Program

Cancellations:
Sunday, July 27, the "Stormwater management and sediment reduction: Site inspector training" workshop has been cancelled due to having only one registration to date.

Tuesday, July 29, the Wastewater Management: A Poplar Solution workshop is being cancelled. And, the "Spokane County Soil & Water Conservation Tour" has been canceled due to low numbers of registrants. The workshop entitled "Establishing a discharge station for recording streamflow: A Technical Training workshop" on Tuesday, July 29 also has been cancelled.

Thursday, July 31, the "Conservation buffers effects and design for air quality" workshop has been cancelled. The Sunday session of this workshop will be held.

REGISTER NOW!!!
To register for the conference, print out this preliminary program (pdf version) and return the registration form by fax or mail.

Soil and Water Conservation Society conferences bring together researchers, practitioners and policymakers at all levels of government and a broad cross-section of interest groups to explore current opportunities in natural resource management and planning.

   Click here for an expanded schedule of events.  
    (In addition to those found in the registration PDF)

The conference, “The Columbia, Conserving a Legacy of Life” will focus on four key topics of concern for professionals working to conserve natural resources locally and globally:

• Integrated Watershed and Basin Management
• Water Supplies for Ecology and Economy
• Grassland Health for Sustainable Production and Biological Diversity
• Air Quality for Public Health and Economic Vitality

      For more information about the topic areas, click here.

Plenary Sessions--The Soil and Water Conservation Society international conference includes three plenary sessions where all attendees come together to listen, discuss, and question panelists.  The panelists and topics can be found below.   

        The keynote speaker will be Robert Caughlan. 

Caughlan has a history in politics and environmental advocacy.  

Concurrent sessions--are a large portion of the international conference.  These break-out sessions are what gives the conference its foundation and includes a diverse topic base.

For questions about the conference, email Nancy Herselius at nancyh@swcs.org.

REGISTER NOW!!!
To register for the conference, print out this preliminary program (pdf version) and return the registration form by fax or mail.

PLAN ON GOING TO NEXT YEAR'S CONFERENCE!

2004 SWCS Annual Conference
July 24-28, 2004
Radisson Riverfront Hotel
St. Paul, Minnesota