The Kenai Peninsula is one of the largest and fastest growing agricultural areas in Alaska.� Considering where future agricultural growth could occur, there is great potential for an increase in rangeland and livestock production.� However, land managers across the peninsula are in need of educational programming covering topics of soil and vegetation management.� Part of this need stems from both limited access to the internet as well as having to travel long distances to attend educational events.� Improved methods of educational program delivery are needed.� In order to address these challenges, a series of soil and vegetation workshops were delivered on the peninsula from two technology classrooms: Kenai Peninsula College Kachemak Bay Campus and Kenai Peninsula College Soldotna Campus.� These workshops were simultaneously delivered, with the primary source location occurring in-person and the secondary location receiving the presentation via distance delivery.� The location of the primary and secondary locations were alternated between Homer and Soldotna for a total of five soil and vegetation workshops.� At the conclusion of each workshop, participants were asked to respond to a survey to evaluate the quality of the presentation, distance travelled, as well as information learned.� This poster will present the results of a comparison between local and distance programming and identify possible opportunities to improve future educational programs.
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