Mary Meyer here:
As I understand it, many counties are still deciding what Extension
positions to fill as of January 1, 2004. I would like all counties to
fund someone who would manage MG at a local level, but that is not
likely to happen. Regardless of who is hired at the county level, you as
an individual can still volunteer and work in your community as a MG
using the state guidelnes. Some counties have had little MG management
in the past.
In the coming weeks I will be providing guidelines for MG depending
on who is hired in each of the counties. At the State level, we are
continuing to plan the Core Course as usual. Thanks for asking and I
look forward to hearing from more counties.
Paul and Marlys Olesen wrote:
> As of today, we still have not heard if our county will fund a Master
> Gardener Coordinator. We were told that without a coordinator, we
> couldn?t continue to exist. We are hopefully optimistic one will be
> funded. Our concerned is that in a year or two the Master Gardener
> program will disappear except for the metro area. What?s happening in
> your county?
>
>
>
> Paul
>
> Pine County Master Gardener Chairperson/Facilitator
>
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Mary H. Meyer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Horticultural Science
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
3675 Arboretum Drive
Chaska, MN 55318
Voice: 952-443-1447
Fax: 952-443-2521
meyer023@umn.edu
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