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Learn how to manage pests via 'Don't Bug Me' webinar series

Learn how to manage pests via 'Don't Bug Me' webinar series

Got ants?  Tired of ladybug invasions in the fall?  Brought home bed bugs from your last trip?  Alabama Cooperative Extension professionals will moderatre a free webinar series that will take on all of these topics.  In 2013, most of the webinars will be on fire ants and other invasive ant specias.  Other topics for the year include bed bugs and various insects that invade homes each autumn.

Alabama Extension entomologist Dr. Kathy Flanders says these free webinars are designed for homeowners and the general public.

"We will provide them wilth sound, research-based management solutions for these pests from some of the best experts around the country," she says.  "The webinars are specifically for ordinary people wno need answers they can use."

"Participating is as simple as clicking on a web link."

Each webinar will begin at 1 p.m.

Learn how to manage pests via 'Don't Bug Me' webinar series

Learn how to manage pests via 'Don't Bug Me' webinar series

Got ants?  Tired of ladybug invasions in the fall?  Brought home bed bugs from your last trip?  Alabama Cooperative Extension professionals will moderatre a free webinar series that will take on all of these topics.  In 2013, most of the webinars will be on fire ants and other invasive ant specias.  Other topics for the year include bed bugs and various insects that invade homes each autumn.

Alabama Extension entomologist Dr. Kathy Flanders says these free webinars are designed for homeowners and the general public.

"We will provide them wilth sound, research-based management solutions for these pests from some of the best experts around the country," she says.  "The webinars are specifically for ordinary people wno need answers they can use."

"Participating is as simple as clicking on a web link."

Each webinar will begin at 1 p.m.

Dothan to begin seasonal mosquito spraying

Dothan to begin seasonal mosquito spraying

 

DOTHAN, AL (WSFA) - The City of Dothan’s Public Works Department will begin citywide seasonal mosquito spraying and ditch treatments on April 1, 2013.

These activities are conducted during the evening hours Monday thru Thursday and include all residential and recreation areas.

Concerns or questions regarding these activities may be directed to the Environmental Services Division at 615-3820.

AWF Outdoor Classroom grants application deadline coming up!

AWF Outdoor Classroom grants application deadline coming up!

The Alabama Wildlife Federation’s Outdoor Classroom (OC) Grant Program provides financial and technical assistance to schools enrolled in the Alabama Outdoor Classroom Program that wish to create effective and sustainable outdoor classroom sites on their school grounds.

The application deadline is March 8th!

Create your next Outdoor Learning Station, Activity Kit, and/or Educational Signs using an AWF OC Grant!  Grants are available up to $500.

For more details and to download and print the AWF Outdoor Classroom Grant Guidelines and/or the Grant Proposal Application, click here.

Source: Alabama Wildlife Foundation

Alabama Wildlife Federation offering a workshop for conservation educators

Alabama Wildlife Federation offering a workshop for conservation educators

The Alabama Wildlife Federation is offering a hands-on outdoor classroom activities workshop.  The workshop will be held in Dothan on Wednesday, March 6th from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.

This FREE workshop is designed to provide educators with hands-on, inquiry-based activities that are correlated to the Alabama Course of Study objectives and that can be used in conjunction with an outdoor classroom and outdoor learning stations. 

During this workshop we will discuss the following:

  • Understanding the Hands-on, Minds-on Teaching Philosophy
  • Incorporating AWF's Outdoor Field Journal Activities and Themed Outdoor Classroom Activities into daily lesson plans
  • How to utilize AWF's Conservation Education Activity Search Engine
  • Where to find FREE conservation education activities
  • How to integrate technology in your outdoor classroom

There is no cost to attend the workshop, but lunc

Learn how to manage pests via 'Don't Bug Me' webinar series

Learn how to manage pests via 'Don't Bug Me' webinar series

Got ants?  Tired of ladybug invasions in the fall?  Brought home bed bugs from your last trip?  Alabama Cooperative Extension professionals will moderatre a free webinar series that will take on all of these topics.  In 2013, most of the webinars will be on fire ants and other invasive ant specias.  Other topics for the year include bed bugs and various insects that invade homes each autumn.

Alabama Extension entomologist Dr. Kathy Flanders says these free webinars are designed for homeowners and the general public.

"We will provide them wilth sound, research-based management solutions for these pests from some of the best experts around the country," she says.  "The webinars are specifically for ordinary people wno need answers they can use."

"Participating is as simple as clicking on a web link."

Each webinar will begin at 1 p.m.

Wetumpka Crater Events set for February 21-23

Wetumpka Crater Events set for February 21-23

Wetumpka is the site of the greatest natural disaster to ever hit Alabama, a large meteor strike. It created a five-mile wide crater that is still visible near the city. This happened over 85 million years ago near the end of the “Age of Dinosaurs”.

First discovered in the mid 1970s, an astrobleme, meaning “star wound” was confirmed and registered in 1998 by Dr. David King Jr., Professor of Geology, Auburn University. Because the location was covered by a shallow sea at the time of impact, scientists have declared it to be one of the “best preserved marine impact craters in the world”.

Each year the Wetumpka Impact Crater Commission and City of Wetumpka sponsor several Crater events, a Thursday evening public lecture by Dr David King and Friday school tours and Saturday public tours of the Crater.

Dr. King will conduct a free public lecture on the science of the Crater on Thursday, February 21st at 7:00 pm in the Wetumpka Civic Center, Main Street, Wetumpka.