AbstractPerfect Partnership: 4-H Youth Contributing to GIS Professional Community! Track: Community Projects and Partnerships Author(s): Lisa Conroy Teams of 4-H youth with their professional GIS mentors present youth contributions to the GIS professional community through collaborative efforts in the areas of Environment (Street Tree Inventory, Planning, and management) Emergency Management (Homeland Security), Historical (Tree and Building Mapping), and Health (Disease and Vector Tracking). Learn the short- and long-term goals of 4-H (www.4-H.org) GIS-GPS programs and ways local GIS users can become 4-H mentors and community research collaborators. 4-H has been working to build technology skills among 4-H youth and their communities. Geospatial technology, especially GIS and GPS, is a growing part of those efforts and has allowed youth to integrate spatial technology in their community projects. Led by the USDA-CSREES and land grant universities, 4-H focuses on teaching youth leadership, citizenship, and life skills. Youth engage in real community projects to acquire higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills, teamwork capacities, and personal accountability. Lisa Conroy 4-H 18640 NW walker Rd. #1400 Beaverton, OR 97006 US Phone: 503-725-2113 E-mail: lisa.conroy@oregonstate.edu |