MEDIA ADVISORY: 5th GEM International Seminar on
Watershed Management travels throughout Wisconsin
What: The 5th GEM International Seminar on
Watershed Management including GEM International Conference on Planning for Land
Use and Healthy Watersheds. The seminar features more than a dozen site visits
such as the Milwaukee River watershed restoration project, Chequamegon National
Forest multiple use management, and Mississippi River bluffs conservation area.
Who: Approximately 16 watershed managers from around the
world (e.g., India, Tanzania, Israel, Mexico, and Vietnam) are enrolled in this
seminar, which is led by University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point faculty with
participation by local, state and federal officials and watershed and land use
management professionals.
Where: This field-based seminar begins in Milwaukee and
travels throughout Wisconsin, including days in and near Door County, Racine
(Wingspread Conference Center), Rhinelander, Necedah, La Crosse and Madison.
Participants will be in the Stevens Point area Sept. 29 through Oct. 1. See
contact information below to obtain more detailed itinerary information if you
would like to make coverage plans when the group is in your area.
When: Sept. 19- Oct. 9
Background information on GEM (the Global Environmental
Management Education Center at UWSP) and the seminar is online at
www.uwsp.edu/cnr/gem
Contact: Wes Halverson, Coordinator, GEM International
Seminar on Watershed Management, 715-340-4212 (cell), 715-346-3806 (office),
email Wes.Halverson@uwsp.edu
Victor Phillips, GEM Director, 715-252-8496 (cell), 715-346-4935
(office), email
Victor.Phillips@uwsp.edu
Ron Tschida, GEM Communications Coordinator, 715-346-4266
(office), email Ron.Tschida@uwps.edu
