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Meetings and Events

Calendar of Meetings for April 2001

Basin Meetings

Missouri Water Quality Coordinating Committee
April 17
Conference Building Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, MO
Contact Darlene Schaben 
E-mail: nrschad@mail.dnr.state.mo.us

Agricultural Nonpoint Source Water Quality Short Course
April 17 - 19
Adams Conference Center, UMC, Columbia, MO
Contact Bob Broz  Phone: (573) 882-0085
E-mail: BrozR@missouri.edu 

Enhancing the States' Lake Management Programs - Integrating Nonpoint Source Watershed Management/Lake Management and Protection
April 17-20
Chicago, IL
Contact: Bob Kirschner (847) 835-6837; (847) 835-1635
 E-mail: bkirschn@chicagobotanic.org

14th Annual National Conference: Enhancing the State's Lake Management Programs
Apr 18-20
Chicago, Illinois 
Contact: Bob Kirschner, Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL 60022 
Call: 847-835-6837, Fax: 847-835-1635
E-Mail: bkirschn@chicagobotanic.org

33rd Annual Mississippi River Research Consortium 
April 26-27
Radisson Hotel, La Crosse, Wisconsin
The Consortium is soliciting platform and poster papers for presentation at the 33rd Meeting. Papers are invited on any subject dealing with the biota and environment, both terrestrial and aquatic, in and along the Mississippi River and its major tributaries.
Submit all abstracts and program inquiries to : Dr. Yao Yin, Upper Mississippi Environmental Science Center
575 Lester Avenue Onalaska, WI 54650
Phone : (608) 783-7550 ex.53
E-mail: yao_yin@usgs.gov 

National/International Meetings

2001 Spring Specialty conference –Water Quality, Monitoring and Modeling
The focus of this conference is freshwater quality, including both surface water and ground water. Monitoring includes long-term and one-time synoptic field data collection efforts, along with strategies designed to support adaptive management restoration efforts. 

AWRA's "Water Quality, Monitoring"
April 30 – May 02, 2001
San Antonio, Texas
The focus of this conference is freshwater quality, including both surface water and ground water. The need to understand the current state of water quality has never been greater. The goals of this conference is to present state-of-the-practice exam
Contact: Michael J. Kowalski, American Water Resources Association, 4 West Federal Street, Middleburg, VA 20118
Call: 540-687-8390, Fax: 540-687-8395

E-Mail: mike@awra.org