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Trainings
Current Offerings
Winter Parking Lot & Sidewalk
Maintenance Workshop (December 2012 Date TBD)
Improved Winter Maintenance: Good Choices for Clean Water Video
Winter Maintenance Training for Small Sites Video
Turfgrass Maintenance with Reduced Environmental
Impacts Workshop (2012 Date TBD)
Training Information
| Winter
Parking Lot & Sidewalk Maintenance
A FREE Workshop for Snow Removal Contractors, Landscapers and Property Managers
Registration Brochure
Thursday, January 26, 2012, 10 AM - 2:30 PM
Saint Anthony Village City Hall
3301 Silver Lake Road
Saint Anthony Village, MN 55418 |
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Training Description:
Learn how to keep our parking lots and sidewalks safe while saving money and protecting our lakes and rivers.
Many local lakes and streams have elevated levels of chloride, a common ingredient
in road salt. In some cases, the chloride contamination is high enough to impact or even kill fish and other aquatic life. Winter
snow and ice practices have been identified as the primary source of this chloride. This 4½ hour workshop will present information on how
you can mitigate the effects of de-icing materials on the environment, without compromising safety or effectiveness.
Training Topics:
Cost/benefits of de-icing strategies
Different types of de-icing materials
The latest recommendations for application rates
"Winter Parking Lot and Sidewalk Maintenance Manual"
Workshop participants will receive a copy of the "Winter Parking Lot and Sidewalk
Maintenance Manual," a clipboard with an application rate chart,
and a complimentary lunch.
Certification:
Participants will also have the option of receiving Level One Certification
in Snow & Ice Control Best Practices from the Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency. Certified practitioners are listed on the agency's
website, http://www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/about-mpca/mpca-events-and-training/road-salt-education-program.html.
This can be a great marketing tool!
Questions? Contact Kseniya Voznyuk, 763-478-3606 or kseniya@fortinconsulting.com
Brand new! Watch this short
video about how you can control snow and ice without polluting
our waters
Did you ever think about what happens to the thousands of tons of salt that is applied to roads, parking lots and sidewalks in winter? Most of it ends up in our lakes, rivers, streams and wetlands.
As a result, clean water in the Twin Cities is in jeopardy.
Watch this new video, Improved Winter Maintenance: Good Choices for Clean Water to learn a few easy things about tools, techniques and products that you can use to keep your driveways and sidewalks safe AND protect our waters. No salt, or very little salt,
is needed if you've done a good job of snow removal.
To find the video on YouTube.com type in mwmovideo or Improved Winter Maintenance Good Choices for Clean Water.
You are an important person. With good choices, winter maintenance will become easier for you and help protect our water resources. Please share this information with your friends, family and colleagues. Thank you! |
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Training
Video for Winter Maintenance of Small Spaces
Winter Maintenance Training for Small Sites* is a 20 minute
video that will introduce you to best practices for maintaining
small spaces (sidewalks, entryways, steps, etc) in the winter,
including deicer material selection and application rates.
*This link will take you to the Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency's Website, where the video "Winter
Maintenance Training for Small Sites" can be viewed. |
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Turfgrass Maintenance with Reduced Environmental Impacts
A FREE workshop for contractors or employees maintaining private or public
grounds, landscapers and property managers.
Check back next spring for the Summer 2012 workshop date and registration information!
Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 9 AM - 2:30 PM
Saint Anthony Village City Hall
3301 Silver Lake Road
Saint Anthony Village, MN 55418
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Training Description:
This 5½ hour training offers information about best practices for managing turfgrass (mowing, seeding, weeds, fertilizer and pesticide application, and more). These practices will help you save money, time, and the environment.
Training Topics:
How turf management affects local lakes and rivers
Equipment calibration
Selection and application of fertilizers
Mowing techniques
Pesticide application tips
Best Practices for turf management
Legal issues and additional resources
Workshop participants will receive a copy of the "Turfgrass Maintenance with Reduced Environmental Impacts" manual
and a complimentary lunch.
Certification:
Participants will have the option of receiving Level One Certification
in Summer Turf Care Best Practices from the Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency. Certified practitioners are listed on the agency's
website, http://www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/about-mpca/mpca-events-and-training/summer-turf-grass-maintenance-program.html.
This can be a great marketing tool!
Funding for these workshops is provided by the MPCA through
a grant from the US EPA, Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management Fund,
and matches from local partners.
The course and materials were developed for the Mississippi
Watershed Management Organization by Fortin Consulting, Inc. Content
was created and reviewed through extensive collaboration with local
experts.
Questions? Contact Kseniya Voznyuk, 763-478-3606 or kseniya@fortinconsulting.com
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