Sunday, September 25, 10 am - 3 pm
Horses for Clean Water WORKSHOP
Fall in Place for Winter: Preparing Horse and Livestock Properties for the Rainy Season. Join Alayne Blickle on beautiful San Juan Island to learn about horse keeping--island style! Hear tips and ideas on reducing mud and runoff as well as pasture and manure management options.
To register, get directions or more details contact the San Juan Islands Conservation District at info@sanjuanislandscd.org
Holistic
Management for Farm Planning and Profitability:
A
Two-Day Introductory Workshop
When: Sat. and Sun., Feb. 19 and 20, 2011 8:30am-4:30pm
Where: Friday Harbor, Skagit Valley College, Lower Level
Holistic Management (HM) is a decision-making framework. People who manage holistically can realize an improved quality of life and generate real wealth, while at the same time improving the land and community around them.
Presenter: Dr. Sandra Matheson is a rancher, Certified Educator in Holistic Management, group facilitator, retired veterinarian, writer, and documentary filmmaker, who lives and farms near Bellingham, WA.
Cost: $86 per person
includes instruction, light snacks, and take-home materials.
Payment is due upon registration. Registration forms are available on-line or by requesting one from the WSU Extension 378-4414 or SJI Conservation District Office 378-2261
HOLISTIC MANAGEMENT registration form
San Juan County Soil Workshops 2010
Dates: Public Presentation,
April 6th, 7:30 pm
San Juan Island Public Library Meeting Room,
1010 Guard St, Friday Harbor
Presentation for Professionals
April 7th, 9-11:00 am
Council Chambers, Legislative Building,
55 Second St, Friday Harbor
Presenters: Chuck Natsuhara, Soil Scientist, USDA- Natural Resources Conservation Service, Puyallup WA
Erik Dahlke, Soil Survey Office Leader, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Olympia WA
Topics:
How the Soil Survey update was created and changes from the 1962 soil survey maps.
Available data, how to access it and answers to your soil questions.
Plus a FREE USDA-NRCS Soil Survey CD and Demonstration.
Presented by:
The San Juan Islands Conservation District in cooperation with
The United States Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service
NRCS Soil Survey Workshop 2010
BIODYNAMICS Renewing Human and Natural Systems Through Agriculture
On-Farm Workshop June 26-28, 2009
S&S Homestead Farm, Lopez Island, Washington (WSU BIOAg Learning Site)
Over the last 85 years of the development of Biodynamic Agriculture, practitioners have extended the understanding of plant morphology initiated by poet and scientist, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. In this workshop, participants will learn these advanced principles of plant metamorphosis through instructive plant demonstrations, through artistic work, and by applying these principles in their own plant observation and collection in the field. Participants will thus better understand the dynamics of biodynamic practice.
This 6th annual workshop will also include on-farm slaughter using the USDA mobile unit, harvesting of animal sheaths and demonstration of biodynamic prep making and usage, a farm walk on various topics on how to form a healthy farm organism, and most of all, celebrating farm-produced food and drink.
For details and workshop information, contact Henning Sehmsdorf sshomestead@rockisland.com, or 360-468-3335.
For carpool information, contact Barry Lia at barrylia@comcast.net, or 206-753-9244.
Workshop Announcement 2009-3 Session description 2009-2 Registration Form 2009-2
Composting
The SJC Public Works Dept, WSU Extension and the San Juan Islands Conservation District sponsors annual free composting workshops in Early Spring. Contact 360.370.0503 for more information.
WSU Low Impact Development Technical Workshop Series As part of the Puget Sound Partnership, Washington State University will present a series of four new LID technical workshops in four locations around Puget Sound. Funding for the workshops is provided by the Puget Sound Partnership. These two-day workshops, with instruction by regional and national experts in the field, will provide the technical details necessary to properly design, build and maintain LID practices.
- Engineers
- Landscape Architects
- Planners
- Local jurisdiction staff such as plan reviewer
- Developers
- Builders
- Equipment operators
- Elected officials and others who are interested in the technical details to properly design, construct and maintain LID projects Pre-registration is required. Contact: Curtis Hinman, WSU Extension Pierce County
Pasture Management and Weed Control by Rich Lee, SJC Weed Control, Bruce Gregory, SJICD and D. N. Kinsey, SJICD
Annual Compost Workshops for the San Juans with the SJC Public Works Solid Waste Division March 2007-2010
Presentations:
SJC Realtors Association April 24, 2009
Water and Low Impact Development by D. N. Kinsey
Master Gardener Training Feb 24, 2009
Site Planning and Design by D. N. Kinsey
Leadership San Juan Islands 5-9-08
Geology and Soils by D. N. Kinsey
San Juan Island Garden Club 5-06-2008
Native Plant Use by D. N. Kinsey
Master Gardeners 4-07-2008 (Orcas Island)
Native Plant Use by D. N. Kinsey
Native Plant Sale 2-28-2008 (Orcas Island)
Native Plant Use by D. N. Kinsey
Native Plant Society 10-07-2006
Low Impact Development (LID) as a way to mitigate for loss of native vegetation.
Download/View Presentation (28 MB PDF)
SJC Realtors Association 10-27-2006
Water workshop sponsored by the Friends of the San Juans.
Download/View Presentation (28 MB PDF)