Natural Resources 4-H Core CurriculumMajor Program

22909

Total Hours

Contributed.

211398

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

62

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

19168

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of youth who use their skills to conserve natural resources

15612

Number of youth who can identify the natural resources in their community

21690

Number of youth who have gained an understanding of the ecosystems in nature

20210

Number of youth who have engaged in a community project related to natural resource conservation

7012

Stories

Lids to Benches

Plastic Recycling Conserves Landfill Space: Landfills in the U.S. are becoming overwhelmingly crowded. The U.S. is looking for alternatives to landfills and trying to find places for additional landfills. Recycling is beginning to take a little bit of the burden off of the landfills and allows for plastics to be reused in making new products. Grant County is home to Epperson Landfill and citizens have expressed concern for years about the size and smell; not to mention the fact that the local la...

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Lids to Benches

Stories Behind the Numbers

  • On Hands in the Environment: Forestry and Soil 4-H Field Days

    Given that this youth audience is all rural youth, one would think that they experience the out of doors daily. But this is not the case. EKY youth are not as familiar with their natural resources of ... Read More

  • Making History

    Metcalfe County 4-H Blasting Barrels success through teaching firearm safety. Volunteers play an essential role in many educational programs throughout the Cooperative Extension Service. In the past y... Read More

  • EcoEdventures Environmental Camp

    Statement findings from the 2011 PRIDE (Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment) campaign indicated that many students in Laurel County were unaware of the effects of pollution on the envir... Read More

  • Mind Bending

    ~~Mind BendingJeffers Bend environmental Center is a retired water treatment plant in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Since its retirement, Jeffers Bend has been converted into an environmental education faci... Read More

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