Blaine County Extension Office provides up-to-date information in Ag Production,  Horticulture, family and consumer science and 4-H/youth development. Programs include, Master Gardener Program, Boulder Mountain Youth Camp, Small Farm, Crop Production and Horticultural Education.  Our office also serves as a contact point for the Blaine County Weed Control Department.

Also available through the Blaine County Extension Office, is the FOCUS Newsletter, providing informative articles related to extension topics.  It is published 6 times a year and is free.   If you would like to receive the FOCUS Newsletter, subscribe by email, with name and mailing address to: blaine@uidaho.edu.  Other consumer, agriculture and horticulture publications are available on the on-line U of I publications catalog.

 Three staff members work in our office:  the University of Idaho Extension Educator, the 4-H Program Coordinator and the Office Manager.

Cooperative Extension is an educational system linking county Extension offices with the University of Idaho and the United States Department of Agriculture. The purpose of the Cooperative Extension System is to provide help with issues and problems that individuals, families and communities face in daily living. Professional educators, located in county offices provide existing and research-based knowledge and information through bulletins, classes, workshops, and conferences.

The Blaine County Extension Office is located in Hailey, Idaho, just 12 miles south of the famous Sun Valley Ski Area. The population in Blaine County is 17,213.   The Wood River defines a valley which embraces the towns of Sun Valley, Ketchum, Hailey and Bellevue (from north to south).  Moving further south, the terrain flattens into the "Bellevue triangle" which is an agricultural area producing malting barley, alfalfa hay, and livestock.  The town of Picabo, nestled against southern hills defines the end of the Wood River Valley.  There you'll find Silver Creek, world famous for it's trout fishing.  The rural community of Carey is just over the hills to the east and completes the Blaine County Communities.