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 ---------- From: vivian newman <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: FRED <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 17:39:18 -0400 To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Fw: a request for TMDL experts --------------------------- cc:Mail Users----------------------------- ** Remember to DELETE the 'Sender: ...' lines above before REPLYing ** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ....................................................................... > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To get off this list, send email to: [log in to unmask] Make the message text (not the Subject): SIGNOFF CONS-FRED - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask]