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Wednesday, November 5th

Fish Friendly Farming will be hosting the Road Erosion for Vineyards, Farms and Ranches workshop at the Roederer Estate Winery, 4501 Highway 128 in Philo 10 am- 2pm. Speaker: Danny Hagans, Pacific Watershed Assoc., Inc. RSVP to: fishfriendlyfarming @gmail.com or 707-253-1226. Cost is $10 per person.

Wednesday, November 12th

The North Coast Agritourism Conference sponsored by the Mendocino County Promotional Alliance, The North Coast Tourism Council and the UC Cooperative Extension of Mendicno County will be held at the Ukiah Valley Conference Center. Experienced agritourism and tourism specialists will provide information on all aspects of agritourism; from identifying your products, getting your farm/ranch ready for tourists and utilizing marketing techniques. To receive conference registration information, please email MCPA General Manager, Alydia Atkins at alydia@gomendo.com or call 707-462-7417.

Thursday, November 13th

Russian River Instream Flow and Restoration (RRIFR) community meeting on the Biological Opinion will be held at the Board of Supervisor's chambers in Ukiah at 6:30 pm. The public will have an opportunity to ask questions of staff. For additional information and updates to to www.sonomacountywater.org and click on "russian river instream flow and restoration" or contact Ann DuBay at 707-524-8378.

The Willits Watershed Group will be meeting at the Willits City Council Chambers at 7pm. Items of discussion will be the draft assessment of Outlet Creek, Caltrans proposed project effect, wildlands restoration and mitigation banking; all related to Outlet Creek.

There will be a community meeting on the Biological Opinion of the Russian River In-stream Flow and Restoration to discuss flow changes at the Board of Supervisors chambers in Ukiah. Open house begins at 6:30 pm and the staff presentations begin at 7 pm. The public will have an opportunity to ask questions but the meeting is not a public hearing. For additional information go to www.sonomacountywater.org and click on RRIFR or call Ann DuBay at 707-524-8378.

Friday, November 14th

The 2008 11th Annual IPM Seminar will be held at the Little Theater at Mendocino College. Registration opens at 7 am, seminar starts at 8 am . Enrollment fee is $23 including lunch. For additional information contact 468-3218 or jxerogea@mendocino.edu. You can enroll by phone 468-3101 or online at www.cccapply.org.

Tuesday, Novermber 25th

The Mendocino County Dept. of Agriculture will be holding a training session on sulfur dixide regulations for winery personnel. All wineries that use S02 should send at least one person responsible for S02 usage. The meeting will be held at the Ag Dept on N. Bush Street in Ukiah at 10 am. No rsvp required. For additonal information, call 463-4208.