"Earth here is so kind, you tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest."

–- Douglas Jerrold, 19th Century British author

Focus on the Field

West Virginia: NRCS WV, Partners On Duty and Off Clock in Disaster Areas
Idaho: NRCS, Partners Help Idaho Dairy Farmers Meet Planning Deadline
Missouri: Missouri Wetland Team Receives Governor's Award
Arizona: Tucson PMC Releases Native Grass, Good for Grazing in Southwest
South Carolina: 20 South Carolina Landowners Get Plugged into POWER

Tech Tip

Find Related Information Quickly at PLANTS
New Tool Provides Access to Soil Survey Maps and Data

USDA/NRCS 'NetNewsLinks

USDA and NRCS Foot and Mouth Disease links: http://www.nhq.nrcs.usda.gov/CCS/FnMD.htm

NRCS Legislative Summaries: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/about/legislative/Summary106.html.

Also on the 'Net:

National Interagency Fire Center http://www.nifc.gov/

U.S. Drought Monitor http://enso.unl.edu/monitor/monitor.html

AGRICOLA: USDA's AGRICultural Online Access

e-Notes from NACD: Weekly news briefs from the National Association of Conservation Districts: http://www.nacdnet.org/eNotes/.

 

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

NRCS WV, Partners on Duty and Off Clock in Disaster Areas - Peg Reese, NRCS State Public Affairs Specialist, submits the following report from flood disaster sites in West Virginia…

On July 8, NRCS personnel in Southern West Virginia were nearly finished with Emergency Watershed Protection Program work made necessary by early spring flooding. A sudden thunderstorm caused a flash flood that dumped as much as 11 inches of rain within 7 hours. Two people were killed, more than 3,500 homes damaged or destroyed, 60 water systems put out of service, and more than 100 roads closed. Homes, cars, and trees were swept into streams. Left behind was massive destruction and several feet of mud, all in one of the poorer areas of Appalachia.

NRCS and the West Virginia Conservation Partnership began documenting damages as the flood waters rose. A flood recovery office was established in Beckley, and NRCS detailed 57 people to work in disaster response teams with State Soil Conservation Agency and soil conservation district employees.

Stream blockage and debris removal is still underway. Surveying and design for stream restoration efforts has begun.

Unfortunately, rainfall last week caused more flooding, another death, and two more counties to be added to the disaster declaration. Downtown Mullens, hit hard in the earlier flood, was covered in 3 feet of water Wednesday night because clogged storm drains backed up. Governor Bob Wise stated that the flooding would have been even more severe had NRCS and the State Soil Conservation Agency not removed stream blockages from the July 8 flood. Some of the most-recent flooding has undone some of the recovery work.

Some NRCS employees have been working virtually every day since July 8. Three quarters of the employees detailed to work on the flood are living in hotels away from their loved ones. Fatigue is starting to set in, but morale remains high. As Engineer Loren Rice said, "We care about the people who have suffered such loss. We really try to help them."

One bright note is that three channels installed through the NRCS Small Watershed Program protected their communities as designed. Danny Barr, Mayor of Sophia, stated that "The Soak Creek Channel paid for itself this month. Without the channel, Sophia would have suffered flood damages in excess of what it cost to construct the channel."
Your contact: Peg Reese on (304) 284-7547.

Local and State News Links:
Beckley Register Herald
Bluefield Telegraph
Charleston Gazette

NRCS, Partners Help Idaho Dairy Farmers Meet Planning Deadline - Thanks to the Farmland Protection Program, 679 acres of North Carolina prime farmland will soon be permanently protected. NRCS will allocate funds to three local land trusts for 50 percent of the total cost of conservation easements on three farms in Brunswick, Gaston, and Rowan counties. Local conservancy groups will pay the remaining 50 percent of the total cost for the easements. Your contact is Jeff Raifsnider, NRCS public affairs specialist, at 919-873-2107.

Missouri Wetland Team Receives Governor’s Award - One of Missouri’s four Wetland Emphasis Teams received a 2001 Governor’s Award for Quality and Productivity. The team, based in Chillicothe, assisted the State Department of Transportation with an alternative plan for mitigating a wetland that needed to be filled so that 4.4 miles of U.S. Highway 36 could be increased from two lanes to four. The team suggested a more accessible site from which to transport 1 million cubic meters of soil needed to build the highway lanes. The change saved $2.5 million, and prevented the destruction of 55-acres of forested wetlands. The project will be completed eight months sooner because the soil can now be transported without waiting for bridge construction to be completed. Under the team’s direction, the area supplying the 1 million cubic meters of soil is being converted to a 165-acre wetlands area. The area includes an oxbow lake that will be made available for fishing. The mitigated wetlands area eventually could become a natural resources educational center. Gov. Bob Holden presented the award during a ceremony at the State Capitol.
Your contact is Charlie Rahm, Public Affairs Specialist, at (573) 876-9359.

