Progress 07/01/13 to 06/30/18
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience is the youth and adults of the Kalispel Tribe Reservation and surrounding communities. Changes/Problems:The last year of the grant saw the retirement of PI Carol Mack. Mike Jensen has replaced Carol as the PI. Due to staff changes and time constraints it was difficult to expend both the No-cost extension funds and the funds of new grant reporting. We also saw changes in the continuity of grant support specialist on the WSU Campus. Dispite these changes the grant met the goals and has helped to launch the next series of grant funding. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Staff and volunteer training and professional development has included 4-H leaders training; 4-H STEM trainings; WSU Extension Forestry Team meetings and workshops; a variety of webinars and distance education. FRTEP staff attended annual FRTEP Professional Development Conferences in Reno, NV, Flagstaff AZ, and Polson, MT. Extension staff, FRTEP advisory committee members and Kalispel youth have attended the Intertribal Agriculture Council annual meeting in Las Vegas, NV. Through the Tech Wizard 4-H program and Kalispel Career Training Center activities, community youth and volunteers were mentored in agriculture and STEM subjects. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Program information was disseminated locally through websites, flyers, Extension and Kalispel Tribal newsletters, newspaper press releases, Tribal social media webpages, and emails. Large posters on invasive weeds (funded through APHIS) were distributed throughout the Reservation and adjoining communities. Tribal Communications employees have offices adjoining ours at the Kalispel Career Training Center, and are a great help in getting news out to the Tribal Community. Accomplishments are reported to WSU through annual reports, newsletter articles, and program meetings. Tribal Council and County Commissioners have been updated annually with a slideshow of youth and adult projects. FRTEP advisory committee members representing different Tribal departments served as information conduits, increasing communication with staff in Culture, Natural Resources, Camas Health, Camas Youth, Community Crew, Senior Program and other departments. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
From 7/1/2013 to 6/30/2017, 5,132 adults and 7,625 youth participated in over 600 classes, workshops, field days and other activities offered through WSU Extension to the Kalispel Tribal Community. Class evaluation demonstrated significant gains in knowledge and high implementation of skills learned. Over 600 adults received individual office assistance and more than 10,000 were indirectly contacted through newsletters, displays and at community events. These events and contacts were made possible through the establishment of a new WSU Extension office on the Kalispel Reservation in 2011 through FRTEP funding, which works in partnership with the county extension office to leverage grant opportunities and extend extension programming to a previously underserved audience. Food sovereignty and improved nutrition have been a large focus over these four years. A Nutrition Assessment was completed in partnership with the Kalispel Camas Health program, identifying strategies to improve diet and health in the community. As a result, a new community grocery store will be opening this summer on the reservation ending years of "food desert" status. FRTEP community gardens were established and expanded, and with the support from a First Nations Development Institute Seeds of Health grant, 3 new hoophouses and 18 new family gardens were constructed. Over 1500 pounds of produce has been donated to the Tribal senior lunch program, food banks, and harvested by community members. Partnership with the WSU Extension Food $ense Snap-ED program provided over 300 garden-to-table cooking classes at 3 community and youth program gardens. Partnership with Tribal Culture and Language programs resulted in gardens featuring traditional tea and medicinal plants, and incorporation of Kalispel language in community garden signs and labels. FRTEP staff supported the Kalispel Natural Resources Department in developing the mission of the 350 acre Tribal Community Forest as an outdoor classroom for local students and adults, assisting in forming a community forest advisory committee and creating an interpretive trail. The forest will be opened to the public this year with a barbecue celebration in August. FRTEP assisted with a tribal nursery at the forest that provides planting materials for the community forest and local community garden projects, and with a white pine plantation seed orchard project. FRTEP staff facilitates the county-wide POWildfire Coordinating Committee, and worked with the tribe to incorporate Kalispel tribal lands in the Community Wildfire Protection Plan. Over 1000 acres of tribal land and most tribal residences were treated for wildfire fuel reduction through a firewise education program FY13-14. The 2015 wildfire season saw over 800 firefighters camped on the powwow grounds with wildfires just outside reservation boundaries. Partnerships and communication avenues developed through these planning efforts were greatly appreciated during this time. Afterschool and summer 4-H youth program activities provided positive life skills development in horsemanship, agriculture, natural resources, and STEM subjects. Tribal and community youths gained hands-on STEM experiences and adult mentorship through the 4-H Tech Wizards program. Yearly 4-H leader training sessions were held on the reservation including a 2 day archery workshop, and 2 new 4-H groups were formed.
