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LAST CALL: If you have not made your hotel reservation, please do so immediately, the Caribe is no longer holding rooms for our group so once they are gone you will have to find other accommodations.

Correction to Program: Pre-registration and On-site registration will both be located at the Royal Palm Registration Desk on Saturday the 8th and Thursday the 13th.  Sunday the 9th - Wednesday the 12th Pre-registration will be located at the Caribe Registration Desk and On-site will remain at the Royal Palm Registration Desk. 

This year, in a joint effort with our federal agency partners, the ESD Workshop series currently scheduled at Orlando will be available for live-streaming access as well as archived access for use at a later date over the course of the year.

This means that even if a trip to Orlando isn't in your near future, you won't have to miss out on the trainings, CEUs, and information that will be included through these workshops.  Whether you can set aside time to gather folks in your office to watch the workshops live or simply take some time out of your day over the next few months to view them on your own, this is an opportunity we are excited to be able to present.

We heard the call from those of you unable to attend the meeting in Orlando this year, and while we wish you were able to physically be there and able to take part in all that the Annual Meeting has to offer, we didn't want you to miss out on the great information being presented-so in light of that, this effort was born!

Of particular note, 3 ESD Workshops have been approved for 4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and one is approved for 2 ฝ CEUS.  If you take the course online-be sure to input your contact information--as that is how we will communicate and ensure that you receive your well-earned units.

Given the immense support from our federal agency partners, we will be able to offer COMPLIMENTARY seats to those agency employees who wish to view the workshops LIVE.  There is a limited number of seats available for the live-streaming portion of this effort, so be sure and sign-up TODAY!  There are 500 "seats" available for the live-streaming of each workshops, first come, first serve-don't miss out!

If you aren't able to participate live, don't worry.  Following the Annual Meeting, each workshop will be available for you to watch as your time allows and the same CEUs will still be offered.  These recorded sessions will have a nominal fee, please be on the lookout for this information in the coming months.

In order to take part in the workshops, you will need to register and then log-in to the following site via our portal through OmNovia, please read the registration information as follows:

Registration is mandatory for these events. Please use the following URL to register for this event:

Web Link for Registration: http://rangemanagement.omnovia.com/register

You may choose to register for individual workshops by clicking on the "Sign Up" button next to the workshop, or you can sign up for all four workshops by checking the "Select All Events" box at the top of the sign-up page.

You may enter the event up to 30 minutes before the start of the event but you cannot enter 30 minutes after the event has started.

Please ensure contact information is current as this is how you will receive CEU credits.

Once there, you will log-in with your information.  Be aware, there is a cap on the number of those who can take part in this effort live, the first 500 will get access-so sign-up fast!  The archived access which is available after the workshops have taken place does not have a cap or limit, so don't worry-you won't miss out if you aren't able to watch them live.

Make a note in your calendars as to which workshops you'd like to either watch live or bookmark for later use:

• Monday, Feb. 10th: 1:00-5:00pm EST-- ESD Workshop: ESD Uses and Users
• Tuesday, Feb. 11th: 1:00-5:00pm EST-- ESD Workshop: Unifying Concepts for Riparian Ecological Sites
• Wednesday, Feb. 12th: 8:00-Noon EST-- Emerging Technologies for ESD Development
• Wednesday, Feb. 12th: 1:00-5:00pm EST-- Integrating Ecological Sites into a Spatial Hierarchy to Improve Predictions

If you have any questions regarding the live-streaming, archived access, log-in/registration information or this effort in general, please email SRM Washington, D.C. Liaison Kelly Fogarty at kelly@wssdc.com.

Harvey's life-long passion was the stewardship of Colorado's rangelands, through science-based principles. He was a strong advocate of holistic resource management and was able to see the cause and effects of management related issues. He challenged others to think in terms of solving the problem and not treating the symptoms. Harvey worked individually with many ranchers in northeastern Colorado, NRCS employees, and partners. He also spoke at many workshops, provided training, and was an active member in the Colorado Section SRM since 1970, where he was a former President and Board Member. He mentored many young professionals in their careers. One of his favorite games with new employees was "stump the chump" to sharpen their field plant ID skills. Harvey also provided leadership and authored Ecological Site Descriptions for eastern Colorado. He provided many "teaching moments" in his career.

Harvey received many awards during his career including: Society for Range Management "Outstanding Achievement" Award at the 2010 International Meeting in Denver, CO, the Trail Boss award from the Colorado Section - SRM, numerous certificates of merit and certificates of appreciation from NRCS throughout his career along with appreciation awards from both the FFA and 4-H. Harvey will be greatly missed.

60th Anniversary of the Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed

March 6-7, 2014 

Contact Phil for more information:  Phil.Heilman@ARS.USDA.GOV

Cool-Season Invasive Grasses in the Northern Great Plains

Tuesday March 18 - Wednesday March 19, 2014

The Holiday Inn in Fargo, ND (3803 13th Ave S)

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Ranching and a West That Works
April 24-25, 2014
Lory Student Center Theater - CSU

Earn 9 CEU's (Continuing Education Credits) from the SRM
RSVP to Kellie.Clark@colostate.edu  More Information