Schedule of Events

Theme: "The Columbia, Conserving a Legacy of Life"

For information contact:  Nancy Herselius at 
(515) 289-2331, extension 17 or nancyh@swcs.org

Schedule of Events

Friday, July 25
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.                      Board of Directors Meeting

Saturday, July 26
6:15 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.              Optional Site-seeing Tour – Jet Boating on the Snake River

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.              Board of Directors Meeting

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.              WEPP Workshop

8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.              CPESC Council Meeting

12:00 – 6:00 p.m.                    Registration Open

5:30 p.m. – 12:30 a.m.            Optional Family Event – Dinner and 
                                               Laser Light Show at Grand Coulee  Dam

Sunday, July 27
7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.              Registration Open

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.            Exhibitor and Poster Set-up

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.              CPESC and CPSWQ Exam Reviews

9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.              Optional Family Event –
                                               Coeur d’Alene and Lake Cruise

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.          Student Member Orientation

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.          First Timers Orientation

12:30 – 4:30 p.m.                    Workshop – Conservation Buffers Effects and Design for
                                               Air Quality

1:00 – 4:00 p.m.                      International Activities Committee Meeting

1:00 – 5:00 p.m.                      Workshop – Stormwater Management and Sediment 
                                               Reduction – Site Inspector Training

1:00 – 9:00 p.m.                      Exhibits/Posters and Inland Empire Chapter Silent Auction
                                               Open

1:30 – 3:30 p.m.                      JSWC Editorial Board Meeting

1:30 – 4:30 p.m.                      Student Activity – Career Opportunities in Conservation

1:30 – 5:30 p.m.                      Chapter Development Workshop (NOTE: NEW TIME 
                                               FRAME)

3:00 – 5:00 p.m.                      SWCS and Berg Fellows Joint Meeting

3:00 – 5:00 p.m.                      Professional Development and Membership Committees
                                               Meeting

3:00 – 5:00 p.m.                      Scholarship Committee Meeting

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.                      Moderators’ Orientation

4:30 – 6:30 p.m.                      Workshop – Technical Service Providers (TSPs): NRCS
                                               Certification Requirements

6:30 – 9:00 p.m.                      Teen and Youth Welcome Event – Raptor Rehabilitation 
                                               Program

6:30 – 9:00 p.m.                      Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall; Silent Auction

6:45 – 8:00 a.m.                      South Central and Southeastern Regional (combined) breakfast

                                                East North Central Regional Breakfast

                                                Northern Plains Regional Breakfast

                                                West Regional Breakfast

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.              Registration Open

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.              Exhibits and Posters Open; Silent Auction

8:00 – 10:00 a.m.                    Plenary Session I

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.            Optional Site-seeing Tour – Historic Spokane’s “Age of
                                               Elegance”

9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.              Youth and Teen Activity – Hiking and Horseback Riding
                                               in Riverside State Park

9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.              Optional Site-seeing Tour – The Silver Valley

10:00 – 10:30 a.m.                  Break in Exhibit Hall

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.          Personal Development Session – Estate Planning and
                                               Retirement Issues

10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.          Concurrent Session I

10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.            Teen Activity – Wild Walls Climbing Gym and Laser Quest

10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.            Youth and Teen Activity – Day at Splashdown

1:00 – 3:00 p.m.                      Plenary Session II

1:00 – 4:30 p.m.                      Optional Site-seeing Tour – Green Bluff Orchards and
                                               Mountain Dome Winery

3:00 – 3:30 p.m.                      Break in Exhibit Hall

3:30 – 5:00 p.m.                      Personal Development Session – Stress Management
                                               Workshop

3:30 – 5:30 p.m.                      Concurrent Session II

5:00 – 7:00 p.m.                      Exhibit and Poster Teardown; Silent Auction closes

6:00 – 9:30 p.m.                      Social Night Picnic in Riverfront Park and Evening
                                                Entertainment in Plenary Session Room

Tuesday, July 29
6:45 – 8:00 a.m.                      Northeastern Regional Breakfast

                                              West North Central Regional Breakfast

                                               Southwestern Regional Breakfast

                                               Canadian Regional Breakfast

7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.              Technical Tour – Grand Coulee Dam and Dry Falls

7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.              Technical Tour – The Silver Valley

7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.              Technical Tour – High Technology Forestry

8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.              Registration Open

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.            Technical Tour – Spokane Soil and Water Conservation Tour

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.            ARSCSE Board Meeting

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.            Workshop – Nutrient Management to Reduce Emissions
                                               from Agriculture and Livestock Production

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.            Workshop – Vegetative Considerations for Streambank
                                               Soil Bioengineering

8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.              Workshop – Wastewater Management – A Poplar
                                               Solution

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.              Workshop – Establishing a Discharge Station for
                                               Recording Streamflow: A Technical Training Workshop

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.              Student Technical Tour – Scablands and Dryland Research
                                               Station at Lind

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.              Technical Tour – Paradise Called the Palouse

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.              USDA-NRCS Chief’s Executive Team Meeting

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.            Optional Site-seeing Tour – Historic Spokane’s “Age of
                                               Elegance”

9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.              CPESC and CPSWQ Exams

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.            Youth and Teen Activity – Silverwood Theme Park

12:30 – 4:30 p.m.                    Workshop – Use of Comprehensive Nutrient Management
                                                Plans (CNMPs) as Tools to Improve Air Quality and
                                                Watershed and Basin Management

1:00 – 5:00 p.m.                      Workshop – Developing the Pest Management 
                                               Component of a Conservation Plan Using the NRCS 
                                               Windows Pesticide Screening Tool

1:00 – 5:00 p.m.                      Workshop – Leadership Development for the 21^st
                                               Century – Earth Care Connection, USA

1:30 – 5:00 p.m.                      Optional Site-seeing Tour – Glass Blowing and Wine
                                               Tasting

5:15 – 6:15 p.m.                      Women in Conservation Meeting and Reception

5:30 – 9:00 p.m.                      ARSCSE Social and Banquet

7:00 – 9:00 p.m.                      Local Arrangements Committees Meeting

Wednesday, July 30

7:30 – 8:30 a.m.                      House of Delegates Meeting

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.            Registration Open

8:00  – 10:00 a.m.                   Concurrent Session III

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.          Plenary Session III

12:00 – 1:30 p.m.                    Awards Lunch

1:30 – 5:30 p.m.                      Workshop – RUSLE 2 – Part I of II

2:00 – 6:00 p.m.                      Workshop – Use of Comprehensive Nutrient Management
                                               Plans (CNMPs) as tools to Improve Air Quality and
                                              Watershed and Basin Management (repeat of Tuesday
                                               workshop)

2:00 – 6:00 p.m.                      Workshop – Developing the Pest Management 
                                               Component of a Conservation Plan Using the NRCS  
                                                Windows Pesticide Screening Tool (repeat of Tuesday
                                                workshop)

Thursday, July 31

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.            Workshop – RUSLE 2 – Part II of II

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.            Workshop – Conservation Buffers Effects and Design for
                                               Air Quality (repeat of Saturday workshop)

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.            Workshop – Nutrient management to Reduce Emissions
                                                form Agriculture and Livestock Production (repeat of       
                                                Tuesday workshop)

9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.              Workshop – TBA/MTBE Remediation

SWCS reserves the right to cancel events/activities without prior notice.

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2004 SWCS Annual Conference
July 24-28, 2004
Radisson Riverfront Hotel
St. Paul, Minnesota