GLIN==> News Release: Making a Great Lake Superior Conference

["Marie E. Zhuikov" <mzhuikov@d.umn.edu>]

                              MN SEA GRANT
                              NEWS RELEASE
8/9/07
Contact: Marie Zhuikov, mzhuikov@umn.edu, (218) 726-7677

                MAKING A GREAT LAKE SUPERIOR 2007

Many people know that Lake Superior is a great Great Lake. Keeping it 
that way is the goal of the "Making a Great Lake Superior 2007" 
conference to be held October 29-31, 2007 in Duluth, Minn.

"This conference will focus on the most pressing issues facing Lake 
Superior," said Liz LaPlante, conference co-organizer with the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency's Great Lakes National Program Office. 
"We look forward to lively discussions among people from different 
disciplines. We'll use facilitated work groups to develop 
recommendations for research, education, and management."

Lake Superior Basin residents, educators, resource managers, and 
researchers are invited to attend this meeting at the Duluth 
Entertainment and Convention Center. The two-and-a-half-day program 
will include a mixture of plenary presentations, contributed sessions, 
exhibits, posters, evening socials, pre-conference community 
gatherings, and post-conference field trips.

The conference will practice what it preaches, through efforts to 
reduce the event's environmental impact. "Making a Great Lake Superior" 
will be the first carbon-neutral conference of its size ever held in 
Duluth. Organizers are taking steps to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, 
use locally produced products, and reduce waste.

Registration by September 14 costs $150. Single-day rates and reduced 
rates for students are available, as well as limited scholarships for 
teachers and others. For information and registration visit 
http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/superior2007 or contact Minnesota Sea Grant 
at (218) 726-8106.

Conference organizers include the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Environment Canada, and the University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program. 
Twenty-six organizations are  sponsoring the event, including U.S. and 
Canadian government departments, academic institutions, Sea Grant 
programs, international organizations, tribal organizations, and 
watershed groups.

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