Conservation Equipment Field Day
When: Thursday, April 9th | 9am - 3pm EDT
Where: Union County Agricultural & Event Complex
3230-D Presson Rd, Monroe, NC 28112
Landowners will learn about equipment options, management techniques & professional assistance to help meet their conservation goals.
Join landowners and natural resource staff as we explore equipment options, management techniques, and professional assistance available to help you meet your conservation goals for your property! Participants will have the opportunity to operate equipment with an instructor and converse with forestry and wildlife professionals.
Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/conservation-equipment-field-day-registration-1980202122855
Cost = $15, includes lunch
Agenda:
9:00 -9:30
Check in, visit resource professionals.
9:30-9:45
Overview of the day's activities
9:45-10:30
Station rotation Stop 1: Compact tractors and implements (disk, bush hog, grapple, bucket)
10:30-11:15
Station rotation Stop 2: UTVs and implements (various size UTVs, no-till drills and broadcast seeders)
11:15-12:00
Station rotation Stop 3: Power hand tools (chainsaws, brush saws, backpack blowers, pole saws, safety gear)
12:00-12:45
Lunch (provided)
12:45-1:15
Visit resource professionals
1:15-2:00
Station rotation Stop 4: Herbicides and applicators (sprayers, backpack, ATV, tractor mounted, hack and squirt equipment and PPE)
2:00-3:00
Visit resource professionals
Event Sponsors:
Brooks Sales (Kubota)
N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
N.C. Tree Farm Program
N.C. Cooperative Extension
Stihl Equipment
Union County Soil and Water District
Exhibitors:
Brooks Sales (Kubota)
N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
N.C. Tree Farm Program
Stihl Equipment
Union County Soil and Water District
N.C. Forest Service
Catawba Lands Conservancy
N.C. State University Extension Forestry
N.C. Cooperative Extension, N.C. Conservation Outreach Project
N.C. Wildlife Federation
ForestHer NC
Prescribed Burn Association