USDA IR-4 Project Western Region SLR/CLC Annual Meeting

Bozeman, Montana March 17-18, 2009

Phillip Kaspari

State Liaison Representatives in the Western Region

Doug Walsh Mary Burrows Joe DeFrancesco Ronda Hirnyck Mark Ferrell Becky Sisco Jay Davison Howard Deer Sandra McDonald Mike Kawate John Maury Craig Palumbo

SLRs

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Key group in the IR-4 program Educate clientele Identify needs Communicate with WR Field personnel Conduct field trials Participate in meetings and workshops

Questions: SLR Representatives

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Why do you participate in the IR-4 program?

What real world outcomes do you see from working with IR-4? Are there things we could be doing better to ensure national / regionwide participation of SLRs?

Are there issues that concern you with respect to IR-4?

Thank you

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Montana SLR, Mary Burrows And everyone else who helped with the meeting