2010 Major Sponsored Program and Faculty Awards - Office of ...

Jose, H. DouglasAgricultural EconomicsNorth Central Risk Management Education Center$3,506,736 USDA-CSREES11/15/09 – 11/14/12The North Central Risk ManagementEducation Center provides programleadership and coordination for riskmanagement education in the North CentralRegion (Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,Ohio, North Dakota, South Dakota andWisconsin). It is one of four risk management education centers inthe United States. They were established in 2001 to provide riskmanagement education for agricultural producers to help themdevelop knowledge, skills and tools needed to make informed riskmanagement decisions for their operations.Josiah, ScottNebraska State Forest ServiceCooperative Forestry Program$3,151,115 USDA-FS10/1/09 – 9/30/14Scott Josiah, as director of the NebraskaForest Service, has received more than $3.1million from the U.S. Department ofAgriculture through the U.S. Forest ServiceState and Private Forestry Program, whichassists in implementing cooperative stateforestry programs. The Nebraska ForestService improves lives by protecting, enhancing and utilizingNebraska’s tree and forest resources by providing statewidetechnical assistance and financial support in five major programareas: Wildland Fire Protection, Forest Stewardship, CommunityForestry and Sustainable Landscapes, Forest Health, and ForestProduct Marketing and Utilization. Working with wide array offederal, state and local government partners, volunteer firedistricts, non-profits, communities, landowners and businesses,these programs protect life, property and tree and forest healthstatewide.AWARDS OF $3 MILLION OR MORE9