MU Extension Guide 7254.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Stelzer, H.E. 201x. Crop tree management. MU Extension Guide G5152
- Type:
Other
Status:
Awaiting Publication
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. II, T. Reinbott, R. Wright, and C. McCleland. 201x. Mixtures of native warm-season grasses and forbs for biomass. MU Extension Guide G9423
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Fishel, E., C. Nilon, and R.A. Pierce II. 2015. Breeding bird associations with urban residential land management practices in Columbia, Missouri. Missouri NSF EPSCOR Annual State Meeting
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2015
Citation:
Wright, R., T. Reinbott, and R.A. Pierce II. Cover crops and their potential for wildlife habitat. Agronomy Society of America Annual Conference.
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Progress 10/01/13 to 09/30/14
Outputs
Target Audience: Our target audiences for FY14 were: (1) private landowners, both resident and absentee, wishing to improve the natural resource base on their property; (2) educators wishing to incorporate forest and wildlife management principles and practices into their curriculum; and (3) statse and federal natural resource professionals wishing to collaborate delivering program to the first two audiences. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Both state forestry and wildlife Extension specialists have trained regional natural resource and agriculturalspecialists in various natural resource management practices to enhance wildlife habitat and improve the health of Missouri's forests. We have expanded outreach efforts on university farms and research centers showcasing the benefits to pollinators and wildlife of utilizing cover crops in corn/soybean/wheat rotation systems. More than 100 USDA NRCS, Missouri Department of Agriculture, and University regional Extension specialists participated in those outreach events. Weexpanded EAB workshops to the St. Louis metro area when the insect was found in June. Lastly, through the Missouri Master Naturalist Program, volunteers received over 15,400 hours of advanced training that together with naturalists receiving basic training yielded 62,500 hours of community service with a dollar value of $1,549,800. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Our programs have reached our communities of interest through over 81 individual Extension events including webinars, live evening seminars, half- and full-day workshops, field days, multi-week short courses, and asynchronous distance learning opportunities. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? We will continue to develop partnerships with federal and state agencies, as well as non-profit organizations. When available and appropriate, we will seek support through competitive funding sources. Both state forestry and wildlife Extension specialists are part of a NSF-funded EPSCoR grant, "The Missouri Transect: Climate, Plants and Community". Activities will include developing learning tools and opportunities that inform individuals of all ages about climate change and its predicted effects on agriculture and the natural environment. Public education programs will give students, teachers, and citizens a better understanding of how a changing environment affects plants and society, and their ability to adapt to climate change. One new development in FY14 was learning of Shannondale, a 4,000+ acre tract owned by the Missouri Mid-South Conference of the United Church of Christ, working with Finite Carbon to register their forestland with California's Climate Action Reserve. This is the first such ecosystem service project in Missouri and future plans include a series of webinars and field days to educate landowners and natrual resource professionals. Missouri Governor, Jay Nixon, has declared 2015 the 'Year of Water'. We are activley partnering with horticulture Extension specialists in developing a program, "Healthy Landscapes for Clear Water". This program will target homeowners, green industry professionals and municipal parks and recreation employeesto implement best management practices that will reduce the amount of sediment,fertilizers, and pesticides enteringlocal waterways.We plan to use this program to highlight the ecosystem services that the state's green infrastructure provides.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
We enhanced resource management on Missouri's working forests and rangelands by conducting 81 webinars, seminars, workshops and field days where we made 7,510 direct contacts; 2,510 adult landowners and 5,000 youth under the age of 18. We met our FY14 base goals for both groups. Pre- and post-event assessments revealed that 952 adult landowners increased their level of knowledge; representing38 percent of the total number of adult participants. Six-month follow-up surveys show 525 of those 952 landowners with increased knowledge implemented at least one new management practice impacting 95,000 acres; 31,000 of which were captured in 133 new comprehensive forest stewardship plans. The above results were achieved, in part, due to close collaborations with the Conservation Federation of Missouri, Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri Department of Agriculture, USDA NRCS, Missouri State Tree Farm Committee, Forest and Woodland Association of Missouri, Forest ReLeaf of Missouri, Quality Deer Management, Quail Forever, and the Missouri Master Naturalist Program. We also developed or revisedten MU Extension publications and maintained three websites; TreePests, My Missouri Woods, and Missouri Master Naturalist. The TreePests website was a complete overhaul of the old MO EAB site. As a member of the multi-agency Missouri Invasive Forest Pest Council, MU Forestry Extension took the lead to expand the website to include both current and potential invasive forest pests, as well as native forest health threats, to better inform Missouri citizens. Efforts have slowed with respect to our Biomass for Bioenergy goal as the university's CHP plant's demand is being met primarily with residues from primary breakdown sawmills. As a result, the demand for residues from commercial harvesting operations is low and landowner interest has waned. Until the demand for woody biomass increases, we will redirect our Extension efforts to other programs.
