AACD Conference

Spring Program 2008

Our Mission

THURSDAY March 27

9am – 4:30pm Concurrent RC&D Meeting
9am – 10am NRCS Reporting Requirements ( Eric Wade) for staff and supervisors
10am – 11 am Alaska and other agency reporting requirements (Eric) for staff and supervisors
11am – 11:30 Education and Outreach Project Wet, Envirothon
11:30 – 12:00 FFA Forestry Survey – Don Berberich and students
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 New Project and Plant Materials – Stoney Wright
1:30 – 4:00 Invasive Plants Program – Gino
4:00 – 4:30 Michelle Hebert
6:00 – 8:00 Speech Contest-- Poster Entries

FRIDAY – MARCH 28

8 – 8:50 am Calendar Workshop – Eric
(all districts bring their calendar of events and assist in developing a statewide calendar for all Districts)
8:50 – 9am Welcome and housekeeping
9 – 9:30 am Comparing RC&D’s with Districts (Chris and Shirley)
9:30 – 10:30am RC&D and District Reports ( a brief 5-10 minute report from each RC&D and Soil and Water District)
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:05 NRCS Report – Bob Jones
11:05 – 11:30 NRCS Farm Bill – Sara Schmidt
11:30 – 11:50 DNR Report – Shauna Joy – NRCDB
12 – 1:00 Lunch – Student Speaker - Ed Fogels, DNR on Pebble Mine invited
1:00 – 1:45 Effects of Global Warming on Alaskan Agriculture, Steve Sparrow
1:45 – 2:30 Raising exotic livestock in Rural Alaska – Milan Shipka
2:30 – 2:45 Break
2:45 – 3:45 District Roundtable – (Ryan Stencil – facilitator) ( district supervisors and staff discuss what’s good and what should be changed)
3:45 - 4:45 Begin Business Meeting – Entertain Executive Session
3:45 – 4:15 Employee Association Meeting
5:00 No Host Bar
6:00 – 8:00 Banquet – Student Speaker – Poster Winners
Palmer Hay Flats Slide Show – Kris Abshire

SATURDAY MARCH 29

8am – 3:30 Resume Business Meeting – separate agenda

 

 

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