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Position: From the Extension Office
Email: ricekw@co.laplata.co.us
Position: La Plata County Extension Office
Email: parmenterdm@co.laplata.co.us
Each year, La Plata County 4-H is pleased to announce four $500 dollar scholarships to enrolled members who are looking to go on to higher educational institutes in the fall. We are proud to...
DATE: May 17, 2017 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
This past month, I have become pretty intimate with my neighborhood on the southside of Durango. After going through back surgery in early April, my primary means of exercise has been my own two...
DATE: May 4, 2017 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
The choices we make about “healthy” foods to put in our cupboards rest with each of us, not on Food and Drug Administration. Yes, companies find ways to label food to make us think it is healthy....
DATE: April 27, 2017 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
Youth engagement is vital to overall community health. Programs that seek the input of young people benefit by being able to better plan and organize their services. Organizations with positive...
DATE: April 16, 2017 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
Last month, I wrote about ample space in the landscape, a luxury (or detriment depending on your interests) that many of us wish we had. I had some suggestions for large trees that could work if...
DATE: April 3, 2017 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
I know spring has arrived, not only because yellow flowers are popping up but because the annual “Dirty Dozen” and “Clean Dozen” lists have been presented. This is a report by the Environmental...
DATE: March 30, 2017 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
The warm and sunny days have felt nice lately. It’s a great time of year to hear the birds chirping and feel spring in the air. The winter moisture that so many farmers and ranchers depend on has...
DATE: March 16, 2017 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
Not to be morbid, but here is your reminder: You are going to die. Some of us sooner than later; some quickly; some young and some old. But it is going to happen, guaranteed. Have you and your...
DATE: March 3, 2017 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
If I ever have questions about ornamental plant selection, I’m not afraid to ask others for their opinions. I’m a vegetable kind of guy, and the edibles tend to be in my horticultural wheelhouse....
DATE: March 1, 2017 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
Stroke? Heart attack? I know … not you. Well, step into this other circle while you read this. The concern about women and heart disease is magnified because we deny or aren’t as aware as we need...
DATE: Feb. 3, 2017 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
The short days and long nights leave many of us in Southwest Colorado yearning for something: more powder and more turns, a long-lasting snowpack to fill our rivers this spring and summer or the...
DATE: Feb. 2, 2017 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
Citizenship is a major component to the 4-H Youth Development program. We understand that good citizenship doesn’t just happen. Therefore, we actively teach and develop skills for youths to become...
DATE: Jan. 19, 2017 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
