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1 PRELIMINARY AGENDA 71 th Annual Wyoming Weed & Pest Conference 70 th Annual Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts Convention Society for Range Management, Wyoming Chapter PARTNERS IN RESOURCE EXCELLENCE November 2-5, 2015 Hilton Garden Inn, Laramie, WY Monday, November p.m. Wy. Assoc. of Conservation Districts Board of Directors Meeting Garden Room 1-5 p.m. Weed & Pest Bio-Control Steering Committee Meeting Garden Room II 3-5 p.m. Weed & Pest Executive Council Meeting - Hilton Boardroom 1-5 p.m. Weed & Pest Committee Meetings (TBD by Chairperson) Tuesday, November 3 7 a.m. Registration Opens Coat Room (In convention center lobby area) 8 a.m. University of Wyoming, Poster Presentations to be set-up 20 relevant research posters will be on display beginning Tuesday until 1 p.m. on Thursday. 8 a.m. -12 p.m. Wy. Assoc. Conservation Districts Board of Directors Meeting - Salon A 7-9 a.m. Weed & Pest Committee Meetings (TBD by Chairperson) 9 a.m. -12 p.m. Weed & Pest Council Business Meeting #1 Salon C 8-9:30 a.m. Wy. Conservation District Employees Assoc. Executive Committee Meeting Salon D&E 8:30-10:30 a.m. SRM Council Meeting Salon B 10:45 a.m. 12 p.m. SRM Committee Meetings Salon B 9:30-11:30 a.m. Conservation District Employees Association Meeting Salon D & E 12 p.m. Trade Show set up Lobby 12-1 p.m. Box Lunch for all attendees Salon D&E

2 12-1 p.m. SRM Business meeting Salon B 1:00-3:00 p.m. Tours Transportation will be provided to the UW/WDA tours Wyoming Department of Agriculture Lab: Tour the Wyoming Department of Agriculture Services Laboratory (ASL) to see how environmental samples are prepared and tested. ASL performs a variety of analysis on water, meat, milk, animal feed, fertilizer, fuel, pesticide and forage. ASL recently obtained new state-of-the-art equipment for some of our high volume tests. Meet ASL staff performing the analysis, learn how we prioritize samples, and get questions answered regarding testing that you may be performing or may impact your district. UW School of Energy, Energy Innovation Center: The tour will take guests throughout the building to learn more about the advanced laboratory spaces within the EIC and the current energy research being conducted by SER faculty and research scientists. The EIC s Shell 3-D Visualization Center (Viz Center) proudly houses the only four-walled, 3-D CAVE (Cave Automatic Virtual Environment) in Wyoming. The Viz Center s mission is To create and maintain a community of empowered users who will drive the enhancement of teaching and research at UW, by utilizing visualization technology and embracing collaborative multidisciplinary opportunities. The Viz Center beautifully complements the primary function of the EIC-- to enable scientists and engineers to visualize and interact with highly complex and data sets. UW Geological Museum: The tour of the University of Wyoming Geological Museum will highlight some of Wyoming s most famous and important fossils. We will begin with Wyoming s earliest fossil, a 2 billion year old stromatolite collected from the Medicine Bow Mountains, followed by a discussion on the discovery of fossils in Wyoming under our fully mounted Apatosaurus ajax (Brontosaurus) skeleton found at the original site of dinosaur discovery. Lastly, we ll take a look at Big Al, our incredibly complete Allosaurus whose bones tell a tragic story of pain, survival, and death. The tour will take approximately 45 minutes, then guests will have time to look around the museum on their own. 1 5 p.m. X Bar Ranch Tour hosted by Wyoming SRM 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Wyoming Department of Agriculture Lab UW School of Energy, Energy Innovation Center UW Geological Museum 5:30 p.m. Welcome Reception and Society for Range Management Student/Professional Mixer Hosted by Laramie Rivers CD, Albany County Weed and Pest and the UW College of Agriculture & Natural Resources - UW American Heritage Center Welcome from Laramie Rivers Conservation District, Chairman & Albany County Weed & Pest, Director Sponsor & Vendor Spotlight: Introduction of Convention Sponsors and Exhibitors Wednesday, November 4 7 a.m. Registration Opens Coat Room in Convention Center Lobby 7 8 a.m. SRM Plant ID Competition Salon F 8:00 a.m. Opening Ceremonies Ballroom Master of Ceremonies, Doug Miyamoto, Director, Wyoming Department of Agriculture

