You can help by pledging an item or items to our Silent Auction taking place on Thursday, February 16th, 2017 during the Dave Creamer Memorial Hockey Game Social.
Read more: 18th Annual Turf Research Fund Raiser - Silent Auction Items Needed
This year’s show program is different in many ways so here’s a MUST READ rundown on what’s happening. We’ll highlight major changes and provide key tips to make your visit to Penticton the best it can be.
Welcome to Penticton and our 54th Annual Conference and Trade Show, thanks for coming! Attending is an investment in your career and supports your responsive, regional turf industry association so that it may support you.
Read more: Message from the 2017 Conference Organizing Committee
By Thomas L. Watschke
Professor Emeritus of Turfgrass Science
The Pennsylvania State University
Global warming/climate change has become a significant ‘hot button’ topic across the globe and, at times, it becomes hotly contested, which, often leads the subject to becoming highly politized.
Read more: Enviro-Conscious Golfers Should Know That Turf Sequesters Carbon
by Dr. Tim Ball
How are you enjoying global warming so far? According to various high profile authorities like Prince Charles, Al Gore, David Suzuki, and Environment Canada (EC) we are all supposed to be dead by now from heat exhaustion or drowned by rising sea levels.
Read more: Featured Conference Speaker - An Independent Perspective on Climate Change