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Meetings and Events
Calendar of Meetings for August 2001
Basin Meetings
Clean
Water In Our Lifetime
August 2-3, 2001
Montevideo, MN, TACC Center
Ten years ago former Gov. Arne Carlson stood on the banks of the
Minnesota River and issued a challenge to clean up the river. Conference
sessions will focus on cleanup tasks and results so far.
Contact: Diane Ovrebo
Phone: 952-361-6590
E-mail: dovrebo@co.carver.mn.us
Participating
in the NPDES Permitting Process
August
9-10, 2001
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A Workshop to present an overview of the NPDES program, along with exercises to
help complete an NPDES application. The two day course consists of both lecture
and exercises analyzing a sample application with supplemental information as a
model.
Contact Dan Tobin, Water
Environment Federation, Alexandria, VA,
(703) 684-2473
E-mail: dtobin@wef.org
Sustainable
Development
Aug 20-24
Chicago, IL, hands on course on Sustainable Development
Contact: Eugene Goldfarb, HUD, 77 W Jackson, Chicago, IL 60604
Call: 312-353-1696, Fax: 312-353-5417
E-Mail: eugene_goldfarb@hud.gov
Missouri Water Quality Coordinating Committee
August 21
Conference
Building Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, MO
Contact Darlene
Schaben
E-mail: nrschad@mail.dnr.state.mo.us
Mississippi
Mayors Flood Summit
Aug
23-24
Davenport, IA, Rivercenter
This special regional workshop is designed for elected officials and staff
persons who need to know what can be done to help their communities affected by
flooding along the Mississippi River, and to keep it from happening again.
Contact Diane Brown
E-mail: Diane@floods.org
Phone: 608-274-0123
21st
Century Intercultural Celebration Mississippi River
August 25-26, 2001
Itasca State Park, MN
This gathering of diverse people from the city of St. Cloud seeks to promote
understanding, tolerance, and respect for many cultures at the beginning of the
21st century while appreciating the historical significance of the Mississippi
River in American life and culture.
Contact the Center
for Interfaith Encounter
Email: mmnazareth@cs.com
National/International Meetings
Soil
and Water Conservation Society's 2001 Annual Conference
August 4-8, 2001
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Wetlands and Remediation
Aug 5-6
Burlington,
Vermont
Based on the success of the 1999 conference sponsored by Battelle Memorial
Institute, which brought together more that 300 wetlands and remediation
experts. A second conference will be held to discuss common issues related to
cleaning up contaminated
Contact: Carol Young, Battelle Memorial Institute
Call: 614-424-7604, E-Mail: youngc@battelle.org
Info
Ag 2001
Aug 7-9, 2001
Indianapolis, Indiana
The conference seeks to improve understanding of site-specific nutrient
management, while addressing factors that may contribute to increased adoption
of site-specific management systems, including electronic communications and
other data management.
Linking
Stormwater BMP Designs and Performance to Receiving Water Impacts Mitigation
August 19-24, 2001
Snowmass, Colorado
9th
National Nonpoint Source Monitoring Workshop
August 27 –30, 2001
Hyatt Regency, Indianapolis, IN
Call for Papers/Posters: This workshop will bring together land managers and
water quality specialists to share information on the effectiveness of best
management practices in improving water quality, effective monitoring
techniques, and statistical analysis of watershed data. The workshop will focus
on the successes of Section 319 National Monitoring Program projects and other
innovative projects from throughout the United States. The agenda will include
three days of workshop sessions/presentations and a one-day field trip. Two
half-day workshops will focus on monitoring program evaluation and GIS.
Presentations will be 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for discussion.
Email: ctic@ctic.purdue.edu
Mail disk: Non-point Source Workshop 1220 Potter Drive, Suite 170 West Lafayette,
IN 47906
Phone (765) 494-9555 Fax (765) 494-5969
If you have questions, contact Tammy Taylor at
taylor@ctic.purdue.edu
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