--- [log in to unmask] wrote: > Subject: Big River Week 2001 - Agenda and > Registration Form > From: [log in to unmask] > Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 17:43:12 -0400 > > > ANNOUNCING BIG RIVER WEEK 2001 ? (registration and > agenda form attached > below) > > We apologize for multiple postings > > Melrose Hotel > 2430 Pennsylvania Ave. NW > Washington, DC > > TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON TO PROTECT THE MISSISSIPPI > RIVER & IT'S WATERSHED > > On June 8-12, 2001 Sierra Club is sponsoring Big > River Week, a > conservation, leadership and effectiveness training, > in Washington, D.C. > > At Big River Week you will: > > * Meet other Sierra Club activists from all over > the country > * Learn and improve your effectiveness as you start > or enhance your local > campaigns to protect the Mississippi River watershed > * Fight for protection and restoration of our > rivers, farmland, forests, > floodplains and more > * Have an unforgettable time in Washington, DC! > > (Please scroll down to find registration form and > agenda) > > Big River Week is an opportunity for you to learn, > share, network and > devote your ideas, energy, and passion to protecting > the Mississippi River > and it's watershed. This includes everything from > Corp Reform, to stopping > CAFO's to protecting critical areas from pollution, > development and > destruction. > > You'll start your Washington DC experience with a > Friday afternoon overview > of where we have been, how we got to where we are > now and what we want in > the future. Saturday and Sunday will be filled with > more in-depth > discussion and training on various issues. Sunday > afternoon we will > prepare you for Monday and Tuesday's trip to the > hill to discuss our issues > with decision-makers. Friday and Saturday night > dinners will share > information of other important events by featuring > keynote speakers that > are fun and informative. > > This is your chance to learn more about the issues > in the watershed to make > your activism stronger and more focused. You will > leave the conference > with enthusiasm and ways to get involved and to > involve your Chapters and > Groups in many Sierra Club campaigns. > > Registration will be $50.00 per person. Room rates > are $149.00 for singles > and $159.00 for doubles. Please contact Susan > Patton (606)859-8700 about > scholarships. Please ask your Chapter or Group to > assist in your expenses. > Don't wait to let us know YOU want to come to Big > River Week! Please fill > out and mail the registration form TODAY! > > > > BIG RIVER WEEK 2001 REGISTRATION FORM (agenda below) > > Please fill out this registration form and mail this > it, along with a check > for $50.00 payable to Sierra Club to: Sierra Club, > 408 C Street, NE, > Washington DC, 20002, ATTN: George Sorvalis > > Name > Organization > Address > City State Zip > Phone Fax Email > > YES, I plan to attend the Big River Week 2001. I > will attend (check all > dates that you plan to attend): > > _____ Friday, June 8, 2001 > _____ Saturday, June 9, 2001 > _____ Sunday, June 10, 2001 > _____ Monday, June 11, 2001 > > Lodging > > I will be staying at the Melrose Hotel > _____ Thursday night, June 7 > _____ Friday night, June 8 > _____ Saturday night, June 9 > _____ Sunday night, June 10 > _____ Other nights (please specify) > _____ Please find me a roommate > _____ I have my own plans for lodging > > PLEASE NOTE: The Sierra Club will be making > reservations for all > participants. > > We hope to see you in Washington DC! > Healthy Watersheds, Healthy Communities > > > (please note that the agenda is also attached as a > word document) > > AGENDA(See attached file: agenda2001.doc)(See > attached file: BIG RIVER WEEK > 2001registration form.doc) > > Mississippi River Ecoregion Task > Force > Big River Week Agenda > June 8 ? 12, 2001 > Melrose Hotel > 2430 Pennsylvania Ave. NW > Washington, D.C. > "RESTORING THE WATERSHED" > > Friday Morning > Mississippi River EcoRegion Task Force Meeting > ? All members and > representatives to the Task Force should plan to > attend. > > Friday Afternoon > 1-1:30 Introductions & Overview of Weekend ? > Sheila Bosworth > 1:30-3:30 "Restoring the Watershed" Overview > · What has happened (historical) > · Where we are now (current) > · What do we want (future) > 3:30-3:45 Break > 4:00-4:45 Federal Farm Policy 2001 > 4:45-5:00 Wrap Up > 6:00 Dinner, Speaker > Chad Pregrecke, Founder of Living Lands & > Waters and the > Mississippi River Beautification & Restoration > Project and the Ohio > River Beautification & Restoration Project. > Chad will give a lively > presentation about his project of cleaning > trash out of the nation's > major rivers. > > Saturday Morning > 7:30-8:30 Breakfast > 8:30-9:15 CAFO Overview > 9:15-9:30 Break & Move to Classes > 9:30-10:30 Session I > · Education Consumers: "Do you know where your > food has been?" > · Stopping CAFO's: The Toolkit & Keeping Score > 10:30-10:45 Break & Move to Classes > 10:45-11:45 Session II > · Watershed Watch in Kentucky: How one Chapter > has done it > · Litigating CAFO's > > Noon ? 1 Lunch, Networking > > > > > > Saturday Afternoon > 1:15-2:00 Corps Reform Overview > 2:00-2:15 Break & Move to Classes > 2:15-3:15 Session III > · Navigation Study > · Wetlands & Floodplains Restoration/Preservation > 3:15-3:30 Break & Move to Classes > 3:30-4:30 Session IV > · Corps Reform 102 > · Dredging (Lakes, streams & coasts) > 4:40-4:50 Review, etc. > 6:00-6:45 Reception, Social Hour > 7:00 Dinner, Speaker > Florence Robinson > > Sunday Morning > 7:30-8:30 Breakfast > 8:30-9:15 Critical Lands/Areas Overview > 9:15-9:30 Break & Move to Classes > 9:30-10:30 Session V > · Bottomland Forests > · Lewis & Clark Program > 10:30-10:45 Break & Move to Classes > 10:45-11:45 Session VI > · Upriver Impacts on Downstream Water Quality > · Headwater Forest Protection > · Sustainable Ag, Farmland Protection > > Noon ? 1 Lunch, Networking > > Sunday Afternoon > 1:15- 3:15 Effectiveness Training > 3:15-3:30 Break > 3:30-4:45 Current Hill Issues > · Defending the Clean Water Act > · Farm Bill > · Farm Bill Appropriations > · Nav Study > · Corps Reform > > Monday > 10:00 Press Conference > Hill Visits > > Tuesday > Hill Visits > Travel Day > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/msword name==?iso-8859-1?Q?agenda2001.doc?= > ATTACHMENT part 3 application/msword name==?iso-8859-1?Q?BIG_RIVER_WEEK_2001registration_form.doc?= __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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