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October 20 - Field Practices: Hands-on Restoration Implementation and Maintenance

When
Friday, October 20, 2017
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Location
Putah Creek Reserve, UC Davis

Registration

(depends on selected options)

Base fee:

Member – $155.00
Non-Member – $180.00
Student – $95.00

Registration is closed

Field Practices: Hands-on Restoration Implementation and Maintenance

This Friday! October 20, 2017

Following the Nuts and Bolts of Restoration and Revegetation workshop we held earlier this year, this outdoor workshop will show attendees how to do site preparation, implementation, and maintenance for their grasslands restoration projects. Attendees will work with a range of equipment for tilling, seeding and maintenance and will learn how to calibrate various seeding implements. If time and weather allow, instructors may conduct a small burn as well as a short visit to an existing grassland at the end of the day.

Experienced experts will topics covered:

Soil preparation, including morning talk by UC Davis Soil Scientist Vic Claassen
Seed selection, with native grass seed samples
Grass plug planting
Seed drilling and broadcast seeding using Truax equipment
Maintenance: mowing, grazing, burning, spraying, etc.

Instructors:

Vic Claassen, UC Davis Land, Air and Water Resources
JP Marié, UC Davis Putah Creek Riparian Reserve
Chris Rose, Solano Resource Conservation District
Bryan Young, Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District

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Registration fee includes morning refreshments and workshop materials. Bring your own lunch or pre-order through CNGA on registration form..

Note: This workshop focuses on small to large scale restoration projects. It does not focus on landscape design, implementation and maintenance.

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