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Weekly Update

16 November 2009

 

*	Abstracts Sought for Watershed Management Conference
*	Upper Mississippi River Basin Association Quarterly Meeting
*	National Brownfields 2009 Conference
*	Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference

 

 

Abstracts Sought for Watershed Management Conference

 

The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) is
seeking abstracts for a conference they are sponsoring entitled TMDL 2010:
<http://www.asabe.org/meetings/tmdl2010/index.htm>   Watershed Management to
Improve Water Quality.  The conference will be held in Baltimore, MD, on
November 14-17, 2010.  The deadline for submitting abstracts is December 1.

 

The conference will be the fifth in a series sponsored by ASABE focusing on
watershed management and TMDLs (Total Maximum Daily Load) to address water
quality issues.  The purpose of the conference is to report ongoing research
and outreach efforts related to TMDL development and implementation, and
watershed management in general.

 

Contact Mark
<mailto:Mmailto:mgordon at nemw.org?subject=2010%20Watershed%20Management%20Con
ference>  Gorman (202/464-4015) at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.

 

 

Upper Mississippi River Basin Association Quarterly Meeting

 

The Upper Mississippi River Basin Association (UMRBA) is having its next
quarterly meeting this week on November 17-19 in Rock Island, Illinois.  The
agenda <http://www.umrba.org/meetings.htm>  for the UMRBA, Navigation
Environmental Coordination Committee (NECC), and EMP Coordinating Committee
(EMP-CC), as well as the Joint Session of NECC and EMP-CC, are available
online.  Time and locations for the next two quarterly UMRBA meetings are
also listed.

 

Contact Margie
<mailto:mdaniels at umrba.org?subject=UMRBA%20Quarterly%20Meeting>  Daniels
(651/224-2880) at the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association.

 

 

National Brownfields 2009 Conference

 

The National Brownfields <http://www.brownfields2009.org/en/index.aspx>
2009 Conference is being held this week on November 16-18 at the Morial
Convention Center, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

 

The National Brownfields Conference is the largest, most comprehensive
conference focused on cleaning up and redeveloping abandoned, underutilized,
and potentially contaminated properties in the nation.  Free registration
gains access to more than 150 educational and learning opportunities,
outstanding plenary sessions, 200 exhibitors, scores of networking events,
special training sessions, film screenings, book signings, and more.

 

 

Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference

 

The 2009 Midwest <http://www.dnr.state.il.us/Midwest/index.htm>  Fish and
Wildlife Conference will be held at the Hilton Hotel, 700 East Adams Street,
Springfield, Illinois, on December 6-9.  

 

The purpose of the conference is to share new research, management
experiences, and valuable insight on fish and wildlife issues.  Conference
organizers say that it is the "premier fish and wildlife conference in the
central U.S., with more than 1,000 attendees at past conferences."

 

 

 
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