San Juan County Soil Workshop
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
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)
Saturday November 18 2006 - Sphagnum Salon in Lopez Village
This presentation will feature a series of short talks on issues related to bogs and wetlands.
'Revised Washington Revised Wetland Rating System' Download/View Presentation (9 MB PDF)
Displays:
San Juan County Fair (annual event third week of August in Friday Harbor, San Juan Island)
Booth and Information for landowners and county residents
GIS Day November 14, 2007
The Conservation District along with SJC Public Works, Assessors Office, Weed Board, Public Health demonstrate Geographic Information System (GIS) use.