2010 - 10th Annual GRN Conference

2010 - 10th Annual GRN Conference
A River Runs Through It: Our Stories & Our Work from Headwaters to Sea
Friday, February 19 and Saturday, February 20, 2010
Jekyll Island

Early Registration Deadline: February 1, 2010
Scholarship Application Deadline: January 15, 2010

Agenda
Session Descriptions (coming soon)
Speaker Biographies (coming soon)
Registration and Scholarships 
Awards Ceremony Tickets - click here if you just want a ticket to the Friday awards ceremony ($15 each)
Lodging 
Directions
Jekyll Island Parking Information
Ride Share/House Share/Hotel Share Bulletin Board 
Auction
Things To Do and See on Jekyll (coming soon)

Sponsorship Opportunities

The conference will feature:

• Keynote Speakers
  •Five Years of Paddle Georgia - April Ingle and Joe Cook, Paddle Georgia Coordinators 
  •Coastal Plain Issues Today - Chandra Brown, Ogeechee-Canoochee Riverkeeper 
  •An Update on Current State Legislative and Policy Issues - Neill Herring, Sierra Club; Jill Johnson, Georgia Conservation Voters
  •Your River, Your Coast, Your Story - Janisse Ray 
  
  
• Three informative tracks on Saturday:
  •What the Lake Lanier Decision Means for Georgia: In this track, we will look at how this decision offers an opportunity to create a true “culture of conservation” where we use water efficiently all of the time and not just during times of crisis.
  •Coastal Plain Environmental Issues: This track will explore the current environmental issues on the coast and discuss what is being done by groups to address those issues. 
  • Watershed Protection and You: This track hosted by Georgia Adopt-a-Stream will focus on monitoring pollution and river health for the layperson. 
  

• Friday Workshops 
  • "Telling Your River Stories" 
  • Bacterial Sampling Training Georgia Adopt-a-Stream 
  • Get the Dirt Out: Train the Trainer Workshop 
  
  
• A Friday Night Party featuring live music from Kellie Parr, awards ceremony, food, drinks, and a live and silent auction.
• Sixth Annual River Celebration Awards honoring Georgia’s watershed groups, volunteers and river conservationists
• Networking opportunities
• Exhibits
  

Sponsors To Date:

The support of the following have made this conference possible:

Partner: Georgia Adopt-a-Stream

Presenting Sponsor

Party and River Celebration Awards Sponsors

R.E.M.

Breakfast Sponsors
Fish Action Response Team

Supporting Sponsor
Coosa River Basin Initiative

Contributing Sponsors
Appalachian Outfitters
Lee Becker
Broad River Outpost/ Altamaha Coastal Tours 
Broad River Watershed Association
Georgia Conservancy
Len Foote Hike Inn
Ogeechee Canoochee Riverkeeper 
Upper Oconee Watershed Network

Auction Item Donors
Brett Albanese 
Appalachian Outfitters
Broad River Outpost/ Altamaha Coastal Tours
Cafe Campesino
Callaway Gardens
Joe Cook
Coosa River Basin Initiative
Fernbank Museum of Natural History 
Georgia Music Hall of Fame
The Hostel in the Forest
Allice Miller Keyes 
Len Foote Hike Inn
Planet Inc.
Bonny Putney 
Savannah Canoe and Kayak
Marty and Glad Simmons 
Thule Inc. 
World of Coca-Cola

For questions on the conference, contact Jesslyn Shields
For registration questions, contact: Dana Skelton
Georgia River Network, 706/549-4508.