Corps and Conservancy set conference on ecological sustainability  

Jun. 26, 2007

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and The Nature Conservancy are sponsoring a partnership conference, entitled Developing Sustainable Aquatic Solutions, Oct. 1 - 4 at the Oglebay Conference Center and Resort in Wheeling, W.Va.
 
The conference will showcase the integration of ecologically sustainable water management into water resources projects, collaborative partnering arrangements, a poster session and a discussion on project funding.
 
Attendees are encouraged to submit posters on projects related to the field of ecological sustainability and restoration.    

The deadline for poster submissions is July 31.  For poster submissions, contact Patrick Deliman at patrick.n.deliman@erdc.usace.army.mil or Rob Brumbaugh at rbrumbaugh@tnc.org.   

The keynote speaker is Chad Pregracke, president of Living Lands and Water and co-author of the recently released From the Bottom Up: One Man's Crusade to Clean America's Rivers. 

For more information on the conference, contact Lisa Morales at lisa.t.morales@hq02.usace.army.mil or Liz Abbett at eabbett@tnc.org.