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Directors
Loren Oki
Department of Plant Sciences
UC Davis
David Fujino
California Center for Urban Horticulture
UC Davis
UCNFA Partners
Directors
Loren Oki
Department of Plant Sciences
UC Davis
David Fujino
California Center for Urban Horticulture
UC Davis
UCNFA Partners
Erosion and Pesticide Runoff Management in Nurseries
UCCE Santa Cruz Co. Auditorium
1432 Freedom Blvd.
Watsonville, CA 95076
September 27, 2012
7:30 am - 4:00 pm
Moderator: Steve Tjosvold, UCCE Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties
Continuing Education Units approved: DPR (3.0 "other")
Continuing Education Units approved: CCA (5.5 soil/water management. 0.5 professional development)
Agenda
| Time | Title | Speaker | Topics |
| 7:30am | Registration and Continental Breakfast | ||
| 8:00am | Welcome, Introduction | Julie Newman, UCCE Ventura and Santa Barbara Cos. | Pesticides, Sediment, and Water Quality Issues/Regulations |
| 8:15am | Protecting Roads, Slopes, Waterways and Bare Soil from Erosion |
Richard Casale, RCD Santa Cruz Co. and Bruce Quintana-Jones, NRCS Half Moon Bay |
Erosion & Sediment Control, Plant Cover, Road Maintenance, Drainage Control, Tail water Recovery, Water Harvesting |
| 9:00am | Reducing Pesticide Loads | Julie Newman, UCCE Ventura and Santa Barbara Cos. | How Pesticides Move; BMPs to Reduce Pesticide Loads |
| 9:30am | Break | ||
| 9:50am | Use of Vegetative Buffers for Managing Sediments, Pesticides, and Nutrients | Don Merhaut, UC Riverside |
Site Selection, Design, Maintenance, Plant Selection, Use of California Natives as Biofilters, UC Research Project |
| 10:45am | Treating Runoff: Constructed Wetlands and Slow Sand Filtration | Loren Oki, UC Davis | Basics and Research Projects |
| 11:20am | Treating Runoff: Chemical Control of Pathogens in Recycling Systems | Don Merhaut, UC Riverside | Chemical Control of Pathogens as a Means of Reducing Fungicide Use |
| 12:00pm | Lunch | ||
| 12:30pm | Load bus for tour of local nurseries | Including Smith Gardens and Suncrest Nurseries | |
| 4:00pm | Bus returns to UCCE Auditorium, Meeting Adjourned |
Registration
Registration $45 per person
Online Registration (VISA, MasterCard, Discover, AmEx only)
Mail or Fax in Registration (credit cards or checks)
Lodging
UCNFA has not reserved any blocks of hotel rooms for this event.
A list of available hotels/motels in the Watsonville area can be found here:
Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce/Business Directory/Hotels
Thanks to these additional partners
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Assistance Available
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Please contact the UCNFA office at 530-752-8419 (phone/fax) (email: lldodge@ucdavis.edu) if you have special needs or require assistance |
