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Check here for times and dates of District events! May 1, 2008 Mahoning SWCD Conference Room Youngstown, OH 44509 Public Welcome! SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, SALES - _____________________________ Mahoning SWCD, Mahoning Valley Landscape & Nursery
Association, OSU Extension, OSU Master
Gardeners & OSU Naturalists
welcomes you to a Train-the-Trainer Rain Garden
WorkshopApril 15, 2008 6:30pm-8:30pm Mill Creek Metroparks Farm 7574 Columbiana-Canfield Rd. (Across from the Canfield Fairgrounds) Annie Rzepka, Geauga SWCD, will present information on: Functions of a Rain Garden Determining Location/Size of a Rain Garden Maintaining Your Rain Garden Examples of Functioning Rain Gardens RSVP to Mahoning SWCD (330) 740-7995 Literature and light refreshments will be provided. __________________________________________________________________ Mahoning Soil and Water Spring Tree Sale : Tree List and Descriptions Order Form ______________________________ Mahoning Soil and Water Spring Fish Sale : Orders must be submitted to our office by April 25, 2008. Fish pick up will be at the Canfield Fairgrounds on April 29, 2008 from 2:30pm-3:30pm. This year will be selling Fathead Minnows, Largemouth Bass, Channel Catfish, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Redear Shellcracker, Crappies, and White Amur. For more information please call our office. ______________________________ Sorry you missed it . . . Equine Environmental & Liability Awareness Program - January 12, 2008 The
Columbiana Soil and Water Conservation District, the Mahoning Soil and
Water Conservation District along with the Natural Resource
Conservation Service, the Columbiana County Farm Bureau, and the Ohio
State Extension-Mahoning County hosted an Equine Environmental
and Liability Awareness Program on Saturday, January 12,
2008. The
program was held at the St. George Knights of Columbus Hall, 271 W.
Chestnut Street, Lisbon, Ohio from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. For a program registration form, click here: Registration Form ANNUAL BANQUET AND NEW BOARD ELECTIONS- October 30, 2007Mahoning Soil and Water Annual Banquet was held on October 30, 2007 at Al a Cart Catering located at 429 Lisbon St. Canfield, Ohio 44406. Voting was October 30, 2007 At A la Carte from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM. Absentee ballot were requested or votes were made at our office prior to the Annual Banquet. Please call our office at 330-740-7995 to make arrangements. Held 2007 FALL FISH STOCKING SALE - October 18, 2007 Fall Fish Sale Orders deadline was Monday October 15, 2007. You should have picked up your fish on Thursday October 18, 2007 at the Canfield Fairgrounds from 2:30pm-3:30pm. Available this fall: Largemouth Bass, Channel Catfish, Bluegill, Perch, Redear Shellcrackers, Crappies, Minnows, and White Amurs. If you missed our Fall Fish Sale, not to worry, we will hold another Spring 2008. Held Pond Clinic - August 9, 2007 The Mahoning and Columbiana Soil and Water Conservation Districts hosted a Pond Clinic on August 9, 2007 from 6pm-9pm. The clinic was held at the Mill Creek MetroParks Farm located on Rt. 46 across from the Canfield Fairgrounds. Experts addressed and answered questions concerning fish stocking, fish management, nuisance wildlife management, and aquatic weed control. Special thanks to our guest speakers: Bill Lynch- Program Specialist, Aquatic Ecosystem - OSU Extension Dan McMillian - Private Lands Biologist for Ohio Divison of Wildlife If you have any questions concerning the Pond Clinic or would like to contact any of our speakers. Please call either Mahoning SWCD at (330) 740-7995 or Columbiana SWCD at (330) 332-8732. __________ Held June
25, 2007 - LIVESTOCK MORTALITY
COMPOSTING TRAINING & CERTIFICATION __________ Held April 18-21, 2007 - 2007 SPRING TREE SALE Thank you for all of your orders! We look forward to seeing you at the 2008 Spring Tree Sale. If there is a particular species you would like to have, please call or e-mail our office by clicking on the webmaster link at the bottom of the page and we may be able to order the species for you! __________Held URBAN EROSION & SEDIMENT CONTROL WORKSHOPS The Home Builders/Remodelers Association of Mahoning Valley facility was the location of two free workshops that provided much-needed guidance to area civil engineers, land developers and excavation contractors. The HBAMV is located at 8526 South Avenue in Boardman, Ohio. Held Tuesday March 6, 2007 - Land Developers & Excavation Contractors Land developers and excavation contractors attended a workshop on Tuesday, March 6 from 9AM until 1PM. Topics discussed included may of the some items discussed at the engineer’s workshop; however, the focus of the workshop was the implementation, rather than design, of erosion and sediment controls for construction sites. Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans were discussed in depth, as well as local erosion and sediment control rules and the Rainwater and Land Development manual. Held Tuesday February 27, 2007 - Land Development Engineers & DesignersEngineers and designers who are involved with land development in Columbiana, Mahoning, or Trumbull County participated in a technical workshop presented on Tuesday, February 27 from 9AM until 1PM. Topics of discussion included the latest edition of Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Rainwater and Land Development manual, adoption of local erosion and sediment control regulations, and 404/401 water quality permit processes (presented by the Army Corps of Engineers-Pittsburgh District). _____________________________________________________________________________
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