Publications
- Type:
Websites
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Launched the TreePests website to provide rural and urban homeowners, woodland owners, communities, the forest products industry, and professional foresters and arborists with the latest information regarding forest health threats to the State of Missouri.
http://extension.missouri.edu/treepests/home.aspx
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Stelzer, H.E. 2014. Basic elements of a timber sale contract. MU Extension Guide G5057. 6p. http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G5057
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. II, S. Sudkamp, and N. Prough. 2014. Ecology and management of cottontail rabbits in Missouri. MU Extension Guide G9412. 6p.
http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G94412
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. II, B. White, T. Reinbott, and R. Wright. 2014. Integrating practices that benefit wildlife with crops grown for biomass in Missouri. MU Extension Guide G9422. 7p.
http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G94422
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. II. 2014. Attracting purple martins to your property. MU Extension Guide G9428. 3p.
http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G94428
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. II. 2014. Attracting bluebirds to your property. MU Extension Guide G9429. 4p.
http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G94429
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. II. 2014. Preventing and controlling damage caused by cottontail rabbits. MU Extension Guide G9441. 3p.
http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G9441
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Hicks, C.E. and R.A. Pierce II. 2014. Managing ponds and lakes for aquaculture and fisheries in pond construction and management considerations. MU Extension Guide G9474. 7p.
http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G9474
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Hicks, C.E. and R.A. Pierce II. 2014. Managing ponds and lakes for aquaculture and fisheries in Missouri: Establishing sunfish in ponds for recreation. MU Extension Guide G9477. 2p.
http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G9477
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Hicks, C.E. and R.A. Pierce II. 2014. Managing ponds and lakes for aquaculture and fisheries in Missouri: Pond dynamics and water quality considerations. MU Extension Guide G9476. 4p.
http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G9476
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Hicks, C.E. and R.A. Pierce II. 2014. Managing ponds and lakes for aquaculture and fisheries in Missouri: Fish selection and stocking for sport fishing. MU Extension Guide G9475. 6p.
http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G9475
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2014
Citation:
Hicks, C.E. and R.A. Pierce II. 2014. Managing ponds and lakes for aquaculture and fisheries in Missouri: controlling nuisance aquatic vegetation. MU Extension Guide G9478. 7p.
http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G9478
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Progress 10/01/12 to 09/30/13
Outputs
Target Audience: Our target audiences for FY13 were: (1) private landowners, both resident and absentee, wishing to improve the natural resource base on their property; (2) educators wishing to incorporate forest and wildlife management principles and practices itno their curriculum; and (3) state and federal natural resource professionals wishing to collaborate delivering program to the first two audiences. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Both state forestry and wildlife Extension specialists have trained regional natural resource and agricultural specialists in various natural resource management practices to enhance wildlife habitat and improve the health of Missouri's forests. In concert with the Misoouri Community Forestry Council,120 professionals received the latest information on identifying and controlling emerald ash borer. These individuals also received updates on thousand cankers disease and pine shoot borer. Working with the MU Agricultural Experiment Station,100 professionals received training on identifying and eradicating invasive species such as bush honeysuckle, saltcedar, and sericia lespedeza. Also with the MU Agricultural Station, professionals gained knowledge on how to integrate bioenergy crops into their operations without harming native pollinators. Lastly, through the Missouri Master Naturalist program, volunteers received over 12,000 hours of advanced training that together with naturalists receiving basic training yielded 55,400 hours of community service with a dollar value of $1,352,260. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Our programs have reached our communities of interest through over 92 individual Extension events including webinars, live evening seminars, half- and full-day workshops, field days, multi-week short courses, and asynchronous distance learning opportunities. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Given our shrinking RREA dollars, we will have to rely upon, now morethan ever, our partnerships with federal and state natural resource agencies, as well as non-profit organizations. When available and where appropriate, we will seek support through competitive funding sources. The only drawback to this approach is that RREA dollars cannot be used as match when applying for other federal grants. As before, we will intentionally seek to expand our web-based programming through popular social media networks and actively serve those eXtension Communities of Practice of which we are members.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
