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Friday, August 10, 2001 Washington, DC.
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"To get to know a country, you must have direct contact with the earth"
–- Albert Einstein, physicist
- Focus on the Field
- West Virginia: WV Citizens Applaud Performance of Watershed Projects
Arkansas: EWP Project Protects Timber and Endangered Species from Fire
New Jersey: Senator Takes Conservation Tour, Praises Programs and Technical Assistance
Virginia: USDA Agencies, Partners Reap Bounty for the Hungry
Alaska: Kenai Restoration Project Instills Conservation Ethic in High Schoolers
The Word from Washington
- Program Offers Working World Opportunities to Students with Disabilities
USDA to Expand Use of Biodiesel, Ethanol Fuels
USDA/NRCS 'NetNewsLinks
- Secretary Veneman to Visit Idaho, Texas, Georgia, and Iowa
Sites to See
- NRCS Electronic Directives System
NRCS Legislative Summaries
U.S. Drought Monitor
USDA and NRCS Foot and Mouth Disease links
AGRICOLA: USDA's AGRICultural Online Access
National Association of Conservation Districts e-Notes
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- Conference & Training Connection!
- See the July 20 "Conference & Training Connection" for an updated, alphabetical-by-subject list and a chronological list of upcoming events.
FOCUS ON THE FIELD
WV Citizens Applaud Performance of Watershed Projects - "It was the first time I haven’t been flooded in 30 years," declared Carol Scarbro following a series of floods that recently struck her hometown of Beckley, West Virginia. "I got to sleep through the entire night."
Scarbro was one of the many residents who benefited from three watershed projects designed by NRCS to provide flood protection for Raleigh County. The Little Whitestick, Cranberry Creek, and Soak Creek projects protect nearly 550 homes, businesses, churches, and schools.
Local resident Mike Gunther said, "If it hadn’t been for the channel project, we would have had a real flood here. Above here, water was everywhere. But here, the water was within the banks of the channel."
"We wouldn’t have a town, we would still be cleaning up," adds former mayor Mary Veneri. "The Soak Creek channel has more than paid for itself several times over."
The West Virginia Soil Conservation Agency, Southern Soil Conservation District, Raleigh County Commission, the city of Beckley and the town of Sophia sponsored the projects and assisted NRCS in getting the watershed projects built.
Your contact: Peg Reese, NRCS Public Affairs Specialist, on (304) 284-7547.
For More Information..
Public safety secretary says $43 million may not be enough for restoration
Flooded families to live at former drive-in theater
Arkansas EWP Project Protects Timber and Endangered Species from Fire -
A firelane established through NRCS' Emergency Watershed Protection Program funds is credited with confining a fire that threatened more than 200 acres of timber worth more than $800,000 in Clark County, Arkansas. The area is home to two colonies of red cockaded woodpeckers, an endangered and protected species.
"The firelane was put in a few days before the fire," said Rich Joslin, Clark County District Conservationist. "The area lies along a railroad track west of Gurdon. Each year the Arkansas Forestry Commission responds to fires along the tracks." So far this year, there have been 15 responses to the area.
"The money and technical assistance we provided definitely made a difference in minimizing the effect of this fire," said Kalven Trice, State Conservationist. "After the December 2000 ice storms, we requested EWP funds to assist landowners with the reduction of wildfire hazards on private nonindustrial forest lands," he said.
"With the added fuel on the ground and the hot and dry season upon us, the firelanes and other work established from the EWP program should save many more acres of timber, wildlife, residences and life," Trice said.
Your contact: Creston Shrum, NRCS Public Affairs Specialist, on (501) 301-3168.
NJ Senator Takes Conservation Tour, Praises Programs and Technical Assistance - U.S. Senator Jon Corzine (D-NJ) spent the morning of August 9 with State Conservationist Joe DelVecchio, local NRCS staff, and New Jersey Association of Conservation Districts President Cliff Lundin seeing conservation practices first-hand on livestock farms in Sussex County. After visiting with farmers and hearing about the assistance NRCS has provided to them through EQIP and Conservation Technical Assistance funding, the Senator stated, "This Federal-State-County-farmer partnership has shown a tremendous return on investment, in terms of protecting our environment, improving water quality and preserving open space. Saving farms and helping the environment is a big time win. It is clear to me that these programs provide invaluable assistance to our farmers, and this visit has convinced me that we have to do more to expand them."
Your contact: Irene Lieberman, NRCS Public Affairs Specialist, 732-246-1171.
