71st SWCS International Annual Conference July 24-27, 2016 Louisville, KY

1. Paulette Akers
Kentucky Division of Compliance
Assistance
Amanda Gumbert
University of Kentucky
College of Agriculture, Food and
Environment

2. What on earth do Bootcamp and
Jamboree have in common?
• Ag Bootcamp – Targeted training for
agriculture professionals introducing
all of the major environmental
regulations in Kentucky
• Jamboree – Code name for the Ag
Professionals meeting.This training
was for partner agency regional
personnel and reviewed roles of each
agency

3. Provide better service to the agriculture
community
• Demonstrate how agriculture crosses into
multimedia impacts to the environment
• Increase awareness of programs among
agencies
• Help understand each agency’s role in
assistance
• Build relationships among agency staff
• Hypoxia Task Force/Nutrient Reduction Strategy

4.  Kentucky Department for
Environmental Protection
• Division of Compliance
Assistance
• Division for Air Quality
• Division of Waste Management
• Division of Water
 College of Agriculture, Food
and Environment
• Biosystems and Agriculture
Engineering

5. • Conducted 7 times
between May 2015 and
March 2016
• 142 attendees
• Frankfort, Bowling Green.
Princeton, Radcliff,
London, Owingsville

7. Division of Conservation

8. • Conducted 3 times
• October 2015
• 175 attendees
• Frankfort,
Elizabethtown,
Princeton

10. Post-event survey
• Speakers, additional training needs, pace of the
training
• 5 options –
 Strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, strongly
disagree
 Excellent, good, average, poor, very poor

11. I will be able to apply what I learned in
the training.
 Bootcamp – 99% strongly agree or agree
 Jamboree – 94% strongly agree or agree
 96% overall
How would you rate the training overall?
 Bootcamp – 59% excellent, 41% good
 Jamboree – 33% excellent, 60% good
More than 50% commented on additional
training needs

12. Additional training:
• Floodplains, streams and wetlands
• Nutrient management with hands on
• Solid waste – upcoming
Better communication

13.  Continuation of trainings
 Jamboree 2.0 – Soil health and water quality
 Floodplains, streams and wetlands
 Nutrient management
 Donuts

14. Paulette Akers
Paulette.Akers@ky.gov
502-782-6300
Amanda Gumbert
Amanda.Gumbert@uky.edu
859-257-6094