Ecology, The Environment and Extinction: A Six Class Series
Sept 4: We All Live in A Watershed
Sept 25: Herbivores and the Recovery of Caribbean Coral Reefs
Oct 8: Animal Adaptation vs. Extinction
Oct 22: The Past, Present, Future of America's Forest Birds
Nov 13: Threats to Biodiversity
Dec 12: Ecology Education

Vernon Cottage 1:15pm-2:45pm. Visit CLIR website: https://clir.uconn.edu/

UConn’s Native Plants and Pollinators Conference is an exciting day of presentations featuring current science-based research and information on supporting pollinators in managed landscapes.

The program is designed for growers and other green industry professionals, landscape service providers, landscape architects and designers, town commissions, municipalities, schools, and homeowners.

Learn how to utilize native plants to provide the greatest value for pollinators throughout the year!

Session topics:
• Monarch Waystations - Adam Baker, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky
• Asters & Goldenrods: Autumn’s Pollinator Banquet - Heather Holm, Author and Pollinator Educator, Minnetonka, Minnesota
• Evaluating Pollinator Attraction of Herbaceous Perennial Nativars - Annie White, ASLA, PhD, Owner at NECTAR Landscape Design Studio & Consulting, Burlington VT
• Aronia Up Close: Built in Complexity and Potential - Dr. Mark Brand, Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Connecticut
• What We Know About Nativars, Pollinators, and the Nursery Industry: Making Informed Decisions - Dr. Jessica Lubell, Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Connecticut

Come learn with the Center for Learning in Retirement and Christian Davis and Helene Voto, Longtime Memoirists.
Members are encouraged to write memoirs to share in class. New members are welcome. Vernon Cottage 10:15am-11:45am. Visit CLIR website: https://clir.uconn.edu/

UConn Extension - New Haven County Expanded Food and Nutrition Program (EFNEP) joins Chef Kashia Cave to present food demos at the Meriden Farmers Market, Meriden, CT.

This Pesticide Applicator Training (PAT) Course will present and review information necessary for studying and fulfilling the requirements for the Ornamental and Turf/Golf Course Superintendents State of Connecticut Supervisory Pesticide Applicator Certification exam.

Ecology, The Environment and Extinction: A Six Class Series
Sept 4: We All Live in A Watershed
Sept 25: Herbivores and the Recovery of Caribbean Coral Reefs
Oct 8: Animal Adaptation vs. Extinction
Oct 22: The Past, Present, Future of America's Forest Birds
Nov 13: Threats to Biodiversity
Dec 12: Ecology Education

Vernon Cottage 1:15pm-2:45pm. Visit CLIR website: https://clir.uconn.edu/

Come learn with the Center for Learning in Retirement and Christian Davis and Helene Voto, Longtime Memoirists.
Members are encouraged to write memoirs to share in class. New members are welcome. Vernon Cottage 10:15am-11:45am. Visit CLIR website: https://clir.uconn.edu/

UConn Extension - New Haven County Expanded Food and Nutrition Program (EFNEP) joins Chef Kashia Cave to present food demos at the Meriden Farmers Market, Meriden, CT.

This Pesticide Applicator Training (PAT) Course will present and review information necessary for studying and fulfilling the requirements for the Ornamental and Turf/Golf Course Superintendents State of Connecticut Supervisory Pesticide Applicator Certification exam.

Poe as Photographic Subject: Edgar Allan Poe’s photographic images still enthrall us after two centuries. His face became uniquely iconic from its first appearance in the public sphere, profoundly affecting our notions of both the man and his art. Tuesday, Oct. 15, 1:15 to 2:45
Tiffani Itsou, Adjunct Professor. Vernon Cottage @ 1:15pm. Please visit CLIR website: https://clir.uconn.edu/

Come learn with the Center for Learning in Retirement and Christian Davis and Helene Voto, Longtime Memoirists.
Members are encouraged to write memoirs to share in class. New members are welcome. Vernon Cottage 10:15am-11:45am. Visit CLIR website: https://clir.uconn.edu/

Hartford County 4-H Award Night and Annual Fair Association meeting at Scout Hall, 28 Abbe Rd, East Windsor, CT 06088. Time: 7:00pm.

WORM DAY

Saturday, October 19, 2019 at the Middlesex County Extension Center from 10 am to 2 pm.

Want to learn more about invasive earthworms in Connecticut? Ever thought about making a worm bin to recycle kitchen scraps into rich vermicompost? Join us for Worm Day! It is free and open to the public. Following presentations on beneficial and invasive earthworms, and how to make and care for a worm bin, folks are invited to make their own worm bins. Attendees supply the materials and we will supply the worms. A $5 donation is suggested to cover the cost of the worms.

