The St. Mary's County Extension Office is open to the public Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.
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EMAIL - umestmarys@umd.edu
PHONE - 301-475-4484 or 301-475-4477
Agent, Regional Watershed Restoration Specialist
The University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (AGNR) is a leading Land-Grant institution providing teaching, research, and Extension programs through University of Maryland Extension (UME) to a diverse clientele in the State of Maryland and beyond. UME seeks to fill a 12-month, tenure-track faculty position in watershed-based education with a particular focus on green infrastructure and nature-based solutions at individual and community landscape levels.
The Regional Watershed Specialist for the Capital Cluster will work in the Anne Arundel, Charles, and Prince George’s counties of Maryland as well as statewide to provide non-formal education and technical assistance to stakeholders, including local and county governments, watershed groups, communities, and individuals. Education programming will focus on practices that improve water quality and quantity at the local level that lead to quantifiable reductions in non-point sources of pollution as well as improvement of water quantity/quality issues in the face of changing climate, increasing catastrophic weather events and intensities in a rapidly urbanizing region and state.
The educator will be a member of the University of Maryland Extension’s Watershed Protection and Restoration Program (WPRP), consisting of faculty members with similar education responsibilities in other regions of the state. The educator will work closely with the Maryland Sea Grant Program (MDSG) to assist with implementing strategic Sea Grant initiatives that emphasize environmental justice and climate resiliency.
Best consideration date: June 30, 2024
For more information and to apply, go to the ejobs website.
Nutrient Management Program Changes
Internship
Senator Van Hollen’s Internship applications for the spring, summer, and fall of 2022 are now open.
The applications and more information regarding internship opportunities in our office can be found below.
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Learn more about the University of Maryland Extension's Mission, Vision, Priority Areas, Goals Successes.
2019-2022 UME Highlight Report
UME Programmatic Plan for 2020
UME - St. Mary's Annual Reports
2023 St. Mary's County Annual Report - YouTube Video
2022 St. Mary's County Farm to School
In October, we celebrated another year of Farm to School at Green Holly and Town Creek Elementary Schools. The farm-to-school program encompasses many activities—before the event students review curriculum about agriculture, the environment and healthy eating in the classroom and the day of the event students enjoy lunch made from local products purchased from farmers in St. Mary’s County. The highlight of the day are four outside exhibits focused on: animal agriculture, crop based agriculture, nutrition/healthy eating and value added agriculture. Students visit each “station” for 15-20 minutes where interactive, hands-on lessons are conducted by local farmers, 4-H members and volunteers, Extension staff, parents, and SMCPS Food and Nutrition Services. Sponsored by the Maryland Department of Agriculture and the Maryland State Department of Education in conjunction with local partners, the Farm to School program “works to bring more Maryland-grown products to school lunches with the aim of educating students about where their food comes from, how it is produced, and the benefits of a healthy diet”. A big thank you to all the school system, farmers and volunteers who make this event possible.