EXTENSION TRENDS: CAMAS COUNTY University of Idaho Extension, Camas County • www.uidaho.edu/camas
2019 Impact UI Extension Educator Cindy Kinder coordinated and taught various livestock education activities and events. Education Days were conducted at county, district, and regional levels for youth interested in livestock and horse subjects, including the Horse Education Carnival, Southern Idaho Livestock Judging Camp, Meaty Matters workshops, and Swine Education Day. These efforts reached 206 youth and adults.
2019 By the Numbers • 1,363 direct contacts • 184 youth participants • 34 volunteers • 684 volunteer hours • $1,500 extramural funding
Our Advisory Council Special thanks to our volunteers who help shape programming and inform the work we do for UI Extension in Camas County: Amy Botz, Angela Thompson, Ben Walters, Bobi Frostenson, Brandi Ash, Britton LaTulippe, Cecil Swenson, Chanda Ashmead, Cindy Kinder, Connie Funkhouser, Connie Reagan, Cornelia Williamson, David Sanders, Debbie McLam, Dominque Kramer, Donna Koch, Ed Reagan, Harold Lefler, Janet Colter, Jeni Brown, Kristie Olsen, Nathan Whittle, Randy Jewett, Reily Geritz, Roxanne Bell, Tracy Gill, Travis Kramer and Travis Martin.
UI Extension Educator Cindy Kinder 208-764-2230 ckinder@uidaho.edu
Kinder also conducted a Volunteer Learning Network-Meaty Matters training to increase the knowledge of volunteers and teens so they can better instruct their club members. Ten volunteers from six counties learned about healthy living through livestock projects and increased their knowledge about animal husbandry. The All Things Wild 4-H Summer Camp was held in 2019 and archery, hunting and rifles were taught. The program reached 66 youth from across the Magic Valley. Youth learned hunting skills and hunter decisions skills and can put them into practice in the future. Youth also participated in outdoor cooking and food safety lessons, hiking, campfire, songs, skits and being a camp counselor.
4-H in Camas County The Camas 4-H Leaders Council and UI Extension hosted an open house for youth to sign-up for 13 summer projects and activities. The Camas Clean Up Day included 48 people who participated in the community service day cleaning up the town. Camas County 4-H received an endowment donation of $50,000 for higher education and a promise of $125,000 for the youth intern program from a Camas County donor. The Camas 4-H All Projects Education Day increased animal production skills to allow youth to see themselves as producers and understand how to raise livestock. A total of 21 youth and adults participated and learned about healthy products, biosecurity, by-products we use, and retail meat cuts. Beef, swine, sheep, and goat weigh-in provides youth with opportunities to better their livestock knowledge and skills. Kinder provides information to the Camas County beef weigh-in about feeds and feed tags. Swine members attended a training on topics about what to expect with your pig project and how to get and stay involved in 4-H and FFA youth programs.
On the Horizon Kinder has conducted a new method of evaluation of youth ages 8 to 13 at the All Things Wild 4-H Camp. The evaluation is currently being reviewed by trained evaluators. Surveys indicate that youth are learning targeted life skills and the evaluation tool is looking promising. Using paper survey evaluation methods for youth ages 8 to 13 is not reliable. This novel method asks youth to draw pictures and utilizes an interview process to determine if the youth can be surveyed consistently. This evaluation method is important to youth development research because 80 to 90% of youth participants are in this age group.