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2011

July

July 19, 2011

Thames River Basin Partnership Quarterly Meeting

Location: Project Oceanology, Groton CT

Time: 9:30 AM - noon

Cost: Free, but pre-registration is required.  Contact Jean Pillo at 860-928-4948 ex 605.

October

October 18, 2011

Thames River Basin Partnership Quarterly Meeting

Location: Connecticut Audubon Society's new Grassland Bird Conservation Center, Pomfret, CT

Time: 9:30 AM - noon

Cost: Free, but pre-registration is required.  Contact Jean Pillo at 860-928-4948 ex 605.

November

November 14, 15 and 16, 2011

Healthy Soils Workshops

Location: Scout Hall, 28 Abbe Road, East Windsor, CT

Time: 8 AM - 4:30 PM

Cost: $10 for each workshop includes snacks and lunch.

The Eastern Connecticut Resource Conservation and Development Council and the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service are sponsoring a series of Healthy Soils Workshops to promote use of cover crops to improve soil health.  

Each day of this multiple day workshop will cover a different facet of land use, and topics will be directly relevant to the land use type of the day.  Participants do not need to sign up for all three days.   

  •  Monday, November 14th -- Row Crops and Livestock

  • Tuesday, November 15th – Perennial Crops (Orchard, Vineyard, Xmas Trees) and Greenhouse Growers

  • Wednesday, November 16th – Small Scale Farming, the Residential Landscape, and Permaculture

For More information, please contact Lisa Krall 860-871-4051 or Raymond Covino 860-774- 8397 x 102.  To download a registration form, click this link http://easternrcd-ct.org/pdf/HEALTHYSOILS_Registration_2011.pdf.

2012

January

January 17, 2012

Thames River Basin Partnership Quarterly Meeting

Location: TBD

Time: 9:30 AM - noon

Cost: Free, but pre-registration is required.  Contact Jean Pillo at 860-928-4948 ex 605.

 

 

 

 

 


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