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Tucson PMC Releases Native Grass, Good for Grazing in Southwest - NRCS’ Plant Materials Center (PMC) in Tucson has released Arizona cottontop (Digitaria californica), a native perennial bunchgrass, for commercial production. It was selected for its high adaptability for grazing in the Southwestern U.S. and overall vigor. It can be successfully reseeded in upland areas that receive at least 28 centimeters of annual precipitation and is moderately affected by fires.
Your contact: Mark Pater, PMC Operations & Research Coordinator, on (520) 292-2999.

Links to Learning:
Get to the root of Arizona cottontop on NRCS' PLANTS Web Site's Topics Page. Enter Arizona cottontop in the search window.

Visit the Tucson PMC!

20 South Carolina Landowners Get Plugged into POWER - The East Piedmont Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Council reports that 20 landowners have put nearly 100 acres into Protecting Our Wildlife at Every Right-of-Way (POWER), a program that provides incentive payments to landowners to create or enhance wildlife habitat beneath electrical transmission lines. Participants must develop, implement, and follow a 5-year wildlife management plan. NRCS, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, and wildlife organizations advise would-be participants with their plans. Electric power companies and cooperatives, RC&Ds, and many others offer cash incentives and management expertise.
Your contact: Amy Maxwell on (803) 765-5419.

Links to Learning:
Find out more about POWER.

Because NRCS This Week took some unexpected time off last week, we offer, in compensation, two Tech Tips in this week's edition…

Find Related Information Quickly at PLANTS - The National Plant Data Center recently implemented a new feature at the PLANTS web site called "Other Species Accounts and Images." It provides one-click direct access from a PLANTS profile to related information about the same species at other Web sites. For example, users can move from the white oak PLANTS profile to an extensive account of this species on the USDA Forest Service's Fire Effects Information System (FEIS). Some of these related sites include county distribution maps, which are now available from the PLANTS State distribution map; just click on States such as Florida, California, Wisconsin, Utah, or Tennessee. PLANTS also displays a separate link to plant images if these are available, which is convenient if you just want a picture.

So far, we have integrated CalFlora and CalPhotos, FEIS, University of South Florida's Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants, USDA Agricultural Research Service's Germplasm Resources Information Network, Integrated Taxonomic Information System, Atlas of Tennessee Vascular Plants, Utah Vascular Plant Atlas, and Wisconsin Vascular Plants at University of Wisconsin at Madison. More are on the way! Click on the "Plant of the Week" to try this new feature; it's near the bottom of the Profile.
Your contact: Mark Skinner, Ph.D., Plant Systematist, on (225) 775-6280.

New Tool Provides Access to Soil Survey Maps and Data - With the development and implementation of the Customer Service Toolkit (CST), a companion tool, the Soil Data Viewer (SDV), has also been developed. SDV provides access to the soil survey database for processing and displaying soil data and information through a list of interpretations, soil interpretative groups, and soil physical and chemical properties.

SDV is a tool built as an extension to ArcView ® that allows the user to easily create soil-based thematic maps or tabular reports. SDV shields the user from the complexity of the soil database and incorporates rules for appropriate use of soil data. It provides an easy-to-use tool for geospatial analysis of soil information for resource assessment and management. Soil Data Viewer may be used either in GIS or non-GIS mode, and may be used as a stand-alone tool independent of CST.

Each soil map unit (polygons) may contain multiple soil components that have different soil properties resulting in different use and management interpretations. To create maps representing soil interpretations or soil properties with a geographic information system (GIS) requires that each map unit delineation have a single value to display. This requires decisions on how to process the components in a map unit to arrive at a single answer for the map unit. The Soil Data Viewer offers several map unit component processing methods.

Version 3.0 of SDV, to be released later this summer, utilizes the new SSURGO Version 2 data format, which includes soil data and interpretations generated by the National Soil Information System (NASIS). States are beginning the task of generating and certifying SSURGO datasets in this format.
Your contact: Bob Nielsen, National Soil Survey Center, (402) 437-4149

August 3, 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

 

Date Order By-Subject	Date Order Random Subject Order
Agroforestry/Forestry Geographic Information Systems Grazing Management Hydrology & Hydraulics Nutrient Management Resource Conservation and Development Special Emphasis Program Water Quality Watersheds Wetlands Wildlife and Natural Resource Conservation	August 2001 September 2001 October 2001 November 2001 December 2001

 

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Agroforestry/Forestry

 

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

 

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

 

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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Hydrology & Hydraulics

 

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

 

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)

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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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August 2001

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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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