WSU Extension eyes budget cuts

In light of impending cuts to the WSU budget, the state’s WSU Extension office this year created a task force to brainstorm and prepare its program for budget cuts.

“The cuts that are given to WSU could impact the WSU Extension. It’s within the overall WSU budget. I don’t think we are any more vulnerable or at risk than any other part of WSU,” said Linda Kirk Fox, associate director of the state WSU Extension office, based in Pullman.

Programs like 4H and Master Gardener are run by extension offices throughout the state.

Janet Schmidt of the WSU-Whitman County Extension Office mentioned the ta...