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Re: ExtensionCutToTheQuick--Again
A few months ago, Illinois Extension was threatened with extinction,
but it has been funded for 2009. After that, who knows. As you may
have heard, state government in Illinois is not exactly stable these
days. Nor is it solvent.
Carolyn Ulrich
On Dec 18, 2008, at 10:15 PM, Molly Day wrote:
> I'm interested in being kept in the loop on this topic, Cheryl.
> Please include me in the distribution if you take the conversation
> off GWL.
> Thanks, Martha Stoodley
> http://muskogeephoenixonline.com/blogs/MollyDay/
>
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 9:43 PM, Vermont Gardener
> <vermontgardener@yahoo.com
>> wrote:
>
>> Hi All:
>> I know this was a topic some years ago, but in Vermont, Virginia
>> and
>> likely other states, university cooperative extensions are again
>> facing
>> severe cuts, as state's slash budgets.
>> University of Vermont Extension is slated for a $653,000 cut in its
>> FY2009 budget (which will drain its reserves) then a $540,000 cut
>> in FY2010.
>> So by the end of January we will know which jobs and programs will
>> dissolve
>> next July. The two-year total is equal to its annual operating
>> budget and
>> the equivalent of a 24 percent reduction.
>> Among its many resources that benefit gardeners (and garden
>> writers) in
>> addition to a strong Master Gardener program are: renowned
>> perennial expert
>> Leonard Perry, multi-state organic apple growing research, hardy
>> grape and
>> wine-grape growing trials, a youth horticulture program, 4-H, a grain
>> growing revival that includes varieties developed by the famed
>> botanist
>> Cyrus Pringle...plus many agricultural, forestry, community
>> development,
>> nutrition and environmental programs and specialists.
>> Meanwhile, even UVM Extension doesn't yet seem to realize that
>> many of
>> the other line-item state budget cuts will affect Extension's
>> other grant
>> programs in specialized areas.
>> As I track this story unfolding in the new year, I'd like to
>> include
>> comparisons to other states.
>> The only thing I've found so far is a 2 December article saying
>> that the
>> Virginia governor cut two positions and $2.3M from its cooperative
>> extension
>> so far with more cuts coming. We always hear that other states are
>> worse off
>> than we are, but I'd like specifics.
>> Ironically it is in hard times that Extension's trusted services
>> such as
>> teaching gardening, budgeting, farm viability planning, canning
>> and freezing
>> become most popular.
>> If writers in other states will be following this tale (I know some
>> garden writers have also been Extension specialists and many are
>> Master
>> Gardeners), we can compare notes here on the listserv.
>> If this is not a thread you want to pursue, please contact me
>> offline if
>> you have similar news of your state and would like to hear the
>> outcome of
>> our cuts.
>> Wishing you frugality in the new year,
>> Cheryl Dorschner
>> vermontgardener@yahoo.com
>>
>>
>>
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