Extension
It Starts With Us
Environment
Ag Awareness, Production and Marketing
Bell, Branstetter, Blankenship
Pesticide Safety – Plant Pests
Chemical Crop Management Tools
Integrated Plant Pest Management
Pesticide Safety – Livestock Pests
According to the Kentucky Division of Water, Groundwater Branch, Metcalfe County has areas of moderate to high sensitivity to groundwater pollution.
Much of the land in Metcalfe County is a part of the Green River Watershed and it topography is karst in nature due to a host of springs, caves, and sinkholes. Livestock and crop production in this area is a threat to groundwater and other natural resources in the environment. In order to protect these resources, producers, the general public and youth must become educated so that they can use sound practices that will help keep ground and surface water clean and uncontaminated.
Pollution, contamination, and depletion of our environment and natural resources will be reduced and the positive impact resulting from changed practices will be evident.
Individuals, producers, farm workers, youth, and the general public will adopt practices that will help preserve and protect our environment and the things that are a product of it.
The audiences mentioned above will gain an awareness of our environment and learn how to protect it by adopting new practices and habits.
Evaluation:
Outcome: Initial
Indicator: Knowledge Gained
Method: Survey
Timeline: Ongoing
Audience: Private Pesticide Applicators
Project or Activity: Private Applicator Trainings
Content or Curriculum: UK Private Applicator Curriculum
Inputs: Agents, UK Publications, UK Presentations
Date: Winter/Spring 2019
Audience: Commercial Pesticide Applicators
Project or Activity: SOKY Pesticide Trainings
Content or Curriculum: UK/ Industry
Inputs: Agents, Specialists, Industry
Date :December 2018
Audience: 4-H Youth
Project or Activity: Go Green The 3 R’s
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Curriculum
Inputs: Agents, Specialists, Community Partners
Date :August 18 May 19
Audience: Metcalfe Co. Homemakers and Residents
Project or Activity: Honey Bees and Pollinator Gardens
Content/curriculum: FCS Agent compiled Homemaker Leader Training materials
Inputs: FCS Agent, Extension office space and resources, Homemaker Volunteers, KEHA materials.
Date: April 2019
Audience: Metcalfe Co. Homemakers and Residents
Project or Activity: New Landscaping Techniques
Content/curriculum: FCS Agent compiled Homemaker Leader Training materials
Inputs: FCS Agent, Extension office space and resources, Homemaker Volunteers, KEHA materials.
Date: March 2019
Audience: Metcalfe Co. Homemakers and Residents
Project or Activity: Birds of Kentucky and Migratory Visitors
Content/curriculum: FCS Agent compiled Homemaker Leader Training materials
Inputs: FCS Agent, Extension office space and resources, Homemaker Volunteers, KEHA materials.
Date: February 2019
Author: Amy Branstetter
Major Program: Natural Resources 4-H Core Curriculum
Over 90,000 miles of rivers and streams are found in Kentucky. These miles of stream touch Kentuckians every day. Streams provide flood control, wildlife habitat, recreation, and most importantly, a source of water that is used in thousands of ways. But, the quality of a stream is only as good as the land that surrounds and drains into it. That is why it is important to practice good stream stewardship. Metcalfe County 4-H presented a program “Making Good Choices for Our Future” part