We enhanced resource management on Missouri's working forests and rangelands by conducting 88 webinars, evening seminars, field days and workshops where we made 8,163 direct contacts; 3,675 adult landowners and 4,488 youth under the age of 18. We met our FY13 base goal for youth (4,400) and exceeded our FY13 base goal for adult by 43 percent. Pre- and post-event assessments revealed that 2,725 adult landowners increased their level of knowledge, or approximately 74 percent, far exceeding our FY13 goal of 25 percent. We attribute the dramatic increase to heightened interest in learning more about invasive species (e.g. EAB, bush honeysuckle, zebra mussel) and bioenergy. Six-month follow-up assessments show 1,120 of those 2,725 landowners with increased knowledge implemented at least one new management practice impacting 125,400 acres; 22,013 of which were captured in 122 new comprehensive forest stewardship plans. While this represents only 41 percent of those landowners with increased knowledge actually implementing a practice, we feel the reason for us falling short of our goal of 50 percent was due to the fact that a large proportion of our audiences were urban landowners wanting to learn more about EAB and were not in a position to implement a management practice. All of the above results were achieved, in part, due to close collaborations with the Conservation Federation of Missouri, Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri Department of Agriculture, USDA NRCS, Missouri State Tree Farm Committee, Forest and Woodland Association of Missouri, Forest ReLeaf of Missouri, Quality Deer Management, Quail Forever, and the Missouri Master Naturalist Program. We also developed or revised 15 MU Extension publications and maintained three websites, MO EAB, My Missouri Woods and Missouri Master Naturalist. With respect to our Biomass for Energy goal, we continued to conduct community forums in Mid-Missouri to inform woodland owners of the opportunities afforded by the MU CHP plant requiring 100,000+ tons of woody biomass annually in providing additional incentive for active forest management. In FY13, three landowners controlling 500 acres have begun actively managing their woodlands, sending 7,500 tons of biomass to MU. This tonnage is inline with the fuel supply contractor's goal of 10 percent of the biomass coming directly from in-woods harvesting operations (the other 90 percent coming from sawmill residues). Our Missouri Woodland Steward Program is being revised to align with the new website, My Missouri Woods. This program, along with Missouri Master Wildlifer and Missouri Master Naturalist, continues to build capacity through enhanced connections with natural resource professionals with the Missouri Department of Conservation; USDA NRCS and ARS; Missouri Forest Products Association; Forest and Woodland Association of Missouri; Missouri Tree Farm Committee; MU Agricultural Experiment Station; Conservation Federation of Missouri; Forest ReLeaf of Missouri; Quail Forever; Quail and Upland Wildlife Federation; National Wild Turkey Federation; and Quality Deer Management.
Publications
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Websites
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Stelzer, H.E. and B. Cregg. 2013. FAQs for helping your trees survive during a drought. EDEN (Extension Disaster Education Network). http://EDEN.lsu.edu/drought.
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Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Stelzer, H., M. Cernusca, J. Dwyer, F. Aguilar, and M. Daniel. 2013. Woody biomass for energy in Missouri. MU Extension Guide G5153. 8p. http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G5153
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Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Pierce II, R.A., C. Nilon, and H.E. Stelzer. 2013. Assessing wildlife habitats and natural resources in neighborhoods and urban environments. MU Extension Manual MP927. 10p. http://extension.missouri.edu/p/MP927.
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Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Pierce II, R.A., H.E. Stelzer, and J. Dwyer. 2013. Integrating woodland and wildlife management practices on your property. MU Extension Guide G9415. 10p. http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G9415.
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Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Pierce II, R.A., E. Flinn, J. Barton, H.E. Stelzer, and J. Dwyer. 2013. Enhancing white-tailed deer habitats on your prperty: Woodlands and wildlife. MU Extension Guide G9495. 6p. http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G9495.
