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Annual Meeting
UVM Extension and Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation are pleased to announce a new webinar series for natural resource professionals on managing and adapting to Vermont’s changing forests. Over the coming year, we will be bringing you 12 webinars that will explore emerging issues and offer new strategies for adaptive management. Pre-registration is required. Webinars are free and will be archived. This webinar is approved for 1 Category 1-CF SAF credit. Learn more about the series.
Join us for the next webinar:
Invasive Plants: Preventing and Managing the Spread in Vermont’s Forest, December 16th 9:30am REGISTER NOW
Invasive plants are an increasingly apparent problem for Vermont’s forests. The scope of the problem may seem overwhelming, but landowners and professionals, as well as communities, can take specific steps that have measurable impacts. This webinar will cover best practices in invasive plant management and provide you with resources to plan, map, and prioritize control efforts. We will also take a virtual tour of vtinvasives.org to highlight specific tools and resources available for practitioners. If you’ve ever had any questions about how to handle invasives in the understory, you won’t want to miss this webinar.
Presenter: Elizabeth Spinney, Invasive Plant Coordinator, VT Dept. Forests, Parks & Recreation
Join us on Tuesday, January 12th from 8-9:30am at the Community College of Vermont in White River Junction for the second in our Business Breakfast Series.
Did you know there are opportunities for free training for you and your employees? Find out how to tap into federal funds from the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Act! Meet Jeb Spaulding, Chancellor of the Vermont State College (former VT State Treasurer), and CCV President Joyce Judy, who will share other initiatives important to the Vermont business community.
Full breakfast catered by Maple Street Catering. $5 for members of the Hartford Area Chamber of Commerce, $10 for non-members.
Register here: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ec08b8erfc36b2d5&llr=sar6bdeab
This webinar will introduce participants to the basics of publishing your QGIS map to the cloud. QGIS Cloud offers a simple way to take your QGIS Map Project and make it available to all via the web. QGIS is free, open-source GIS mapping software.
Click here to register for this FREE webinar: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2390222102089760257
For more trainings, go to https://vcgi.vermont.gov/events to see information on webinars and other trainings so you can learn how to use GIS!
Agenda:TAC January Agenda
District Leveling: District Leveling 2016
November Minutes: TAC November Minutes
For a copy of the TRORC Business Meeting agenda, click here: TRORC Board Meeting Agenda 1-20-16
Meeting the Challenges of Climate Change in the Upper Valley
Joint Meeting by Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission, Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission, Vital Communities
Upper Valley Adaptation Workgroup
Montshire Musuem
January 20, 2016
5:30-8:00
AGENDA
530 – 6:30 pm
Main meeting room
Poster presentations on mitigation and adaptation projects by organizations.
Meet staff and network with board members
5:30-6:00
Business meeting of TRORC in classroom
6::30 – 6:50
· 6:30 – 6:34 Welcome from the three directors (Nate Miller, Tom Roberts, Peter Gregory)
· 6:35 – 6:45 Introduction to Upper Valley Adaptation Workgroup, What is “mitigation” vs “adaptation”? – Alex Jaccaci
· 6:45-6:55 Thinking about risk and uncertainty – Kevin Geiger
6:55 – 7:15
Presentation by Erich Osterberg , Assistant Professor Department of Earth Science, Dartmouth College
· Overall state of science and observed measurements as regional as possible
· Future range of climate possibilities, global and regional
7:15 – 7:20
Questions and Answers
7:20 – 7:50
Presentations by TRORC, UVLSRPC and VC on mitigation and adaptation – past, present and future
7:50 – 8:00
Closing –Alex on UVAW community resilience project going forward
Catering will be provided from 5:30-6:30 so please RSVP to Dee Gish at [email protected] or 802-457-3188.