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Progress 07/01/16 to 06/30/17
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience is the youth and adults of the Kalispel Tribe Reservation and surrounding communities. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Staff and volunteer training and professional development in FY2016 included participation in: 4-H leaders training; 4-H STEM trainings; WSU Extension Forestry Team meetings and workshops; a variety of webinars and distance education. One FRTEP staff member attended the FRTEP Professional Development Conference. Two Extension staff, two tribal adults, and two tribal youth attended the Intertribal Agriculture Council annual meeting in Las Vegas, NV. Through the Tech Wizard 4-H program and Kalispel Career Training Center activities, community youth and volunteers were mentored in agriculture, STEM subjects and manufacturing projects. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Program information was disseminated locally through websites, flyers, Extension and Kalispel Tribal newsletters, newspaper press releases, Tribal social media webpages, and emails. Large posters on invasive weeds (funded through APHIS) were distributed throughout the Reservation and adjoining communities. Tribal Communications employees have offices adjoining ours at the Kalispel Career Training Center, and are a great help in getting news out to the Tribal Community. Accomplishments are reported to WSU through annual reports, newsletter articles, and program meetings. Tribal Council and County Commissioners were updated with a slideshow of FY16 youth and adult projects. FRTEP advisory committee members representing different Tribal departments served as information conduits, increasing communication with staff in Culture, Natural Resources, Camas Health, Camas Youth, Community Crew, Senior Program and other departments. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
From 7/1/2016 to 6/30/2017, 806 adults participated in 48 FRTEP agriculture and natural resources classes and workshops through this program, with an additional 189 individual information request contacts. 654 youth and 253 adults were contacted directly through 64 FRTEP Youth Program activities and classes. A Nutrition Assessment was completed in partnership with the Kalispel Camas Health program, and has identified strategies to improve diet and health in the community. FRTEP community gardens were expanded this year including construction of 3 new hoophouses and 12 new family gardens were started with support from a First Nations Development Institute Seeds of Health grant. Tribal youth and the Community Crew grew plant starts for community and youth program gardens and fund-raising sales. At least 350 pounds of produce from community gardens were donated to the Tribal Senior program and to area food banks. FRTEP staff continues to support the Kalispel Natural Resources Department in developing the mission of the 350 acre Tribal Community Forest as an outdoor classroom for local students and adults, assisting in forming a community forest advisory committee and creating an interpretive trail. FRTEP assisted with a tribal nursery at the forest that provides planting materials for the community forest and local community garden projects. Afterschool and summer 4-H youth program activities provided positive life skills development in horsemanship, agriculture, natural resources, and STEM subjects. Tribal and community youths gained hands-on STEM experiences and adult mentorship through the 4-H Tech Wizards program. In November of 2016, Alex Laughery was hired as the FRTEP Youth Program Coordinator. His experiences as a 4-H member and his current co-employment in the WSU Extension Adolescent Youth Development program creates a new dynamic and productive partnership program providing 4-H and youth education for the Tribal Community.
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Progress 07/01/15 to 06/30/16
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience is the Kalispel Tribal Community including both youth and adults. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Staff and volunteer training and professional development in FY2015 included participation in 4-H leader trainings, 4-H STEM trainings, and WSU Extension Forestry Team meetings and workshops. One FRTEP staff member attended the Professional Development/Beginning Farmer Rancher Conference in Reno, NV in September 2015 and two FRTEP staff and three advisory committee members attended the Intertribal Agriculture Council annual meeting in Las Vegas, NV. FRTEP facilitated Tribal Forestry Department staff attendance at the Intertribal Nursery Council annual meeting in Pendleton, OR. WSU Master Gardeners, Tribal staff and local landowners received continuing education hours and pesticide applicator license recertification credits through FRTEP agriculture and weed workshops. Through the Tech Wizards 4-H program and Kalispel Career Training Center activities, community youth were mentored in STEM subjects and manufacturing projects. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Program information was disseminated locally through websites, flyers, Extension and Kalispel Tribal newsletters, newspaper press releases Tribal social media webpages, and email communications. Accomplishments were reported to WSU through annual reports, newsletter articles, and program meetings. Tribal Council and County Commissioners were updated with a slideshow of FY15 youth and adult projects. FRTEP advisory committee members representing different tribal departments served as information conduits, and the Kalispel Tribe Director of Education, Anna Armstrong, attended the 2015 National FRTEP and Intertribal Agriculture Council Meeting in Las Vegas with FRTEP and WSU Pend Oreille County Extension staff, reporting back to the Council. