<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> ----- Forwarded Message -----<br> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Dave Schultz <dschultz@grandriver.ca><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 22, 2013 3:04:56 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> GRCA News: Workshop will help Whitemans Creek farmers to manager water needs during drought<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv0261803643">
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<h3><img width="77" height="77" src="cid:1.196408032@web142303.mail.bf1.yahoo.com" align="left" hspace="12" alt="Description: Description: GRCAlogo-4M.jpg">Grand
River Conservation Authority</h3>
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<h1>GRCA NEWS</h1>
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<h3>Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013</h3>
<h3>Release on receipt</h3>
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<h2>Workshop will help Whitemans Creek farmers<br>
to manage water needs during drought</h2>
<div class="yiv0261803643MsoNormal">Many farmers are relieved that this year has been wetter than the drought year of 2012.</div>
<div class="yiv0261803643MsoNormal">But that means it’s the perfect time for farmers to think about how they’ll manage the next drought and ensure there’s enough water available to meet their needs.</div>
<div class="yiv0261803643MsoNormal">Water supply issues can be particularly severe in the Whiteman’s Creek area of Brant and Oxford counties where many farmers rely on irrigation for a wide variety of crops grown in the sandy soils of the Norfolk Sand Plain.</div>
<div class="yiv0261803643MsoNormal">To help farmers in this area, a workshop will be held on Thursday, Aug. 29 at which they can learn about efficient and effective ways to manage water so they’ll be better prepared for drought.</div>
<div class="yiv0261803643MsoNormal">The event will take place at Streef Produce Farm, 200 Brant Concession 7, near Middletown Line. It will start at 6 p.m. with demonstrations taking place until 7 p.m. followed by dinner.</div>
<div class="yiv0261803643MsoNormal">The workshop is free, but those interesting in attending should contact Hajnal Kovacs at 519-621-2763 Ext. 2324 or
<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:hkovacs@grandriver.ca" target="_blank" href="mailto:hkovacs@grandriver.ca">hkovacs@grandriver.ca</a> .</div>
<div class="yiv0261803643MsoNormal">The workshop will provide information on:</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>identifying and creating alternative water sources</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>handling applications for Permits to Take Water for these alternative sources</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>water conservation methods</div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span style="font:7.0pt;">
</span></span></span>how to measure and validate irrigation efficiency.</div>
<div class="yiv0261803643MsoNormal">The workshop is sponsored by a coalition of organizations that are supporting an eight-month program to help irrigators in the area drained by Whitemans Creek and its tributaries Horner and Kenny creeks.</div>
<div class="yiv0261803643MsoNormal">The Water Resource Adaptation and Management Initiative received funding from Farm and Food Care Ontario. Other partners are the Brant County Federation of Agriculture, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the Ministry of Natural Resources,
the Ministry of the Environment and the Grand River Conservation Authority.</div>
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<h3><span style="font-size:8.0pt;">Further information:</span></h3>
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<b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:black;">Dave Schultz, GRCA Manager of Communications</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size:8.0pt;">Phone 519-621-2763 x2273
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;">| Cell 519-658-3896 | E-mail
</span><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:dschultz@grandriver.ca" target="_blank" href="mailto:dschultz@grandriver.ca"><span style="">dschultz@grandriver.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;">
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;">| Web
</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.grandriver.ca/"><span style="">www.grandriver.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;"></span></div>
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