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WRC Water Webinar – Brenda Ortiz – Putting Smart Irrigation Tools in the Hands of Alabama Stakeholders

Putting Smart Irrigation Tools in the Hands of Alabama Stakeholders featuring Dr. Brenda Ortiz.

Dr. Ortiz is a Professor in the Auburn University College of Agriculture’s Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences and an Extension Specialist for the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. Her research includes impacts of weather and climate on agriculture especially corn and wheat crops, identification of adaptation strategies to reduce climate-related risk in agriculture, evaluation of irrigation scheduling strategies (sensor-based) for corn and soybean production, and evaluation of crop sensing technologies for variable rate application of nitrogen.

Free Registration: https://auburn.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApde-vrz0jE9Xkg8oP1LrxKnDA-XIf-Drp

 

WRC Water Webinar – Wesley Anderson – Catching Frogs and Trapping Hogs – A Story of Water and Wildlife

Catching Frogs and Trapping Hogs – A Story of Water and Wildlife featuring Dr. Wesley Anderson.

Dr. Anderson is an Assistant Professor in the Auburn University School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences and Extension Specialist with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES) Forestry and Wildlife Sciences Unit. He is an expert in wildlife damage management, invasive species control, and non-game species ecology and conservation – particularly in agroecosystems and wetlands.

Free Registration: https://auburn.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpduyvrTsuGNxyBpHMIRJa1-edHmekHrNB

WRC Water Webinar – Patrick Thompson – Alabama Canebrake Pitcher Plant Bogs: Natural Heritage on the Brink

Alabama Canebrake Pitcher Plant Bogs: Natural Heritage on the Brink featuring Patrick Thompson, special collections curator for the Donald E. Davis Arboretum, part of the Auburn University College of Sciences and Mathematics.

The Alabama Canebrake Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia rubra ssp. alabamensis) is Alabama-endemic carnivorous plant that grows in wet sandy clay soils of seepage bogs.

Free Registration: https://auburn.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctf-irpjgsGtV5xcDhMSKPcPXseCPLSuiX

Talladega National Forest Water Monitoring Workshop

Alabama Water Watch, in partnership with the USDA Forest Service, is excited to expand our water monitoring project in National Forests in Alabama by conducting a workshop in the Talladega National Forest. 

This project’s goal is to promote citizens to discover the National Forests in Alabama by monitoring their waters. Volunteer monitors will gather water chemistry and bacteriological monitoring data on select stream locations within the National Forests in Alabama. 
This workshop will have virtual and in-person components and will cover information related to the water environment, forests and watershed health, pollution, water quality standards, and data management. Workshop participants will be trained and certified in AWW Water Chemistry and Bacteriological Monitoring. 
This workshop will consist of:

1. A 1-hour Kickoff Virtual Meeting (via Zoom) on Thursday, September 16, 2021 – 5-6PM

2. Self-paced, online coursework for AWW Bacteriological Monitoring and AWW Water Chemistry Monitoring (to be completed during the 2 weeks prior to the Field Day)

3. A Field Day at Cheaha State Park on Friday, October 1, 2021 from 9am – 4pm.

*You must complete all three components to receive your AWW monitoring certifications.
During the in-person Field Day (10/1/21) of the workshop, participants will head outdoors to conduct Bacteriological and Water Chemistry monitoring practices and visit pre-selected monitoring sites in the Talladega National Forest.
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