In addition to regular job duties, such as tree care, mulching, irrigation, and pesticide management, urban park workers have faced environmental changes due to drought, wildfires, and West Nile virus. They simultaneously have endured expectations to manage growing, diversifying park usage and limitations on career development. An integrated…

With education failing nationwide and economic restraints affecting both rural and urban educational institutions, Extension should be taking a more aggressive stance instead of operating in what has now become the way of Extension and "collecting numbers." Why isn't Extension more visible in the urban populations that reside in our own backyards?…

Special Urban Issue. Discusses trends and factors involved in urban crises. Cites interrelationships between urban and rural areas, and urges comprehensive planning in urban projects. (DS)

A Colorado study that compared urban and rural attitudes and actions toward energy found that a greater portion of urban residents felt there would be energy shortages in the year 2000. Several implications for extension agents were cited about the selection of program topics and locations. (LRA)

Reports results from a survey--conducted under the auspices of the Neighborhood Continuing Education Program of Savannah, Georgia--of residents of a former model cities area to find out what education and retraining they might want and need, with implications for extension programing. (MF)