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Classes, Seminars, Lectures and Volunteer OpportunitiesTime Sensitive SAVE THE DATES - Healthy Lands for Healthy Hoses Equine Stewardship WorkshopA two part equine stewardship workshop will be held March 27th and April 10th, 2010 in Caledon, Ontario. If you own horses and manage your own facility than this workshop is for you! Over the two days, topics such as pasture and manure management will be addressed and you will complete a personal environmental assessment for your facility. Technical assistance and financial support to assist with your environmental improvement projects will be presented and local equine facilities that have made environmental improvements will be toured. Registration details will be posted on the Healthy Lands for Healthy Horses webpage: www.equineguelph.ca/healthylands.php in the near future. Check back often so that you don't miss out on this excellent opportunity! Thank you, Communications & Programs Officer Equine Guelph, University of Guelph 50 McGilvray St, Guelph, ON, Canada, N1G 2W1 Tel: (519) 824-4120, ext. 54230 Fax: (519) 767-1081 www.EquineGuelph.ca www.EquiMania.ca www.EquineScienceCertificate.com Mare and Foal Center Website: Mare and Foal Center Virginia Tech Middleburg Agricultural Research and Extension Center (MARE Center)Contact Donna at (540)687-3521 ext. 22 or dmcdo05@vt.edu for more information. Volunteers Needed: To obtain the necessary volunteer forms, please visit: www.vaes.vt.edu/middleburg The MARE Center is looking for volunteers to help work with the young horses in our herd. These horses are young and spry so those working with them need to be confident with unhandled Thoroughbred horses. Duties would include grooming, haltering, walking and generally teaching them manners. The hours would be Monday through Friday, on days when the center's vet tech is here. For this volunteer project, we are looking for people who could come to the center on a regular basis. Times and dates for volunteering will be determined by Tim Parmly, Vet Tech for the MARE Center. Volunteers should contact Tim directly to arrange a time to meet with him to discuss duties involved in working with these young horses. All volunteers must complete the required paperwork. Those interested may contact Tim
Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center Tuesday Night Talks, RSVP with Amy Troppmann March 9, 2010, Diagnosis and Treatment of Upper Airway and Sinus Disorders Virginia Forage and Grassland Council/VCE Winter Equine Forage Conference, contact Shea Porr at cporr@vt.edu or 540-687-3521 ext 27 March 3, The Meadows (State Fairgrounds), Doswell Registration Form March 4, Virginia Horse Center, LexingtonMarch 5, MARE Center, MiddleburgVirginia Forage and Grassland Council/VCE Winter Equine Forage Conference, contact Shea Porr at cporr@vt.edu or 540-687-3521 ext 27 Mid-Atlantic Nutrition Conference March 24-25 May 12-14 and May 17-19, 2010 March 13, Colonial Downs, New Kent - Virginia Horse Council 2010 Annual Meeting and Educational Seminar, contact Joi Saville at 888-467-7382 2010 Fencing for Controlled Grazing Systems: Hosted by Virginia Forage and Grassland Council and Virginia Cooperative ExtensionSponsored by the Department of Conservation & Recreation USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service Virginia, Stay-Tuff Fence Manufacturing, Gallagher USA, and local sponsors March 23 - Kentland Farm, Virginia Tech March 25 - Southwest Virginia AREC March 30 - Shenandoah Valley AREC April 1 - Southern Piedmont AREC April 6 - Middleburg AREC/Virginia Forage and Grassland Council, Fencing For Controlled Grazing Systems, contact Shea Porr at cporr@vt.edu or 540-687-3521 ext 27 April 8 - Northern Piedmont AREC April 16 and 17th - Truck and Horse Trailer Safety Day, contact Crystal Smith at 540-635-4549 or crystal.smith@vt.edu, April 16, Blue Ridge Trailer Sales, Ruckersville April 17, Lord Fairfax Community College, Middletown To Whom It May Concern: There are two levels of involvement. Participants will attend lectures and demonstrations, be involved in hands-on training, and will receive certification for program completion from TLAER. There will only be 30 participant slots at each training. Payment must be made at the time of registration and slots will not be held in reserve. The fee for participants is $350.00 per person and includes three days and one night of training, lunch on all three days and dinner before the evening session, the course book, and a t-shirt. Auditors will observe all lectures, demonstrations, and the hands-on training sessions but will not participate in the hands-on segments. They will receive a certificate of awareness from TLAER. The fee for auditors is $150.00 for all three days and the evening session, including lunch on all three days and dinner before the evening session, but auditors must pay for their book and t-shirt. Auditors may order the book through this program to receive a discount, but payment must be received before the deadline. Books and t-shirts will be made available to auditors at cost. As with participants, payment must be received with the registration. There will be 30-50 auditor spaces available at each training. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Virginia Cooperative Extension programs and employment are open to all, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. An equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Extension is a joint program of Virginia Tech, Virginia State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and state and local governments. Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia State University, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture cooperating. Mark McCann, Director, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg; Alma C. Hobbs, Administrator, 1890 Extension Program, Virginia State, Petersburg. Other Exhibitions and Classes: Feb 21, 2010 Song of the Horse Nation Museum Exhibit |