Go to http://www.ladybug.uconn.edu or http://www.soiltest.uconn.edu for more information. Please RSVP as we need to know how many worms to bring! Limited to 40 participants.

This Pesticide Applicator Training (PAT) Course will present and review information necessary for studying and fulfilling the requirements for the Ornamental and Turf/Golf Course Superintendents State of Connecticut Supervisory Pesticide Applicator Certification exam.

Ecology, the Environment and Extinction: (series)
The Past, Present, and Future of America’s Forest Birds
From the Sierra Nevada peaks to the Smoky Mountains cove forests to New England’s deep woods, walk in the footsteps of past explorers and scientists, comparing their world to today’s and to the changes that may yet be in store. Morgan W. Tingley, ornithologist and conservation biologist, Assistant Professor, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UConn. Vernon Cottage @ 1:15pm. Please visit our website: https://clir.uconn.edu

Ecology, The Environment and Extinction: A Six Class Series
Sept 4: We All Live in A Watershed
Sept 25: Herbivores and the Recovery of Caribbean Coral Reefs
Oct 8: Animal Adaptation vs. Extinction
Oct 22: The Past, Present, Future of America's Forest Birds
Nov 13: Threats to Biodiversity
Dec 12: Ecology Education

Vernon Cottage 1:15pm-2:45pm. Visit CLIR website: https://clir.uconn.edu/

Why Should We Care about Human Rights? The United States has been at the forefront of advocating for and drafting various treaties on human rights. How has this translated to the implementation of human rights law as a tool in both our foreign policy and in addressing violations domestically? Maryam Elahi, President and CEO, Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut. Vernon Cottage @ 1:15pm. Please visit our website: https://clir.uconn.edu

Come learn with the Center for Learning in Retirement and Christian Davis and Helene Voto, Longtime Memoirists.
Members are encouraged to write memoirs to share in class. New members are welcome. Vernon Cottage 10:15am-11:45am. Visit CLIR website: https://clir.uconn.edu/

This program is offered for those individuals who have a strong interest in learning how to shear sheep and have a basic understanding of sheep husbandry and handling. As sheep shearing is a physically demanding skill, it is highly recommended that you be able to perform a squat and touch your toes without discomfort and hold for an extended amount of time.
 
Class is limited to 12 students
Preregistration is required: Deadline for registration is October 7
 
CSBA members and UConn student: $20.00
All others: $40.00
Audit course: $10.00


Send: Name, address, email and phone # along with registration fee payable to CSBA to:
Natalie Cohen, Secretary
36 Broad Brook Road
Ellington, CT 06029
 
Instructor: Matt Best
Equipment: provided


Outline:
8am-classroom, introductions, registration, waivers, brief overview of the day.
8:30am-classroom, first principal of shearing, know the equipment. Shears, combs and cutters, shearing area, etc, Q and A.
10:30am- Laboratory, Handling sheep. Catching, proper position, leg work, shearing pattern. Second principal, know the pattern.
Lunch (plenty of places to choose from!)
Shearing, Third principal, know the contour of the animal.
Close: 4:30pm

Questions?  hillviewdorpers@gmail.com or 860-819-8339

This Pesticide Applicator Training (PAT) Course will present and review information necessary for studying and fulfilling the requirements for the Ornamental and Turf/Golf Course Superintendents State of Connecticut Supervisory Pesticide Applicator Certification exam.

Marriage in Medieval England You meet someone, fall in love, and get married…is that how it went back in medieval England? Not often! Come learn about dowries, dowers, wards, child marriages, “clandestine marriage,” why widows were so often wealthy, and the hilarious role of “seven honest women” in divorce hearings. Sally Keil, noted medieval historian. Vernon Cottage @ 1:15pm. Please visit our website: https://clir.uconn.edu

Behavioral Development and the Role of Instincts in Animals This talk focuses on historical approaches to developmental science and the nature vs. nurture problem, and modern approaches that render the problem considerably less problematic. David Miller, Professor Emeritus, Dept of Psychological Sciences, UConn
Vernon Cottage @ 1:15pm. Please visit CLIR website: https://clir.uconn.edu

Ecology, The Environment and Extinction: A Six Class Series
Sept 4: We All Live in A Watershed
Sept 25: Herbivores and the Recovery of Caribbean Coral Reefs
Oct 8: Animal Adaptation vs. Extinction
Oct 22: The Past, Present, Future of America's Forest Birds
Nov 13: Threats to Biodiversity
Dec 12: Ecology Education

Vernon Cottage 1:15pm-2:45pm. Visit CLIR website: https://clir.uconn.edu/