Martin, SD - The Badlands RC&D Council along with Bennett & Shannon County Conservation Districts will present a workshop on Renewable Energy Alternatives For Today's World: Sun-Wind-Water at the Martin Activity Center, in Martin, SD on May 28, 2009, 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Topics will include:

• Welcome/Introduction-Goals & Objectives
  -Sharon Denison, Chairman-Badlands RC&D
• Wind Power energy alternatives-50KW & under
  -Jeremy Anderson, POWER PLUS Electric, LLC.
• Sun Power energy alternatives
  -Dwight Patterson, GENPRO
• Funding Avenues for Your Energy Project
  Nancy Clark, USDA-Rural Development
• ‘Buying in' to the Wind Energy Process: The ‘Business of Business'-Leasing/Investing
  -Steve Wegman, Executive Director, South Dakota Wind Energy Association
• A Working Energy Cooperative in Action
  -Steve Wegman, Representing Fall River Wind Cooperative
• Soil Quality/Water Conservation Demonstration: Rainfall/Runoff Simulation
  -Jeff Hemenway, USDA/NRCS Conservation Agronomist

Location:

Martin Activity Center
201 Fifth Avenue
Martin, SD 57551

For more information, contact:
David Vinson
Badlands Resource & Development Coordinator
(605)-685-6629 Ex 4
david.vinson@sd.usda.gov