[SEMCO] Register Now! - Restore America's Estuaries' 3rd National Conference

[conference at estuaries.org]

Restore America’s Estuaries is pleased to invite you to...

The 3rd National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat 
Restoration - Forging the National Imperative

December 9-13, 2006 in New Orleans, LA at the Hilton Riverside Hotel

You can now register for the Conference online at: 
www.estuaries.org/conference.  Register by October 17th and receive 
the early bird discount!  

This Conference is the premier national gathering of the coastal 
habitat restoration community. With 1,500 participants, it will bring 
timely national attention to the challenges and opportunities for 
coastal and estuarine restoration - at all scales - throughout the 
United States, and will emphasize the challenges ahead in 
strengthening a national commitment to coastal restoration. 


The Conference will:

- Provide networking opportunities with your peers and colleagues from 
throughout the U.S. and abroad. 

- Offer hundreds of presentations on the best practices in the 
science, planning, practice, monitoring and policies of restoration, 
from leaders in restoration throughout the Coastal U.S. 

- Stretch your thinking, and your legs, during numerous educational 
and fun field sessions. 

- Enliven your spirit through the music, food, arts and fun of coastal 
Louisiana!
 
- Introduce you to new people, ideas, products and opportunities. 

- Restore a part of Coastal Louisiana through a hands-on volunteer 
restoration project on Saturday, December 9th - the first day of the 
Conference.

- Through dynamic plenary sessions, frequent and fun networking 
events, educational field sessions, an unparalleled Restoration Expo 
with over 120 exhibitors, and a comprehensive offering of 
presentations, the Conference will motivate, inspire and unite the 
restoration movement. 


For additional information, including the Conference Program, Field 
Sessions, and Special Events, visit www.estuaries.org/conference.


We look forward to seeing you in December!

For further information regarding registration, please contact Mindy 
Quinnette at (703) 536-4992.

For further information regarding the Conference, please contact 
Kristin Hoelting at (206) 624-9100, ext. 3# or conference at estuaries.org

For sponsorship and/or partnership information, please contact Harvey 
Potts at (206) 624-9100, ext. 2# or hpotts at estuaries.org

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