Freshwater Summit October 29~Register by October 18

October 6, 2010 at 4:04 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Join us for the third annual Freshwater Summit! The Summit will be held Friday, October 29 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Hagerty Center, 715 E. Front St. in Traverse City.

This year’s highlight is a keynote panel about Asian Carp. Panelists include Mark Burrows of the International Joint Commission, Captain Luann Barndt of the U.S. Coast Guard and Tribal Chairman Derek Bailey of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. Other sessions include oil and gas exploration, Chain of Lakes fisheries, Boardman River dams, inland lakes strategies, Grand Traverse Bay hydrographic survey and watershed forestry.

Registration is $20 and includes lunch. You can pay at www.gtbay.org, call Denise Baker at 231~935~1514 ext. 4 or mail a check by October 18 to the Watershed Center, 13272 S. West Bay Shore Dr., Traverse City, MI 49684. You can also pay online. Preregistering is strongly encouraged, as the Summit usually sells out.

Booth space is available for organizations and businesses. The cost for organizations is $50, and the cost for businesses is $200. Business sponsorships are also available for $250. Contact Denise Baker at dbaker@gtbay.org for exhibitor application forms and sponsorship opportunities.

The Freshwater Summit is co-hosted by the Watershed Center, Water Studies Institute, Michigan Sea Grant, Inland Seas Education Association, Network of Lake Associations, Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council and Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Partial funding is provided by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources & Environment.

The Freshwater Summit is a product of the Freshwater Roundtable. Freshwater Roundtable members include Conservation Resource Alliance, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Grand Traverse Conservation District, Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy, Inland Seas Education Association, Leelanau Conservancy, Michigan Department of Natural Resources & Environment, MSU Extension – Michigan Sea Grant, Northwestern Michigan College Water Studies Institute, Traverse City Rotary Water Committee and Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay.