IN THIS NEWSLINE ISSUED APRIL 29, 2005:

1. DISCOVERING HYDROLOGY AT KARTCHNER CAVERNS STATE PARK
2. IMPACT REPORTS
3. KOFFLER AWARD FOR PUBLIC SERVICE/OUTREACH
4. LEAVING A LEGACY: BILL PETERSON RETIRES
5. FACULTY MEMBER FEATURED IN AUDUBON SOCIETY MAGAZINE
6. DRIP IRRIGATION DEMONSTRATION AND RESEARCH PROJECT
7. WATER USE IN CITIES
8. CLIMATE SCIENCE APPLICATIONS PROGRAM
9. NEW VIDEO AVAILABLE FROM CALSMART
10. NINTH ANNUAL WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE
11. ARIZONA AGRICULTURE LITERACY DAY

1 DISCOVERING HYDROLOGY AT KARTCHNER CAVERNS STATE PARK

The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, SAHRA (Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas), and Arizona State Parks jointly created a program on the key role of water in the history and evolution of Kartchner Caverns and the San Pedro River Basin. This program introduces the hydrology of Kartchner Caverns: how water created the cave spaces and formations; how it continues to shape the caverns today; and the water cycle
of the Upper San Pedro Basin.

A complete multi-media display has been installed in the Kartchner Caverns science center, including printed displays, signage, and a touch-screen kiosk with stereo sound dome. The kiosk content consists of full 3-D animations of key hydrologic processes associated with cave formation, including professional sound-over and sub-titles in four languages. The
kiosk content is also available on a Web site, and on a DVD.

The DVD is available at cals.arizona.edu/calsmart for $10.

To learn more:
http://www.sahra.arizona.edu/kartchner/

2 IMPACT REPORTS

CALS impact reports for 2004 are now available online. They were submitted by the University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to the USDA's 2005 CSREES Science and Education Impacts database in Washington, D.C. in March. An impact statement is a brief summary of the economic, environmental and/or social impact of a land-grant program. It states accomplishments and their payoff to society.

The Arizona reports describe the impacts of research, extension and academic programs undertaken in 2004. Topic areas include agricultural production, food safety and nutrition, economic development, environmental protection, and society-ready graduates.

Susan McGinley, Educational Communications and Technologies

To learn more:
http://cals.arizona.edu/impacts

3 KOFFLER AWARD FOR PUBLIC SERVICE/OUTREACH

As a professor and family life specialist in Arizona Cooperative Extension, Sherry Betts has spent 13 years developing numerous outreach programs based on the needs of communities in Arizona counties and Indian reservations, and has worked on similar programs in Zimbabwe and Jamaica.

Betts joined the Family Studies and Human Development Division of the John and Doris Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences, part of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, in 1992. Since then she has directed outreach programs based on the land-grant university model of research, instruction and outreach that have made a difference in the lives of
thousands of children and families, particularly among those residing in rural, Native American and Mexican-American communities in Arizona.

Betts will receive the Henry and Phyllis Koffler Award for Public Service/Outreach at the Spring, 2005 Commencement.

Sherry Betts, Norton School

To learn more:
http://cals.arizona.edu/media/archives/4.20.html

4 LEAVING A LEGACY: BILL PETERSON RETIRES

After serving as the state 4-H program leader for 11 years, Bill Peterson retired on March 31st. Peterson has spent most of his career involved in the 4-H Program, including a 33 year career in five states. While under Bill's guidance, enrollment in the Arizona 4-H program increased from 15,507 in 1992 to nearly 108,000 in 2004.

As one of his last projects before retiring, Peterson coordinated the production of an informative and colorful 16-page publication on Arizona 4-H youth development.

The booklet contains information about 4-H's research base and history, as well as some innovative programs offered to Arizona youth.

Lisa Lauxman, Arizona 4-H Youth Development

To learn more:
http://cals.arizona.edu/4-h/pdf_files/new_booklet.pdf

5 FACULTY MEMBER FEATURED IN AUDUBON SOCIETY MAGAZINE

William Shaw, Chair of the School of Natural Resources Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation & Management Program, in the School of Natural Resources, is featured in the current issue of the National Audubon Society Magazine. The article, "Score One for the Desert," discusses Tucson's urban sprawl and a pioneering plan that balances biodiversity with development.

The Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan (http://www.co.pima.az.us/cmo/sdcp/) is a collaboration between local environmentalists, county administrators, government biologists, academics, and developers. Shaw is chair of the plan's science committee, one of 10 advisory teams that met at least once a month during the plan's formation to hash out details.

