[PCA] CONFERENCE: Landscaping with Native Plants (Chicago, IL)

[Plant Conservation]

The native landscaping science conference is less than a month away.
Attached is a detailed agenda for the 2 day conference and a
beautiful PDF announcement postcard can be found at
http://www.plantconservation.org/listattach/epalandscapingconf.pdf .

Conference Announcement:

Landscaping with Native Plants: Exploring the Environmental, Social,
and Economic Benefits
December 6-7, 2004

This is a two-day scientific conference.   This conference will help
define what is known about the benefits of native landscaping, will
identify key gaps in our current knowledge and will define future
research priorities.

In preparation for this conference, selected scientists and researchers
have been compiling a series of survey papers, which will provide
conference participants with a snapshot of the state of knowledge on the
quantification of the benefits of native landscaping.    The full agenda
is available on the registration webpage.

Conference participants will be called upon to take an active role in
identifying key gaps in the current knowledge base, and in defining
future research priorities.

Who should attend:

Landscape Architects, Botanists, Economists, Government Officials,
Landscaping Contractors, Ecologists, Hydrologists, Engineers, Property
owners, and other individuals with an interest in native landscaping

Cost: $75
Scholarships may be available; please see the registration web site or
contact registration staff to request a scholarship.

Location: DePaul University Student Center, 2250 N. Sheffield, Chicago

Registration:
To register, please visit:
http://128.248.232.70/glakes/ce/courseDetail.asp?GID=259
or call 312-996-6904

Poster Session:  Poster session guidelines are available on the
registration website.  Deadline for Poster Session application is
November 22, 2004.

Sponsored by: DePaul University Environmental Science Program and
Institute for Nature and Culture, City of Chicago Department of
Environment, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago
Wilderness, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, and the Gutsgell Foundation

Questions:
If you have any questions, please contact Danielle Green at
312-886-7594, Jim Van der Kloot at 312-353-3161, or Lauren Umek at
773-325-4639


Danielle Green
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Great Lakes National Program Office
77 W. Jackson Blvd.  (G-17J)
Chicago, Il  60604
(p) 312-886-7594  (f) 312-353-2018
green.danielle at epa.gov
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