The session is taught by Matt Mathes, ASLA, PPI Author LARE study guides. Each session is offered at the amazing price of $60/session for LC-ASLA members, and $100/session for non-members. The session cost also includes the review workbook for each section published by Professional Publications, Inc:

LARE Section C Sample Exam: Site Design (LACSX2), 2nd Edition
LARE Section E Sample Exam: Grading & Drainage (LAESX2), 2nd Edition

Welcome & Sign-In – 8:30 AM to 8:35AM
Section C  (8:35 – 11:45 AM) 3 hours + 10 minute break
LUNCH (11:45 -12:30 PM) 45 minutes
Section E (12:30 – 3:40 PM) 3 hours +10 minute break

**Please contact Haley (hblakeman@cpex.org) to reserve your spot.  Payment can be made by check or cash at the review session.

This three-day professional developmentworkshop is designed to teach traffic engineers, planners and othertransportation professionals good design principles for pedestrian andbicycle facilities such as intersection design, signalization, anddedicated bicycle lanes.

WHEN:  October 25 – 27, 2010;  8:30 am – 5:00 pm
WHERE:  Bolton Avenue Community Center, 315 Bolton Avenue, Alexandria, LA 71301

To register, complete and mail registration form and check (payable to the City of Alexandria) by October 18 to:

Daniel Smith
c/o Mayor’s Office
915 Third Street
Alexandria, LA 71301

Lunch will be provided.  Please register early, as space is limited.

For more information, please see the flyer and registration form.  You may also direct questions to daniel.smith@cityofalex.com or call (318) 449-5009.

Members: $140 (all inclusive)
Non-Members: add $35

Framed by the old architecture of a Southern mansion, a cozy bungalow or a multi-level modern creation, we have found seven “out-of-the ordinary” extraordinary gardens to tour!  Lunch is at The Carriage House on the grounds of Stanton Hall.  Our jaunt will end with a Sunset Wine and Cheese party hosted at a home perched on the bluffs of the Mississippi River.

Don’t be late for this very important date!  To stake your claim to a seaton the bus, contact the Hilltop Office by phone:  (225) 767-6916or e-mail: hilltop@tigers.lsu.edu today.

Partners to Plant Trees, Restore Forests, Address Climate Change and Create New Public Recreation Areas The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and The Conservation Fund today announced the renewal of a national agreement using private donations to plant native trees on public lands to benefit wildlife and help fight climate change.

The agreement, which renews on October 1, will ensure that all 552 national wildlife refuges can continue to participate in the Fund’s Go Zero program.

“Since 2000, The Conservation Fund has made it possible for us to restore significant pieces of our great forests, especially the bottomland hardwoods of the Lower Mississippi River Valley,” says the Service’s Acting Director, Rowan Gould. “With this five-year renewal of the agreement, we are committed to expanding our partnership coast to coast. When forests return after decades of being cleared, wildlife returns as well. Trees are also nature’s carbon eaters and help us combat climate change. We are extremely grateful to The Conservation Fund for helping us make a difference.”

To date, the combined efforts of Go Zero and carbon-based forest programs created through the Fund’s partnerships with the utility industry have restored 30,000 acres of national wildlife refuge lands with eight million trees. As the forests mature, they are expected to trap the equivalent of more than nine million tons of CO2.

“At a time of increased pressure on federal and state budgets for land conservation, Go Zero donors are providing new, private capital used to further conserve and restore our nation’s land and water legacy,” says The Conservation Fund’s president, Larry Selzer. “We are thrilled by the renewal of our national partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and remain committed to restoring the very best of our nation’s native forestland on behalf of the American people and its wildlife.”

To view a video on the program:   http://www.conservationfund.org/gozero/plant_a_tree_video
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service- For more information on our work and the people who make it happen, visit http://www.fws.gov.

The Conservation Fund:  http://www.conservationfund.org
For more on ASLA Advocacy visit http://asla.org/advocacy

Past updates can be found in the Ornamental Horticulture section under the News heading.