Southern Regional Water Program

Research, Extension & Education Water Quality Programs through the Land Grant University System

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5/15/2008: Urban Stormwater Workshops set for Municipal and Parish Officials, Shreveport, LA
5/20/2008: Rainwater Harvesting Workshop, Watkinsville, GA
5/22/2008 - 5/24/2008: Windmill Technology Certification Workshop, Las Cruces, New Mexico
6/23/2008 - 6/24/2008: Low Impact Development Summit. Asheville, NC
Advanced Concepts in WaterSmart Landscape Design. Advanced Master Gardener training at County Extension Offices throughout the Southern Region. To participate, contact your local Master Gardener Coordinator or Ellen Bauske, ebauske@uga.edu, 770-233-5558
- 8/19/2008: WaterSmart: Landscape Planning and Design
- 9/16/2008: WaterSmart: Finer Points of Landscape Design (function, maintenance and management)
- 10/14/2008: WaterSmart: Making the Connection: Our Landscape, Our Stream, Our Watershed
11/3/2008 - 11/6/2008: Stream Restoration in the Southeast: Advancing the Science and Practice, Asheville, NC. Abstracts accepted through 6/30.
More Water-Related Conferences and Calls for Papers

Stream restoration efforts led by Eve Brantley of Auburn and Dr. Greg Jennings of NCSU are featured in the Opelika-Auburn News.
Recent publications: Farm and Forest Land Preservation with Conservation Easements and an accompanying PowerPoint presentation explain how conservation easements allow landowners to preserve or limit current and future uses of their farms and forests.
A Guide to Louisiana Friendly Landscapes has been selected for an American Society for Horticultural Science-Southern Region "Blue Ribbon" Communications Award. The guide was written by a team of collaborators at the LSU AgCenter and the University of Florida in an effort led by Bobby Fletcher.
Position Announcement: Southern Region Extension-EPA Liaison located at the University of Georgia
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