Water Resources Education Assessment - Yuma County Programs

Name of Program/Location/Point of Contact

Yuma County Cooperative Extension
Barry Bequette, County Director
2200 W. 28th Street, Suite 102
Yuma, Arizona 85364-6928
(520) 726-3904
email: shelton@ag.arizona.edu

At this time there are no programs focusing specifically on water resources education.

Description of Programs

Desert Landscaping Kiosks

Kiosks are touch screen CD ROM on desert landscaping developed by the Water Resources Research Center. The CD-ROM has full information on 600 low water use plants. The multimedia database includes plant size and growth rate, soil and sun requirements, irrigation needs, place of origin, wildlife interactions and dozens of other useful factors. There is one stationary and one mobile model in Yuma County.

Audience: Adults interested in native plants and/or low water use plants for landscaping.

Impacts: These kiosks encourage the use of native low water use plants thus reducing water consumption.