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Landscaping for Water Quality
Mon, April 13, 2009
Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Landscaping for Water Quality
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What is ecological landscaping and how can it help protect water quality?
April 13, 2009 • Bass Pro Shop, Seminar Room - Portage, IN
Save the Dunes and Tetra Tech, Inc. are sponsoring this two-part workshop that will provide audience members with an understanding of landscaping techniques that protect water quality. The morning session presentations are oriented toward homeowners, master gardeners, and garden clubs. The afternoon session will provide more technical information for these groups as well as park districts, landscape professionals, municipalities, property managers, and other interested groups. Everyone is invited and encouraged to participate in both sessions. Space is limited and registration is mandatory. The $10 workshop fee must be paid online to register.
Sorry, registration is closed as the workshop is full...
"Workshop materials include:
* The book Landscaping at the Water’s Edge
* Local plant list
* Excerpts from new Porter County Landscape ordinance
* Lunch on your own at Bass Pro's Fish Company Restaurant
Agenda
9:00 Registration
Introduction and Workshop Overview
The Importance of Shoreland Water Quality Protection:
How Water Interacts with the Landscape
Top 10 Ecological Landscaping Design Principles
and the Integrated Design Process
Break
Rain Garden Design and Maintenance
Low Impact Lawns
12:30 Lunch on your own
Overview of new Porter County Landscape ordinance (Robert Thompson, Porter County)
Shoreland Erosion Controls
Soils
Break
Overview of Lakescape Design Manual (Angela Sturdevant, DNR)
Storm Runoff Site Assessment: Following the Flow
Reigning in Stormwater Runoff with Simple Solutions
Indoor or outdoor exercise
Principal Instructor: Dr. Jeff Schloss is an Extension Professor in Biological Sciences and a Cooperative Extension Water Quality Specialist at the University of New Hampshire. He is coauthor of the recent publication Landscaping at the Water’s Edge, an ecological approach.
Guest speaker: Robert Thompson serves as Executive Director for Porter County Plan Commission. His Masters of City and Regional Planning is from the Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture and Planning.
Guest speaker: Angela Sturdevant is a biologist with the Lake and River Enhancement Program in the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. She earned a BA in Biology from Smith College and an MS in Environmental Science from Indiana University.
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Continuing Educations Units/Professional Developments are available for this workshop.
Sponsors
Save the Dunes Conservation Fund and Tetra Tech, Inc.
Additional sponsors and cooperators are USEPA Region 5, Indiana Departments of Environmental Management and Natural Resources, and City of Portage-Parks and Recreation.
| Location: | Bass Pro Shop, Seminar Room - Portage, IN |
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