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Meetings and Events


Calendar of Meetings for September 2001


Basin Meetings

Draft Pool "Visions" Plans Meetings
September 6, Pools 9-11, Prairie du Chien, WI, Huckleberry’s
September 12, Pools 9-10, Lansing, IA, Community Center
September 13, Pools 7-9, Onlalaska, WI, US Fish Wildlife Service Visitors’Center
September 18, Pools 5A-6, Winona, MN, Winona Middle School
September 20, Pools 4-5A, Wabasha, MN, Wabasha-Kellogg High School
All meetings are to run from 5:00 to 8:00 in open house format, with presentations starting at 5:30 and 7:00.  Meetings in Red Wing and the Twin Cities are to be scheduled in October for Pools 1-3.
State and federal agencies have produced draft plans of desired conditions on each of the Mississippi River pools in the St. Paul District of the Corps of Engineers.  YOUR INPUT IS WANTED!
Contact: Randy Urich, (507-895-6341) or Robin Grawe, (507-454-2066).

Waters of Wisconsin: The Future of Our Aquatic Ecosystems and Resources
September 12
La Crosse, WI
The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters’ water initiative will, through a process of informed discussion, examine and analyze the current state of Wisconsin’s waters and recommend strategies to promote their long-term sustainability.
Contacts: Shaili Pfeiffer 
E-mail: smpfeiffer@facstaff.wisc.edu

Watchable Wildlife Conference
September 14-17
St. Paul, MN, Radisson Riverfront Hotel
This conference is geared toward helping communities, parks and businesses provide opportunities for watching wildlife.
E-mail:  jmallman@wildlifeforever.org
Phone:  952-833-1522

Mississippi River Basin Alliance Regional Meeting
September 15
Memphis, TN, Rhodes College
Topics will include watersheds, water pollutions, habitat protection, environmental health & justice, and many other issues affecting the river system and the communities that depend on it.
E-mail:  mrbaoffice@mrba.org
Phone:  612-334-9460

Missouri Water Quality Coordinating Committee
September 18
Conference Building Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, MO
Contact Darlene Schaben
E-mail: nrschad@mail.dnr.state.mo.us

Mississippi River Basin Alliance Regional Meeting
September 22
New Orleans, LA, Tulane University
Topics will include watersheds, water pollutions, habitat protection, environmental health & justice, and many other issues affecting the river system and the communities that depend on it.
E-mail:  mrbaoffice@mrba.org
Phone:  612-334-9460

 

National/International Meetings

Plant Operations and Maintenance of Small & Medium Wastewater Treatment Plants
September 16-18, 2001
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 
Call for Abstracts Now Open