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Message from the President
Mike Roberts - Surface Water Hydrologist, DNRC
Dear Montana AWRA members,
The Montana AWRA is gearing up for this year’s 25th Anniversary conference. It will be held at Big Sky Resort October 2 and 3. This year’s conference, aptly titled, “Water Sustainability: Challenges for Montana” is likely to attract the usual stellar presenters pulled from the ranks of our esteemed membership, as well as a few special guests. Big Sky provides spectacular local hydrology and geology, but also is grappling with many of the sustainability issues Montana water resources face in 2008. Needless to say, we are excited for this year’s event.
When organizing these conferences, we the officers strive to maintain some consistency with past conferences, but also attempt to offer new ideas and concepts to improve the conference for the membership. Recent examples include the free pre-conference workshops on wetlands and irrigation management at the last two conferences. While no workshops will accompany this year’s conference, we will continue an exciting component started last year for our student presenters. The top student presenter will be offered an expense-paid trip to the National AWRA conference in New Orleans November 17 – 20. We hope this will encourage our great student base to participate at Big Sky. The initial Call for Abstracts (for all presenters) is scheduled to come out in May.
As we - the officers and Water Center staff - begin to promote the conference, members may notice that Montana AWRA has raised the conference registration fee this year for the first time in several years. Part of the reason for this is due to higher costs for conference services. In addition, MT AWRA is also contracting for print and web publications associated with the conference. The Montana Water Center continues to be a vital partner with Montana AWRA, but due to recent budget shortfalls, the Center cannot cover these costs this year, as it has in the past.
We are committed to providing the membership with quality conferences in locations that show off the great State of Montana. Consequently, we feel your investment will be worth it as Big Sky promises to be an excellent venue. In addition, our 25th Anniversary program, excellent presenters, good food and the high quality information exchange we all enjoy will combine to make this a rewarding professional and social experience.
My thanks to you and our sponsors for supporting Montana AWRA.
Sincerely,
Mike Roberts |
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to the Montana Section American Water Resources Association
web site!
The Montana section of the AWRA was founded in 1984 and currently
consists of over 100 professionals and students that share the common
goal of promoting water resources research, planning, development,
and education in Montana. To accomplish these goals, the AWRA hosts
an annual meeting each year to provide a common meeting ground for
physical, biological, social scientists, engineers, and other persons
concerned with water resources.
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