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Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Pierce II, R.A., J. Dwyer, H.E. Stelzer, and M. Coggeshall. 2013. Managing oaks for acorn production to benefit wildlife in Missouri. MU Extension Guide G9414. 5p. http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G9414.
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Websites
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2013
Citation:
Launched a new website, My Missouri Woods,to assist Missouri landowners in better managing their woodlands. http://extension.missouri.edu/mywoods/
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Progress 10/01/11 to 09/30/12
Outputs
Target Audience: Our target audiences for FY2012 were (1) private landowners, both resident and absentee, wishing to improve the natural resource base of their property; (2) educators wishing to incorporate forest and wildlife management principles and practices into their curriculum, and (3) state and federal natural resource professionals wishing to collaborate delivering program to the first two audiences. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Both State Forestry and Wildlife Extension specialists have trained regional agricultural specialists in various natural resource management practices to enhance wildlife habitat and improvethe health of Missouri's forests. Through collaboartion with Quail Forever and the Quail and Upland Wildlife Federation, professionals and landowners alike received more than 200 hours inrestoring and maintaining upland wildlife habitat. More than 60 professional foresters received advanced training in biomass harvesting best management practices and how to evaluateharvest operations for adherence to the guidelines. More than 100tree care professionals were trained to identify emerald ash borer. As a result, one of these trained arborists found this destructive insect in the Kansas City metro area; at the time the furthest west find of this destructive invasive species. We have also collaborated with the Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri Department of Agriculture, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, and USDA APHIS PPQ to conduct similar training sessions to help professionals learn to identify Thousand Cankers Disease of Black Walnut; a seroius threat to the State's 55 million black walnut trees.MU Forestry Extension serves as the central clearinghouse for all information on boththese pests. But, perhaps the greatest impact training impact has been through the Missouri Master Naturalist Program. In FY12, 136 new individuals were trained andover 11,000 hours of advanced training were provided (either through direct or coordinated instruction) to the other 1,200 Master Naturalists previously trained.The net result was over 47,420 hours of community service provided to Missouri's natural resource base. The economic impact of this service is valued at $1,157,276! How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Our programs have reached our communities of interest through over 88 individual Extension events including webinars,live evening seminars, day-long workshops, field days and multi-week short courses. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Given our limited RREA dollars, we will contniue to strengthen partnerships with fedral and state natural resource agencies, as well as non-profit organizations. We will intentionally seek to expand our web-based programming through popular social media networks, such as Facebook and Twitter. And we will actively serve those eXtension Communities of Practice of which we are members.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
We enhanced resource management on Missouri's working forests and rangelands by conducting 73 field days and workshops where we made over 5,600 direct contacts; 3,000 adult landowners and 1,600 youth under the age of 18. While we were under our base goal of 4,000 youth for the FY12-16 POW, we exceeded our adult goal by 1,000. Pre- and post-event assessments revealed that 665 adult landowners increased their level of knowledge; this was within 3 percent of our 25 percent goal for knowledge increase. However, six-month follow-up assessments indicated we exceeded our goal of having at least 50 percent of those exhbiting an increased level of knowledge implement at least one new practice in that 470 of the 665 landowners (71 percent) did in fact implement a new practice. The number of acres impacted by these behavorial changes was over 85,000 acres; 30,840 of which were captured in 102 comprehensive forest stewardship plans. These results were achieved, in part, due to close collaborations with the Conservation Federation of Missouri, Missouri Department of Conservation, USDA NRCS, Missouri State Tree Farm Committee, Quality Deer Management Association, Quail Forever, and the University of Missouri Extension Master Gardener Program. We also developed or revised 20 MU Extension publications and continued to maintain two websites, My Missouri Woods and Missouri Master Naturalist. In FY12, we laid the foundation to enhance economic benefits resulting from bioenergy projects being established in Mid-Missouri. Our primary focus was on establishing forest sustainability standards for all harvest residues to be brought to the new MU biomass boiler beginning January, 2013. The following standards must be adhered to by the biomass fuel supplier: (1) all forest and woodland acres from which harvest residues are collected and brought to MU must have an active forest management plan in place, (2) at least one member of each logging crew must have successfully completed the Missouri Forest Products Association's Professional Timber Harvester Program or its