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Summer Ag Institute
Registration Now Open
Natural Gas Education
Conference Teaches
Public About Industry
Registration is now open for the 2015 Summer
Agriculture Institute for Educators. The two-day
event will be held June 23rd and 24th at the Hilton
Garden Inn in Morgantown.
WVU Extension is offering another in a series of
programs designed to educate the public about the oil
and gas industry.
Graduate and professional credits are available
to those interested, but are not required to attend.
All content for 2015 is new, so if you have attended
before to earn credits, you can do so again!
The seminar will be held May 20th from 8:30 am
to 5 pm at the Bridgeport Conference Center. The
event is free and open to the public but registration is
required and space is limited.
The final agenda has not yet been set, but tentative
plans call for a series of tours on the first day,
followed by workshops on a variety of topics teachers
can use in their classrooms.
Topics covered during the program will include:
Natural Gas Outlook for WV; Lessons Learned
from the Bakken; Above Ground Storage Tank
Regulations; Mineral Management - Understanding
Royalty Payments; Conservation Easements and
Natural Gas Exploration; Underground Injection
Control Program and more.
Many county Farm Bureaus offer scholarships
in the form of registration reimbursements. For
contact information, see the “About” tab on the
West Virginia Farm Bureau website at www.
wvfarm.org. Click on “Leadership” and scroll
down to “County Presidents.”
Breakfast and lunches are provided during the
two-day event. The registration deadline for those
requiring hotel rooms is June 1. Registration deadline
without rooming is June 10. All registration is online
at www.wvfarm.org. Those attended for graduate or
professional credit must ALSO register with WVU.
Full details are available on the West Virginia Farm
Bureau website.
Register online at https://wvuesngconference2015.
eventbrite.com. Additional forms and information can
be obtained at www.anr.ext.wvu.edu/oil_gas or call
Georgette Plaugher at 304-329-1391.
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