FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Janet Kirkland
April 28, 2006 (406) 444-3144

Re-certification Short Courses for Pesticide Dealers

HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Department of Agriculture will provide five pesticide dealer training sessions in May for commercial, non-commercial and government pesticide dealers. The training provides three dealer re-certification credits.

The half day events begin at 7:30 am at each of the following locations:
-- Sidney, May 8, 2006, at the USDA-ARS offices at 1500 Central Ave;
-- Miles City, May 9, 2006, at the Eagles Club Room, 24 North 8th Street;
-- Butte, May 10, 2006, at the Best Western Butte Plaza Inn, 2900 Harrison;
-- Havre, May 11, 2006, at the Duck Inn, 1300 1st Street; and
-- Lewistown, May 12, 2006, at the Yogo Inn, 211 East Main.

Registration forms can be found at http://agr.mt.gov/licensing/commercialapp.asp and there will be no charge for these training sessions. For more information about the training, contact Janet Kirkland, Training and Development Specialist in the department’s Agricultural Sciences Division at (406) 444-5400, or by e-mail at agr@mt.gov

The Montana Department of Agriculture will attempt to provide reasonable accommodations for any known disability that may interfere with a person’s ability to participate in activities or programs of the department.

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