My mom's career was in Univ. Of Illinois extension. They will for sure being involved in say, giving agricultural advice re: climate change. What other kinds of climate specific stuff they might touch, I don't know.
We do have a great extension program at Ilinois, but so far we have not interfaced much with them. Trent Ford (the Illinois State Climatologist) has more experience with them.
Speaking of which: one giant missed opportunity at flagship state unis (esp land grant) is that they tend to host the offices of state climatologists. From various discussions it seems like those offices are extremely underfunded relative to demand for services they get (esp recently).
In Texas, the state climatologist (hosted in our dept.) receives no guaranteed funding from the state.
I believe the Ag Extensions (hosted in our univ.) do get steady funding
Does the Ag Extension provide climate services, education, or other extension work? Or do you think there could/should be more of a role for the state climatologist offices (in TX and other places)?
Things are pretty siloed here at Texas A&M.
The Ag Extension is basically a state-funded agency that is affiliated with the College of Ag & Life Science. The State Climatologist is an unfunded position in Atmospheric Sciences in College of Arts & Sciences. Not much formal interaction between the two
I’m at one! And we have established (and improving) support structures for both public engagement generally, and cooperative extension- but what is suggested here requires a real ramp up in emphasis on climate.
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I believe the Ag Extensions (hosted in our univ.) do get steady funding
The Ag Extension is basically a state-funded agency that is affiliated with the College of Ag & Life Science. The State Climatologist is an unfunded position in Atmospheric Sciences in College of Arts & Sciences. Not much formal interaction between the two