Engaging Cooperative Extension Volunteers in Citizen Science

This is one of three focus point presentations as part of the session titled "Community Building for Citizen Science," delivered on day three of the Citizen Science Toolkit Conference at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca, New York on June 20-23, 2007. Lori Bushway, Senior Extension Associate and Leader of Adult Outreach at CCE's Garden-based Learning Program in the Department of Horticulture at Cornell University, provides an overview of Cooperative Extension and urges professionals within the field to work together within the network to better engage the public and collectively accomplish goals. Bushway discusses the accomplishments of the Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Program and they engage the volunteers as key ambassadors for their programs.

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