What's up Conferences, Workshops, Seminars
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**Marks new items in this issue WHAT’S UP October 28, 2018 Compiled weekly by Peg Tileston on behalf of Trustees for Alaska, The Alaska Center and the Alaska Women’s Environmental Network (AWEN) CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, SPECIAL EVENTS **October 30 & November 1 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TOOLS & RESOURCES WORKSHOPS will be held in the following locations: October 30 – ANCHORAGE from 12:30 to 1:30pm in Room 201, 1901 Bragaw St, UAA November 1 – FAIRBANKS time and location to be determined Learn about the tools and resources to help your community work on solutions to environmental health issues from SHERYL STOHS, Environmental Justice Community Liaison, US EPA. She will also demonstrate community web-based tools and Environmental Justice grants. For more information, contact Sheryl Stohs at stohs,[email protected] or Elizabeth Hodges Snyder, UAA, 907-786-6541 or email [email protected]. October 31 MAT-SU - BACKYARD COMPOSTER TRAINING will be held at the Mat Su Borough's Central Landfill from 2 to 4pm. Free but register to reserve space by calling 861-7605 or email at [email protected]. November 2 & 3, November 15 & 16 A TASTE OF THE WILD: ALASKA PROJECT LEARNING TREE, WILDFIRE & YOU, PROJECT WET, PROJECT WILD, AITC WORKSHOP will be held from 6 to 9pm on Friday and 9am to 5pm on Saturday in the following locations: November 2 & 3 in KENAI November 15 & 16 in PALMER Engaging hands-on workshop to prepare you for both formal and non-formal educational opportunities. Great for teachers, youth organization leaders, camp directors and more! Receive PLT’s PreK-8 Environmental Education Activity Guide and other exciting outdoor education resources. UAF continuing education credit. Cost: $120 (please bring a computer, bag lunch/snacks and outdoor clothing) *Minimum of 6 participants/maximum of 20, signup deadline 10/8/18*. For registration information or Questions, contact Lee Hecimovich at 907-745- 3360 or email [email protected]. November 4 – 8 ANCHORAGE - SARE (SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE) CONFERENCE & CONFENERENCE will be held at the BP Energy Center and Spring Hills Suites Anchorage University Lake Hotel. Farming Alaska from Peak to Coast is the theme this year. The Alaska Sustainable Agriculture Conference brings farmers, ranchers, researchers, Extension agents and others together to learn from one another and to find ways to continue to develop and improve the agriculture industry in Alaska. As with all events sponsored by Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (WSARE), there is a particular emphasis on innovation and education about sustainable agricultural practices appropriate for Alaska. This year’s conference will feature statewide updates and technical sessions the first day of the conference (Monday, Nov. 5) and special topics and technical sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 6 and 7. Topics covered during the conference range from climate updates and seaweed farming to livestock production and growing rhodiola. On Sunday, Nov. 4, there will be a pre-conference workshop on Produce Safety Training, hosted in cooperation with the Department of Environmental Conservation. On Thursday, Nov. 8, there will be a post-conference workshop on Ag in the Classroom. Participants can select how many days of the conference they would like to attend and whether or not they would like to attend a pre- or post-conference workshop. Early- bird registration fee for all three days of the conference is $125. Early-bird registration fee for one day is $50. The last day for early-bird registration is October 28. Beginning on Monday, October. 29, the registration fee will increase by $25 per person. For the agenda and more information, to https://uaf.edu/ces/agriculture/sare/conference/. **November 5 – 10 HAINES - ALASKA BALD EAGLE FESTIVAL will celebrate one of the largest gathering of Bald Eagles in the world! Daily busses and/or vans will carry you safely to the Alaska Bald Eagle Preserve to witness the annual "Gathering of the Eagles." At this time of year, over 3,000 eagles can be found in the Preserve feeding on a late run of salmon. You can choose to attend photography workshops, wildlife presentations, tours, classes, and live raptor presentations. The Festival includes evening entertainment to round out your festival experience. For more information, call (907) 766-3094 or visit the website at https://baldeagles.org/festival-schedule/. **November 8 KODIAK – GROWING UP “WILD”: TALKING SCIENCE with TOTS will be held from 6 to 9pm at the USFWS Visitor's Center, 402 Center Avenue. Learn methods to enhance young learners capacity to communicate about science using hands-on activities, music, inquiry and more! This workshop is for educators of young children, ages 2-7, but anyone is welcome. Cost is $20 per person and includes the Curriculum Guide Growing Up WILD. Workshop hours count toward professional development, accreditation and grant match. Register at https://guwtalkingwithtots.eventbrite.com