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USDA Agencies, Virginia Partners Reap Bounty for the Hungry- Instead of driving to the office on August 2, 30 USDA employees donned work clothes and headed for the fields of Randolph Farm at Virginia State University. The day was warm and sunny--perfect weather for picking corn.
The volunteers included employees of NRCS, Farm Service Agency, Rural Development, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, and Virginia State University, as well as some students from the Minorities in Agriculture and Natural Resources and Related Sciences local chapter. It was the second year in a row that USDA and Virginia State had partnered on a gleaning project to help feed the hungry.
Mike Wooden, USDA Liaison and Coordinator, said "The volunteers fanned out over the field, which covered about an acre. By noon, they had picked, boxed, and loaded more than 3 tons of sweet corn." Mike said that this year's corn was high quality.
With donated trucks and trailers, volunteers hauled the fresh produce to the Baptist Children's Home, Petersburg Urban Ministries, Star of Hope Food Pantry, CARES Homeless Shelter, and Central Virginia Food Bank.
VSU Dean of Agriculture Lorenza Lyons says this project is one of the ways the university and its partner agencies can also partner with the community to meet local needs. The project was sponsored by the Virginia Food and Agriculture Council.
Your contact: Pat Paul, NRCS Virginia State Communications Manager, on (804) 287-1681.
Kenai Restoration Project Instills Conservation Ethic in High Schoolers -
Young adults from 10 States gathered on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula to transform a highway gravel pit and small lake into a public recreation area with a salmon-rearing habitat. Under the leadership of Alaska's nonprofit Youth Restoration Corp, 100 high school students spent a week in the woods near Cooper Landing participating in a combination conservation education and hands-on revegetation project of hauling, planting, and watering shrubs and trees. The Youth Restoration Corp's mission is to get young adults involved in conservation through combined educational and employment experiences. NRCS State Soil Scientist Joe Moore and State Forester Mitch Michaud provided their expertise for the educational component along with support from the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Alaska Plant Material Center. By week's end, a barren gravel pit was transformed in a vegetated site and several fish species had begun moving into the lake.
Your contacts: Joe Moore, MLRA Region 17 Leader, on (907) 761-7760, and Mitch Michaud, State Forester, on (907) 283-8732.
THE WORD FROM WASHINGTON
Program Offers Working World Opportunities to Students with Disabilities -
Yes, NRCS, there is another WRP! It's the Workforce Recruitment Program for College Students with Disabilities. In the July 20 issue of NRCSTW, you met program participants Ying Bei Chen and Nathan McDaniel. In this issue, WRP is happy to introduce Latrea Mance, Diana Bleuer, Gayle Hay, and Selena LeBlanc…
A student at Gallaudet University, Latrea has both a hearing and a visual impairment. She works with the Management Services Division at NRCS NHQ to develop a tri-fold brochure as an outreach tool to attract potential vendors to the agency. "I will probably use this brochure for the rest of my career," says her supervisor, Realty and Contract Specialist Terry Cagle. "I will use it at every vendor meeting I host." This is Latrea’s second year as a WRP student. She is a senior who plans to return to Gallaudet in the fall.
Diana Bleuer is beginning her internship in Escondido, California. Diana is majoring in environmental studies and is very pleased that NRCS has given her the chance to "put her education to work." Also in Escondido, Gayle is very interested in graphic design. The Area Public Affairs Specialist she will work closely with is thrilled to get an employee already comfortable working with the graphics programs used in the State office. Another student, Selina LeBlanc from U.C. Davis, will soon come on board. She is a Communications major who will help with the NRCS outreach program. Tracy McDermott, of NRCS California, says "Bringing folks on board through the WRP has been easy and is a positive experience for everyone."
About WRP
To participate in the program, students must apply through their universities, be prescreened, and have their relevant information entered into the WRP database. Both the present WRP interns and a former USDA intern, Samantha Schmucker, now with the Department’s Office of Human Resources Management, emphasize the importance of "talking up" the program on campus to generate interest in it and attract applicants.
At a recent lunch meeting, several of the WRP interns gathered to compare notes and to talk about the program. They talked about their impressions of the program and the agency’s involvement so far. Kathryn Huey of the Human Resources Management Division encouraged the interns to continue to forward their comments and to think about ways that the agency’s involvement in the program could be enhanced.
Additional NRCS interns will be profiled in a subsequent article. For more information about the WRP and available interns, contact Denise Decker, Human Resources Management Division, on (202) 690-0648; by fax on (202) 720-9030, or by e-mail at denise.decker@usda.gov.
