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<br /> <br />Agriculture, The Board of Regents of the University is desig- <br />nated as responsible for administration of the service, which <br />is cooperatively financed by federal (Smith-Lever Act) and <br />state and county funds (County Agricultural Extension Act), <br /> <br />Organization: Extension specialists in <br />the various areas of program emphasis are part of respective <br />departments in the colleges .of Agriculture, Home Economics <br />and Veterinary Me::Iieine, State leaders of the projects, along <br />with the Extension Service and University administration, <br />coordinate the programs and resources of the extension <br />organization, County and area extension workers carry the <br />educational and organizational phases of the work into all areas <br />of the state, Many departments work with some areas of <br />natural resource development--agricultural engineering, <br />agronomy, entomology and zoology, economics, and sociology <br />in particular, <br /> <br />Programs and Activities: Nearly all <br />program activities of Cooperative Extension Service have <br />connotations of efforts to develop resources of Iowa--both <br />human and natural resources, Where resource development <br />and use are leading program objectives, the following may <br />be cited: One agricultural engineer devotes the major portion <br />of his work to the engineering phases of soil and water use <br />and management; an agronomist serves a full time role in <br />working in liaison with the Soil Conservation Service and in <br />conservation education with public school teachers and <br />students; another agronomist works with land use in relation <br />to zoning and recreational development; one staff member <br />devotes major time to work on wildlife conservation and <br />biology; a forester works with programs on land use, The <br />4-H program includes special interest project work in <br />conservatiilln" and a state conservation camp is held annually, <br />Many county home economics programs include programs on <br />soil and water conservation and resource development and <br />management (the latter particularly for women landowners), <br />Public policies related to resource development and use are <br />part of educational efforts of specialists working in community <br />development and public affairs, <br /> <br />Iowa State University also provides six <br />members of the Iowa State Water Resources Institute founded <br />and funded under the provisions of the Federal Water <br /> <br />40 <br />