From LEAH@iwla.org Mon Feb 24 12:36:42 2003 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW03.02) with ESMTP id h1OKafA8036120 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 12:36:41 -0800 Received: from mailer.iwlant.org (194.isaakwalton.lan2wan.com [66.250.193.194] (may be forged)) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW03.02) with ESMTP id h1OKaals007571 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 12:36:36 -0800 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: scholarships available for 2003 American Wetlands Conference X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.5762.3 Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 15:36:30 -0500 Message-ID: <97C35733AEB54F468E6A58616EB6D6C1078AC3@mailer.iwlant.org> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "Leah Miller" To: X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIIIII, Probability=9%, Report="CALL_FREE, SPAM_PHRASE_01_02, SUPERLONG_LINE, __EVITE_CTYPE, __HAS_MIMEOLE" Don't miss this opportunity to attend the Izaak Walton League's 2003 = AMERICAN WETLANDS CONFERENCE, May 1-4, 2003, Minneapolis, Minnesota! Scholarship Are Available - Application Deadline is March 1, 2003. The League's biennial American Wetlands Conference is the most important = training and networking opportunity for anyone interested in wetland = conservation. Volunteers, landowners, government agency staff, nonprofit = organization staff, business professionals, and consultants will find = this year's conference is a must attend event!=20 Informative presentations, hands-on sessions and training workshops will = be offered on many timely topics including the conservation of ephemeral = and so-called isolated wetlands, wetland ecology and values, status of = wetland resources, volunteer monitoring, education and outreach, = restoration, mitigation, construction, invasive species, regulatory and = non-regulatory conservation, and more. Special events include field = trips, a vernal pool construction workshop, the Rocking Wetlands = Extravaganza festival at the Minnesota Zoo and a reception and silent = auction at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Register on-line today at www.iwla.org/sos/awm/conference. A draft = agenda, detailed field trip descriptions, travel information, = information about participating in American Wetlands Month events, and a = downloadable registration form are also available. To have a hard copy = of the registration form mailed to you, email awm@iwla.org or call (800) = BUG-IWLA (284-4952).=20 Limited partial scholarships are available to defray your costs to = attend. Download the application today at = www.iwla.org/sos/awm/conference/2003_scholarship.doc or email = awm@iwla.org for a copy of the application. The deadline to apply for = these scholarships is May 1, 2003. American Wetlands Campaign sponsors (as of 2/24/03) include: U.S. = Environmental Protection Agency, Wetlands Division; U.S. Fish and = Wildlife Service; U.S.D.A. Forest Service; The Toro Foundation; = Annheuser-Busch Companies; American Forest and Paper Association; the = George Gund Charitable Foundation; the Rahr Foundation; Larson/Glastron = Boats; Lund Boats; and Crestliner Boats.=20 Leah Miller American Wetlands Program Coordinator Izaak Walton League of America, Inc. 707 Conservation Lane Gaithersburg, MD 20878 (301) 548-0150 ext. 219 leah@iwla.org Join us at the American Wetlands Conference, May 1-4, 2003, in = Minneapolis. For more information, please visit = www.iwla.org/sos/awm/conference.=20 .