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12 WESTERN CANADA TURFGRASS ASSOCIATION Check out the large number of high-quality upcoming events available for your participation: Feb 17-21 – CGSA/WCTA/BCGSA Conference, Vancouver, BC - golfsupers.com/vancouver2014 Mar 5-7 – Women's Arboriculture Conference, Harrison Hot Springs, BC - womenarborists.ca Mar 6 – Golf Alliance of Washington Annual Summit, Everett Golf and Country Club, Everett, Washington Aug 17-22 – 29th International Horticulture Congress & 3rd International Symposium of Turfgrass Management and Science for Sports Fields, Brisbane Queensland, Australia - ihc2014.org and ihc2014.org/ symposium_29.html October 5-7 – Northwest Turf Association Conference, Chambers Bay Golf Course, University Place, Washington * This is not a complete list. We will make updates and add details as further information becomes available. If you have an event to add, please contact Jerry Rousseau at exec.director@wctaturf.com PDS PESTICIDE RECERTIFICATION WEBCASTS SPRING 2014 SCHEDULE PD Solutions is an educational company that delivers live, on-line webinars and webcasts related to the professional use of pesticides. All sessions are one hour long, accredited for 1.0 CEC point in BC under the indicated category and cost $60.00 + GST. If you have access to the internet, you can take one of the seminars listed below. All you need is audio to hear the speaker, and your computer screen to see the presentation. Once you register for your course, a link is emailed to you a day or two ahead giving you a specific time for the live session. Just before the webinar starts, you connect to the internet through your browser and link to the site. You then type in your name and follow the steps to enter the seminar/ meeting room. Simple and easy to do. As pesticide applicator, E.O. Knudslien from Lac LA Biche, AB, says "If a 75-year-old man can sign up and take seminars live on the internet, then anyone can." WEEK OF MARCH 3-5 March 3: 10 am: Developing New Pesticides - Safety & Environment 12 noon: Pesticide Applicator Records - Safety & Environment 6 pm: Soil Ecology & the Food Web - IPM March 4: 10 am: Backpack, Compressed Air & Handgun Calibration - Application Technology 12 noon: Biomonitoring of Pesticides in Canada - Safety & Environment 2 pm: Environmental Monitoring - Safety & Environment 6 pm: Reduction Your Environmental Impact Using IPM - IPM March 5: 10 am: Nozzle Types & Selection for Drift Control - Application Technology 12 noon: Rinsate Management - Application Technology 2 pm: IPM for Vegetation - IPM 6 pm: Nozzle Selection & Guidelines - not yet accredited in BC WEEK OF APRIL 7-9 April 7: 10 am: Rinsate Management - Application Technology 12 noon: Pesticide Resistance - Application Technology 2 pm: Biobeds - Safety & Environment 6 pm: 10 Spray Myths - not yet accredited in BC April 8: 10 am: Tailoring Spray Droplet Spectrum to Specific Targets 12 noon: Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader? - Application Technology 2 pm: Backpack, Compressed Air & Handgun Calibration - Application Technology 6 pm: IPM-Principles and Techniques - IPM April 9: 10 am: Biological Weed Control Agents - IPM 12 noon: Changes to Pesticide Labels - Safety & Environment 2 pm: Hazard Assessment for Handling Pesticides -Safety & Envi- ronment 6 pm: Soil Ecology & the Food Web-Environment - IPM HOW TO REGISTER: Call Toll Free: 1-877-977-6774 to register for the course of your choice or fill out the secure form online. Contact Professional Development Solutions - A Division of 678099 Alberta Ltd. 10600-106 Ave. Fairview, AB, Canada T0H1L0, pdsolutions.ca, tgarner@pdsolutions.ca 2014 COMING EVENTS