CONTACT: David Waidler, Texas AgriLife Research 972-952-9689 d-waidler@tamu,edu
Officials with Texas AgriLife Extension, Texas AgriLife Research the USDA-NRCS and the Texas State Soul and Water Conservation Board will conduct a free full-day workshop in Able Springs on Friday February 11, 2011.
The workshop will take place at the Able Springs Fire Department located 8 miles north of Terrell at 30000 F.M. 429 North. Producers within Kaufman, Van Zandt, Rockwall, and Henderson County are invited to engage in presentations on soil fertility, pastureland erosion and nutrient conservation practices, brush control, riparian health, and feral hog abatement.
The workshop begins at 8:30AM and is scheduled to conclude at 5:00PM with a barbeque lunch compliments of the North Central Texas Water Quality Project. The Texas Department of Agriculture has approved 5 hours of CEU’s for private pesticide applicators and 5.5 hours of CEU’s for Certified Crop Advisors.
“The future of water quality for Cedar Creek Lake depends on the stewardship of the watershed agricultural producers,” said North Central Texas Water Quality Project Watershed Coordinator, David Waidler. “This workshop will assist with informing local farmers and ranchers of how we can work together.”
This workshop is made possible with funding from the USDA-NRCS as well as a Clean Water Act nonpoint source grant awarded to the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center - Dallas by the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Other key partners supporting watershed protection efforts include Tarrant Regional Water District and the Kaufman County Soil and Water Conservation District.
For more information on the meeting and to register for the event please contact the Kaufman County AgriLife Extension Office at 972-932-9069 or e mail sbburden@ag.tamu.edu.
