The 2024 MVMA Conference will be held November 18-19, 2024 at the Courtyard by Marriott Gulfport Beachfront Hotel. The conference program can be found below or downloaded here.
Know someone that exemplifies excellence in the right-of-way vegetation management industry?
Nominate that individual for the 2024 Sam Pitman Excellence in Vegetation Management Award. Send a one to two page letter that documents the outstanding attitude, work ethic and overall performance of that nominee to John Byrd, Department of Plant & Soil Sciences, Box 9555, Mississippi State, MS 39762 or attach letter to an email and send to jbyrd@pss.msstate.edu. Nominations are due October 16th.
If you need to become a certified pesticide applicator...
If you intend to take the pesticide applicator certification exams, testing will be done after lunch on November 14. Call (662) 325-2085 to order the study manuals. The General Standards (required for all category exams) manual costs $30. The right of way, forestry, or aquatic category manuals are $30 each. Text Dr. John Byrd by phone at (662) 418-4537 or email (jbyrd@pss.msstate.edu) to make certain the correct number and type of exams are available for testing.
If you already are a certified pesticide applicator...
Pesticide applicator CEUs will be available from multiple states, full list to be added soon.
Register now for the 2024 MVMA Conference! You may pay by credit card on Eventbrite or pay with check at the door to avoid those fees. Please make the check out to MVMA. Otherwise, click below to download a registration form to print and bring to the meeting.
Early registration fee of $75 deadline is October 16, 2024. Conference registration fee is $100 after October 16, 2024.
Book at the Courtyard Gulfport Beachfront at a special event rate at this link. The discounted event rate will be available through October 16.
For guests that wish to contact the Hotel directly to book, they should call 228-864-4310, Option 0 and Reference Group Code: MVM
(This code is ONLY valid if making reservations via phone and does not work via the Marriott Website)
