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Vermont
Invasives Prevention and Management Training
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- WORKSHOPS FOR FORESTRY PROFESSIONALS:
This training incorporates Best Management Practices into land management activities
This all-new training, with capacity crowds at the first two sessions in September 2011 and two more workshops being planned for May 2012, will give you the tools you need to incorporate invasives management and prevention into your logging operations and land management plans.
Invasive plants are taking over Vermont’s forests – altering ecosystem functions, creating financial burdens for landowners and reducing economic value of working forests.
Save the date for the next workshops in May 2012! Sign-ups will begin March 15.
NEXT TRAININGS: Go to the source
Choose from two trainings, each running from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.:
May 22, 2012: Old Gray Barn, Rupert, VT
May 29, 2012: Hinesburg Town Hall, Hinesburg, VT
THE DETAILS:
Learn to:
• Implement forestry practices that reduce the spread of invasive plants
• Incorporate invasive plant assessments into Current Use and other land management plans
• Identify, assess and prioritize invasive plants on a property
• Control invasives using mechanical and chemical treatment methods
• Prioritize treatment activities based on land management goals, resources and difficulty of control
• Streamline the process for NRCS WHIP and EQIP practices
• Make informed on-the-job decisions to avoid spreading invasives at your site
• Find additional resources and tools to help you get the job done and to share information with clients and landowners
OTHER BENEFITS:
Each participant will receive a copy of the new “Vermont’s Forestry Best Management Practices for Invasive Terrestrial Plants,” and a waterproof pocket guide to invasive plant identification. Professional development credits offered by:
• Vermont Agency of Agriculture Pesticide Certification (6 credits)
• New England Society of American Foresters (5.5 Category 1 credits)
• New Hampshire Licensed Foresters (4 credits)
• Logger Education to Advance Professionalism (LEAP) (8 credits)
• Vermont Certified Horticulturalist (3 credits)
PRESENTED BY:
The Nature Conservancy
Vermont Forests, Parks & Recreation
Redstart Consulting
Vermont Land Trust
Upper Valley Land Trust
Polatin Ecological Services
COST:
$45 per workshop (lunch included)
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
February 13, 2012
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