FYI. I thought there might be more than one of us in Sierra Club or the
environmental community who could have an interest in the proposed TMDL
Conference below.

Lyle Krewson

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From: vivian newman <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: FRED <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 17:39:18 -0400
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Subject: Fw: a request for TMDL experts

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> The Ecological Society of America has a chance to help organize a conference
> on the science issues that arise in applying TMDL rules to specific
> situations.  The conference is planned for March 4-7, 2001 in St. Louis, and
> whomever brave soul steps forward to help plan this meeting would commit to
> intellectual input via conference calls.  I don't think there is obligation
> for more effort.
>
> The conference is being sponsored by the Advisory Committee on Water
> Information (ACWI), of which ESA is a member.  It is intended to help identify
> and clarify what science tools and information are available or needed to help
> in listing impaired waters, developing effective TMDL plans, and implementing
> TMDLs.
>
> The ACWI advises many federal agencies, but does not have a strong ecological
> voice (yet).   This TMDL conference looks like an opportunity to make sure
> ecological issues are addressed, and I think a representative from ESA could
> help in the planning by making sure the appropriate ecological issues are
> brought up.
>
> If you are interested and knowledgeable on the topic of TMDLs, would you
> please contact me ASAP? Conference calls on different topics are being
> arranged starting this week (June 26).  I will send you more information at
> that time. Right now I am the ESA person on this planning committee, but I
> don't know anything about TMDLs.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Jill Baron
> ESA representative to ACWI
>
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> Jill S. Baron, Ph.D.       Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
> U.S. Geological Survey   Colorado State University
> ph: (970) 491-1968       Fort Collins, Colorado  80523-1499
> fax:(970) 491-1965       [log in to unmask]
> http://www.nrel.colostate.edu/PROGRAMS/LTER/LVWS/LVWS.html
>
>
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