Second National Extension Natural Resources Conference Excellence Through Partnerships |
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From Concurrent Session III: Thursday, May 18 (8:30 - 9:00 am) ROOM C: Targeting Audiences for Greater Impact |
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Abstract #48: Use of Participatory Methods to Design Forestry Extension Outreach Materials |
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Marcella Szymanski, Gwenda Adkins, and William Thomas, Robinson Substation, 125 Robinson Road, Quicksand, KY 41339; 606.257.9511, ext. 223; mszymans@ca.uky.edu
Participatory Methods are a family of approaches and behaviors that enable people to express and analyze the realities of their lives and conditions, to plan themselves what action to take, and to monitor and evaluate the results. In Kentucky, timber-harvesting transactions do not always involve full knowledge of the landowner on his/her timber assets. Seniors, widows, and people with low levels of reading skills or access to current, traditional information resources often make decisions without knowing the power they have in timber harvesting choices and revenue they can receive. The challenge to extension is how do we connect information and the people most vulnerable to be taken advantage of by ?bad actor? loggers. An extension specialist, agents, homemakers, and schools in Elliott County, Kentucky worked together to use teaching modules on a variety of forest issues including timber harvesting to teach elementary students about various forestry issues. Students were then invited to draw what they learned in the particular module. A poster contest for each module formed the basis for a brochure on ?What is Forestry??- A pictorial brochure with few words. Impact to date has been on greater communication between state, county, and teachers involved in natural resource education. ©copyright, 2000, Center for Forestry, University of California, Berkeley. |