2009 Drainage Workshop

In February, 2009, MLICA hosted a Drainage Workshop with the University of Missouri Extension and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Macon, Missouri. Contractors from around the state attended this three-day workshop where they learned the basics of drainage water management, from design to installation.

: Marty Comstock reviews the NRCS Standards

: Dr. Kelly Nelson (left) and Steve Baker

: Steve Baker with Springfield Plastics addresses the class.

: Marty Comstock (standing) answers an attendee’s question.

: Dick Purcell (standing) spot-checks attendee’s progress.

: Dr. Kelly Nelson helps one of the attendees with a class problem. while Dick Purcell (standing in background), NRCS State Engineer, checks on the rest of the attendees’ progress

: Mari Gilford, NRCS Agricultural Engineer