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  • 4-H Members Backpack to Cottonwood Lake, Thanks to JVCF

    MERISSA FORD, MSU Extension|Jul 2, 2025

    The Madison Jefferson Extension Office received a grant from the Jefferson Valley Community Foundation to purchase backpacking kits to take 4-H members on a backpacking trip. The Extension Office took six kids and five adult volunteers on an overnight trip to Cottonwood Lake. While at the campsite, the kids learned about knife safety, emergency fire building, emergency wilderness shelter building, safe food storage in the woods, and how to pack a horse. The kids had an absolute blast and can't...

  • MSU Extension: Who Are We and What Do We Do?

    KALEENA MILLER and MERISSA FORD|Feb 14, 2024

    If you drive past 103 West Legion Ave in Whitehall, you might notice the MSU Extension office in the old Bordens Hotel. If you're wondering what it is exactly that we do, the easiest answer might be to explain what we don't do. We are currently a team of three, Kaleena Miller serving as our Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Agent, Merissa Ford serving as our 4-H and Youth Development Extension Agent, and Sadie Gooch serving as our Program Assistant. In a nutshell, we provide education...