[SEMCO] Restore America's Estuaries' Poster Proposal/Student Poster Contest Deadline - May 1st, 2006

[conference at estuaries.org]

Hello all-

There is still time to submit a Poster Proposal or Student Poster 
Session Proposal to present at Restore America's Estuaries' 3rd 
National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration.  
Download the Call for Posters and the Poster Proposal Application Form 
at: http://www.estuaries.org/conference, and submit your poster by MAY 
1st to conference at estuaries.org! 

The Conference will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Hilton 
Riverside Hotel, December 9-13, 2006.

The theme of Restore America's Estuaries' 3rd National Conference 
is "Forging the National Imperative", and it will bring timely 
national attention to the challenges and opportunities of coastal 
restoration at all scales throughout the United States - especially in 
Coastal Louisiana and the northern Gulf Coast.  The Conference will 
emphasize the challenges ahead in strengthening a national commitment 
to coastal restoration.  This Conference will be recognized as an 
invaluable next step in working to restore our nation's coasts, and 
will have a lasting impact on all participants.  
 
Attendance this year is expected to be the highest ever, with 1,200-
1,500 participants and 400 presenters representing the non-profit, 
business, volunteer, scientific, academic, and governmental sectors of 
the restoration movement.  For more information on the Conference, 
please visit www.estuaries.org/conference. 
 
CALLING ALL STUDENTS!!!

Do you have an idea, research results or case study you would like to 
share with the coastal and estuarine habitat restoration community? We 
invite you to submit a proposal for a poster session at the 3rd 
National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration, and 
to enter the Student Poster Contest. Use the regular application form 
at http://www.estuaries.org/conference, and submit your presentation 
by MAY 1st to conference at estuaries.org!  Please specify that yours is 
a Student Poster.

This year's Conference theme is "Forging the National Imperative." 
Cash Prizes will be awarded in several categories:
 
¨ Human Dimensions of Restoration				
¨ Education and Outreach
¨ Comprehensive Ecosystem Restoration Management	
¨ Science and Technology
¨ Best Practices On-the-Ground				
¨ Measuring and Communicating Results
¨ Policy and Funding

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For more information, and the full Call for Posters, visit the 
conference website at http://www.estuaries.org/conference.
Please direct questions and comments to Mindy Criser Destro at 
mcriser at estuaries.org or (703) 524-0248.