Environmental Conference

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 17, 2008

Dr. Thomas Simpson
(417) 625-3112

 

JOPLIN, MO (SNS) - Two environmental experts will speak at the Four-State Regional Environmental Conference from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, March 28 on the campus of Missouri Southern State University.

 

The conference is co-sponsored by the Regional Economic Development Center (REDC) at MSSU.

The cost to attend is $25 per person. Registration will take place in Webster Hall at Missouri Southern beginning at 8 a.m. that day.

The keynote speaker will be Doyle Childers, Director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. He will speak from 8:40 - 9:30 a.m. in Webster Hall Auditorium.

The luncheon speaker will be Tony Robyn, Audubon Missouri state executive director and vice-president. Lunch will take place from 11:30 to 12:45 on the third floor of the Billingsly Student Center at Missouri Southern.

Representatives from the EPA, area watershed groups and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) also will take part.

The Conference will feature breakout sessions both in the morning and afternoon.

 

Water Tract: Mills Anderson Auditorium
Session 1: Water Laws
Session 2: Watershed Management
Session 3: Agencies/Watershed Groups

 

Environment Tract: Webster Auditorium
Session 1: Superfund Activities
Session 2: Environmental Health Cost/Full Cost Pricing
Session 3: Tribal Water Laws

 

Sponsors include: Allegeier Martin & Associates; Community Bank and Trust; Crossland Construction, Inc.; Empire District Electric Company; Freese & Nichols, Inc.; Jasper and Newton County Environmental Task Force; Leggett & Platt, Inc.; Missouri-American Water Company; The Forrester Group; and the REDC.

Those with questions about the Four-State Regional Environmental Conference should contact Dr. Thomas Simpson at (417) 625- 3112 or Michelle Price at (417) 625-3016.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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