April March 31 - April 2, 2008 Urban Water Management: An Integrated Water Quality Conference & Exhibition Louisville, Kentucky Urban Water Management will focus on the integration of Stormwater BMPs, Phase II regulations, green infrastructure, and funding of municipal water management programs. It will cover design, construction, maintenance and emerging technology for urban water quality. Contact: Joanie Harrington Phone: 918.832.9305 E-mail:joanieh@pennwell.com
April 1-2, 2008 2008 Western Great Lakes Research Conference Marquette, Michigan This meeting provides a forum for researchers and managers of national parks and other public lands throughout the Western Great Lakes to share information on current research, monitoring, and management issues affecting parks and protected areas.
Contact: Stella Collier Phone: 612-624-0734 E-mail:colli552@umn.edu
April 6 - June 10, 2008 Landscape Patterns and Ecosystem Processes Madison, Wisconsin This 23rd annual symposium of the International Association for Landscape Ecology will focus on current frontiers in landscape ecology and consider the demand for the scientific underpinnings of landscape planning and management. Contact: Monica Turner E-mail:turnermg@wisc.edu
April 9-10, 2008 Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region East Lansing, Michigan Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century, and adequate response to it will have to be developed at the regional, as well as global and national levels. This conference will bring together researchers, decision makers, educators, activists and citizens to examine how climate change will affect the Great Lakes region and how we can respond to it. Contact: Maya Fischhoff Phone: 517-432-8296 E-mail:mayaef@msu.edu.
April 16-17, 2008 Great Lakes Observing System Annual Meeting Milwaukee, Wisconsin The Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to providing wide community access to real-time and historic data on the hydrology, biology, chemistry, geology and cultural resources of the Great Lakes, its interconnecting waterways and the St. Lawrence River. Contact: Christine Manninen E-mail:manninen@glc.org
April 22-23, 2008 Energy 2100: Making the Lakes Great Toronto, Ontario Recent years and months have seen increasing attention being paid to the issue of energy security. This Global Conference on the Great Lakes, Energy and Public Policy will bring together world experts to discuss topical concerns. Phone: 905-335-7993 or 1-800-625-7925 E-mail:ron@mmsonline.ca
April 29 - May 2, 2008 NALMS Annual National Conference Chicago, Ill. The theme of this year's meeting of the North American Lake Management Society is "Enhancing the States' Lake Management Programs: Building Partnerships for Improved Fisheries and Lake Water Quality." Contact: Bob Kirschner E-mail:bkirschn@chicagobotanic.org