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Riparian Buffer and Stream Ecology Workshop |
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Saturday, September 04, 2010 19:32 |
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Lancaster: As part of the ongoing outreach and educational opportunities being brought to the Conewago Creek watershed through the Conewago Initiative, Penn State Agriculture and Environment Center is pleased to offer a free workshop entitled "Riparian Buffer and Stream Ecology Workshop" on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 398 North Locust Street in Elizabethtown, PA.
The workshop features one of the world's foremost experts on stream ecology, Dr. Bern Sweeney, Director, Stroud Water Research Center. Dr. Sweeney will present on stream ecology and the functions and values of forest riparian buffers, with emphasis on their water quality benefits. It will also include a field visit to a local buffer site and presentations and discussion of buffer restoration programs and opportunities for streamside landowners in the Conewago Creek watershed and beyond.
Who should attend? Streamside landowners; Conservation District, NRCS, FSA, and Cooperative Extension staff; municipal officials; planning commission members; EAC members; park and recreation professionals and volunteers; land trust staff and volunteers; developers; consultants; environmental educators; anyone who wants to learn more about improving the water quality of our local streams!
The workshop includes lunch and is free to all participants. This is a tremendous opportunity for our watershed and region. Space is limited, so if you are interested in attending, please contact Matt Royer at
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, (717) 948-6459 to register today. Registration will end Friday, September 10, so reserve your spot today! |
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Farm Bureau Provides Recommended Ag Reading List |
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010 22:25 |
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Washington, DC: In a document published in late 2009, the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture® offers a Recommended Agriculture Reading List for agricultural literacy efforts being conducted across the country. To see a copy of the list, click here. There are also corresponding lesson plans that can be obtained by clicking here.
This resources which is wide-ranging in topics and in the age groups that it addresses is annotated with commentary on the content of the book. This appears to be a great resource for ag educators and other teachers that use agriculture to bring biology, envirnomental sciences, and other STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) topics alive. |
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Enrollment and Employment Outlook in Agriculture |
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010 22:06 |
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Clinton, NC: AgCareers.com and AgrowKnowledge have recently published the Enrollment and Employment Outlook in Agriculture Report The purpose of the report is to gauge the awareness, availability, and perceptions of graduates and careers within the agriculture, food, and natural resource sciences. The data in this report was collected in 2009 and looks back at trends as far back as 2003. Click here for a downloadable copy of the report.
Data is outlined in five sections, beginning with a look at enrollment in two‐year institutions that offer programs in agriculture, food and natural resources followed by a look at four year institutions with similar offerings. The third component examines employment opportunities, while the fourth section delves into salary expectations for graduates in the agriculture related sciences. The fifth and last component explores perceptions of careers in agriculture, food and natural resource sciences. Each section contains graphs with explanations of the key points.
Overall, the results of this report challenge us as an industry to utilize our rewarding, well compensated, strong standing and growing career opportunities to recruit more students into educational fields that will lead them to agricultural careers. |
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