Stories from innovative producers who have increased their resilience to weather and climate extremes are available for reading and viewing at the Learning From Your Neighbor: Climate Resiliency in Agriculture website at bit.ly/ClimateResiliencyAg.

The project has multiple storytelling components. There is video content that can be accessed from YouTube, printed factsheets and an online story map that integrates the images, video and text all in one.

The project goal is multifaceted, said Windy Kelley, University of Wyoming Extension regional program coordinator.

“It connects farmers and ranchers to one another to provide them with a network they can tap into as they consider changing management practices — sharing what worked, what didn’t work and what they might do differently ‘next time,’” said Kelley. “It also serves to share and document what practices are available for agricultural producers and working land managers to increase resiliency to weather and climate extremes, and the third purpose is to increase the knowledge and awareness of the general public about challenges and decisions ag producers face day-to-day and year-to-year.”

The story map provides clickable resources and views across six states.

The project was inspired by a challenge eXtension had on innovation a few years ago, said Kelley. eXtension is a national hub for learning and professional development for those in extension programs in the nation’s land-grant universities.