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Lee joined the USDA Northern Plains Climate Hub (NPCH) in March of 2023 after nearly 27 years as an Extension Agent. As an Extension Agent, he designed and provided hands-on education to farmers, ranchers, youth, and community members. Lee has lived and worked in small communities in three states. What he finds most rewarding is providing farmers and ranchers with information and tools they can trust, which helps them to make everyday decisions and to better manage their resources.
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Learn how climate variability is impacting Louisiana producers and opportunities for building resilience through adaptive management using resources from the USDA Southeast Climate Hub and partners. Discuss and share resources that will be helpful to your agricultural extension work.
When
Monday, April 8th, 2024 1:00-2:00 pm EST | 12:00-1:00 pm CST
Where
Online
Speakers
Barry Keim, Ashlynn Amon
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Content produced by the Southeast Climate Hub
Angus “Skye” Aney is Coordinator for the USDA Southwest Climate Hub, where he mainly focuses on outreach to support ranchers and other agricultural producers in the region. Skye has worked with the USDA Southwest Climate Hub since 2017 on a number of climate change resiliency and adaptation related projects, most recently as extension team lead for a five-year NIFA-funded Coordinated Agriculture Project focusing on sustainable beef production. Prior to coming to the Climate Hub, he worked as a soil scientist mapping soils for irrigation suitability, and as a GIS specialist.
Content produced by the Southwest Climate Hub
Together, we envision a better way to support peer-to-peer climate adaptation and mitigation.
The Climate Adaptation Fellowship (now Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Fellowship) was launched in 2019 in response to farmers’ need for information and technical assistance related to climate change. The first iteration of the program focused on the Northeast region of the United States.
Content produced by the Northeast Climate Hub
We are here to help farmers, forest landowners, and other land managers consider climate and weather variability information in their planning and management activities. We work with university and government extension partners to provide practical, science-based information tailored to our region.
Content produced by the Northeast Climate Hub
What are the USDA Climate Hubs?
USDA's Climate Hubs are a unique collaboration across the department's agencies.
As K-12 teachers prepare to return to school this fall, they are looking for new ideas and the latest science to share with their students. That’s where the partnership between the Southwest Climate Hub and the Asombro Institute for Science Education comes in. Asombro has a 30-year history of bringing current and local science research into classrooms, bridging the gap between researchers and educators.
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We are working for you! Follow the progress of tools and resources that the USDA Northern Plains Climate Hub (NPCH) and partners are developing for our many stakeholders.
Content produced by the Northern Plains Climate Hub
Climate change is reshaping the landscape of agriculture and forestry, bringing challenges like extreme rainfall and flooding, increased pest pressure, and drought to farms and forests. Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Fellowship (CAMF) programs aim to be a part of the solution. CAMF is designed to empower farmers and agricultural advisors in their journey to gain and share knowledge and tools needed to be resilient in the face of climate uncertainty.
Content produced by the Northeast Climate Hub