The Middlesex County 4-H Program offers both a community club program as well as individual membership opportunities. Training is available for adult volunteers and the 4-H Program is open to you between the ages of 7 and 19. County level youth programming includes: the Middlesex & New Haven County 4­H Fair and the Middlesex County Food Show, the Middlesex County Public Speaking Contest, the Middlesex County 4-H Skill-a-thon, the Kiwanis Garden Project, and awards and recognition nights.

The State 4-H Shooting Sports Program includes youth instruction in archery at this time, although we are looking forward to expanding the opportunities very soon. The National 4-H Shooting Sports Program provides training opportunities for interested adults in many different areas.

The State 4-H Horse program provides opportunities on the state level for Horse leaders and members.  These opportunities include; Horse Leaders Training Day, The Horsin’ In Stride Workshop day at the Connecticut Horse Science Symposium, The Eastern States 4-H Connecticut Delegation Experience at the New England 4-H Horse Show, Trail Rides, The State 4-H Horse Communications Contest (offering Public Speaking, Team Demonstrations and Senior Individual Demonstrations), The State 4-H Hippology Contest, The State 4-H Horse Bowl Contest, and the State 4-H Horse Judging Contest.  For more information about 4-H, contact Emily Alger, 4-H Program Coordinator at emily.alger@uconn.edu or (860) 345-5218.

The State 4-H Horse program provides opportunities on the state level for Horse leaders and members.  These opportunities include; Horse Leaders Training Day, The Horsin’ In Stride Workshop day at the Connecticut Horse Science Symposium, The Eastern States 4-H Connecticut Delegation Experience at the New England 4-H Horse Show, Trail Rides, The State 4-H Horse Communications Contest (offering Public Speaking, Team Demonstrations and Senior Individual Demonstrations), The State 4-H Hippology Contest, The State 4-H Horse Bowl Contest, and the State 4-H Horse Judging Contest.
For more information about 4-H, contact Emily Alger, 4-H Program Coordinator at emily.alger@uconn.edu or (860) 345-5218.

The Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR) is a multi-departmental Center that assists Connecticut communities to balance growth with natural resource protection. CLEAR conducts remote sensing based studies of the state’s landscape, offers technical training, and conducts a wide variety of educational programs for local land use decision makers. For more information about CLEAR, contact Chester Arnold at chester.arnold@uconn.edu or (860) 345-5230

The People Empowering People Program (PEP) is a life skills program conducted at family resource centers, community organizations and prisons that builds on the strengths of adults and older teens. The PEP program includes 10 two-hour training sessions, weekly follow-up sessions and community projects. For more information, contact Cheryl Czuba at cheryl.czuba@uconn.edu or (860) 345-5215

Epiphany: Mentoring for Ex-offenders is a mentoring program for ex-offenders conducted by faith communities and community organizations. The program is designed to reduce the rate of re-incarceration among offenders by creating a network of support to help individuals build successful lives in society. For more information, contact Cheryl Czuba at cheryl.czuba@uconn.edu or (860) 345-5215

The National NEMO Network is a confederation of 32 programs across the country dedicated to the protection of natural resources through better land use planning. Each of the programs in the Network is modeled after the original Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials program at the University of Connecticut. NEMO programs seek to bring the latest land use research and technology to local land use decision-makers to help them make the connection between land use decisions and natural resource protection.

The University of Connecticut serves as the Network hub, providing training, communication, and resource support to both existing programs and groups looking to form new NEMO programs. For more information, please visit http://nemonet.uconn.edu or contact David Dickson at david.dickson@uconn.edu or (860) 345-5228.

Created in 1991, the Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO) Program educates local land use decision makers about the impacts of land use on natural resources. NEMO addresses natural resource management through the promotion of comprehensive local land use planning and has worked in over half of Connecticut's 169 municipalities. NEMO is unique and innovative in several ways: in its use of geographic information system and remote sensing technology as educational tools; in its promotion of land use planning rather than mechanical devices as the primary weapon against water pollution, and; in its steadfast focus on local land use decision makers as the primary target audience. For more information, contact Michael Dietz at michael.dietz@uconn.edu or (860 345-5219; John Rozum at john.rozum@uconn.edu or (860 345-3357; or Emily Hoffhine Wilson at emily.wilson@uconn.edu or (860) 345-5226.

The Land Use Planning Program is a statewide program that provides a variety of workshops for local land use officials addressing topics ranging from “Roles and Responsibilities of Land use Commissioners,” to Planning to Protect Open Space.”  The program is also the coordinator of the Connecticut Land Use Academy, a joint program of UConn, the Connecticut Bar Association and the Connecticut Chapter of the American Planning Association, and the Connecticut Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. For more information, contact Jim Gibbons at jim.gibbons@uconn.edu or (860) 345-5231

The Geospatial Technology Program is part of the Center for Land use Education and Research. It introduces Geospatial technologies—geographic information systems (GIS), global positioning systems (GPS) and remote sensing (RS)—to new and potential users through seminars, workshops and hands-on training classes. The program helps municipal agencies, businesses, non-profit organizations and others determine how Geospatial technologies can be integrated into their day-to-day operations to improve information management, planning, analysis and decision making. Program staff also participate in a wide variety of research projects that use Geospatial technologies and data to help better analyze and understand what are often complex spatial relationships among natural resource phenomena. For more information, contact Sandy Prisloe at sandy.prisloe@uconn.edu or (860) 345-5229

The Connecticut Highlands Projec http://na.fs.fed.us/highlands/ is a USDA Forest Service project to identify areas of potential conservation value within the Highlands region of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. The Connecticut portion consists of 28 towns in the northwest part of the state. For more information, contact Joel Stocker at joel.stocker@uconn.edu or (860) 345-5233.

The Connecticut Forest Stewardship Program is a partnership between UConn, The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Forestry Division, the Connecticut Forest and Park Association, and the USDA Forest Service. Through the program Connecticut forest landowners receive education, information, and technical assistance towards the goal of developing and implementing a comprehensive forest stewardship plan for their property. Landowners learn to identify and prioritize goals and objectives for their forest, how to accomplish an inventory of their forest resource, and how to develop a list of recommended activities that will help them achieve their goals and are provided with guidance about selecting competent, reliable, and professional private forestry assistance. Individual contacts, publications, Web sites, and formal workshops are methods used to deliver the program. The Connecticut Forest Stewardship Program also sponsors one or two formal educational programs, in the form of workshops and conferences, for forestry professionals each year. For more information, contact Thomas Worthley at thomas.worthley@uconn.edu[email link] or (860) 345-5232 or Joel Stocker at joel.stocker@uconn.edu or (860) 345-5233.