For more information…
Workforce Recruitment Program
USDA to Expand Use of Biodiesel, Ethanol Fuels -
Part of New "Greening the Government" Initiative
USDA announced that its agencies will use biodiesel and ethanol fuels in their fleet vehicles where practicable and reasonable in cost. This new policy supports the Federal Government's National Energy Plan. The Department is requesting that:
- All USDA diesel fuel storage tanks nationwide will be filled with blends of 20 percent (B20) or higher biodiesel fuel where practicable and reasonable in costs.
- All USDA-maintained gasoline fueling facilities will buy and use ethanol-blended fuels containing at least 10 percent domestically produced ethanol to the extent practicable, where the fuel is readily available, and reasonably priced compared with unleaded gasoline.
- USDA’s more than 700 E-85 flex-fuel vehicles will use ethanol fuel where those vehicles operate in geographical areas that offer E-85 fueling stations.
- USDA agencies will purchase or lease alternative fuel vehicles, including E-85 flex-fuel vehicles, for geographic areas that offer alternative fueling.
USDA’s Henry A. Wallace Agricultural Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland, has demonstrated the feasibility of soy-oil based biodiesel as a transportation and heating fuel and uses it in all 150 of its diesel vehicles–everything from tractors to snowplows over the past 2 years. In addition, the Beltsville Center will heat all of its buildings with biodiesel fuel next winter, including the 14-story National Agricultural Library in Beltsville. The decision was made as a result of last winter’s successful experiment with heating a dozen buildings.
For more information…
"Greening the Government" Initiative
CONFERENCE & TRAINING CONNECTION
August 10, 2001
As a service to NRCS personnel and the agency's partners, "NRCS This Week" offers the following by-subject list of conferences and training sessions. To add an event, please send an e-mail message to fred.jacobs@usda.gov
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Agroforestry/Forestry
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- Southern Forest Science Conference: Contributions of Forest Research to Sustainable Forestry Preliminary Conference Announcement and Call for Papers
- November 26 - 28
- Renaissance Waverly Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia
- The Southern Forest Science Conference will highlight the history and future of research in sustainable forestry. The conference is for anyone interested in the science of southern forests and is open to researchers, research managers and research users as well as policymakers, landowners and other interested stakeholders. Call for Papers: Topics, deadlines and other information can be found at the conference website at http://www.southernforestscience.net/ For more information contact http://www.southernforestscience.net/ or the USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station at (828)-257-4302.
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- Geographic Information Systems
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- The Fifth International Airborne Remote Sensing Conference and Exhibition
- September17-20
- San Francisco, California - San Francisco Marriott Hotel
- This international conference will provide a unique forum for the exchange of ideas and information on the latest developments in airborne remote sensing systems and applications for addressing critical issues now facing the scientific, governmental, and commercial communities. Sessions will include disaster assessment and management data handling and processing, sensor systems for early fire detection, small aircraft and UAV operations, environmental planning and risk management, airborne science operations, land mines and unexploded ordinance, integration of airborne and satellite imaging, water resources and waste disposal monitoring, augmenting satellite remote sensing data, and advanced airborne sensors. The program will offer over 300 presentations by experts from around the world. For more information, visit the conference website at http://www.erim-int.com/CONF/5th_airborne/5thairborne.html.
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Grazing Management
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- Sustainable Livestock Production Workshop
October 15-17
Clarion Inn, Fayetteville, Arkansas
The workshop is for people who have attended a grazing workshop or have had experience with controlled grazing. The emphasis is on a systems approach to grazing management, and is designed to help producers fine-tune their farm management program. The workshop will include information on grazing various species of livestock and grazing. The registration fee of $95 covers most meals and transportation to the host farm. The fee is due Sept. 1. The Natural Resources Conservation Service and the National Center for Appropriate Technology co-sponsor. For more information, e-mail Ron Morrow at ronm@ncatark.uark.edu, or call 1-800-346-9140.
- Hydrology & Hydraulics
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- Joint Workshop for NRCS-ARS-CREES Hydraulic Engineers
November 26-30, 2001
Tucson, Arizona
This workshop is primarily for NRCS State specialists and their peers in ARS, CREES, and Universities to determine current and emerging issues in the fields of hydrology and hydraulics that need to be addressed and to develop partnerships among the attendants to address these needs. For more information, contact Jon Werner, NRCS National Hydraulic Specialist, on 202-720-0772.
