NMCA
Field Day 2016
NMCA
is planning a Field Day on October 13, 2016 from 9am to 2pm and is open to Association
members only check this link to find out how to become a member:
http://www.nmca.org/membership.htm.
The
meeting location is at Myles Standish State
Forest in South Carver, MA. The
agenda for the day i
(Please
note: registration will be done via e-mail. Plea
REGISTRATION
DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 10th
AGENDA:
9:00AM |
Welcome
Address: Priscilla Matton,
NMCA President |
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9:05
10:00 |
Laurie Rocco, MDAR Pesticide
Inspector: Safe Pesticide
Handling, Personal Protection Equipment, Spill Response, Understanding the
Label and Pollinator Protection Hands-on demonstration of a pesticide spill in
the field with explanation of PPE and handling procedure for the specific
pesticides that are used to control mosquitoes. |
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10:00
10:20 |
Coffee
Break |
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10:20
11:20 |
Larry Dapsis, Entomologist Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Of Mice, Ticks and Men/Women: A Survival Guide for Living in the Tick
Ecosystem Lyme Disease is the most prevalent tick-borne infectious disease in the
United States with Massachusetts ranked #3.
In addition to Lyme disease, deer ticks can carry the pathogens which
cause babesiosis, anaplasmosis, relapsing fever and Powassan virus. This program will review the basic ecology of deer ticks and the
disease landscape including distribution of infection rates including
co-infections. A three point
protection plan will be presented:
Protect Yourself, Protect Your Yard and Protect your Pet. Tick-Borne Diseases are preventable. |
11:20
NOON |
Pete
Hanrahan & Donald Cooper, EJ Prescott: New sustainable solutions for
stormwater management. |
NOON |
Lunch provided by the NMCA and
Sponsors |
1:00
1:10 1:10 1:20 1:20 1:30 |
Ted Bean, ADAPCO: Overview
of products offered by ADAPCO Wally Terrill, Clarke Mosquito Control
Products: Natularฎ and other products offered by
Clarke George Williams, UNIVAR: Overview
of products offered by UNIVAR |
1:30 2:00 |
Equipment Rodeo: 1. Chadwick-BaRoss/Prinoth- Katherine
Scapicchio: Overview
of equipment and services 2. Lorusso Equipment- Jim
Capobianco: Overview
of equipment and services 3.
Norfolk Power Equipment- Bob Fregeau & Jay Donovon: Overview of equipment and services |
This event would
not be possible without the efforts of the NMCA Executive Board, especially
Priscilla Matton and Caroline Haviland.
Thanks also go out to: Adapco,
EJ Prescott, Norfolk Power Equipment, Lorusso Heavy Equipment, Chadwick-Baross/Prinoth, Valent, Bristol County MCP,
Norfolk County MCD and MASS DCR for their assistance
and sponsorship.
Park Direction
Myle
From the North: Rt. 93 South/US-1South. Take MA-3 South
toward BRAINTREE/CAPE COD. Merge onto Samo
From Rte. 495: Take Rte. 495 to exit 2 (South Carver)
and left at the inter
From Southea
Click here for .pdf
direction
Map of park