Impact Reports and Success Stories – 2011

Click the links below to learn how Colorado State University Extension programs lead to changes in the condition of the lives and communities throughout the state.

4-H/Youth Development

Impacts

• Closing the gap between home and school
• Exploring the science of food production
• Measuring life skill development in the Larimer County 4-H Program

Success Stories

• At-risk youth prosper in 4-H afterschool program
• Enhancing school science with 4-H baby chick embryology
• Enhancing school science with 4-H baby chick embryology – Douglas County
• Targeting more than activities – Delta County

Agriculture

Impacts

• A solid diet of onions – Eastern Colorado
• From injury to independence
• Improving wheat variety adoption through Collaborative On-Farm Testing
• Increasing market farmer success – Boulder County
• Integrated strategies lead to better pest management
  • Podcast

Success Stories

• From paddock to pasture
• Fueling the farm with homegrown diesel
  • Podcast
• Making sense of production strategies
• Small acreage, big know-how

Clean Energy

Success Stories

• From agricultural audits to clean energy curriculum
  • Podcast

Community Development

Impacts

• Management, networking and grants energize rural development

Family, Home & Consumer

Impacts

• Changing lives through Family Success in Adams County

Natural Resources

Success Stories

• Helping residents understand changing forest ecosystems
• Reducing wildland fire risk in Summit County

Nutrition, Health & Food Safety

Success Stories

• Preserving with confidence

Yard & Garden

Impacts

• Improved plant diagnosis through advanced training
• Native Plant Master education benefits natural resources and people
• Solutions for today’s gardeners

Success Stories

• Growing the future – Teller County
• Wise use of human and natural resources