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<br />September 13, 14, 27, 28. Anoka Sand Plain
<br />Training 2004. Cedar Creek Natural
<br />History Area, Bethel, Minnesota. The
<br />University of Minnesota Onsite Sewage
<br />Treatment Program will present four
<br />specialized all-day training sessions
<br />focused on the problem soils of the Anoka
<br />Sand Plain. Each session will study the
<br />sandy outwash soils common in the
<br />counties of the northern Twin Cities
<br />metropolitan area. For more information,
<br />call (800) 322-8642, e-mail septic@umn.edu,
<br />or visit the program Web site at http://
<br />septic.umn.edu.
<br />October 26, 2004.37th Annual Water
<br />Resources Conference. Earle Brown
<br />Heritage Center, Brooklyn Center, Minne-
<br />sota. This conference provides a major
<br />professional development opportunity for
<br />consultants; city, county, and state
<br />engineers; and others interested in water
<br />resource issues. The 2004 Conference
<br />seeks to highlight emerging technological
<br />developments, best practices in address-
<br />ing water resource issues, and reports on
<br />effective projects. For more information
<br />contact Ruth Martin at (612) 624-3492,
<br />ore-mail rmartin@cce.umn.edu.
<br />Wyndham Palace, Lake Buena Vista,
<br />Florida. The conference is designed to
<br />bring together scientists, engineers,
<br />managers, and policy-makers who are
<br />actively involved in and/or affected by all
<br />aspects of ecosystem restoration. This will
<br />be the first time that people working on the
<br />science of large system restoration in the
<br />Everglades, Chesapeake Bay, Lower
<br />Mississippi, Great Lakes, San Francisco
<br />Bay, Puget Sound and others will be
<br />sharing information in this kind of formal
<br />session. For more information, visit
<br />http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/ecosystem.
<br />September 18, 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. EST. After
<br />the Storm. The EPA is pleased to an-
<br />nounce ahalf-hour television special
<br />about watersheds. "After the Storm"
<br />shows the connection between weather
<br />and watersheds and the importance of
<br />watershed protection. Visit the EPA Web
<br />site at www.epa.gov/weafherchannel/for
<br />more information. Order a free copy by
<br />contacting the National Service Center for
<br />Environmental Publications (NSCEP) at
<br />(513) 489-8190 or (800) 490-9198 or send an
<br />e-mail to ncepimal@one.net_
<br />October 14-16, 2004. Urban Waterfronts
<br />22: Gathering by the Waters. Pfister
<br />Hotel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Meet the
<br />pioneers, the movers and shakers in the
<br />field, and share your concerns and
<br />knowledge while learning first-hand at this
<br />all-day workshop about the difficulties
<br />faced in alake/river environment. For more
<br />information, visit the conference Web site
<br />at www.waterfrontcenter.org/conference/.
<br />October 26-28, 2004.2004 Great Lakes
<br />Regional Data Exchange Conference.
<br />Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center,
<br />Detroit, Michigan. The conference and
<br />workshops are designed to facilitate
<br />information exchange between partici-
<br />pants, to identify opportunities far
<br />collaboration, and to seek a consensus on
<br />a vision for integrated decision support
<br />tools to meet the needs of regional policy
<br />and decision-making. For more informa-
<br />tion, visit the conference Web site at
<br />http://rdx.glc.org.
<br />November 18, 2004, Volunteer Stream
<br />Monitoring Partnership River Summit.
<br />Science Museum. of Minnesota, St. Paul,
<br />Minnesota. The purpose of the summit is
<br />to celebrate the work of Twin Cities area
<br />volunteer monitors and share data
<br />collected over past years. E-mail Barb
<br />Liukkonen (liukk001 @umn.edu) to register.
<br />December6-10, 2004. The First National
<br />Conference on Ecosystem Restoration.
<br />Winter 2004-2005. Small-Group Nutrient
<br />Management Planning Workshops.
<br />University of Minnesota Extension staff,
<br />Soil and Water Conservation Districts,
<br />County Feedlot Officers, producer
<br />organizations, and others are encouraged
<br />to host half-day sessions for groups of
<br />12-151ivestock and/or crop producers.
<br />This is especially timely for those livestock
<br />producers who are required to have
<br />nutrientlmanure management plans by
<br />January 1, 2006. Funds are available to
<br />assist local organizers of these workshops,
<br />and Extension specialists are available to
<br />lead farmers through development of their
<br />plans. Contact University of Minnesota
<br />Extension Educators Kevin Blanchet
<br />(blanc013 @umn.edu) in Farmington or Jodi
<br />DeJong-Hughes (dejon003 @umn.edu) in
<br />Marshall to schedule a workshop for your
<br />area.
<br />7 September 2004
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