CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS FOR STATE OF THE BAY SYMPOSIUM

The State of the Bay Symposium, hosted by the Galveston Bay Estuary Program, will be January 12-14, 2009 at the Galveston Island Convention Center at the San Luis Resort in Galveston. The theme of this year’s symposium is “What is Needed to Sustain Our Estuary?” The Estuary Program welcomes abstracts for oral and poster presentations and panel sessions that incorporate elements of sustaining Galveston Bay in the midst of our region’s rapid human population growth. The host desires that all related aspects of a topic be presented within single sessions. Therefore, presentations should be developed with a diverse audience (citizen and environmental groups, industry, fishing, ecotourism and recreation, education, and government) in mind. Abstracts must be received by September 8. For more information go online or contact Scott Jones at sjones@tceq.state.tx.us or (281) 486-1245.