From leah@iwla.org Wed May 2 14:57:22 2001 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f42LvK0100286 for ; Wed, 2 May 2001 14:57:20 -0700 Received: from mail.iwla.org ([216.181.241.218]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f42Luxs10765 for ; Wed, 2 May 2001 14:57:17 -0700 Received: by MAIL with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id <2VGWZ7RY>; Wed, 2 May 2001 17:49:16 -0400 Message-ID: <815C0558A8DBD111916E00A0C9A922CD66825C@MAIL> From: LEAH GRAFF MILLER To: "'consbio@u.washington.edu'" Subject: Last Call for Wetland Conference Registration Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 17:49:15 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Registration for the Communities Working for Wetlands Conference and the Assessing the Health of Wetland Life Conference closes on May 9. That is next Wednesday! Call 800-965-5004 or 415-682-2154 as soon as possible! Do not miss these great opportunities to learn more about wetland monitoring, conservation, restoration, policy, and more! COMMUNITIES WORKING FOR WETLAND CONFERENCE MAY 16-18, 2001 Sheraton World Resort, Orlando, Florida This conference provides training for wetland enthusiasts from across the country in topics such as volunteer monitoring, invasive species, cultural values of wetlands, wetland construction and restoration, impacts of the SWANCC decision, and more. This year, the conference celebrates both the 10th anniversary of American Wetlands Month and the 15th anniversary of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan. There is still room for our fantastic workshops and field trips! Workshops include hands-on activities from the WOW! Wonders of Wetlands curriculum, a crash course in every wetlands called "A Wetland Primer", and a crash course on Project Management, including fundraising, volunteer recruitment, and working with the media. Field trips include the Disney Wilderness Preserve, SeaWorld, the Central Florida Zoo, hand-on demonstration of wetland biological monitoring techniques, and an American Wetlands Month activity - removing exotic invasive Brazilian Pepper from the Archie Carr Wildlife Preserve. Registration is $130 for volunteers, nonprofit organizations, students, and educators and $165 for government agency staff, businesses, and consultants. Please visit the League's web site for more information at www.iwla.org/sos/awm or call (800) 965-5004 or (415) 682-2154 to register. This conference is coordinated by the Izaak Walton League of America. ASSESSING THE HEALTH OF WETLAND LIFE: POLICY, SCIENCE, AND PRACTICE MAY 14-16, 2001 Sheraton World Resort, Orlando, Florida Learn about the latest research on biological monitoring of wetlands, and what state, tribal, and local government agencies are doing to implement wetland assessment using biomonitoring. This conference is presented by the Environmental Protection Agency's Biological Assessment of Wetlands Workgroup (BAWWG) and the Izaak Walton League of America. Registration is $120 for government, nonprofit staff, educators, students and volunteers and $150 for business and consultants. Please visit the League's web site for more information at www.iwla.org/sos/awm or call (800) 965-5004 or (415) 682-2154. Leah Graff Miller Projects Coordinator, Save Our Streams Izaak Walton League of America, Inc. 707 Conservation Lane Gaithersburg, MD 20878 (301) 548-0150 ext. 219 leah@iwla.org www.iwla.org Please join us for the Communities Working for Wetlands Conference, May 16-18, 2001, in Orlando, Florida. For more information, visit www.iwla.org/sos/awm. .