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Since 7/1/2015, 640 adults participated in 36 FRTEP ag and natural resources classes and workshops held on the Kalispel Reservation. 155 additional adult one-on-one contacts were recorded for FRTEP office and home visits and other ag information requests. 1,373 youth contacts took place in 92 FRTEP summer and afterschool STEM, gardening, and nutrition education activities. Three 4-H Leader trainings were held for Tribal Youth Program staff, and a new tribal 4-H club was formed. Expanded access to these Extension services through FRTEP helps realize goals embodied in the Kalispel Tribal Vision Statement, and remains the most important impact of this project. Weekly Garden-to-Table classes held in partnership with WSU Extension Food$ense educators and Master Gardener volunteers had 344 participants since 7/1/2015 who learned how to grow, harvest, prepare and preserve fresh produce through hands-on participation at the FRTEP Kalispel People's Place Community Garden. (The WSU Food $ense program is supported in part by USDA EFNEP and Food Stamp funds.) A partnership with the WSU Pend Oreille County Master Gardener program provided assistance in class and community gardening instruction. In April 2016, The Kalispel Tribe received a one-year NAFSI grant for over $30,000 which will expand FRTEP family and community gardens and increase food sovereignty throughout the Reservation. FRTEP staff assisted Kalispel Natural Resources Department staff in developing a vision and mission statement to expand the Tribal Nursery, and facilitated tribal staff attendance at the 2015 Intertribal Nursery Council annual meeting held in Pendleton, OR in September. FRTEP (with additional RREA funding) facilitates the county-wide POWildfire Coordinating Committee and assists Kalispel forestry staff with fire-wise outreach to community members. 2015 saw a major wildfire on national forest land very close to the Kalispel Reservation, with over 800 firefighters stationed at the tribal powwow grounds in August. Communications established through Tribal inclusion in the Pend Oreille County Community Wildfire Protection Plan proved very useful in maintaining coordination between the many agencies and entities involved. This partnership effort was nominated for a national Wildfire Mitigation Award by the local Colville National Forest district ranger. In November of 2015, Cheryl Sample Reese was hired as the FRTEP Youth Program Coordinator. Her past experience in working with Kalispel Youth Programs, concurrent employment as a youth teacher at Kalispel Career Training Center and as a Cusick School substitute teacher have combined to create a new dynamic and productive partnership program providing 4-H and youth education for the Tribal Community.
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Progress 07/01/14 to 06/30/15
Outputs
Target Audience: The target audience is the Kalispel Tribal Community including both youth and adults. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Staff and volunteer training and professional development in FY2014 included participation in 4-H Know Your Government training, 4-H leader trainings, 4-H STEM trainings, and WSU Extension Forestry Team meetings and workshops. FRTEP staff and advisory committee members attended the Intertribal Agriculture Council annual meeting in Las Vegas, NV. WSU Master Gardeners and 4-H volunteers,Tribal staff, andcommunitylandowners and managers received continuing education hours and pesticide applicator license recertification credits through FRTEP workshops. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Program information was disseminated locally through websites, flyers, Extension and Kalispel Tribal newsletters, newspaper press releases and email communications. Accomplishments were reported to WSU through annual reports, newsletter articles, and program meetings. In FY 2014, WSU Extension Dean and Director Rich Koenig toured the Kalispel Reservation and FRTEP office and met with advisory committee members as part of a county visit. Tribal Council updates included a slideshow of youth and adult projects and several council members participated in a community tour of FRTEP gardens. FRTEP advisory committee members representing different tribal departments served as information conduits, and the Kalispel Director of Education, Anna Armstrong, attended the 2014 National FRTEP and Intertribal Agriculture Council Meeting in Las Vegas with FRTEP staff, reporting back to the Council. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Through FRTEP support we have established a new Extension office on the Kalispel Reservation in Cusick, Washington that provides an underserved community with greatly expanded access to Washington State University services. In FY14 932 adults and 972 youth participated in more than 50 FRTEP classes and activities with 2630 additional indirect contacts through newsletters, handouts, and displays. A partnership with the WSU Pend Oreille County Extension Food $ense Program provided an additional 1765 contacts through 50 adult cooking and nutrition classes, and 65 youth health and wellness activities held on the Kalispel Reservation in FY14. (The WSU Food $ense program is supported in part by USDA EFNEP and Food Stamp funds.) A partnership with the WSU Pend Oreille County Master Gardener program provided assistance in class and community gardening instruction. FRTEP staff conducted public input sessions and assisted the Kalispel Natural Resources Department with completing a forest plan for a new 350-acre community forest on tribal land. This forest will function as an outdoor classroom for local students and adults as well as a research center for universities and agencies. FRTEP assisted with a tribal nursery at the forest that provides