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- Nutrient Management
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- The Second International Nitrogen Conference (N2001), "Optimizing Nitrogen Management in Food and Energy Production and Environmental Protection"
- October 14-18
- Bolger Conference Center, in Potomac, Maryland, near Washington, DC
- N2001 will bring together a diverse array of scientists, policy makers, and nitrogen producers and users to discuss current understanding of nitrogen science and policy; ways to meet humanity's increasing demand for food, feed and fiber production, energy, and transportation, while minimizing environmental problems brought about by increased circulation of biologically active N compounds. Complete instructions and updates on submission of papers, oral and poster presentations, abstracts and general information concerning the conference can be found at http://esa.sdsc.edu/n2001. For further information, contact Rhonda Kranz at 202-833-8773 ext 212.
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- Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D)
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- RC&D Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting
September 20-22
Solomons, Maryland
By working together on local RC&D Councils; communities, all levels of government, and grassroots organizations work together to develop and implement solutions to widespread problems. For more information, contact Dave Wilson at 410-822-9300.
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- Special Emphasis Program Training
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- Third Annual Asian Pacific Islander Organization (APIO) National Training Conference
- August 14-17
- Verdi, (near Reno) Nevada
- Technical papers and poster presentations are now been accepted for the APIO National Training Conference at the Boomtown Resort in Verdi, Nevada. Larry Kawanabe, committee chairman, is soliciting eight formal presentations, approximately 30-minutes in length, to be given during work sessions, August 14 and 15. If you are interested in presenting a paper or poster at the APIO conference, contact Larry Kawanabe at 719-672-3673 ext. 106, or larry.kawanabe@co.usda.gov . Check the APIO web site for all of the latest information as it becomes available at http://www.nv.nrcs.usda.gov/apio or contact Kent Matsutani, Vice President APIO, at 308-254-4507 ext.3, or w.matsutani@ne.usda.gov.
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- Water Quality
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- 2001 Groundwater Foundation Annual Conference
- November 14-16
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh Hilton and Towers
- This year's theme is "Technologies Communities Can Use to Protect Their Drinking Water." The conference is a useful event for anyone involved with education about water resources, whatever your audience. The conference will provide and opportunity for attendees to learn about successful activities undertaken in communities across the country and share what they've learned in their own communities. For more information contact Sherene Hess, Project Director, Water Resource Education Network, at 724-465-4978 or sherenehess@yourinter.net or visit the conference website at http://pa.lwv.org/wren/.
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- World of Water Conference
- Dec. 10-12
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- The conference will feature utility officials, engineers, consultants or other industry professionals interested in sharing their experiences in system optimization and energy management. For more information, contact Marvetta McNeel at 918-831-9500.
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- Watersheds
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- Ninth National Nonpoint Source Monitoring Workshop
- August 27-30
- Indianapolis, Indiana - Hyatt Regency,
- This workshop will bring together land managers and water quality specialists to share information on the effectiveness of best management practices in improving water quality, effective monitoring techniques, and statistical analysis of watershed data. The workshop will focus on the successes of Section 319 National Monitoring Program projects and other innovative projects from throughout the United States. The agenda will include three days of workshop sessions/presentations and a one-day field trip. Two half-day workshops will focus on monitoring program evaluation and GIS. Presentations will be 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Poster presentations are also encouraged. Presenters will submit a paper due the date of the conference for publication by US EPA-ORD. If you have questions, contact Tammy Taylor at taylor@ctic.purdue.edu or visit www.ctic.purdue.edu/CTIC/NPSCall.html
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- Wetlands
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- Training Workshop: Restoring Streams, Riparian Areas, and Floodplains in the Southwest
- October 29-31
- Albuquerque, New Mexico - Crown Plaza Hotel,
- NRCS, the Association for State Wetland Managers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, and the Little Colorado River MOM are co-sponsoring a training workshop to build State, tribal, local government, federal, and private stream, riparian, and floodplain capabilities to restore streams, riparian areas, and floodplains in the Southwest. The deadline for the call for papers is July 5, 2001. The first 20 NRCS employees to register will have their registration fees waived. To get on the registration fee waiver list, contact Floyd Wood, at 202-690-1588. For more information, visit the conference webiste at
http://www.aswm.org/meeting/stream01.htm.
