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Professional Development Soil Health Workshop Series: Diagnosing Streams: Flood protection remedies for farm and forested lands

Event date/time: 
Thursday, July 16, 2015 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm

 

The University of Massachusetts Extension has been funded by the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Professional Development Grant (2014-2017) to provide educational opportunities to Agricultural Service Providers and Farmers in Soil Health topics. 

Christine Hatch, UMass Extension Assistant Professor, Geosciences, and Benjamin Warner, UMass PostDoc, Geosciences will present the latest science on "diagnosing streams" and provide best practices for farm and forest land managers to protect their land from the effects of stream flooding. Their goal is to help agriculture, forestry, and rural communities develop greater resiliency during extreme weather events. Christine and Benjamin are members of a New England "Fluvial Geomorphology" research group. The group has studied successes among restoration responses to Hurricane Irene in Massachusetts and Vermont and will be sharing findings from this work with Agricultural Service Providers in Massachusetts.

For Certified Crop Advisors this event is approved for 2 CEUs.

Please follow the link below to register.

Contact's name: 
Katie Campbell-Nelson
Contact's email: 
Contact's phone on day of event: 
413-545-1051
89-91 River Rd. South Deerfield MA