From:	Diane Palmer [SPALMER@CLEMSON.EDU]
Sent:	Monday, January 28, 2008 10:37 AM
To:	spalmer@CLEMSON.EDU
Subject:	FYI - Wildlife Federation honors two in S.C. 4-H program

DATE:	1/28/08
CONTACT:    Rick Willey, (864) 656-3090; 
rwlly@clemson.edu
WRITER:	Diane Palmer, (864) 656-4741; 
spalmer@clemson.edu

Wildlife Federation honors
two in S.C. 4-H program

CLEMSON – A Clemson Extension 4-H agent and a 4-H graduate turned volunteer 
won South Carolina Wildlife Federation Conservation awards (SCWFC) recently at 
Furman University.

Karissa Ulmer, Clemson Extension 4-H agent in Hampton and Allendale counties, 
won the education award for her educational programs in the area of natural 
resources.  

She started a 4-H natural resources club; coordinated the certification of 
seven 4-H shotgun instructors; registered more than 50 youths in the 4-H FACE 
(Food and Cover
Establishment) program; and brought in more than $11,000 in cash gift and 
grants to support her 4-H natural resources program plus her other work with 
natural resources. 

Ulmer has been a 4-H agent since 2001. 

Travis Cox, 4-H’er and volunteer in Oconee County, won the youth award for his 
work with the 4-H shooting sports program and other conservation groups.  He 
worked with the shooting stations and 4-H air rifle trailer at the National 
Hunting and Fishing Day in Columbia; assisted the S.C. 
Department of Natural Resources Take One Make One trailer at the Sportsman 
Classic in Columbia, as well as many other natural resources events.

Cox, 20, has graduated from 4-H and has become a full time volunteer.

The conservation awards program is an education program designed to recognize 
and encourage outstanding achievements in the conservation of South Carolina’s 
natural resources and in the preservation and enhancement of the quality of 
our environment.  Recognition is given for exceptional accomplishment by 
individuals and organizations.

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