Thanks to all who participated in the excellent training session on cash
handling, crime prevention/employee safety, background checks for new
employees, driving policies and much more held in the Maricopa County office
earlier this month. In retrospect the audit which we just finished was a
good thing because it resulted in the training that was provided. We have a
much better understanding of University policies and will be doing a better
job of following those policies as we move forward. The discussion
stimulated many questions whose answers will hopefully provide even more
clarification. About 50 faculty and staff attended representing Maricopa,
Mohave, Pinal, La Paz, Yavapai, Apache, and Graham counties as well as the
Maricopa Ag Center.
The 27th year of the Arizona/Utah Range Livestock Workshop will be held
April 5 at the St. George, UT Fairgrounds, April 6 at the Kanab, UT-Red
Hills Inn Hotel and April 7 at the Kanab Field Demonstration Day. Topics
will be Public Land Management Since Lewis & Clark, Forage Kochia, Vitalix,
Equine Health Update and more. For more information, contact Rob Grumbles
(grumbles@ag.arizona) or Vicki Coombs (vacoombs@ag.arizona.edu) at
928-753-3788.
UPCOMING DATES:
April 6: The University of Arizona Water Resources Research Centers Annual
Conference, Water and the Environment: The Role of Ecosystem Restoration,
is being held at the Radisson Hotel City Center in Tucson. There will be a
mix of keynote speakers, panel discussions and commentary on the purposes
and benefits of ecosystem restoration and ongoing project implementation.
Registration information and the agenda can be found at
http://cals.arizona.edu/AZWATER/conf2005/.
April 26: Arizona Water Quality Monitoring Council will meet at GateWay
Community College, Phoenix, Room CH 1106, 108 N. 40th Street, from
10:00-3:00. RSVP by April 15 to emanuel@ag.arizona.edu. A group of
citizens, educators, as well as municipal, state and university staff met to
discuss the State of Arizona's water quality monitoring with the intent of
forming an Arizona Water Quality Monitoring Council. Location information
can be found at http://about.gatewaycc.edu/contact/campusmap/.