The Governor's Water Summit is scheduled for Monday, November 24th and will be held at the Scheman Auditorium on the ISU campus in Ames. The public registration for the Governor's Water Summit opened Monday, Oct 20th and registration is on a first come basis. . Registrations will be taken at DNR by mail with a check, or by phone (515-281-5918) or fax (515-281-6794) with a credit card (Visa or MasterCard only). Cost of the summit is $25.00. A registration form is available for download from the DNR website at http://www.iowadnr.com DNR will not be taking online registrations, you will have to mail or fax the form to DNR. If you are mailing your registration and payment, the address is: Governor's Water Summit Department of Natural Resources Wallace Building 502 East 9th Street Des Moines, IA 50319-0034 There is some concern that the 200 open slots will fill up very fast and if you are planning to attend it is strongly recommended that you get your registration in as early as possible. Governor's Iowa Water Summit - November 24, 2003 The Iowa Water Summit is a forum designed to establish a roadmap to eliminate impaired waters in Iowa. The Summit will bring together diverse groups to identify consensus solutions to Iowa's water quality problems, and outline specific steps that Iowa can take to achieve this goal. Water impairments result from a variety of sources - most of which result from broad economic activities and are not easily resolved. The Summit seeks to increase public awareness of water quality issues and begin to develop solutions. Participants will study the current impaired waters list and will also focus attention on other waterways that are impaired by nutrients but do not currently qualify for the impaired waters list. Work groups will study specific policy areas and make recommendations to the Summit participants. Other goals of the Summit will be to review existing programs and policies, identify innovative solutions, establish priorities, assign responsibilities, set timetables for action, and identify financial resource needs. Location: Scheman Conference Center, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. The Scheman Center is located at the Iowa State Center off Lincoln Way and Elwood Drive. A map is available at www.center.iastate.edu/directions.html. Date: November 24, 2003 Time: Sign-in begins at 8:00 A.M.; program begins at 9:00 A.M.; reception begins at 5:00 P.M. Information on Iowa's impaired waters is available at www.state.ia.us/epd/wtresrce/303notc.htm. Your ideas for protecting and improving Iowa's water quality are welcome whether you can attend the conference or not. Address email to [log in to unmask] or mail your comments to Bernard Hoyer, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Wallace Office Building, 502 E. 9th Street, Des Moines, IA 50319-0034. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Make your voice heard! Find out how to get Take Action Alerts and other important Sierra Club messages by email at: http://www.sierraclub.org/email