Quick guide to upcoming Virginia conferences
If you are sponsoring a water-related event in Virginia and would like it added here, please send a message to araflo@vt.edu with the conference or meeting name, sponsoring organization, date(s), location, and contact information (phone number, e-mail, and Web site, as available); please write "Conference Notice" in the subject line.
(latest revision: 5/2/2008)
May 2008
- May 16-18 , Mountain Lake (Giles County): Mountain Lake Migratory Bird Festival. More information: Peggy Spiegle Opengari, (540) 921-4340 or gramby@pemtel.net; Web site: www.mountainlakebirding.com.
- May 17, Gloucester Point: Marine Science Day. Organized by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS). FREE. More information: http://www.vims.edu/events.
June 2008
- Jun. 9-14, Blacksburg: Beyond Wetlands-Engineering the Landscape . Eighth Annual American Ecological Engineering Society Meeting. Workshops on Jun. 9-10; conference Jun. 11-14. More information: Cully Hession, (540) 231-9480 or chession@vt.edu; Web Site: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/aees/.
- Jun. 14-19, Richmond: American Society of Mining and Reclamation Annual Meeting. More information: Lee Daniels, (540) 231-7175 or wdaniels@vt.edu; Website: http://www.cses.vt.edu/revegetation/ASMR_2008.html.
- Jun. 30-Jul. 2, Virginia Beach: Riparian Ecosystems & Buffers-Working at the Water's Edge. American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Specialty Conference. More information: Terry Meyer, terry@awra.org; Web Site: http://www.awra.org/meetings/Virginia_Beach2008/.
July 2008
- Jul. 25-27, Roanoke: Seventh International Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture. Organized by Virginia Tech and the Aquaculture Engineering Society. More information: Terry T. Rakestraw, (540) 231-6805 or aqua@vt.edu; Web Site: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/aquaculture/r-aqua.
October 2008
- Oct. 15-19, Roanoke: Society of Environmental Journalists Annual Conference (Virginia Tech is the university host). More information: Linda Knouse, (215) 884-8174; Web site: http://www.sej.org/confer/index1.htm.
- Nov. 13-15, Hampton Roads Convention Center: Virginia Association of Science Teachers . More information: president.elect@vast.org; Web site: www.vast.org.
- Nov. 17-19, Shepherdstown, West Virginia: The Water-Energy Nexus. 2008 Mid-Atlantic Regional Water Resources Research Conference. Main sponsor is the West Virginia Water Research Insitute; the Virginia Water Resources Research Center is one of seven other water centers acting as co-sponsors. More information: (304) 293-2867 ext. 5450, or
e-mail to 2008waterconferenceinfo@mail.wvu.edu; Web site: http://wvwri.nrcce.wvu.edu/2008waterconference.
Other online lists
- Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refugre Events
- Virginia Center for Onsite Wastewater Training, at Southside Virginia Community College in Blackstone
- Virginia Citizens for Water Quality
- Virginia State Parks Events
- Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Meeting List
- Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Upcoming Events
- Virginia Green List of Eco-friendly Events
- Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) Calendar of Events
- Virginia Naturally Environmental Education Network Calendar of Events
- U.S. EPA Watershed Academy Monthly Webcast Seminars