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| SHOSHONE County Extension Programs |
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| Person: |
Shelly Johnson |
| Program Thrust: |
Nutrition and Food Safety |
| Major Programs: |
ENP Program, Proper Eating with Diabetes, Exercise |
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Ms. Johnson administers the Extension Nutrition Program in the 10 counties that make up Extension District 1. She provides training for Nutrition Advisors who teach low-income families about nutrition, financial management, and food safety. Over the last 6 years Ms. Johnson has secured $1,017,277 in grants in support of this educational effort. A spin-off of the ENP program is the Senior Extension Nutrition Program (SENP) that concentrates on teaching at-risk seniors about proper nutrition and managing health conditions. Ms. Johnson partners with the Office on Aging and Adult Services to provide this program and has received $42,754 in grant dollars to support SENP. Seniors in the program have reported changes in their eating and exercise habits based on knowledge they’ve gained through the SENP. Ms. Johnson won national recognition for SENP. She also teaches diabetics or those at high risk for the occurrence of diabetes about proper diet, exercise, and food selection and preparation. More than 390 people have participated in her “Healthy Eating with Diabetes” classes since 2000. She also provides leadership statewide as co-chair of the Food Safety Topic Team. She is recognized by her peers, stakeholders, and agency partners in Extension District 1 for her expertise in her subject matter areas. She works closely with other county faculty in the district, state Extension specialists, and non-Extension faculty to provide up-to-date programming to stakeholders. |
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Chris Schnepf |
| Program Thrust: |
Forestry |
| Major Programs: |
Sustainable Family Forests, Logger Education, Wildland Urban Interface Issues |
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Mr. Schnepf is one of two Extension Educators who focus on forestry education. The target audiences for his programs include professional foresters, loggers, and family forest owners in Benewah, Kootenai, Shoshone, Bonner, and Boundary Counties. He provides subject matter training through workshops, short courses, hands-on tours, newspaper and newsletter articles, and by developing videos and publications. Over 5,000 people have attended at least one of Mr. Schnepf’s classes/workshops in the past 10 years. Currently, most lumber mills in northern Idaho only purchase logs harvested by loggers who have participated in Logger Education to Advance Professionalism (“LEAP”), a UI Extension program that features over 20 hours of training on forest ecology, silviculture, and water quality. LEAP is required for a new logging credential called “Idaho Pro-Logger “, which also requires 16 credits of continuing education annually. Many loggers earn these credits by attending other Forest Stewardship classes Mr. Schnepf offers. Mr. Schnepf works with a number of state and federal agencies. He also works actively to educate landowners and professionals on wildland urban interface issues, such as protecting homes against wildfires. He has secured almost $170,000 in grants over the last decade to support his educational efforts. |
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Jim Wilson |
| Program Thrust: |
4/H and Youth Development |
| Major Programs: |
Panhandle 4-H team |
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Mr. Wilson serves as the Area 4-H Educator for the Panhandle, and in this role works closely with 4-H program staff in Boundary, Bonner, Kootenai, and Benewah Counties, and on the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation. Mr. Wilson and the Panhandle 4-H team are working to build consistency into the 4-H program. This effort has resulted in a stronger program for youth across the area, and has allowed other faculty in the district to focus more of their time on programming in their areas of expertise. Mr. Wilson developed a 36-page Panhandle 4-H Operations Handbook to help insure consistency in general program management within the five county area. Mr. Wilson has also been working as part of a five-state team that is developing and testing an extensive series of youth development competencies (in cooperation with the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents) that serve as the foundation in creating an apprenticeship program for adoption by the United States Department of Labor. Through his work on this team, Idaho's dedication to youth development and its innovation in developing a set of core competencies for future youth development professionals has been recognized nationwide. |
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