This November, the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) and its partners invite educators, both formal and non-formal, and various watershed resource professionals to join in the Mississippi River Watershed Education Symposium. Please help spread your success stories and new watershed initiatives (education and research) by attending our conference, November 14th & 15th in East Alton, IL.
The event will highlight two keynote presentations, one by *Sean O’Connor of* *National Geographic’s* education team and another by *Chad Pregracke of Living Lands & Waters*. Pregracke is the 2013 recipient of *CNN’s Hero of the Year* Award. Through these keynote talks and presentations/workshops from speakers throughout the Mississippi River Watershed and beyond, we hope to encourage and develop networking opportunities for partnering on unique, science-based watershed education programs. The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC), located in East Alton, Illinois, is pleased to host the Mississippi River Watershed Education Symposium. Through two exciting keynote talks and presentations from a variety of speakers, we hope to encourage and develop networking opportunities for partnering on unique, science-based watershed education programs. *Registration is only $55* and includes both keynote presentations, concurrent sessions and lunch on Friday and Saturday, and dinner Friday night! You can’t beat that for a two-day conference. Registration is simple and can be done online. Check out our conference website <http://www.ngrrec.org/miss_water_ed_symposium/> to see a detailed agenda and learn about area lodging or go ahead and REGISTER NOW <http://www.ngrrec.org/MRWESregistration/>! Remember, you can share symposium details via Facebook and Twitter. Be sure to use #MRWES2014! We hope to see many of you this November! Cheers, Natalie Marioni MRWES Conference co-chair ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Natalie Marioni Environmental Education Manager The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center Lewis and Clark Community College 5800 Godfrey Rd. * Godfrey, IL 62035 Ph: 618.468.2783 * Fax: 618.468.7211 nmari...@lc.edu * www.ngrrec.org West Central Regional Director, Environmental Education Association of Illinois (www.eeai.net) Illinois Project WET Coordinator (http://projectwet.org/) "All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was." - Toni Morrison ~~~ Please consider the environment before printing this email. ~~~