equivalent, (3) all biomass harvesting will be done in accordance with the Missouri Woody Biomass Harvesting Guidelines, (4) no biomass will be accepted from any conversion of forest to another land use, and (5) all harvest sites will be eligible for random, independent, third-party audits. In the spring of 2012, we began conducting community forums for forest landowners in Mid-Missouri to inform them of the University's biomass project and potential opportunities they will have in coming years to improve the health of their woodlands. We have also worked with the biomass fuel supplier as they have established a logging crew to harvest biomass using modern mechanized harvesters. This one project will keep more than five million dollars previously used purchase out-state coal in central Missouri to purchase woody biomass. As mentioned above, through our Missouri Woodland Steward and MissouriMaster Wildlifer, and the Missouri Master Naturalist programs, we continue to build capacity through enhanced connections with the Missouri Department of Conservation; USDA NRCS and ARS; Missouri Forest Products Association; Forest and Woodland Association of Missouri; Missouri Tree Farm Committee; MU Agricultural Experiment Station; Conservation Federation of Missouri; Quail Forever; Quail and Upland Wildlife Federation.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2011
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. III, J. Sumners, and E. Flinn. 2011. Estimating Deer Populations on Your Property: Harvest Data. MU Extension Guide G9483. 4p.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2012
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. III, , B. Mormann, and E. Flinn. 2012. Managing for White-tailed Deer in Missouri: Setting and Accomplishing Management Goals. MU Extension Guide G9491. 6p.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2012
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. III, , J. Esely, and E. Flinn. 2012. Managing for White-tailed Deer in Missouri: Establishing a Wildlife Management Cooperative. MU Extension Guide G9490. 11p.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2011
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. III, J. Sumners, and E. Flinn. 2011. Ecology and Management of White-tailed Deer in Missouri. MU Extension Guide G9479. 8p.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2012
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. III and E. Flinn. 2012. Potential Diseases and Parasites of White-tailed Deer in Missouri. MU Extension Guide G9489. 4p.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2012
Citation:
Flinn, E., R.A. Pierce III, and J. Sumners, and .Estimating Deer Populations on Your Property: Population Dynamics. MU Extension Guide G9488. 6p.
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Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2012
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. III, T. Reinbott, R. Wright, B. White, and L. Potter. 2012. Establishing and Managing Early Successional Habitats for Wildlife on Agricultural Lands. MU Extension Manual MP0907. 20p.
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Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2012
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. III and C.E. Hicks. 2012. Managing Missouri Fish Ponds During an Extended Drought. MU Extension Guide G9401. 4p.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2012
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. III. 2012. Controlling Nuisance Moles. MU Extension Guide G9440. 6p.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2012
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. III. 2012. Controlling Rats. MU Extension Guide G9446. 6p.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2011
Citation:
Stelzer, H.E. 2011. Air-drying Hardwood Lumber. MU Extension Guide G5550. 3p.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2011
Citation:
Stelzer, H.E. 2011. Selecting and Maintaining a Chain Saw. MU Extension Guide G1954. 5p.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2011
Citation:
Stelzer, H.E. 2011. Felling, Limbing and Bucking Trees. MU Extension Guide G1958. 4p.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2011
Citation:
Stelzer, H.E. 2011. Operating a Chain Saw Safely. MU Extension Guide G1959. 4p.
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Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2011
Citation:
Stelzer, H.E. 2011. Selling Timber: What the Landowner Needs to Know. MU Extension Guide G5051. 6p.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Under Review
Year Published:
2012
Citation:
Stelzer, H.E. 2012. Basic Elements of a Timber Sale Contract. MU Extension Guide G5057. 8p.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2012
Citation:
Stelzer, H.E. 2012. Green Horizons. Quarterly. Twelve-page newsletter promoting sustainable forest management for family forest landowners. 5,000 circulation.
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Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2012
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. III, J. Sumners, and E. Flinn. 2012. Estimating Deer Populations on Your Property: Camera Survey. MU Extension Guide G9481. 2p.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2012
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. III, J. Sumners, and E. Flinn. 2012. Antler Development in White-tailed Deer: Implications for Management. MU Extension Guide G9486. 4 p.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2012
Citation:
Pierce, R.A. III, , B. Vandeloecht, and E. Flinn. 2012. Nutritional Requirements of White-tailed Deer in Missouri. MU Extension Guide G9487. 6p.
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