Below is the 2010 AGM Agenda. There is also a printable/downloadable version available by clicking here.

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3^rd Joint Meeting

Eastern Canada Vegetation Management Associations

Associations de l‘Est du Canada pour la gestion de la végétation

Halifax Marriott Harbourfront

October 12^th to 15^th, 2010

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Agenda

Day 1               October 12^th, 2010

1:30 pm                       Golf Tournament – Brightwood Golf Course, Halifax

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm      Business Meetings

AQGV

AVMA

OVMA

6:30 pm – 8:30 pm      Early Registration

8:30 pm – 10:30 pm     Ice Breaker – Halifax Ballroom

Hosted by AVMA

Prize giving for Golf Tournament

Day 2               October13^th, 2010

8:00am                                    Registration

9:00am                                   Piping in of delegates and Welcome Message – Michael Cunningham                                                Rob Young co-chairs Halifax 2010

9.10am                                    Welcome from Political dignitaries

9.30am                        Key note Address – EPRI Standards for Vegetation Managers – Christopher Nowak, Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management, State University of New York

10:25am                      Randy Ralph Silent Auction – Howard Wellman Silent Auction Chair

10:30am                      Coffee Break

10:45am                      Abitibi – Bowater relationship in the Hammond Plains Region; History Challenges – Jon  Porter, VP Abitibi Bowater Nova Scotia

11:15am                      Dealing with public and getting them on board – Milo Mihajlovich, President Intergrated Forest Technologies

11:45am                      Stay Put: a new product for vegetation managers – Gary C. Wakefield

IVM Manager. Miller Chemical & Fertilizer Corp

12:15pm                      Lunch – Lunch Speaker:  What do we know about vegetation management after 50 years – R.A Lautenschlager, ACDCC

1:30pm                       Success at educating the educators: 10 years of the Atlantic Teachers Tour – Peter Robichaud, Canadian Woodlands Forum

1:50pm                       NSPower Successes in dealing with the public and vegetation management – Rob Young NSPower

2:10pm                       NBPower ROW program…2 years and counting – Rick Doucett NBPower

2:30pm                       Dealing with public concerns – Brian Hill, Hydro One

2:50pm                       The evolution of vegetation under power lines; the Golden Rod Experiment – Jacques Brisson IRBV University of Montreal

3:30pm                       Closing remarks on Day 1: Chris Nowak

3:45pm                       Meet in lobby for boat tour of Halifax

6:00pm                       Boat Tour Ends – Supper own your own

Day 3               October 14^th, 2010

8:30am                        Wake Up and Welcome and Silent Auction update Howard Wellman

8:40am            TRIADE Approach in Forestry Management, A Quebec Experiment – Christian Messier RNQC

9:30am            50 years of Intensive Forest Management at Green River N.B. – Doug Pitt / Len Lenteigne, Natural Resources Canada.

9:50am            Effects of Herbicide applications in NB amphibian habitat: Research at Base Gagetown – Jeff Houlahan, UNBSJ

10:10am          Coffee Break & Silent Auction

10:30am          Review of Successes for plantation establishment in Eastern Canada – Dean Thompson, Natural Resources Canada

10:55 am         White Pine Regeneration/Competition study – Results from New Brunswick and Ontario – Doug Pitt/Len Lenteigne, Natural Resources Canada.

11:20 am         Lidar (« Light Detection and Ranging ») Using LiDAR technology to identify danger trees;  Benoit St-Onge University of Québec in Montreal.

12:00pm          Morning wrap up

12:15pm          Meet in Front Lobby to board buses for Hammond Plains Box Lunches Provided

1:00pm            Arrive at Ste. Marguerite’s Bay for field tour

4:30pm            Return to Hotel

5:00pm            Meet in Front Lobby for dinner excursion to Pier 21

5:30pm             Tour of Pier 21 Museum and Maritime Feast at the Pier

Day 4               October 15^th, 2010

8:30am                        Wake Up and Welcome and Silent Auction update Howard Wellman

8:40am            Invasive Plants in Ontario – Michael Irvine, Ministry of Natural Resources of Ontario, Sault Ste. Marie, ON

9:10am            Consequences of Multiple Pesticide use in Newfoundland and Labrador – Karen Linfield, Department of Environment and Labour, Newfoundland and Labrador

9:40am              Nova Scotia’s Natural Resources Strategy for 2011 and beyond. NSDNR Speaker

10:10am          Silent Auction; closing of bids Update

10:15am          Coffee Break

10:30am          Silent Auction results

10:40am          Industry response to 2010 Natural Resources Strategy – Steve Talbot NSFPA

11:10am          Vegetation Management simplified using the Dengelmann Mower; Mark Cardinal

Manager Agricultural Services, Parkland County AB

11: 30am         IPM Requirements for Vegetation Managers in Ontario; Jennifer Rose Algoma Power

11:50am          Final remarks Close Michael Cunningham and Rob Young

12:00pm          Meeting close