Results for keyword: Land-grant Universities
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Taking a stand for New Mexico's small farmers
In his own words, extension agent Edmund Gomez describes how the Rural Agriculture Improvement Project seeks to help New Mexico's poor farmers.
by Lisa Jones, Mar 18, 1996 -
Helping a busted mining town back to its feet
Extension agent Barb Andreozzi offers creative ideas and practical assistance to help Anaconda, Mont., prosper again.
by Florence Williams, Mar 18, 1996 -
Talking ranching through its bleakest hour
Hudson Glimp of the University of Nevada's College of Agriculture seeks to create "sustainable agreement" in public-lands grazing.
by Donica Harrington And Jon Christensen, Mar 18, 1996 -
Playing politics or helping the range?
New Mexico State's Range Improvement Task Force has often been accused of being a front for the livestock industry.
by Tony Davis, Mar 18, 1996 -
What is cooperative extension?
Description of what the West's extension agents do.
by Lisa Jones, Mar 18, 1996 -
What does the West need to know?
In a changing West, the land-grant universities' cooperative extension programs must rethink their mission.
by Lisa Jones, Mar 18, 1996 -
Facts take a beating on the range
New Mexico State's Range Improvement Task Force issues a press release saying the Diamond Bar allotment is not overgrazed, and environmentalists and scientist critics cry "pseudoscience."
by Lisa Jones, Feb 05, 1996 -
A new breed of academic at Colorado State
Colorado State University professor Rick Knight pushes hard for change and enjoys the backing of a supportive administration.
by Linda Platts, Nov 13, 1995 -
Silencing science at UW: one researcher's story
Aquatic biologist Steve Ralph recalls how he directed a new stream-research program for the University of Washington - until timber industry scientists objected and the project was cancelled.
by Kathie Durbin, Nov 13, 1995 -
The ax falls at the University of Washington
The University of Washington's innovative environmental institute and other new forestry programs are clearcut by a conservative dean.
by Kathie Durbin, Nov 13, 1995






