OACD Area I Meeting 2012 Agenda
Agenda
8:00-9:00 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. Opening Ceremonies
Pledge of Allegiance Dan Herald, Texas County Conservation District director
Invocation Stacy Ross, Guymon Freewill Baptist Church pastor
Welcome Kim Taylor, Guymon vice mayor
9:15 a.m. General Session Area Meeting Overview & 2012 Highlights
Moderator: Dan Herald, OACD Area I director
Screening of THE DUST BOWL a film by Ken Burns
Overview of Community Outreach Efforts Promoting THE DUST BOWL in Oklahoma
Clay Pope, OACD executive director
Sarah Blaney, OACD Development and Capacity Building director
Dan Herald, OACD Area I director
10:30 a.m. Break
10:40 a.m. Concurrent Demonstrations (Outside)
(Note: At 11:10 a.m. participants will switch sessions)
Session 1 NRCS Rainfall Simulator, Demonstrating the benefits of no-till farming
Greg Scott, NRCS state soil scientist
Session 2 Investment in Conservation in Area I by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Jontie Aldrich, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Partners for Wildlife coordinator
Texas County Conservation District’s No-Till Drill
Dan Herald, Texas County Conservation District director
Bud Stout, Texas County Conservation District equipment manager
Burn Association Equipment
Coleta Bratten, Dewey County Conservation District secretary
11:50 a.m. General Session
Moderator: Karl Jett, OCC Area I Commission member
Lesser Prairie Chicken Update
Sarah Pope, OACD programs director
12:00 p.m. Awards Luncheon
Presider: Steve House, OACD vice president
Presentation of OACD/OACDE Poster, Essay and Speech Awards Sponsored by Farmers Royalty Company, Hal Clark, Chairman
Presentation of District Director Service Awards
Joe Parker, OACD president
Local Emphasis Areas (LEA) — A Locally-Led Process
Richard Zetterberg Hilliard, NRCS assistant state conservationist for programs
Blue Thumb at Work in Your Conservation District
Cheryl Cheadle, OCC Blue Thumb coordinator
1:30 p.m. Organizational Meetings
OACD Directors Meeting
Presider: Joe Parker, OACD president
District Employees Meeting
Moderator: Christina Richard, OACDE President
NRCS Employees Meeting
Moderator: Gary O’Neill NRCS assistant state conservationist for operations
3:00 p.m. Adjourn