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Environmental issues often represent public or
collective goods problems.
Issues are rarely resolved through purely private
actions.
Market forces work to efficiently allocate resources;
policy attempts to equitably distribute resources.
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How do service programs like education,
research, and technical assistance
influence public policy?
How are they a reflection of
public policy?
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Land Trusts Land Grants
Conservation
Easements
Regulatory
Rules
Tax
Incentives
Cost-Share
Programs
Government
Ownership
Education
Technical
Assistance
Research
Voluntary
Guidelines
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Public service programs and the land grant university
system
Extension, research, and service contributions
Today: The U budget and the land grant mission
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Public Education:
Agency environmental educators
K-8 curriculum development
Public service announcements (PSA) on radio and TV
Research:
Colleges and universities (land grant, primarily)
National research laboratories
Agency scientists (USDA, DOI, DOE)
Technical Assistance and Extension:
Brochures, interpretive pamphlets, websites
Conferences, short courses, field tours, workshops, 4H
Demonstration projects
Which have you been involved with in the past?
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States were granted (given) land by the federal
government to establish and endow "land grant"
colleges.
Mission: to focus on the teaching of agriculture, science
and engineering rather than higher education's historic
core of classical studies.
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Morrill Act of 1862
Hatch Act of 1887
Smith-Lever Act of 1914
Federal government grants land to
states to TEACH agriculture,
science, and engineering
Creates the agricultural experiment
station system to foster RESEARCH
Creates cooperative EXTENSION:
Practical application, instruction of
improved practices, technology
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Public service is deeply embedded in the
culture and identity of land grant
universities.
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Minnesota Agricultural
Experiment Station
http://www.maes.umn.edu/
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CASE: MN Forest Resources Council
MFRC is a state council established by the Sustainable Forest
Resources Act (SFRA) of 1995 to promote long-term sustainable
management of Minnesotas forests.
Pursue the sustainable management, use, and protection of the
states forest resources.
Encourage cooperation and collaboration.
Consider forest resource issues, concerns and impacts.
Establish processes and mechanisms that seek diverse perspectives
and incorporate them into planning and management.
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89A.03 MINNESOTA FOREST RESOURCES COUNCIL.
Subdivision 1. Membership.
The governor must appoint a chair and 15 other members.
1. two representatives from [environmental] organizations;
2. a representative from a [game species management] organization;
3. a representative from a conservation organization;
4. a representative from an association representing forest products industry;
5. a commercial logging contractor;
6. a representative the resort and tourism industry;
7. a faculty or researcher of a MN research or higher educational institution;
8. [two owners] of nonindustrial, private forest land;
9. a representative from the [DNR];
10. a county land commissioner;
11. a representative from the US Forest Service;
12. a representative from a labor organization active in forest resource issues;
13. a representative from a wood products manufacturing organization; and
14. a chair.
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Demonstrating practical applications of research,
improved technology
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5 campuses
16 regional offices
~90 county offices
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S1A1S Workshops:
1-2,000 people / yr
Website:
~40,000 people / yr
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How is the world different because of
investments in Extension and the Land
Grant University system?
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Are these interventions warranted?
Who receives the benefits?
Should private or public interests provide these services?
How are limited resources allocated across education,
research, and technical assistance needs?
Which issues receive funding and how much?
How are service programs linked with other programs, like
cost-sharing initiatives?
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Less than universal
agreement on the public
value of research and
outreach.
LCCMR 2011 case
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Services not generally provided via the private sector but
deemed important for society.
Education, research, and technical assistance programs
influence public policy, BUT
Education, research, and technical assistance programs
are also a reflection of public policy.