[Flood-Control] National Watershed Coalition Announces 14th National Conference and Partner Summit

[TSSWCB News!]

*TEXAS STATE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION BOARD* 
<https://www.tsswcb.texas.gov/>

The National Watershed Coalition (NWC) has announced the 14th National 
Watershed Conference and National Watershed Program Partner Summit, 
which will be held at the Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth Hotel in 
downtown Ft. Worth, Texas on May 17-20, 2015.

The event is being presented in partnership with the Texas Association 
of Watershed Sponsors, Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, 
Texas Association of Conservation Districts, Tarrant Regional Water 
District, and the USDA Texas Natural Resources Conservation Service.The 
conference will address both current and future water resource issues 
related to conservation, management, water quality and flood protection 
on a watershed scale.

The 2015 program will highlight opportunities for combining resources 
from the portfolio of complimentary programs such as the USDA Natural 
Resources Conservation Service's Environmental Quality Incentives 
Program, Chesapeake Bay Initiative, Mississippi River Basin Initiative, 
Regional Conservation Partnership Program or EPA's 319 efforts to meet 
watershed management goals. The goal of the conference program committee 
is to provide a blend of presentations that address efforts to create 
safe, productive as well as healthy watersheds using a wide variety of 
resources.

The NWC's program committee is currently soliciting for abstracts of 
presentations that address USDA Watershed Program specific concerns.The 
committee will give special consideration to abstracts that address 
several emphasis areas:

  * Expanding Watershed Services and the Regional Conservation
    Partnership Program
  * Achieving water quality and quantity management strategies for the
    future through expanded partnerships
  * Utilizing Watershed Program benefits to mitigate the impacts of
    changing climate
  * Taking program opportunity and O&M performance to the next level
  * Design and finance alternatives for aging USDA Watershed Program
    infrastructure

All accepted papers will be eligible for publication in the conference 
proceedings. Abstracts should be a 400 word or less description of your 
presentation. Electronic copies must be submitted in Microsoft Word 
format. Include your name, complete mailing address, telephone number, 
fax number, and e-mail address with your abstract and e-mail to: Dan A. 
Sebert, Ph.D. at nwchdqtrs at sbcglobal.net. Abstract deadline is January 
16, 2015.

Abstracts will not be returned. Notification of accepted abstracts will 
start in February 2015. If your abstract is accepted, your full paper is 
due April 13, 2015. Maximum length of your final manuscripts is 6,000 
words, about 9 pages. Questions concerning presentation categories and 
potential topics of interest may be directed to nwchdqtrs at sbcglobal.net. 
Presenters are responsible for providing their own conference travel, 
registration and other related expenses.

  Additional abstract, sponsorship, exhibitor, and registration 
information is available at the following links:

http://www.watershedcoalition.org/

NWC Conference Announcement 
<https://www.tsswcb.texas.gov/files/docs/NWC%20Conference%20Announcement.pdf>

Call for Papers 
<https://www.tsswcb.texas.gov/files/docs/Call%20for%20Papers.pdf>
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