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 Wednesday January 11, 2006

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Beth Redline

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Technical Information Specialist
Phone: 406.433.9427
Fax: 406.433.5038
E-mail: bredlin[at]sidney.ars.usda.gov


EDUCATION & WORK EXPERIENCE
Studied journalism at the University of Montana in Missoula. Worked as a reporter-editor for the Sidney Herald Leader for 4 years before taking a position at Elk River Printing in Sidney as a darkroom tech and graphic designer. Joined NPARL in Feb. 1999 as a technology transfer specialist with the TEAM Leafy Spurge program. Currently works ˝ time for TLS and ˝ for the lab as a whole.


DUTIES
Responsible for developing and instituting a wide variety of outreach projects and activities designed to inform NPARL stakeholders and customers of the research work being done at the lab and its outcomes.
  • Outreach activities include development of materials for and participation in ag trade shows and exhibitions, and helping with a wide variety of meetings, symposiums, field days and other related events.
  • Outreach projects include developing and/or overseeing development of numerous print and electronic products for the lab and its programs, including informational CD-ROMs, manuals, brochures and an electronic newsletter. Outreach products developed by Tech Transfer reps at NPARL in recent years include the following. (Note: all products are still available free of charge through the lab.)

CD-ROMS:

  • Grasshoppers: Their Biology, Identification and Management
  • Proceedings of the X International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds
  • Purge Spurge: Leafy Spurge Database, Ver. 4.0
  • Biological Control of Leafy Spurge
  • Multi-Species Grazing and Leafy Spurge (coming soon)

MANUALS:

  • Biological Control of Leafy Spurge
  • Multi-Species Grazing and Leafy Spurge
  • Herbicide Control of Leafy Spurge (coming soon)

(These first 2 manuals are companions to the TEAM Leafy Spurge CD-ROMs above.)

AWARDS

Redlin and NPARL have received several awards for the lab's Technology Transfer efforts.  They include:

  • ARS 2002 Technology Transfer award for Outstanding Effort (TEAM Leafy Spurge program)

  • Federal Lab Consortium for Technology Transfer, Mid-Contenent Region 2003 Outstanding Laboratory Award

  • USDA Secretary's Group Honor Award for Excellence 2004 (TEAM Leafy Spurge program)

  • ARS 2004 Excellence in Information Award (B. Redlin)

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Please Note: These sites are maintained by NPARL Computer Clerk Collene Toavs.

 

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