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UW Extension to cut staff from county programs

February 11, 2016 By Bob Hague

Job cuts are coming to the UW Extension Service. Some 80 positions will be eliminated, from the county offices for agriculture agents, 4-H and youth specialists, and family living advisers.

Staffing cuts in the Extension programs have been in the works since the Republican controlled legislature reduced annual funding last year by $3.6 million.

Extension chancellor Cathy Sandeen said Wednesday that each county would still have Extension offices and programs for 4-H and Master Gardeners — but in some cases, staffers would be shared among counties.

Sandeen said work groups and a steering committee will come up with a more exact restructuring over the next six months. Changes could begin in early July, but most layoffs would take place early next year.

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