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Nutrient Management Conference:

Managing Lawns, Gardens, and Golf Courses to Protect Grand Lake's Water Quality

Thursday, April 17, 2008 at the Grand Lake Visitor Center

Fertilizers and chemicals are widely used by homeowners, public parks and golf courses to maintain and improve landscape beauty and quality.  This conference highlighted water quality issues in the Grand Lake Watershed and presented strategies for minimizing the impact of lawn, garden, and golf course operation on water quality.

 Agenda

Time

Presentation

Presentor
8:30 – 9:00am Registration and Coffee  
9:00 – 9:30am The Grand Lake Water Quality Initiative Kevin Gustavson
9:30– 10:20am Nutrient management for lawns and gardens Hailin Zhang
10:20–10:35am Break  
10:35 – 12:00 Soil sampling and rainfall simulation demonstration Hailin Zhang
12:00–1:00pm Lunch (provided)  
1:00 – 1:45pm Using native plants for landscaping Sue Gray
1:45 – 2:20pm Nutrient management for golf courses Dennis Martin
2:20–2:30pm Break  
2:30 – 3:00pm Insect pest management Eric Rebek
3:00 – 3:30pm Disease management Damon Smith
3:30 – 4:00pm What are the surrounding states doing to protect Grand Lake? Mike Smolen

 

See some of what happened below:

Folks filing in.

Indoor instruction

Lunch

Hailin Zhang demonstrating one soil sampling technique.

Rainfall simulator shows erosion off various land cover from bare soil to grass covered.

Runoff collected off bare soil is full of sediment.

 

See the conference flyer: http://waterquality.okstate.edu/events/Grand_Lake_Lawns.pdf

The conference provided 6 hours of training and instruction. A Certificate of Completion was provided upon conclusion of the course. CEUs for applicators, CCAs, and GCSAA PDI points were also awarded.

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