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llmart

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33. I was in the inaugural class for the Environmental Steward certificate.

Reply to electric_blue68 (Reply #32)

Sun Oct 5, 2025, 07:26 PM

Oct 5

There was one more offered after our class finished. After the second one we had a Republican governor and he and the state legislature cut funding drastically to the extension offices, so there was no other environmental certificates and classes offered.

Bet you're not surprised by that GOP move.

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