To learn more:
http://magazine.audubon.org/features0505/solutions.html

6 DRIP IRRIGATION DEMONSTRATION AND RESEARCH PROJECT

AZdrip is a permanent subsurface drip irrigation demonstration and research site at the University of Arizona Maricopa Agricultural Center.

Four large plots just over a half-acre in size are equipped with subsurface drip irrigation using two tube spacings and irrigated at two frequencies. One additional plot is furrow-irrigated for comparison. The crop rotation features specialty crops such as broccoli and watermelon, rotated with agronomic crops as appropriate.

The purpose of AZdrip is to demonstrate and evaluate management practices for the sustainable utilization of subsurface drip irrigation in Arizona, and to distribute this information to growers and other interested parties.

Tom Thompson, Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science

To learn more:
http://cals.arizona.edu/azdrip

7 WATER USE IN CITIES

With more of the world's population now living in cities, the demands of providing adequate, clean fresh water supplies to urban populations become ever more complex.

Historically, the answer has been to develop new water supplies, but this is becoming increasingly unfeasible. The articles in this issue of the Arid Lands Newsletter provide examples of how these challenges are being met in different cities of the world, by governments, NGOs, and private citizens alike.

To learn more:
http://cals.arizona.edu/OALS/ALN/ALNHome.html

8 CLIMATE SCIENCE APPLICATIONS PROGRAM

Climate Science Applications Program (CSAP) is a University of Arizona Cooperative Extension program designed to bring climate science research and applications to Arizona residents and the broader Southwest region including New Mexico, southern California, and northern Mexico.

Research activities within CSAP include new climate product development tailored to specific user group needs, and exploration into novel climate data visualization, dissemination, and analysis techniques and tools.

Michael Crimmins, Deptartment of Soil, Water and Environmental Science

To learn more:
http://cals.arizona.edu/climate/

9 NEW VIDEO AVAILABLE FROM CALSMART

A bilingual video production entitled Crop Production Safety addresses general farm safety issues related to chemical, environmental, mechanical and biological health risks. The audience for this video includes growers and farmworkers, especially new agricultural employees. The presentation is available in Spanish or English and as a DVD or VHS tape.

Other video titles include Defending Your Home and Property From Wildfires;

Skin Cancer Prevention for the Agricultural Employee; Selecting, Planting, and Caring for Landscape Trees; and Pruning Techniques and Selecting the Proper Pruning Tool.

These and other titles can be purchased online from CALSmart, http://cals.arizona.edu/calsmart

Glenn Gigstad, Educational Communications and Technologies

To learn more:
http://cals.arizona.edu/ecat/multimedia/video-featured.html

10 NINTH ANNUAL WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE

Color Me Successful is the theme of the ninth annual Arizona Women in Agriculture Conference, to be held June 24 in Sedona.

The focus of the conference will be developing leadership, professional and personal skills with a presentation called True Colors, an informative communication system that outlines the spectrum of success achievable in our daily lives. Don and Patricia Lawhead of Tucson will lead the informative experience.

The afternoon session will include a niche-marketing panel of several growers from across the state and a health care panel exploring the crisis in rural areas. The Farm Bureau Women's Leadership Committee and the University of Arizona sponsor the conference.

The event will be held at the L'Auberge de Sedona Resort with an outdoor luncheon on the lawn overlooking Oak Creek. The conference cost is $40. A special rate for overnight lodging is available by calling (800) 272-6777 by June 3.

For more information, contact Peggy Jo Goodfellow at (480) 635-3609 or peggyjpgoodfellow@azfb.org

To learn more:
http://www.azfb.org/waic.htm

11 ARIZONA AGRICULTURE LITERACY DAY

As part of Arizona Agriculture Literacy Day on March 29, volunteers throughout Arizona read out loud to 3rd-graders from the book If It Weren't For Farmers by Allan Fowler. Afterward, the readers talked about their career or personal involvement in the agriculture industry. Two copies of the book were donated to each school's library.

Thirty-five volunteers went into 286 classrooms with 3183 students. The volunteers visited 40 schools in eight counties which included five Gila River Indian Community schools.

Teachers were given a packet with a test for the students to take after the volunteer left the classroom. They were also given information about the UA Summer Agricultural Institute. The books were funded by a donation from the Arizona Agri-Press Club to the Arizona Foundation for Agricultural Literacy.

Monica Pastor, Maricopa County 4-H Youth Development

To learn more:
http://cals.arizona.edu/agliteracy/programs.html

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