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- Wildlife and Natural Resource Conservation
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- The Wildland-Urban Interface: Sustaining Forests in a Changing Landscape - Conference Announcement and Call for Presentations
- November 5-8
- University of Florida Hotel and Conference Center, Gainesville, Florida
- This conference will provide current information and tools to enhance natural resource management, planning, and policy-making at the wildland-urban interface. Invited and contributed presentations will highlight four main areas related to the interface: Planning and Managing Growth, Human Dimensions, Conserving and Managing Forests for Ecological Services and Benefits, and Conserving and Managing Forests under Different Ownerships. For information on the conference program, registration, and abstract submission, check our website at conference.ifas.ufl.edu/urban/ or contact Susan Vince at (352) 846-0886 or svince@ufl.edu.
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DATE ORDER LISTING
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- August 2001
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- Third Annual Asian Pacific Islander Organization (APIO) National Training Conference
- August 14-17
- Reno, Nevada
- The APIO National Training Conference will be held at the Boomtown Resort near Reno, Nevada. Check the APIO web site for all of the latest information as it becomes available at http://www.nv.nrcs.usda.gov/apio or contact Kent Matsutani, Vice President, APIO, at 308-254-4507 ext.3, or w.matsutani@ne.usda.gov.
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American Fisheries Society 131st Annual Meeting
August 18-23
Phoenix Arizona - Crowne Plaza Hotel/Phoenix Civic Plaza
There are a number of excellent aquatic related courses offered for CEUs prior to the formal meeting. For more information, visit the conference website at http://fisheries.org/annual2001/.
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BioCycle Southeast Conference 2001
August 27-29
Atlanta, Georgia
The conference will explore how composting and organics recycling can present solutions to the Southeast region’s water crisis. Learn about sustainable soil and water management practices using compost and other organic feedstocks. For more information, visit the conference website at http://www.jgpress.com/Conferences/Southeast2001/SE01Main.html
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Ninth National Nonpoint Source Monitoring Workshop
- August 27-30
- Indianapolis, Indiana - Hyatt Regency,
- This workshop will bring together land managers and water quality specialists to share information on the effectiveness of best management practices in improving water quality, effective monitoring techniques, and statistical analysis of watershed data. The workshop will focus on the successes of Section 319 National Monitoring Program projects and other innovative projects from throughout the United States. The agenda will include three days of workshop sessions/presentations and a one-day field trip. Two half-day workshops will focus on monitoring program evaluation and GIS. Presentations will be 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Poster presentations are also encouraged. Presenters will submit a paper due the date of the conference for publication by US EPA-ORD. If you have questions, contact Tammy Taylor at taylor@ctic.purdue.edu or visit www.ctic.purdue.edu/CTIC/NPSCall.html
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- September 2001
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- The 5th International Airborne Remote Sensing Conference and Exhibition
- September 17-20
- San Francisco, California - San Francisco Marriott Hotel
- This international conference will provide a unique forum for the exchange of ideas and information on the latest developments in airborne remote sensing systems and applications for addressing critical issues now facing the scientific, governmental, and commercial communities. Sessions will include disaster assessment and management data handling and processing, sensor systems for early fire detection, small aircraft and UAV operations, environmental planning and risk management, airborne science operations, land mines and unexploded ordinance, integration of airborne and satellite imaging, water resources and waste disposal monitoring, augmenting satellite remote sensing data, and advanced airborne sensors. The program will offer over 300 presentations by experts from around the world. For more information, visit the conference website at http://www.erim-int.com/CONF/5th_airborne/5thairborne.html.
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RC&D Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting
- September 20-22
Solomons, Maryland
By working together on local RC&D Councils; communities, all levels of government, and grassroots organizations work together to develop and implement solutions to widespread problems. For more information, contact Dave Wilson at 410-822-9300.
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- October 2001
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- Regional Agroforestry Conference
- October 2-4
- Binghamton, New York - Best Western Inn
The Hudson Mohawk, Central New York, Mid State (Pennsylvania) RC&D councils; Cornell University Department of Natural Resources; and Penn State University are combining efforts to present a three day agroforestry/carbon sequestration conference this fall. The conference will feature more than 25 workshops offered concurrently on topics related to agroforestry and carbon sequestration, including Woodland Ginseng Production, Medicinal Plants, Woodland Mushrooms, Marketing Forest Products, Starting a Native Plant Nursery, Decorative Florals, Honey from Forests and Northeast Forestland carbon and many more. The conference will also offer a tour to Cornell University's Arnot Forest to view Agroforestry test plots containing ginseng, goldenseal, mushrooms and ornamentals. For more information, contact Mark Grennan at 518-828-4385 extension 105.
