COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY (CSU) EXTENSION EMPOWERS COLORADANS TO ADDRESS IMPORTANT AND EMERGING COMMUNITY NEEDS USING DYNAMIC, SCIENCE-BASED EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. FOR OVER 100 YEARS, CSU EXTENSION HAS HELPED PEOPLE IN COLORADO FIND THE ANSWERS THEY NEED FOR A HEALTHY HOME LIFE, SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS AND THRIVING COMMUNITY. CSU'S RREA PROGRAM COMBINES HANDS-ON LEARNING, APPLIED SCIENCE, AND PROGRAM DATA TO DELIVER LOCAL PROGRAMMING ACROSS 63 COLORADO COUNTS. THIS EFFORT IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH IN-PERSON AND REMOTE INSTRUCTION TO FOREST AND RANGE LANDOWNERS AND MANAGERS, THE DISSEMINATION OF PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA, AND ONDEMAND ACCESS TO RENEWABLE RESOURCE SPECIALISTS. CSU EXTENSION'S RENEWABLE RESOURCES PROGRAM WILL MEET THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT BY IMPAR??NG INFORMATION ON THESE SUBJECTS THROUGH RESEARCH-BASED DEMONSTRATIONS, PUBLICATIONS, AND INFORMATION IN CONNECTION WITH THESE SUBJECTS. BY EMPLOYING THESE METHODS, CSU'S RREA PROGRAM SUPPORTS COLORADANS IN MAKING INFORMED MANAGEMENT DECISIONS BASED ON RESEARCH FINDINGS IN FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES. FUNDS REQUESTED WILL BE USED TO DELIVER CSU EXTENSION'S RENEWABLE RESOURCES PROGRAMMING ACROSS THE STATE OF COLORADO AND BRING THE UNIVERSITY'S RESEARCH-BASED RESOURCES TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES. CSU EXTENSION'S RREA PROGRAM WILL ASSIST FOREST AND RANGE LANDOWNERS AND MANAGERS IN MAKING THE BEST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DECISIONS BASED ON RESEARCH FINDINGS. RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS WILL BE FOCUSED ON FOREST AND RANGELAND RESOURCES, INCLUDING VEGETATION, WATER, FISH AND WILDLIFE, AND SOIL.