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IMPORTANT DATES FOR 2008 SWPBA CONFERENCE
The following are deadlines but you can send anything in EARLY:

• July 22 – Title of talk due to Bill in order to get agenda finalized before registration due

• July 31– Summer newsletter submissions due to Bill

• August 4 – Registration form with registration, t-shirt and banquet payments due to Trish; this will allow us to get the t-shirt order in and plan for meeting logistics

• August 4 – Award nominations due to Trish

• August 22 – Last day to make hotel reservations (only 50 rooms blocked, group code is either H2O or SWBPA)

• September 8 – Abstracts and presentations due to Bill

 


ABOUT SWPBA

Founded in 1973, the Southeastern Water Pollution Biologists Association is a non-profit organization that exists to promote further understanding of the aquatic biological communities and the impact of pollutants on the aquatic ecosystems and to provide a medium for exchange of appropriate information among the membership. General membership is currently restricted to State Regulatory and Tribal Water Pollution Biologists whose programs are funded through the Region IV Environmental Protection Agency and Environmental Protection Agency Region IV Water Pollution Biologists. The Association is organized and operated exclusively for scientific and educational purposes.


PARTICIPATING STATES AND TRIBES

Alabama Department of Environmental Management
Cherokee Tribe
Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Georgia Environmental Protection Division
Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of FL
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians
Seminole Indian Tribe of Florida
South Carolina Office of Environmental Quality Control
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation