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The Fourth Annual Great Lakes Restoration Conference

Healthy Lakes 2009 - New Leadership, Real Success

Wednesday September 10 – Friday September 12, 2008
Hilton Milwaukee City Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin


Thank you to our
CONFERENCE SPONSORS!

Great Lakes Fishery Trust
The Joyce Foundation
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Peter Wege and the Wege Foundation
Public Sector Consultants, Inc.

Alliance for the Great Lakes
Canadian Consulate of Chicago
Ducks Unlimited
Great Lakes United
The Island House Hotel
John G. Shedd Aquarium
National Parks Conservation Association
National Wildlife Federation
Veolia Water Milwaukee

Audubon New York
Audubon Ohio
Chicago Zoological Society/Brookfield Zoo
National Audubon Society
Earth Tech AECOM

American Rivers
Biodiversity Project
Biohabitats, Inc.
Citizens Campaign for the Environment
Freshwater Future
Ohio Environmental Council

Gathering Waters Conservancy
Michigan United Conservation Clubs
Trout Unlimited
Sierra Club – Midwest Office
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation

The Fourth Annual Great Lakes Restoration ConferenceThe Healing Our Waters®-Great Lakes Coalition hosted the Fourth Annual Great Lakes Restoration Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin September 10-12, 2008.

Thanks to all who made this year’s Great Lakes Restoration Conference a success!

2008 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

One Stop Shopping
Derek Brockbank, Protecting Natural Resources in the Face of Global Warming
Kim Koleos, Getting the Funding Right

Lessons Learned from National Restoration Efforts
Paul Harrison, Lessons Learned from Coastal Louisiana Restoration
Julie Hill, Lessons Learned from Everglades Restoration

Protection and Restoration Benefits Great Lakes Communities
Preston Cole, Color of Water: Who Benefits from Great Lakes Restoration?

Tying it all Together
Amy Beyer, Great Lakes Restoration
Molly Thompson, Restoring the Lost Forest
John Perrecone, Great Lakes Watershed Restoration Grant Program

Communication Strategies for the next President: Holding the Next Administration Accountable for Great Lakes Restoration
John Russonello, Strategies for Holding the Next Administration and Congress Accountable

To hear or watch the 2008 Conference Speakers click here and scroll down to “4th Annual Great Lakes Restoration Conference”

Travel Scholarships
If you were awarded a travel scholarship, please submit your scholarship form and receipts to Martha Borie Wood at mboriewood@greatlakes.org or 312-939-0838 ext 227.