UNH Cooperative Extension is the recipient of the following new grants:

* Matt Tarr, $50,569 from the NH Dept. of Fish and Game, for the "Taking Action for Wildlife" project. This project will provide and enhance private landowner assistance leading to the protection, restoration and management of habitats that benefit species at risk, as identified in New Hampshire's Wildlife Action Plan. Frank Mitchell and Amanda Stone are working with Matt on this project.

* Cheryl Smith, $33,000 from Cornell University, for the Regional Center Plant Diagnostics Network facility. Activities include accepting, diagnosing and documenting plant disease and pest samples, participating in collaborative digital diagnostic efforts and educating appropriate clientele.

* Michael Sciabarrasi, $173,000 from the USDA Risk Management Agency, for "Crop Insurance Education for New Hampshire" program. This project will provide New Hampshire farmers with an understanding of existing and new crop and revenue insurance products available in the state.

* Frank Mitchell and Amanda Stone, $30,000 from the NH Dept. of Environmental Services, for Natural Resources Outreach Coalition (NROC) program coordination and delivery.

* Val Long and Deborah Luppold, $801,265 from USDA's Food and Nutrition Service, for the 2008 Food Stamp Nutrition Education Plan. UNH Cooperative Extension has received funding for the plan since 1989.

* Suzann Enzian Knight, $25,000 from the Annie E. Casey Foundation to build a social marketing campaign to increase the number of eligible workers filing claims for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Suzann also is the recipient of another $8,066 from the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund of the NH Charitable Foundation for "Linking Workers with the Earned Income Tax Credit."

* Charlene Baxter, $15,000 from the Linden Foundation, in support of Extension's parenting educational efforts for incarcerated fathers housed at the Lakes Regional Facility in Laconia. Charlene also is the recipient of $7,500 from the NH Charitable Foundation that also will support Extension's educational efforts at the facility.

* Charlene Baxter and Thom Linehan, $4,000 from the Brookdale Foundation, in support of the "Brookdale As Parents" project. The funding will focus on a set of initiatives addressing the educational needs of families with kinship care situations, including grandparents raising their grandchildren.