3 Posting of the Colors: Air Force ROTC Invocation: Reverend Gary Wilken, First United Methodist Church in Medicine Bow and North Park Community Church, Walden Welcome from John Watson, WY Weed & Pest Council, President; Shaun Sims, WACD President, and Windy Kelley, President; Wyoming Section, Society for Range Management Welcome from Dr. Frank Galey, Dean, College of Ag & Natural Resources (invited) Welcome from Tim Sullivan, Chairman, Albany County Commission 9 a.m. Keynote Address: The Ecology of Wyoming: Twenty Years of Change - Dennis Knight, Author, Ecology of Wyoming 10:00 a.m. Break Lobby 10:15-11:30 a.m. General Session - Ballroom The Honorable Matt Mead, Governor State of Wyoming (invited) 12 p.m. Joint Awards Luncheon - Ballroom Master of Ceremonies: Glen Whipple, Associate Dean/Director of Extension and Professor 2 2:45 p.m. Weed & Pest Employees Association Meeting - Garden I 2-2:45 p.m. Conservation District Committee Meetings Business portion Conservation Forestry Salon A Private, State & Federal Lands Salon F Water Resources Salon G Wildlife - Garden III 2:15-2:45 p.m. District Operations & Education Garden II 2-3 p.m. Rangeland Cup Competition Salon D & E 2:45 p.m. Break Lobby 3-5 p.m. WNRF Board of Trustees meeting UW Board Room 3 5 p.m. SRM High School Youth Forum followed by Student Extemporaneous Speaking Garden I 3:00 P.M. Concurrent Committee Sessions These committee meetings are open to any convention attendees Forestry Salon A (Please note Forestry Committee will adjourn by 4:30 p.m. to allow for room setup)

4 Operations & Education Garden II Private, State & Federal Salon F Water Resources Salon G Wildlife Garden III 5:00 6 p.m. University of Wyoming, Student Poster Presentations Students will be on hand during the Social Hour to answer questions 6:00 p.m. Social Hour and Live Auction - Ballroom Wyoming Natural Resource Foundation drawing for the Gator and Tool Chest Thursday, November a.m. Undergraduate Range Management Exam Gardens 8 9:30 a.m. Renewable Energy/Energy Conservation Water Related Research UW Chuck Carrig NRCS State Archeologist, Archeology Reviews SHPO and NRCS SRM Session TBD Social Media & Marketing 9:30 a.m. Break Lobby 10 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Concurrent Breakout Session a.m. Sheila Bird Farm Community Supported Agriculture - Lisa Cox Tongue River Geomorphic Assessment & Improvement - Ronald Koth, Senior Fisheries Ecologist, BARR (invited) Chuck Carrig NRCS State Archeologist, Archeology Reviews SHPO and NRCS TO BE DETERMINED Social Media & Marketing

5 11:15 a.m - 12:15 p.m. Prairie Monarch Bison Ranch Holistic Ranching Dylan Handrich; Community/School Gardens, Tony Hoch, Laramie Rivers CD Q&A with panelists Dr. Gary Beauvais, Director, Wyoming Natural Diversity Data Base Species on the Radar Herbicide Resistance Andrew Kniss, Associate Professor of Weed Ecology & Management TO BE DETERMINED Small Acreage survey results Jennifer Thompson, Small Acreage Outreach Coordinator Play Clean Go Erika Edmiston, Teton County Weed & Pest and Julie Kraft, Sublette County Weed & Pest 12:30 p.m. Luncheon - Ballroom Moderator: Jessica Crowder, President-Elect SRM; Shaun Sims, President, WACD and John Watson, President, Weed & Pest Weed & Pest Service Awards; WACD Certifications and SRM Student Awards 1:30-2:30 p.m. SRM Council meeting 1:30-4 p.m. Microbrial Source Tracking State of the Science - The Gardens Melissa Partyka, University of California Davis Lucy Parham, SWCA Wanda Manley, Wyoming Public Health Lab 2-5 p.m. WACD Business Meeting Salons ABC 3:30 p.m. Break - Lobby 2-5 p.m. Weed & Pest Business Meeting #2 Salons DE Immediately following Weed & Pest Business Meeting: W&P Executive Committee Meeting

Partners in Resource Excellence

Please join us for the Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts, Wyoming Weed & Pest Council and Society for Range Management Wyoming Section Annual Convention Partners in Resource Excellence November