NATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY EDUCATION COMMITTEE JAMES L. APP, Assistant Dean of Extension, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. WALTER J. ARMBRUSTER, Managing Director, Farm Foundation, Oak Brook, Illinois. ELIZABETH B. BOLTON, Professor, Leadership Development and Adult Education, Home Economics Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. ADELL BROWN, JR., Assistant Administrator, Cooperative Extension Program, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. JUDITH A. BURRIDGE, Staff Chair, Oregon State University Extension - Linn County, Albany, Oregon. RODNEY L. CLOUSER, Professor, Public Policy, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. JOHN C. DUNMORE, Acting Administrator, Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, D.C. ROBERT F. GORMAN, Resource Development Agent, Alaska Cooperative Extension, University of Alaska - Fairbanks, Sitka, Alaska STEVE A. HALBROOK, Associate Managing Director, Farm Foundation, Oak Brook, Illinois. HAROLD M. HARRIS, JR., Extension Agricultural Economist, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina. TIMOTHY W. KELSEY, Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. LUANE J. LANGE, Public Policy Education Specialist, Cooperative Extension System, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut. BENNY L. LOCKETT, Administrator, Cooperative Extension Program, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas. DONALD L. PETERSON, Professor and Extension Economist, Economics Department, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota. IRVIN W. SKELTON, Acting Director, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska. GEORGIA L. STEVENS, Family Economics Policy Specialist, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. REGINALD W. TAYLOR, Acting Associate Director for Administration, Cooperative Extension Service, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C. HENRY A. WADSWORTH, Director, Cooperative Extension Service, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. W. FRED WOODS, Public Policy Specialist, CSREES, USDA, Washington, D.C. CAROLE B. YOHO, Associate Professor and Extension Economist, Public Policy Education, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota.

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INVITED POSTER/DISPLAY SESSION TOPICS Managing Change in Agriculture Dave Holder CSREES-USDA Room 3337, South Building Washington, DC 20250 Tel: 202-720-4387 Fax: 202-690-2522 Community Conflicts Over Agriculture, Land Uses, and Natural Resources: Finding the Common Ground

Timothy W. Kelsey and Charles W. Abdalla Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Pennsylvania State University 105-B Armsby Building University Park, PA 16802 Tel: 814-865-9542 Fax: 814-865-3746 Local Government Needs Assessment 1996 Michael J. Dougherty Extension Service West Virginia University 408 Knapp Hall, P.O. Box 6031 Morgantown, WV 26506 Tel: 304-293-8733 Fax: 304-293-8747 Public Issues Education at OSU Extension Judith A. Burridge Linn County Office Oregon State University Extension Service 4th & Lyon, P.O. Box 765 Albany, OR 97321 Tel: 541-967-3871 Fax: 541-967-9169 Towns in Transition Andy Duncan Extension & Experiment Station Communications Oregon State University ADS Room A422 Corvallis, OR 97331-2119 Tel: 541-737-3379 Fax: 541-737-0817

Judith A. Burridge Linn County Office OSU Extension Service 4th & Lyon, P.O. Box 765 Albany, OR 97321 Tel: 541-967-3871 Fax: 541-967-9169

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Natural Resources Leadership Institute Craig L. Infanger Agricultural Economics University of Kentucky 400 Agricultural Engineering Bldg. Lexington, KY 40546-0276 Tel: 606-257-5762 Fax: 606-323-1913

Leon Danielson Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics North Carolina State University Box 8109 Raleigh, NC 27695-8109 Tel: 919-515-2607 Fax: 919-515-6268

Choices Magazine Harry W. Ayer Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 Tel: 520-621-6257 Fax: 520-621-6250

Preserving Agricultural Land Joseph Daubenmire Ohio State University Extension 120 West Washington Medina, OH 44256 Tel: 330-725-4911 Fax: 330-764-8456

Southern Agriculture in a World Economy Larry D. Sanders Department of Agricultural Economics Oklahoma State University 509 Ag Hall Stillwater, OK 74078 Tel: 405-744-9835 Fax: 405-744-8210

P4...Paintinga Picture of the Public Purse Neil L. Meyer Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology University of Idaho Ag Sci 24 Moscow, ID 83844 Tel: 208-885-6335 Fax: 208-885-5759