For more information, contact Brenda Duty, 907- 267-2216 or [email protected] **November 8 & 9 ANCHORAGE - The ALASKA WIND DIESEL WORKSHOP is a two-day event and a chance to learn and share information on issues affecting large and small remote grids to be held at the Anchorage Museum from 8am to 6pm on Thursday and 8 to 4pm on Friday . The workshop will feature expert panels covering integration, energy storage, financing and operations and management. Hotel and Airfare discounts available. More information or contact Stephanie Nowers, Alaska Wind Working Group, at 907-229-1982 or email [email protected]. **November 9 THE NEXT ENERGY ECONOMY: GRASSROOTS STRATEGIES to MITIGATE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, and HOW WE MOVE AHEAD Will be presented by WINONA LADUKE from 7 to 9pm in the Wendy Williamson Auditorium. Winona LaDuke is is an internationally renowned human rights and environmental activist working on issues of sustainable development, renewable energy and food systems. She lives and works on the White Earth reservation in northern Minnesota, and is a two-time Green Party vice presidential candidate, having run with Ralph Nader. A graduate of Harvard and Antioch Universities, LaDuke has written extensively on Indigenous and environmental issues. As program director of the non-profit Honor the Earth, she works nationally and internationally on issues of climate change, renewable energy and environmental justice with Indigenous communities. She also continues national and international work to protect Indigenous plants and heritage foods from patenting and genetic engineering. Free and open to the public. Hosted by the UAA/APU Books of the Year program. **November 13 - 15 HOMER – The ALASKA INVASIVE SPECIES WORKSHOP at Lands End. More than 40 presentations and panels at the annual workshop will highlight invasive species policy, science and management, and will identify emerging issues statewide. The workshop will take place at the Land’s End Resort. To register and for more workshop information, go to www.alaskainvasives.org. The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service is coordinating the workshop with many agency and private co-sponsors. For more information, contact workshop coordinator Gino Graziano at 907-786-6315 or [email protected]. WEBINARS & TELECONFERENCES **October 30 (WEBINAR) ICE DAM WEBINAR will be held from 10 to 11am. Winter is coming. Be Prepared! This one- hour webinar will provide an in-depth review of an all too typical problem encountered by Alaska homeowners in the winter: the formation of ice dams on the roof. Not only are ice dams unsightly, but they are dangerous and increase energy use and the cost of maintaining the building. That means, you, as an owner, have to pay even more to keep your home warm. Presenter EMMETT LEFFEL will cover common causes of ice damming, what to do to immediately fix the problem, and how to prevent it from occurring again in the future. Emmett will both address how to build to prevent ice damming, and how to retrofit an existing structure to keep it from happening again. Attendees will be encouraged to ask questions, and Emmett will go over case studies from his own energy auditing practice. Learning objective: Attendees will understand how ice dams form, the common causes, how to fix them, how to prevent them, and how to keep them from occurring again in the future practice. * Webinar can be viewed live or on-demand* Registration Required. COST: $10 for ACAT members | $20 for non-ACAT members. Become an ACAT member today for just $25/year. MORE INFO & REGISTRATION. **November 14 (TELECONFERENCED MEETING) BOARD OF FORESTRY TELECONFERENCE will be held from 8am o 4:15pm to discuss statewide forestry issues. The meeting will run from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. A draft agenda is attached below and posted at http://forestry.alaska.gov/whatsnew.htm. Topics for the board meeting include: Proposed state regulations and bail schedule for new Wildland Fire Prevention statutes; Forest health issues including results of spruce beetle surveys and a report on an all- lands spruce beetle strategy for south-central Alaska; Fish habitat ballot initiative (17FSH2) and possible impacts on the Forest Resources and Practices Act; Coastal forest management issues including reports on Tongass Roadless Rule litigation, the Mental Health Trust land exchange, timber sales under the state-federal Good Neighbor Agreement, log transfer facility management, and University of Alaska timber management in the Haines area. Statewide forest management issues including reports on Division of Forestry timber sales and Forest Resources and Practices Act implementation, a Chugach National Forest Good Neighbor Agreement project, and consolidated state comments on the draft Chugach National Forest Plan; Reports on non-timber forest values, including carbon projects, wood energy, and a trails/outdoor recreation initiative; and Fiscal year 2018-19 forestry and forest practices budgets. Other forestry matters may be included on the agenda. Public comment is scheduled for 11:50am.