I.  CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

     The relationship of the Department of Food and Agriculture and
     the University of California has been established and
     operative for many years.  The agreement on policy between the
     University of California and the Department of Food and
     Agriculture is reaffirmed and defined as follows:

     The University of California and the Department of Food and
     Agriculture reaffirm the following policy covering a general
     division of labor in education, research service, and
     regulatory matters relating to agriculture:

     A.   The primary functions of education and research, both
          resident and Extension, and the interpretation of the
          results of research in the fields of animal health,
          production, product quality and wholesomeness, and
          marketing and distribution of agricultural products are
          properly vested, as now, in the University of
          California.

     B.   The primary function of administration and enforcement
          of regulatory measures relating to animal health,
          production, product quality and wholesomeness, and
          marketing and distribution of agricultural products,
          including trade promotion, standardization, inspection,
          and quarantine services, together with crop and market
          news services, are properly vested in the Department of
          Food and Agriculture.

     C.   To accomplish the greater service to the public
          interests of the state, it is essential that these two
          State agencies cooperate and work in full and complete
          harmony with each other.  Such harmony will be best
          promoted if each avoids the inauguration of activities
          properly falling within the purview of the other.  To
          this end, it is agreed that in all matters requiring the
          cooperative efforts of the two agencies, as well as in
          respect to their own independent activities, each will
          work within the field of its vested functions specified
          above.

     D.   To foster and facilitate the fullest cooperation and
          harmony between the two agencies in the performance of
          their functions, an informal liaison committee composed
          of representatives of each agency shall meet from time
          to time as designated by each.  This committee shall be
          concerned with matters involving or requiring the
          cooperative effort of the two agencies and shall
          determine the allocation and adjustment of activities in
          respect to specific problems whenever they arise as may
          be necessary to effect the greatest good.

II.  CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY

     A revised interagency memorandum, dated May l, 1978, sets
     forth the functional divisions among the USDA Forest Service,
     California Department of Forestry, USDA Soil Conservation
     Service, and University of California Cooperative Extension,
     and provides for the "coordination and cooperation between
     agencies providing forestry assistance to California
     landowners, timber operators, and wood processors."

     A.   U.S. Forest Service:  (l) provide financial and
          technical assistance to other agencies, (2) conduct
          research activities through USFS Forest and Range
          Experiment Stations, and (3) provide for cooperative
          teaching efforts via demonstration areas and workshops
          for forest landowners, timber operators, and wood
          processors.

     B.   USDA Soil Conservation Service:  (l) provide Resource
          Conservation Districts with conservation plans and other
          technical assistance, and (2) involve CDF in preparation
          of conservation plans requiring technical forestry
          assistance.

     C.   California Department of Forestry (CDF):  (l) provide
          on-the-ground technical forestry assistance to forest
          landowners, timber operators, and wood processors, and
          (2) make available California State Forests for
          educational purposes, including economic feasibility
          studies and conservation practices that affect soil,
          water, forage, wildlife, scenic, and recreational
          values.

     D.   Cooperative Extension:  provide educational materials,
          and programs in forestry based upon research and field
          developments, to clientele to include practicing
          foresters, forest landowners, timber operators, wood
          processors, and the general public concerning techniques
          of forest resource protection, management, and
          utilization.

     All agencies will advise clientele of the availability of
     consultants in the private sector who can provide appropriate
     services.

     The primary design of this agreement is to provide a
     coordinated effort to meet the needs of clientele in the
     forest industry, and others, as designated above.

III.  U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

     Functional arrangements between Region l, Fish and Wildlife
     Service (FWS) of the U.S. Department of the Interior and the
     University of California Sea Grant College Program and
     Cooperative Extension are set forth in two memoranda of
     agreement promulgated in 1978.  One agreement involves the Sea
     Grant (marine advisory program), and the other involves the
     traditional wildlife extension program.  The purpose of these
     agreements is to provide arrangements between the FWS and the
     University of California for more effective procedures for
     planning, coordinating, and developing fish and wildlife
     advisory services of mutual interest.

     The FWS is charged with the responsibility for carrying out
     programs relating to fish and wildlife throughout the Nation. 
     The effectiveness of these programs is contingent upon public
     understanding of the program objectives and the biological
     basis for such programs.  The Cooperative Extension Marine
     Advisory and Wildlife Extension efforts function to provide
     biological, research, and management information to marine,
     coastal, and inland resource users in order to optimize the
     understanding, assessment, development, utilization, and
     conservation of the renewable natural resources.

     All parties to these agreements endeavor to conduct programs
     in a cooperative and coordinated effort to avoid duplication. 
     Responsibilities are enumerated as follows:

     A.   U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 1:  (1) provide
          technical assistance and make published information
          available to Cooperative Extension programs, (2)
          cooperate in the design, development, and support of
          educational materials of mutual interest, and (3)
          provide communications on general activities of the FWS
          (national and regional) that may be of interest to
          Cooperative Extension.

     B.   Cooperative Extension:  (1) provide channels of
          communication and distribution of educational materials,
          (2) coordinate with the FWS Region 1 the development of
          educational programs that are of mutual interest, and
          (3) provide general communications regarding programs
          and activities that are of mutual interest and concern.

IV.  USDA SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE

     In the field of soil conservation, the function of Cooperative
     Extension is to promote the efficient and profitable use of
     soil and water resources.  Every effort should be made to
     coordinate individual farm plan recommendations prepared by
     Soil Conservation Service agents with current recommendations
     of the County Cooperative Extension Office.  Uniform
     recommendations for water use, pasture mixtures, cultivation
     practices, etc., coming from all governmentally sponsored
     agricultural agencies will help reduce confusion on the part
     of farmers.

     Extension's role is that of an educational agency, and it
     should not be involved in the formation of new soil
     conservation districts.  Extension's responsibility is to
     provide all the facts to the landowners involved and let them
     decide on the desired course of action.

V.  USDA FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION


     The services of Cooperative Extension have always been
     available to personnel and borrowers of the Farmers Home
     Administration.  It is the recognized policy of the Farmers
     Home Administration to seek and use these services at all
     times.

VI.  AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION COMMITTEES

     County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation (ASC)
     Committees have three types of responsibilities:
     developmental, educational, and administrative.  By Federal
     law, the County Director of Cooperative Extension is an
     ex-officio member of the County ASC Committee, but cannot
     vote.  County Extension staff are responsible for assisting
     the County committee in developing programs for the County. 
     County Extension staff may use the research laboratories to
     better agriculture in the County.  County Extension staff are
     also clearly responsible for the educational aspects of the
     program.

     County Extension staff need to devote enough time to County
     ASC Committee meetings to be able to help in the developmental
     and educational phases of the program, but have no
     responsibility for the administrative aspects of the County
     ASC program or for the following activities:

     A.   Reviewing and/or approving farmers' requests for
          cost-sharing.

     B.   Budgeting program funds, keeping approvals for cost-sharing 
            within available funds, and budgeting funds for
           technical services.

     C.   Hearing and making decisions on program appeals or
          making findings on violations of program provisions.

     D.   Determining policy in the local adaptation and
          administration of the program.

     E.   Allocating production and marketing quotas.

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January 1991