Athens Conference Office
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***Important Note for UGA Employees: UGA employees cannot pay their registration fees with their UGA pcard. They will need to contact us to process an Intra-UGA payment or use a personal credit card to pay for their registration. Use of a UGA pcard is a violation of pcard procedures.***
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University of Georgia
College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences
Athens Conference Office
202 Hoke Smith Building
Athens, GA 30602Fax: (706) 583-0348
Carla Wood: (706) 583-0347
Erica Goss: (706) 542-0808
Hydric Soils Workshops 2009 - September
An In-Depth, Two-Part, Short Course for Wetland Professionals
Raleigh, North Carolina
I. Basic Processes in Hydric Soils
September 21-22, 2009
Get a thorough introduction to the concepts of hydric soils and wetlands. Emphasis is placed on normal situations, and topics include soil descriptions, wetland chemistry, redoximorphic features and field indicators, wetland hydrology, and problems with sandy soils. You will learn to use the NRCS hydric soil indicators under field conditions.
II. Advanced Problems in Hydric Soil Evaluation
September 23-24, 2009
Build on what you learned in the first workshop by studying evaluation problems and atypical situations. Topics include USDA-NRCS technical standards for confirming hydric soils, monitoring soil hydrology, interpreting rainfall data, relating hydric soil field indicators to groundwater characteristics, and evaluating sites with altered hydrology.
Both the Basic and Advanced workshops will include classroom discussion, fieldwork, and homework. You will spend half of the total training time in the field gaining practical, hands-on experience in soil description and identification of hydric soil indicators.
Register for the complete, two-part course and save $55.
I. Basic Processes: $575
II. Advanced Problems: $575
I & II. Basic plus Advanced: $1095
To register online, click here!
To register via mail or fax, click here to download the registration form and brochure!
Looking for Directions?
The Hydric Soils Short Course will be held at the:
Hampton Inn & Suites-Raleigh/Cary I-40 (RBC Center)
111 Hampton Woods Lane
Raleigh, NC 27607
Tel: 1-919-233-1798
Fax: 1-919-854-1166
Rooms held under “NCSU Hydric Soil” until August 31
A map to the hotel is available here
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***Important Note for UGA Employees: UGA employees cannot pay their registration fees with their UGA pcard. They will need to contact us to process an Intra-UGA payment or use a personal credit card to pay for their registration. Use of a UGA pcard is a violation of pcard procedures.***
Registration By Mail
For registration paid by check, please fill out the conference-specific form and mail form with payment to:
University of Georgia
College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences
Athens Conference Office
202 Hoke Smith Building
Athens, GA 30602Please note that our accepted forms of payment are:
Visa, Mastercard, American Express and checks.
We do not accept cash payments through the mail or onsite.