@article{fdd40afc67bb41f6a8a774c70bcecb12,
title = "Shaping soil watershed stewardship through combined producer and influencer Education: A Pilot Program",
abstract = "Changes in land use from grassland to row crop agriculture may contribute to environmental degradation. Outreach efforts on this topic have largely targeted producers, but interactions with {"}influencers{"} may affect producers' conservation decisions. Consequently, we conducted a pilot implementation of a 1day workshop for both producers and influencers on soil health and its impact on watersheds. We measured producers' knowledge gains and all participants' satisfaction with the workshop content and instruction. We also collected information from all participants regarding their past, present, and potential future use of or recommendations for using conservation practices. Our results may be useful for improving future workshop offerings and other initiatives intended to connect producers and influencers in learning.",
keywords = "Andragogy, Conservation, Land conversion, Soil health, Watersheds",
author = "Wuellner, {Melissa R.} and Roger Gates and Benjamin Turner and Menendez, {Hector M.}",
note = "Funding Information: The work reported here was supported by an Environmental Protection Agency Section 319 Information and Education Project grant administered through the South Dakota Discovery Center and the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture Hatch Project [Accession Number: 1003233]. We thank the South Dakota Soil Health Coalition and South Dakota Grasslands Coalition and several South Dakota Natural Resource Conservation Services personnel (Dillon Blaha, James Dylla, Collette Kessler, and Deron Reusch) for their support and advice in making our workshop successful. Our deepest appreciation is extended to Jay Fuhrer, soil health specialist with the Natural Resource Conservation Service, for substantial contribution to our workshop as an instructor and demonstrator and to the producers who volunteered their operations for field demonstrations (Tony Gelderman, Barry and Eli Little, Al Miron, and Levi and Crystal Neuharth). Finally, we thank the producers and influencers who participated in our workshop and provided the data presented. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} by Extension Journal, Inc.",
year = "2018",
month = oct,
day = "1",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "56",
journal = "Journal of Extension",
issn = "1077-5315",
publisher = "Extension Journal, Inc.",
number = "6",
}