University of Florida



Design, Function, and Management of Retention Ponds, Constructed Wetlands, and Rain Gardens for Improving Quality of Agricultural and Urban runoff

Co-Leaders: Dr. Jyotsna Sharma, Dr. Juanita Popenoe, Jennifer Hitchcock, Barbra Larson, and Dr. Joan Bradshaw

Date: November 3-4, 2005

Location: Mid-Florida Research and Education Center and Orange County Extension Office, Florida

Program

3 NOVEMBER 2005 – Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, Apopka, FL

10.30 am – 10.45 am Welcome and Introduction

10.45 am – 11.45 am Constructed Wetlands for Managing Nursery Runoff – Design, Function, and Management

Stewart Chandler

11.45 am – 1.00 pm Lunch (included)

1:00 pm – 1.45 pm Plants for Wetlands, Rain Gardens, and Retention Basins

Dr. Jyotsna Sharma

1.45 pm – 2.30 pm Venomous Snakes and Alligators in Water Bodies: safety around wet areas

Dr. Steve Johnson

2.30 pm – 3.15 pm Aquatic Weed Control

Dr. Ken Langeland

3.30 pm – 5.00 pm Tour Spring Hill Nursery and their retention area

4 NOVEMBER 2005 - Orange County Extension Office, 2350 E. Michigan Street, Orlando, FL 32806

8.30 am – 9.30 am         Urban and Municipal Retention Ponds/Wetlands – Design, Function, and Management

Dr. Mark Clark

 

9.30 am – 10.00 am       Drive to tour site (one group to Wastewater Wetland; the other to an Urban, Residential Retention Basin)

 

10.00 am – 11.30 am     Guided tour of City of Orlando Wastewater Wetland/ Urban, Residential Retention Basin

 

11.30 am – 12.00 pm     Boxed Lunch (included) to be eaten on-site before traveling to the other site

 

12.00 pm – 1.00 pm       Drive to tour site (one group to wastewater wetland; the other to Urban, Residential Retention Basin)

 

1.00 pm – 2.30 pm         Guided tour of Urban, Residential Retention Basin /City of Orlando Wastewater wetlands

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Registration (Please register by 27 October, 2005)

Cost: All participants will be required to pay $30 Registration Fee by the due date. County Agents and Program Assistants (if eligible) can get reimbursed through the DEDs office.

County Agents:

This is an Extension Funded IST. The PeopleSoft accounting code for reimbursement will be provided through the PDEC website at the time of signing up.

Others - $30 per person

Where to register:

County Agents: (1) Please register through the PDEC website; (2) send name, address, phone number, and registration fee to the address below.

Others: (1) Please send name, address, e-mail address, phone number to rariddle@ifas.ufl.edu; (2) send the registration fee to the address below.

Make check payable to NFREC and send by 27 October, 2005 to:

Rebecca Riddle

155 Research Road

Quincy, Florida 32351

rariddle@ifas.ufl.edu

CEUs:

CEUs may be available

Hotel Information:

Night of 2nd November, 2005:

Should you like to arrive the night of the 2nd, please book a hotel near MREC in Apopka. One option is listed below:

Crosby’s Motor Inn

1440 W. Orange Blossom Trail

Apopka, Florida

Phone: 407-886-3220

Night of 3rd November, 2005:

Please make your own reservations at a hotel for the night Thursday, 3 November, 2005. Some options are listed below:

|Radisson Plaza Hotel Orlando |Orlando Marriott Downtown |Embassy Suites Hotel Orlando-Downtown |

|60 S Ivanhoe Blvd, Orlando, Florida |400 West Livingston Street |191 East Pine Street, Orlando, Florida 32801 |

|Telephone: 1-407-425-4455 |Orlando, Florida 32801 |Telephone: 1-407-841-1000  |

| |Telephone: 1-407-843-6664 | |

| |Toll-Free: 1-800-574-3160 | |

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MFREC direction 1 Orange County Office directions 1

In-service Training and Workshop

Thursday-Friday, November 3-4, 2005

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