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ITWS Fall Workshop and Meeting
October 21, 2016 @ 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
$25 – $45Sustaining Wildlife in Agricultural Landscapes
Most land cover in Indiana and the Midwest is agricultural. While there are many opportunities to enhance wildlife habitat in agricultural landscapes, many challenges exist. This program will provide an current issues and strategies relevant in Indiana and will help wildlife professionals engage farmers and other rural landowners on how to enhance properties for wildlife. There will also be time to interact with other professionals over lunch and an optional trap shoot. The ITWS continuing education committee is extremely excited to offer this program. We hope you can join us.
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Agenda
| Time | Topic |
| 9:30 a.m. | Registration |
| 10:00 a.m. | ITWS Business Meeting |
| 11:30 a.m. | Lunch |
| 12:30 p.m. | Introduction Brian MacGowan, Purdue University |
| 12:40 p.m. | Adoption of Conservation Practices by Farmers Dr. Linda Prokopy, Professor, Purdue University |
| 1:10 p.m. | Mississippi River Basin Initiative Jorgen Rose, Landscape Conservation Specialist, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie and Big Rivers Landscape Conservation Cooperative |
| 1:40 p.m. | Wildlife Management Strategies—Past and Future Shannon Zezula, State Resource Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service |
| 2:10 p.m. | Managing CRP Native Warm Season Grasses for Wildlife Jarred Brooke, Extension Wildlife Specialist, Purdue University |
| 2:40 p.m. | Travel to shooting Range |
| 3:00—4:30 | Orientation and Trap Shooting |