planting materials for riparian restoration and bank stabilization projects and in FY2014 assisted in establishing white pine plantation to test seedlings bred for white pine blister rust resistance. Participants in 5 FY14 backyard livestock and weed management workshops reported high satisfaction with knowledge gained; 65% indicated they would be implementing at least one new practice. Adult Gardening and Cooking Class participants reported an 81% percent average gain in knowledge about food safety and more economic ways to shop for, prepare, and store foods. Two FRTEP community gardens provided over 250 pounds of produce for the tribal senior lunch program, community residents and local food banks. Over 45 tribal residences and 300 acres of forested reservation land were treated for fuels reduction through Kalispel Natural Resources Department and Extension "living with wildfire" programs in FY14. Cusick school students gained hands-on STEM experiences from WSU Agriculture Research Services staff through a "scientist in the classroom" series initiated by FRTEP. 4-H leader recruitment and training supported tribal 4-H clubs and continued a community-wide archery program. Afterschool and summer youth program activities provided positive life skills development in horsemanship, agriculture, natural resources and STEM subjects through many FRTEP afterschool and summer activities. A new 4-H "Tech Wizards" mentorship program was started this spring providing weekly STEM and robotics sessions for Cusick area youth. Several FRTEP staff changes and modifications were made in FY14. FRTEP Youth Program Coordinator Barbara Cottrell was diagnosed with breast cancer and subsequent treatments and surgery required granting her an extended sick leave this spring. Prognosis is good, and we hope to have Barb back later this summer. Meanwhile, WSU Extension Dean and Director Rich Koenig granted WSU Pend Oreille County Extension special funds to hire a temporary replacement (Arianna Alegreto) to keep FRTEP 4-H youth programs in Cusick and throughout the Reservation up and running during Barb's absence. County Extension Director Mike Jensen, who was hired a little over a year ago, fills a faculty 4-H youth programming position that had been vacant for several years. His presence has reenergized youth programming throughout the county with funding and new staff for many innovative projects, including the weekly Cusick Tech Wizards program serving the Kalispel Reservation area. County and FRTEP Extension administrative assistant Beverly Sarles ably replaces Carla Pogson, who resigned in 2014. New hires at the County Extension office have allowed FRTEP Project Director Carol Mack to increase FRTEP FTE to 50%.
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Progress 07/01/13 to 06/30/14
Outputs
Target Audience: The target audience is the Kalispel Tribal Community including both yuth and adults. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Staff training and professional development in FY2013 included participation in 4-H shooting sports training, WA State 4-H Forum and 4-H STEM training workshops, and WSU Extension Forestry Team meetings and workshops. FRTEP staff attended APHIS training for FRTEP agents held in Ft. Collins, CO and the Intertribal Agriculture Council annual meeting in Las Vegas, NV. A two-day FRTEP Archery Program Instructor Training (NASP and 4-H) was held on the reservation and open to County and Tribal 4-H volunteers and other Tribal staff. WSU Master Gardeners, Tribal staff and local landowners received continuing education hours and pesticide applicator license recertification credits through FRTEP workshops. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Program information was disseminated locally through websites, flyers, Extension and Kalispel Tribe newsletters and email communications. Accomplishments have been reported to WSU through annual reports, to the tribal community through advisory committee and tribal council updates, and to the FRTEP community through a presentation at the national annual meeting. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
In the first two years of this project, we successfully established a new FRTEP extension office on the Kalispel Reservation, providing an underserved community with greatly expanded access to WSU Extension services. Increased staff time and support in FY2013 led to 893 adults and 906 youth contacts through FRTEP classes and activities with 2700 additional indirect contacts through newsletters and displays. Participants in FY13 workshops reported 45-70% gain in knowledge on topics ranging from garden planning to plant problem diagnosis and water-saving techniques. Adult Cooking Class participants reported a 65% percent average gain in knowledge about food safety and more economic ways to shop for, prepare, and store foods. In FY13, 15 tribal families installed first-time gardens and 2 families expanded gardens started last year. Two new FRTEP community gardens provided over 200 pounds of produce for the tribal senior lunch program and local food banks. A demo garden featuring traditional tea plants was highlighted at the annual Culture Camp. Extension specialist input led to several new options for buffalo marketing and herd health improvement. Weed articles in newsletters, posters and a workshop helped raise awareness of invasive plants. Thinning and fuels reduction conducted on 668 acres of tribal lands improved forest health and protects lives and resources. This program facilitated tribal youth life skills development in archery, horsemanship, agriculture, natural resources and STEM subjects through many afterschool and summer activities. 4-H leader recruitment and training resulted in a new tribal 4-H club and initiation of a community wide archery program.
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