UNH Cooperative Extension recently received the following grants:

Julia Peterson, Extension Specialist, Water Resources, received $83,472 from the University of Rhode Island, for the second year of funding towards her project, "The Northeast States and Caribbean Islands Regional Water Program."

Becky Sideman, Extension Specialist, Sustainable Horticulture Production, and Seth Wilner, Extension Educator, Agricultural Resources, received $25,000 for tri-state trainings, "a regional and intensive approach to SARE Professional Development - Developing Regional Expertise in Alternative Energy and Local Grain Productions." The grant is from the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE) program through the University of Vermont. Wilner also received $15,000 from Northeast SARE for "Building Capacity for Sustainable Agriculture in New Hampshire."

Ken La Valley, Extension Specialist, Commercial Fisheries Technology Transfer, received $60,000 from the University of Nebraska for "Fisheries eXtension: Sustainable Marine Fisheries" community of practice.

Cheryl Smith, Extension Specialist, Plant Health, received $30,000 from Cornell University for the "Northeast Regional Center Plant Diagnostics Network Facility."

Wendy Brock, 4-H Youth Development Program Leader, and Julia Steed Mawson, Extension Educator, 4-H Youth Development, received $25,000 from the NH Charitable Foundation, to build capacity of staff and volunteers throughout the state in youth horticulture and nutrition education.