Workshops Scheduled for CCAs who Provide Agronomic Services to Producers in the Western Lake Erie Basin

Ohio workshop scheduled for Aug. 13

PURPOSE: The workshops will (1) provide an overview of the Western Lake Erie Basin (WLEB) Phosphorus Runoff Reduction Project recently funded through NRCS’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program (2) highlight potential project business opportunities and (3) provide training on assisting producers in developing nutrient management plans that will meet NRCS’s 590 Standard and make producers eligible for financial incentives to implement practices to reduce phosphorus and sediment runoff.

Workshop Dates and Locations:

Indiana

July 8, 2015

8 AM-Noon

CEU Credits =.5 Nutrient Management, 3 Soil & Water

For more Information contact Greg Lake: Phone-260 -484-5848 or 260-410-8205

Email: gregalake@gmail.com

Michigan

July 16

8 AM-Noon

For more information contact Elaine Brown: Phone-517-284-5613

Email: BrownE14@michigan.gov

Ohio

August 13, 2015

8 AM-2 PM

For more information contract Jocelyn Henderson: Phone-419-424-5006 Ext. 2

Email: Jocelyn.Henderson@dnr.state.oh.us