DEP Seeks
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Four state agencies are
inviting all Pennsylvanians to
participate in an exciting oppor
tunity to help shape the future of
the Commonwealth’s valuable
water resources.
Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection (DEP)
Acting Secretary David E. Hess
today asked residents to partici
pate in a forum called “Water Is
Our Future Draining Away?,” to
discuss Pennsylvania’s current
and future water resource needs.
The forum will be held at 6
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p.m., April 23, at the Rachel
Carson State Office Building,
Main Auditorium, 400 Market
St., Harrisburg.
“The information gathered at
these forums will help set policies
to protect water as a resource
and an economic asset,” Hess
said. “We encourage citizens to
come out and provide their input
on water issues in their commu
nities.”
DEP, in partnership with the
departments of Community and
Economic Development, Conser
vation and Natural Resources
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and Agriculture, has scheduled
15 public forums across the
Commonwealth. The Susquehan
na River Basin Commission also
is assisting.
The forums will outline basic
water resource challenges and
opportunities, both locally and
statewide. They also will help to
raise awareness while gathering
citizens’ thoughts on water re
source issues in Pennsylvania.
In addition to the public fo
rums, DEP has created a web
page with a wealth of related
water information that will in
clude a running summary of is-
Breeding, Gestation Management Class
Offered On Pork’s Website
DES MOINES, lowa A self
study breeding and gestation
management course will be avail
able via the Internet on pork’s
website from May 14 to July 6.
The eight-week course is part of
the Distance Learning Project of
the National Pork Board.
“Through this checkoff
funded course, participants can
learn or review basic breeding
and gestation management tech
niques anywhere they have in
ternet access, such as their home
or workplace,” explained Jenny
Felt, special programs manager.
“Current lifestyles and de
mands on your time sometimes
make it difficult to find the time
to take courses needed to help
sues raised at the forums, links to
upcoming events, videos and
publications, news clips from
around the state on water and a
message board where people can
discuss water issues online.
A new publication, “Water is
Life,” which raises provocative
questions about water in a collec
tion of essays by a variety of au
thors, will be available at the fo
rums and online.
“After the forums, DEP will
publish a summary of public
input on our website,” Hess said.
“This information will help DEP
to better understand the issues
you advance in your job, to work
toward a degree, or to have fiin.”
If you have access to a com
puter with the appropriate hard
ware requirements and computer
applications, then online courses
can be completed at your own
pace. By being offered on the In
ternet, the breeding and gesta
tion management course is a con
venient continuing education
option for ag professionals. The
curriculum is for people working
in the breeding and gestation
areas of any pork production op
eration.
The course has six lessons,
each with a self-graded quiz.
Each lesson can be taken at one’s
own pace. When participants
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public can bring sick plants,
problem weeds and insects for
expert diagnosis to the BioHio
open house. May 10-12, at the
College of Food, Agricultural,
and Environmental Sciences at
Ohio State University.
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lett Plant and Pest Diagnostic
Clinic will examine samples and
give professional advice on how
to handle the problem.
“We’ll set up a table outdoors
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that Pennsylvania faces as it
works to protect and conserve its
precious water resources.”
Forums will begin at 6 p.m.
with informative exhibits and
displays, followed by presenta
tions and open discussion. An in
formation exchange table will be
available for anyone who would
like to display related water re
source materials.
For more information on the
forums, visit DEP through the
PA Power Port at www.sta
te.pa.us or directly at
www.dep.state.pa.us (direct-
LINK “water forums”).
complete all quizzes and an on
line evaluation form, they will be
issued a certificate.
Each person registered for the
course will be assigned a user
name and password to access the
lessons for the breeding and ges
tation management curriculum.
The registration fee is $35 for the
first registrant from each opera
tion and $25 for each additional
registrant. Registration is due by
May 1. The class is limited to 250
students.
For more information on the
course, visit pork’s website or
contact Felt at 515-223-2771. At
www.porkboard.org, go to the
“Especially for Producers” sec
tion and select Distance Learn
ing.
with a display so visitors can
learn about the clinic and what
we do,” said clinic program man
ager Nancy Taylor, a plant pa
thologist. “It will be under the
roof on the west side of Kottman
Hall.”
“We can usually solve the
problem right there,” Taylor
said.
Persons who don’t make it to
BioHio should first take their
problems to their local extension
office.
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