ANR Adventures

Last week Program Council met to review programmatic budget requests. February was our warm-up when Jennifer Bunge of Resource Planning and Management (RPM) walked us through the budget request process.

Ever wonder how Extension and Ag Experiment Directors share information? The Western Extension Directors Association (WEDA) and Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (WAAESD) met in Denver last week.

What a whirlwind of a week. Over two weekends while people were trying to get into the portal to get documents for search committees, prepare for the Peer Review Committee meeting this week or otherwise access information on the ANR website our IT team was burning the midnight oil.

It's only been a week since our CARET group met in DC. THANK YOU to our CARET representatives Ismael Herrera and Mike Mellano for making time to travel to DC, walk up and down the halls of the House of Representatives as well as the Senate to meet with staff of our representatives and senators.

This last week had its peaks and valleys. We are closely watching weather updates and predictions as more rain is heading our way. Many heard the news that Richard (Dick) Rosenberg passed away at 92 years strong. His philanthropy will forever be remembered.