Moline, Ill. -- Stakeholders, experts and policymakers will convene at the 10th annual Upper Mississippi River Conference, ‘Big River. Big Challenges.” in Moline, Ill., Oct. 11-12, 2017. The conference will focus on environmental challenges facing the river system that includes the Mississippi, Illinois, Missouri and Iowa Rivers, along with scores of other freshwater sources.
Attendees will hear from Jim Noel, Service Coordination Hydrologist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Brad Gordon, Lapham Fellow, American Rivers, and Clare Lindahl, CEO, Soil and Water Conservation Society.
Dr. S. Elwynn Taylor, Extension Climatologist at Iowa State University and Kirsten Mickelsen, Executive Director, Upper Mississippi River Basin Association also are scheduled to speak at the event.
A student summit, poster session and local field trips also are planned.
The conference will be held at the iWireless Center in Moline, Ill. The deadline to register at a discounted price is Oct. 1. For more information or to register for the conference, hosted by Davenport non-profit River Action, Inc., at www.RiverAction.org/UMRC.
WHAT: Upper Mississippi River Conference ‘Big River. Big Challenges.” WHERE: iWireless Center, Moline, Ill.
WHEN: Oct. 11-12, 2017
COST: Early registration deadline Oct. 1, 2017
About River Action
River Action strives to foster the environmental, economic, and cultural vitality of the Mississippi River and its riverfront in the Quad City region.
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Carol Downey Parker | River Action | Program Manager | (563) 322-2969 |cparker@riveraction.org | riveraction.qc@gmail.com
