Tidball meets w Secretary of Interior and Agency Heads to Discuss Hunting and Fishing Access for Veterans

Tidball, who is conducting research on how park and outdoor recreation promotes physical activity and both preventative as well as therapeutic health benefits among US Military veterans, was invited to participate in a roundtable discussion with Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, Deputy Director of US Fish and Wildlife Service Greg Sheehan, and high-level representatives from the National Park Service, the US Geological Survey, and the Bureau of Land Management. Tidball, a veteran and avid outdoorsman himself, was glad to be able to share some of the results of his USDA NIFA funded research at the roundtable. A press release regarding the event is available from the Department of the Interior here.

Campus to County Webinar - Campus County Connections: Serving Military Families and Veterans in NYS

Keith Tidball presented this webinar in July of 2017. You can access the video here or see below for the slides.
 

Campus County Connections: Serving Military Families & Veterans in New York State from Keith G. Tidball

Understanding the Outdoor Recreation and Restoration Program Leader as “Caregiver” in the Returning Veteran Context: Identifying Training Needs and Gaps

Tidball led a webinar to introduce the emerging role of outdoor recreation and restoration activities as therapeutic and resilience building for this generation’s returning warriors.  Special attention was given to better identifying and understanding the role of “care-giver” in these emergent outdoor recreation and restoration programs for veterans, and then exploration of what training needs might exist for these unique caregivers.

The webinar details can be found here: https://learn.extension.org/events/1411