[Flood-Control] Registration packets are now available for National Watershed Coalition's 14th National Watershed Conference and National Watershed Program Partner Summit

[TSSWCB News!]

*TEXAS**STATE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION BOARD*
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*Registration packets are now available for National Watershed 
Coalition's 14th National Watershed Conference and National Watershed 
Program Partner Summit <https://www.tsswcb.texas.gov/en/media/20141007>*
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TEMPLE - Registration packets are now available for download for the 
National Watershed Coalition's 14^th National Watershed Conference and 
National Watershed Program Partner Summit, which will be held at the 
Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth Hotel in downtown Fort Worth, Texas 
on May 17-20, 2015.

Registration Packet 
<https://www.tsswcb.texas.gov/files/docs/Flood%20Control/14th%20conference%20registration%20packet.pdf>

The event is being presented in partnership with the Texas Association 
of Watershed Sponsors, the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation 
Board, the Association of Texas Soil and Water Conservation Districts, 
the Tarrant Regional Water District, and the USDA 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, 
or Regional Conservation Partnership Program; or the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency’s Clean Water Act §319(h) nonpoint source grant 
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 National Watershed Coalition’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 operation and maintenance (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 the 
presentation. Electronic copies must be submitted in Microsoft Word 
format. Include presenter's name, complete mailing address, telephone 
number, fax number, and e-mail address with the abstract and e-mail to: 
Dan A. Sebert, Ph.D. at nwchdqtrs at sbcglobal.net 
<mailto: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 an abstract is accepted, the full paper is 
due April 13, 2015. Maximum length of the 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 
<mailto: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/

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>

Registration Packet 
<https://www.tsswcb.texas.gov/files/docs/Flood%20Control/14th%20conference%20registration%20packet.pdf>

The Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board administers Texas’ 
soil and water conservation law and delivers coordinated natural 
resource conservation programs through the State’s 216 soil and water 
conservation districts. The Texas State Soil and Water Conservation 
Board is the lead agency for planning, implementing, and managing 
programs for preventing and abating agricultural and silvicultural 
nonpoint sources of water pollution. The agency also administers a water 
supply enhancement program to increase available surface and ground 
water through the targeted control of water-depleting brush; works to 
ensure the State’s network of 2,000 flood control dams are protecting 
lives and property; and facilitates the Texas Invasive Species 
Coordinating Committee.

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