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REMINDER!
Submission Deadline
February 16, 2010

Call for Abstracts
The Western Rural Development Center is soliciting articles for its May 2010 issue of Rural Connections.

Topic
Water Security in the Western U.S. and Pacific Territories

Overview
The Center is interested in understanding challenges and opportunities facing rural communities as they relate to water security in the Western U.S. and Pacific Territories. Furthermore, the Center wants to share this information with its stakeholders to increase awareness of the region’s activities and to build the capacity of Extension and communities by providing them with relevant and timely information.

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Upcoming Symposium held in conjuction with the Pacific Branch Entomological Society of America:
Investigating the Connections Between IPM and Water Quality
April 13, 2010 – 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Boise, Idaho

Investigaiting the Connections Between Integrated Pest Management and Water Quality
Please join us for a one day Symposium to address the connections between integrated pest management (IPM) and water quality. The Symposium will feature a keynote speaker from USDA/National Institute of Food and Agriculture, and a variety of IPM, water quality, and social science experts from around the western region. The Symposium will also feature small group discussions to determine emerging issues and potential joint projects. Small groups will help to determine outputs, desired outcomes and potential impacts of new projects and explore possible funding opportunities.

On-line Registration is now open. Please go to http://ipm.wsu.edu/PBESA/ for meeting, hotel and registration information. The symposium is listed with a separate registration fee of $75.00 for the day.

For more information please contact:
Ronda Hirnyck, Associate Professor, Extension Pesticide Coordinator
University of Idaho--Boise
Phone: 208-364-4046
FAX: 208-364-4035
rhirnyck@uidaho.edu
http://www.uihome.uidaho.edu/ipm

Past Events

Water Quality Training Satellite Conference, June 16, 2009

Regional Video Conference: Preventing Stormwater Pollution Through Education was the 7th in the Watershed Issues Series Satellite Conference. The 2009 video workshop titled "Stormwater Management: One Backyard at a Time" drew an audience of over 1,000 participants in over 70 sites in the PNW. Three video segments highlighted successful stormwater management projects in Bend, OR, Ketchum, ID, and Coupeville, WA. This 2.5 hour program also included a panel discussion with experts and a call-in open forum. See the following link for more information.

PNWWATER 165 Update
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The Pacific Northwest program works to improve water quality management through educational knowledge and extension programming that emerges from a research base. The Land Grant Universities throughout the Pacific Northwest, Water Research Institutes, and EPA Region 10 have formed a partnership to provide research and education to northwest communities about protecting or restoring the quality of water resources. This partnership is being supported in part by the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).

The Pacific Northwest Cooperative Extension Water Quality Programs

A cooperative program consisting of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
and
the Land Grant Colleges and Universities.

- a Regionally-Based National Network -

USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture

NIFA National Water Quality Program

This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Agreement No. 2008-51130-04734.

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