Important Notes and Reminders:
Be sure to mark your calendars for the 2007 CSREES National Water Conference
2007 USDA-CSREES National Water Conference January 28 - February 1, 2007 Savannah Marriott Riverfront Savannah, GA
We invite you to submit an abstract for presentation in January 2007.
CATEGORIES
Agricultural Best Management Practices
* Animal Waste Management
* Nutrient and Pesticide Management
* Education Programs for Farmers
* Evaluation of Conservation Systems
Rural Environmental Protection
* Drinking Water and Human Health
* On-Site Waste Management
* Rural-Urban Interface Environmental Issues
* Education Programs for Rural Audiences
Conservation and Resource Management
* Water Conservation
* Irrigation Management
* Water Policy and Planning
Watershed Assessment & Restoration
* Water Quality Monitoring & Modeling
* Volunteer Monitoring
* Ecosystem Restoration
* Watershed Management
Human Dimensions
* Social Factors in Water Management
* Economics of Water Resources
* Measuring Behavior Changes
* Working with Watershed Organizations
Submission Guidelines
The Call for Abstracts is now open. Abstracts for oral presentations will be accepted through September 15, 2006. After September 15th, only abstracts for posters will be accepted. The program committee will review all abstract submissions, make selections of oral and poster presenters and notify all authors in October 2006, whether accepted for presentation or not. The conference agenda will list all presenters by the end of October 2006.
Use the format indicated on the submission form, and limit your abstract to 300 words. We recommend that you compose your abstract in Word, (check your word count through "tools") and then paste it into the Abstract box.
***Remember to keep a copy of your abstract in your own files.
Link to Abstract Submission Form http://www.soil.ncsu.edu/extension/training/abstracts/index.php?num=4
Link to Conference website http://www.soil.ncsu.edu/swetc/waterconf/2007/home07.htm
Any questions regarding the submission of abstracts may be referred to Joni Tanner: joni_tanner@ncsu.edu
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