February 10, 2007
Herbicide Training and Testing Workshop -- Presented by the Volunteer Stewardship Network

Saturday, February 10, 2007, 8:15 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Organized by The Nature Conservancy and Co-sponsored by the Brookfield Zoo

Interested in becoming certified and licensed to use herbicides on public lands? All volunteers are invited to attend this annual one-day weekend clinic that includes General Standards training (for Operators license) in the morning and (Operator’s and Applicator’s license) testing in the afternoon.

• To be certified as an Operator (a person who uses herbicides and who is “sponsored” by a licensed Applicator), volunteers must pass the General Standards test.
• To be certified as an Applicator (the person in an organization who has responsibility for all Operators licensed under him/her with regard to the use of herbicides), volunteers must pass both the General Standards test and one or more Category exam. Those category exams most appropriate to VSN work are listed here; choose the one you think is the most applicable to the herbicide application you will be doing:

Right-of-way pest control: chemical weed control on noncrop sites such as parking lots, along roads, in access rights-of-way, and in fence lines. [This is the license that most volunteers acquire.]
Aquatic pest control: herbicide use for weed control in standing or running water.

Please register with Karen Tharp, VSN Coordinator, by phone at 866-VSN-LINE (876-5463) or email at ktharp@tnc.org by Friday, January 26, 2007.