● “I think if we could provide some funding for a coordinator in every region of the state to run a volunteer program, that would be phenomenal . And that could be scaled out to the [U.S. Region] or the rest of the country and they could be supporting their local volunteers who could be supporting local communities on projects.” (R11) ● “We know Extension agents are so very taxed with what they're a lready doing and generally not willing - unless they're new agents - to take on additional programs, unless their communities are rallying for it. We built this program so that anybody could teach it. ” (R14) ● “I also know the colleagues I have, they don't d irectly work on climate change, per se, in their Extension work. I know one of them is a statewide water resource specialist and given that we're reliant on snowpack in this state, climate change definitely should/could be entering their vocabulary in conversations that they're having [with clientele]. ” (R05) Capturing & Measuring Program Impacts C/EW program impacts and outcomes are largely unknown or undocumented, and for Extension as a whole to better understand and communicate the value of these programs, we need a consistent yet flexible and adaptable framework for capturing, measuring, evaluating and documenting impacts. ● “Sometimes I feel like the more embedded you get in Extension, the less innovative you can be, because you're so worried about your evaluation and how many people are coming to meetings .” (R13)
● “Behavior change in this area is harder to measure. But looking at knowledge gain, you know, spreading the information, spreading the awareness of the problem and that there are solutions. You know, there are things that we can do to really cut down on our greenhouse gas emissions.” (R05) ● “In the past we've focused a lot on the outputs and a little bit on the outcomes. And now we're trying to trace the impacts and a lot of this requires follow up over a long period of time because occasionally, through the work it will lead to an output. Okay, that's fine, but the opportunity for the stakeholder to then employ the information or the planning process that we co-developed might not come until a couple of years later when they have funding.” (R06)
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