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A River Runs Through It: Our Stories & Our Work from Headwaters to Sea
Friday, February 19 and Saturday, February 20, 2010
Jekyll Island
Early Registration
Deadline: February 1, 2010
Scholarship Application Deadline: January 15,
2010
Speaker Presentations
Conference Photos
Link
to list of Participants
Agenda
Session Descriptions
Speaker Biographies
Registration and Scholarships
Awards
Ceremony Tickets - click here if you just want
a ticket to the Friday awards ceremony ($15 each)
Lodging
Directions
Jekyll Island Parking Information
Ride
Share/House Share/Hotel Share Bulletin Board
Auction
Things To Do and See
on Jekyll
Sponsorship Opportunities
The conference will feature:
- Keynote Speakers
•Five Years of Paddle Georgia - April Ingle and Joe Cook, Paddle Georgia Coordinators
•Coastal Plain Issues Today - Chandra Brown, Ogeechee-Canoochee Riverkeeper
•An
Update on Current
State Legislative and Policy Issues -
Neill Herring, Sierra Club; Jill Johnson, Georgia
Conservation Voters
•Your River, Your Coast, Your Story - Janisse Ray
- Three
informative tracks on Saturday:
•What the Water Wars Mean for Georgia Today:
In this track, we
will look at the history of the water wars between Alabama, Florida and Georgia, recent developments, and the opportunities and threats our rivers face due to the water wars.
•Coastal Plain Environmental Issues: This track will explore the current environmental issues on the coast and discuss what is being done by groups to address those issues.
• Watershed
Protection and You: This track hosted by Georgia Adopt-a-Stream will focus on monitoring pollution and river health for the layperson.
- Friday Workshops
• "Telling Your River Stories"
• Bacterial Sampling Training Georgia Adopt-a-Stream
• Get the Dirt Out: Train the Trainer Workshop
- A
Friday Night Party featuring live music from Kellie Parr, awards ceremony,
food, drinks, and a live and silent auction.
- Sixth Annual River Celebration
Awards honoring
Georgia’s watershed groups, volunteers
and river conservationists
- Networking
opportunities
- Exhibits
Sponsors
To Date:
The
support of the following have made this conference
possible:
Partner:
Georgia Adopt-a-Stream
Presenting Sponsor
Party and River Celebration Awards Sponsors
R.E.M.
Moon River Brewing Company
Breakfast Sponsors
Fish Action Response Team
Supporting
Sponsors
Coosa River Basin Initiative
Georgia Conservation Voters
Imogene Ingle
Tallulah River Watershed Council
Contributing Sponsors
American Rivers
Appalachian Outfitters
Lee Becker
Broad River Outpost/ Altamaha Coastal Tours
Broad River
Watershed Association
Chattooga Conservancy
Environment Georgia
Georgia Conservancy
Glynn Environmental Coalition
GreenLaw
Len Foote Hike Inn
Ogeechee Canoochee Riverkeeper
Upper Oconee Watershed Network
The Wilderness Society
Auction
Item Donors
Brett Albanese
Altamaha Riverkeeper
Appalachian Outfitters
Phyllis Bowen
Broad River Outpost/ Altamaha Coastal Tours
Cafe Campesino
Callaway Gardens
Cobb County Watershed Stewardship Program
Joe Cook
Coosa River Basin Initiative
Dorinda Dallmeyer
Fernbank Museum of Natural History
Georgia Music Hall of Fame
Steven Glazer
The Hostel in the Forest
Victor Johnson
Peg Jones
Allice Miller Keyes
Kathryn Kolb
Len Foote Hike Inn
Sam Linhart
Diane Minick
Ogeechee Canoochee Riverkeeper
Open Gates Bed & Breakfast
Patagonia
Planet Inc.
Bonny Putney
Jenny Sanders/ Little Tennessee Watershed Association
Savannah Canoe and Kayak
Savannah Riverkeeper
SouthEast Adventure Outfitters
Marty and Glad Simmons
Dana Skelton
Thule Inc.
Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
David Wenner
World of Coca-Cola
For questions on the
conference, contact Jesslyn Shields
For registration
questions, contact: Dana
Skelton
Georgia River Network, 706/549-4508.
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