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Credit meeting calendar

Throughout the year
June
August
Other (home study, videotapes, etc.)

DATE	PROGRAM	SUITABLE FOR
Throughout the year
Throughout 2007	The Industrial Fumigant Company Seminars Locations all over the US. Information and registration details at: The Industrial Fumigant Company or contact Paul Laughlin at 800-477-4432 or customerservice@indfumco.com. Many credits	Food Processing & Fumigation
Throughout 2007	U-Mass Green School, Conferences and Workshop Calendar http://www.umassgreeninfo.org/programs/conferences.html	Turf, Outdoor & Indoor Ornamental
JUNE
June 5	Forest Understory Management Using a Skidder Mounted Mistblower United Agri Products, Plum Creek Office, Greenville, Maine For more information, contact Ron Lemin at 207-944-6160, e-mail teiron@aol.com. 5 credits	Forest General & Forest Vegetation Management
June 25	Integrated Pest Management and Conservation—Farm Tour and Workshop Spear's Farm and County Fair Farm, Lincoln County, Maine For more information, contact Kathy Murray at 207-287-7616, e-mail kathy.murray@maine.gov. • Farm Tour/Workshop Announcement. • Complete Brochure. 5 credits	All
AUGUST
August 17–18	Maine Farm Days—Workshops for Pesticide Credit Misty Meadows Farm, Hill Road, Clinton, Maine For more information go to www.umext.maine.edu. Click here to download listing of workshops. This year, for the first time, farmers can complete an assignment before Farm Days and earn one credit: Pre-Farm Days exercise. 1 credit each session	All
OTHER
Links to Meetings Approved in Other New England States (Also automatically approved for Maine credits)	New Hampshire http://nh.gov/agric/divisions/pesticide_control/documents/FLIPPINGFILE_019.pdf
	Massachusetts http://www.mass.gov/agr/pesticides/licensing/conted/pace_courses.htm
	Vermont http://www.vermontagriculture.com/pestcredits.htm
	Connecticut http://www.dep.state.ct.us/wst/pestcert/applicator/pa_recert_meetings.htm http://www.dep.state.ct.us/wst/pestcert/supervisor/recert_meetings.htm
	Rhode Island No site available
Videotapes	If you cannot attend any of above programs, you can earn up to two credits per recertification period for Private and Commercial Operator Applicators and up to three for Commercial Masters by renting and viewing videotapes. Approved tapes are available from the Penobscot County Soil and Water Conservation District office in Bangor. To earn credit you must request the quiz for recertification when renting the tape; complete the quiz and return it to the Board of Pesticides Control, 28 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0028. You must score at least 80% on the quiz to receive credit. The quizzes are multiple choice and true/false questions. If you watch the entire video, the quiz should be easy to complete. One credit is given for each hour of video tape viewed. To rent the tapes contact the Farm Video Center at Penobscot County SWCD at 207-990-3676 (press #3 after the initial recording to get the SWCD). You can also get more information on their Web site.
Home Study	Online & Correspondence Courses approved for recertification	All

For information on recertification meetings and credits, contact Gary Fish at 207-287-2731 or gary.fish@maine.gov.

For information on recertification meetings and credits for potato growers in the Aroostook County, contact UMCE-Presque Isle at 207-760-9IPM or 207-760-9476.