Hello everyone! We are students in the College of ACES who are part of the JBT program. The Jonathan Baldwin Turner (JBT) Scholar program is a renewable, merit-based scholarship program that provides financial support and professional development experiences to create leaders in the field of agricultural, consumer, and environmental sciences. The JBT Scholar program has longstanding support from alumni and private donors who believe in students and want to help them excel. As part of a class professional development project to improve Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) outreach, we are conducting a short survey. Our goal is to gather information on how the NRCS can better connect with underserved, small scale, and urban communities. The data we collect from this survey will help us understand the needs and preferences of these communities, allowing us to provide solutions to improve NRCS communication and engagement. In the end, we hope that this survey will result in more effective outreach and better access to the NRCS and its services!

If you would like to support us by providing feedback in this brief, 8 question, anonymous survey, please click the secure link here: https://illinois.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5dluLzp8fL4uVL0  Surveys will be collected through November 1

Thank you for your time and we greatly appreciate your support of our professional development project! 

Linzee Fay, Ashlyn Murdock, Nate Scranton, and Kyle Eathington

Jamie Jones, Outreach Coordinator, Illinois USDA/NRCS (217-294-3192; Jamie.Jones@usda.gov)