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The 2nd International Nitrogen Conference (N2001), "Optimizing Nitrogen Management in Food and Energy Production and Environmental Protection"
- October 14-18
- Bolger Conference Center, in Potomac, Maryland
- N2001 will bring together a diverse array of scientists, policy makers, and nitrogen producers and users to discuss current understanding of nitrogen science and policy; ways to meet humanity's increasing demand for food, feed and fiber production, energy, and transportation, while minimizing environmental problems brought about by increased circulation of biologically active N compounds. Complete instructions and updates on submission of papers, oral and poster presentations, abstracts and general information concerning the conference can be found at http://esa.sdsc.edu/n2001. For further information, contact Rhonda Kranz at 202-833-8773 ext 212.
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Sustainable Livestock Production Workshop
- October 15-17
Clarion Inn, Fayetteville, Arkansas
The workshop is for people who have attended a grazing workshop or have had experience with controlled grazing. The emphasis is on a systems approach to grazing management, and is designed to help producers fine-tune their farm management program. The workshop will include information on grazing various species of livestock and grazing. The registration fee of $95 covers most meals and transportation to the host farm. The fee is due Sept. 1. The Natural Resources Conservation Service and the National Center for Appropriate Technology co-sponsor. For more information, e-mail Ron Morrow at ronm@ncatark.uark.edu, or call 1-800-346-9140.
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Training Workshop: Restoring Streams, Riparian Areas, and Floodplains in the Southwest
- Binghamton, New York - Best Western Inn
October 29-31
- The Hudson Mohawk, Central New York, Mid State (Pennsylvania) RC&D councils; Cornell University Department of Natural Resources; and Penn State University are combining efforts to present a three day agroforestry/carbon sequestration conference this fall. The conference will feature more than 25 workshops offered concurrently on topics related to agroforestry and carbon sequestration, including Woodland Ginseng Production, Medicinal Plants, Woodland Mushrooms, Marketing Forest Products, Starting a Native Plant Nursery, Decorative Florals, Honey from Forests and Northeast Forestland carbon and many more. The conference will also offer a tour to Cornell University's Arnot Forest to view Agroforestry test plots containing ginseng, goldenseal, mushrooms and ornamentals. For more information, contact Mark Grennan at 518-828-4385 extension 105.
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- November 2001
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- The Wildland-Urban Interface: Sustaining Forests in a Changing
- November 5-8
- University of Florida Hotel and Conference Center, Gainesville, Florida
- This conference will provide current information and tools to enhance natural resource management, planning, and policy-making at the wildland-urban interface. Invited and contributed presentations will highlight four main areas related to the interface: planning and managing growth, human dimensions, conserving and managing forests for ecological services and benefits, and conserving and managing forests under different ownership. For more information, visit the conference website at conference.ifas.ufl.edu/urban/ or contact Susan Vince, at 352-846-0886 or svince@ufl.edu.
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2001 Groundwater Foundation Annual Conference
- November 14-16
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh Hilton and Towers
- This year's theme is "Technologies Communities Can Use to Protect Their Drinking Water." The conference is a useful event for anyone involved with education about water resources, whatever your audience. The conference will provide and opportunity for attendees to learn about successful activities undertaken in communities across the country and share what they've learned in their own communities. For more information contact Sherene Hess, Project Director, Water Resource Education Network, at 724-465-4978 or sherenehess@yourinter.net or visit the conference website at http://pa.lwv.org/wren/.
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Southern Forest Science Conference: Contributions of Forest Research to Sustainable Forestry Preliminary Conference Announcement and Call for Papers
- November 26-28
- Renaissance Waverly Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia
- The Southern Forest Science Conference will highlight the history and future of research in sustainable forestry. The conference is for anyone interested in the science of southern forests and is open to researchers, research managers and research users as well as policymakers, landowners and other interested stakeholders. Call for papers: topics, deadlines and other information can be found at the conference website at http://www.southernforestscience.net/ For more information, contact http://www.southernforestscience.net/ or the USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station at (828)-257-4302.
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- Joint Workshop for NRCS-ARS-CREES Hydraulic Engineers
- November 26-30
- Tucson, Arizona
This workshop is primarily for NRCS State specialists and their peers in ARS, CREES, and Universities to determine current and emerging issues in the fields of hydrology and hydraulics that need to be addressed and to develop partnerships among the attendants to address these needs. For more information, contact Jon Werner, NRCS National Hydraulic Specialist, on 202-720-0772
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- December 2001
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- World of Water Conference
- Dec. 10-12
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- The conference will feature utility officials, engineers, consultants or other industry professionals interested in sharing their experiences in system optimization and energy management. For more information, contact Marvetta McNeel at 918-831-9500.
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