Welcome to Lucas County Extension's website.  Browse through the pages to see information from Iowa State University Extension and Lucas County Extension.  We hope you enjoy your visit and come back soon.

2009 Bio eConference—“Growing the Bioeconomy: Solutions for Sustainability“ is scheduled for December 1, 2009.  This a 12-state alliance of simultaneous state conferences. These co-host sites will be sharing content through high-speed communication systems to promote agriculturally-based sustainable solutions to global climate change and energy supply. The conference will tackle the sustainability challenge by: Exploring a systems perspective on biorenewables; Offering solutions to current questions regarding grain ethanol; Examining the potential role of biochar as an agent for carbon sequestration; Discussing the implementation of new ideas for land stewardship with biofuels agriculture.  For more information or to register, click here.

Check out the 2009 Stakeholders Report to learn more about Lucas County Extension.

Click here to learn more about Horizons and what people in Chariton and Russell have to say about the program.

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Click here for more 4-H and Youth information.