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1996 NPPE CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS Charles W. Abdalla, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Salei'a Afele-Fa'amuli, American Samoa Community College, Mapusaga, AS John Amrhein, Michigan State University, Lake City, MI James L. App, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Walter J. Arlbruster, Farm Foundation, Oak Brook, IL Hanry W. Ayer, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Janet S. Ayres, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Janet C. Benavente, University of Guam, Mangilao, GU Nelson L. Bills, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Velma L. Blackwell, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL Elizabeth B. Bolton, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Judith A. Burridge, Oregon State University, Albany, OR Oscar P.Butler, Jr.. South Carolina State College, Orangeburg, SC Jerry D. Carpenter, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO Rodney L. Clouser, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Robert E. Coats, Jr., University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR J. Richard Conner, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Kristin Cruset, Kettering Foundation, Dayton, OH Wesley D. Daberkow, Interchurch Ministries of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE Joseph Daubenmire, Ohio State University, Medina, OH Otto C. Doering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Michael J. Dougherty, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV Linda T. Drake, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Marvin Duncan, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND Mark A. Edelman, Iowa State University, Ames, IA Ira L. Ellis, Maine Rural Development Council, Readfield, ME Bruce Elwell, NACO, Fairview, OK Ronald C. Faas, Washington State University, Pullman, WA Gary Farley, Home Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention, Alpharetta, GA Charles M. Farmer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Phil Favero, Institute for Governmental Service, College Park, MD Marian S. Feeney, Old Mystic, CT Dennis U. Fisher, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Barry L. Flinchbaugh, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS Howard H. Foster, Jr., University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI Roy Frederick, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE Lois M. Frey, University of Vennrmont, Montpelier, VT William D. Givan, University of Georgia, Athens, GA Robert F. Gorman, University of Alaska, Sitka, AK Paula J. Gregory, University of New Hampshire, Manchester, NH Harold D. Guither, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL Catherine Halbrendt, University of Vermont, Burlington,VT Steve A. Halbrook, Farin Foundation, Oak Brook, IL 164

Milton Hallberg, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Alison H. Harmon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Harold M. Harris, Jr., Clemson University, Clemson, SC Kenneth N. Hart, University of Idaho, Nezperce, ID Lynn R. Harvey, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Chuck Hassebrook, Center for Rural Affairs, Walthill, NE Duane Hauck, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND Daryl K. Heasley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Patricia T. Hendel, New London, CT Hasso Hering, Albany Democrat-Herald, Albany, OR R.J. Hildreth, Elmhurst, IL Mildred L. Holland, Alcorn State University, Lorman, MS Thomas W. Ilvento, University of Delaware, Newark, DE Craig L. Infanger, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Yvette Jackson, Food & Consumer Service, USDA, Washington, DC Laverda Johnson, Oklahoma State University, Antlers, OK Martha R. Johnson, Auburn University, Auburn University, AL Thomas G. Johnson, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO John Keeling, American Farm Bureau Federation, Washington, DC Timothy W. Kelsey, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA M. Shaheed Khan, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC Ronald D. Knutson, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Marvin E. Konyha, USDA-CSREES, Washington, DC Luane J. Lange, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT John E. Lee, Jr., Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS Allan E. Lines, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Benny L. Lockett, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX Brad Lubben, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL Audrey N. Maretzki, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Bruce A. Marriott, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH J. Paxton Marshall, Louisville, KY Jeri P. Marxman, University of Illinois, Springfield, IL David Mathews, Kettering Foundation, Dayton, OH Bonnie McCay, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ George R. McDowell, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Larry M. McKenzie, South Carolina Farm Bureau, Columbia, SC Michael McKinney, IFAS, University of Florida, Seffner, FL Kevin P. McNew, University of Maryland, College Park, MD Larry Merculieff, Central Bering Sea Fishermen's Association, Anchorage, AK Neil L. Meyer, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID Elizabeth C. Moore, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Roberta A. Moseley, Rutgers University, Morristown, NJ Wesley N. Musser, University of Maryland, College Park, MD Rangesan Narayanan, University of Nevada, Reno, NV Ann M. Nieuwenhuis, Michigan State University, Kalamazoo, MI 165

James L. Novak, Auburn University, Auburn University, AL Albert J. Ortego, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA Karen B. Overstreet, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA David B. Patton, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Timothy J. Penny, University of Minnesota, Waseca, MN Donald L. Peterson, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD Gregory L. Poe, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Daryll E. Ray, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Gregory Reed, Alcorn State University, Lorman, MS Mary E. Reid, Nevada Cooperative Extension, Fallon, NV John R. Robinson, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS Lott Rolfe, University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, AR Cathy A. Roth, University of Massachusetts, Pittsfield, MA Larry D. Sanders, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK John M. Schnittker, Public Voice, Washington, DC Alan C. Schroeder, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY David W. Sharpe, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT Irvin W. Skelton, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK Melvin D. Skold, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Claudette L. Smith, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC Georgia L. Stevens, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE Thomas E. Stinson, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN Donald G. Stitts, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Barry W. Stryker, University of Vermont, Montpelier, VT Marlene S. Stum, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN Edmund M. Tavernier, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Barbara Sheen Todd, Pinellas County Commission, St. Petersburg, FL Deanna L. Tribe, The Ohio State University, Jackson, OH Kathleen M. Tweeten, North Dakota State University, Bismarck, ND James C. Wade, University of Maryland, College Park, MD Henry A. Wadsworth, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Katey Walker, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS L. Tim Wallace, University of California, Berkeley, CA Kathleen Ward, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS Jeanne E. Warning, Iowa State University, Ames, IA Bruce A. Weber, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Paul R. Wegmeyer, Michigan State University, Alpena, MI Cali Williams, Families and Work Institute, New York, NY Sue E. Williams, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK James A. Wilson, University of Maine, Orono, ME Anne Wolford, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Abner W. Womack, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO W. Fred Woods, USDA-CSREES, Washington, DC Bo Yerxa, Cornell University, Rochester, NY Carole B. Yoho, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 166

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