THE EVERGLADES COALITION 19th
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Roney Palace Beach Resort,
Miami Beach, Florida
The
Everglades Coalition
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR:
Thursday, January 21-25, 2004
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CONTACTS:
Mary Munson, National Parks Conservation Association, 954/926-6327, 954/649-6327 (mobile)
Tom Lalley, World Wildlife Fund, 202/778-9544, 202/997-0899 (mobile)
Sen. Graham, Reps. Shaw, Deutsch, Hobson, Diaz-Balart and Government Agency Leaders to Speak at Annual Everglades Coalition Conference
The 41-member Everglades Coalition will hold its 19th Annual Conference January 21 to 25, 2004, in Miami Beach, Florida. Hosted by the National Parks Conservation Association, the conference this year will address challenges and solutions for the restoration of the Florida Everglades, as well as other key restoration projects worldwide.
Speakers include U.S. Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL), Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers, U.S. Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart, E. Clay Shaw, Jr., senior member of the Florida Delegation, Peter Deutsch, representing Pembroke Pines, and David Hobson, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development.
The conference sessions begin on Thursday, January 22, with an International Ecosystem Restoration Forum that will address several prominent restoration projects worldwide: Mesopotamian marshes in Iraq, the Pantanal in South America, and the Great Lakes.
Thursday
Lunch, 12:30 p.m. U.S. Congressman Peter Deutsch,
(R-FL)
Dinner, 7:00 p.m. Craig Manson,
Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks, U.S. Department of the Interior and John Paul
Woodley, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Army
Friday:
Breakfast, 8:00 a.m. Fran P.
Mainella, Director of the National Park Service
10:45 a.m. U.S. Congressman
Mario Diaz-Balart, (R-FL)
Saturday:
10:30 a.m.. U.S. Senator Bob
Graham, (D-FL)
Lunch, 12:30 p.m. U.S.
Congressmen E. Clay Shaw, Jr., (R-FL) and David Hobson, (R-OH)
Dinner, 7:30 p.m. Lt. Gen.
Robert B. Flowers, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The Everglades Coalition Conference will be held at the Roney Palace Beach Resort in Miami Beach. For press credentials, registration information, fees, and hotel information for the conference please contact Ms. Patti Carr at Carr Communications, tel. 954/942-3113 or go to the website www.evergladescoalition.org.
Mary Munson
Sun Coast Regional Director
National Parks Conservation Association
1909 Harrison Street, Suite 207
Hollywood, FL 33020
(954) 926-6327
(954) 921-7810 (fax)
mmunson@npca.org
NPCA is America's only private, non-profit advocacy organization dedicated solely to protecting. preserving and enhancing the national park system. NPCA was founded in 1919 and has over 300,000 members.