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Confluence: May 2003, Vol. 5, No. 3
Upcoming Events

June 2-4, 2003
National Source Water Protection Conference
Washington, D.C.
Sponsored by the U.S. EPA Office of Water

The National Source Water Protection Conference is being conducted by the EPA to bring together government officials, watershed organizations, businesses and others to learn about the successful prevention of drinking water contamination. The conference will promote planning and coordination, partnerships among groups, and will provide hands-on sessions to explore funding and networking activities and other subjects of interest to participants. Pre-registration is required. For more information and to sign up, contact the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at phone: (800) 426-4791 or visit the EPA web link at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/protect/swpconf.html

June 3-4, 2003
Connecting Ohio Watersheds Conference
Columbus, Ohio
Sponsored by the Ohio State University Extension, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Ohio EPA, Ohio University (ILGARD), Ohio Farm Bureau, Miami Conservancy District, Water Management Association of Ohio

The themes for this year's Connecting Ohio Watersheds Conference are the creation of sustainable watershed groups and locally significant watershed initiatives. Experts on environmental policy will speak on issues relating to local watershed planning, including environmental negotiation and stakeholder participation. Following the main session, four workshops and a range of concurrent sessions will be available to conference participants. For a preliminary schedule and information on registration, contact Holly Bartholomew at Bartholomew.6@osu.edu or at phone: (614) 846-7932, or visit http://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/conference/index.html

June 5-7, 2003
Just Connections First Annual Conference for Community and Scholar Activists Emory & Henry College, Emory, Virginia
Sponsored by Just Connections, Inc.

The Just Connections Conference is intended to focus on issues and models for participatory research, service learning, and community-based education. The conference is scheduled to feature sessions led by experts in Appalachian grassroots community efforts, how-to workshops on utilizing service learning project opportunities and full coverage of issues useful to the creation and growth of community-based programs in environmental and other concerns. Scholarship funds are available to lower-income participants; spaces for the conference are limited and will be allotted on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more information, go to www.justconnections.org or contact Janice Morrissey, Ph.D., Grassroots Empowerment Alliance of Rome (GEAR), P.O. Box 772, Rome, GA 30162, phone: (706) 235-5134

June 20-21, 2003
Kentucky Waterways Alliance Annual Conference
Frankfort, KY
Sponsored by the Kentucky Waterways Alliance

The conference's first day will be spent examining the Kentucky state triennial water quality standards review and the status of Clean Water Act implementation and water conservation in Kentucky. On the second day, the KWA will hold their annual meeting with sessions for KWA members and groups to look at clean water projects in a local-action context. For information about attending this conference, visit www.KWAlliance.org or send e-mail to Director@KWAlliance.org

July 22-23, 2003
National Forum on Water Quality Trading
Chicago, IL
Sponsored by the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. EPA, the Water Environment Federation, and the Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators

The purpose of this forum is to educate participants about the complexities of water trading policies. Attendees will learn about the economic and environmental benefits of water trading, challenges in the operation of trading programs, and implementation of water trading policies. Case study presentations will be used to demonstrate water trading activity. Anyone interested in learning about innovations in clean water programs is invited to attend. To find out more about water trading and the July Forum, visit http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/trading/conferences.html or contact Lynda Wynn at wynn.lynda@epa.gov or David Batchelor at batchelor.david@epa.gov

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