Clean
Water and Sprawl in Tennessee:
How
to Make a Difference
on Centerhill
Lake/Caney Fork River
“Clean
Water Conference Schedule”
SATURDAY, November 10: Conference Day One Features workshops and speakers.
8:45 – Welcome and Plenary Session:
Tennessee Trends in Sprawl and Making Sense of the Tools
Trip Pollard, Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center
10:15 - Concurrent Workshops
· How Citizens Can Help Control Runoff Pollution in their Community
Doug Fritz, City of Chattanooga Stormwater Management
Mike Hunt, Nashville Stormwater Program (invited)
· Conservation Easements and Other Land Protection Tools
Kathleen Williams, Tennessee Parks and Greenways Foundation)
· Helping to Protect Tennessee’s Small Streams and Wetlands: the Aquatic Resource Alteration Permit
Dan Eager, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
11:30 – Break
NOON – Lunch
12:45 – Lunch: Keynote Speaker, Jim Hightower
Jim Hightower is a national radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of If Gods Had Meant us to Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates. He has spent three decades battling the “Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be – consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks.” Hightower is a popular public speaker and frequently appears on television and radio programs, bringing a hard-hitting populist viewpoint that rarely gets into the mass media.
2:00 – Concurrent Workshops
· Field Guide To Forest Watching: Learn How to Use It!
May Sligh, Forest Watch and Dogwood Alliance)
· How to become involved with Tennessee’s Watershed Management Program
3:30 – Panel: Transportation, Road Building, and the Environment
· Jim Bryson, Tennessee Dept. of Transportation
· John Eley, PhD, Tennessee Environmental Council
· Gene Cotton, SouthWest Williamson County Community Assn.
4:45 – Closing Remarks
Evening:
* Dinner and Cookout!
* Watershed Watch: We will hold a brief roundtable on goings-on with watershed groups across the state after dinner and before the evening music and fun! Bring news of what is going on with your organization!
* Music – BRING YOUR INSTRUMENT!!!
SUNDAY: Day two (optional) of the conference features the beautiful outdoors of Tennessee’s watersheds! TCWN will sponsor the following outdoor activities:
· Canoe trip on the Caney Fork river (Class 1) – equipment charges may apply
· Hike at Tennessee Technological University’s William Stacy Trail System
· Boat ride on Centerhill Lake
· Water Quality Monitoring workshop at nearby creek
· Set aside time for craft projects that will make for great holiday presents!
Please
make checks payable to TCWN. Mail
to TCWN, PO Box 1521, Knoxville, TN, 37901.
Email:
[email protected].
Phone: 865/494-3243
____Please
sign me up for the conference. Registration
fee includes entrance to the conference, materials, and lunch and dinner on
Saturday.
____I am a TCWN and/or TEC member. Registration
cost $25* (add $10 after October 20)
____I am NOT a member of TCWN nor TEC.
Registration cost $40* (add $10 after Oct. 20)
____Yes, I want to take advantage of this special
opportunity to join TEC and/or TCWN at reduced rates.
____TEC only ($20)
____TCWN only ($20)
____TEC & TCWN ($35)
*To
make it possible for everybody to attend, registration fees are based on a
sliding scale. The minimum is
required, but if you can pay more, the extra amount will be placed in to a
scholarship fund allowing others to come. Thank
you!
____I
would like lodging reservations for Friday Night** $35.00 includes lodging and Saturday breakfast.
____I
would like reservations for Saturday Night**
$35.00 includes lodging and Sunday breakfast.
**Lodging
is in group cabins with 4-6 persons per most rooms. If you wish to share a room with someone(s), please indicate
their name(s) here and we’ll do our best to accommodate:
__________________________________________________________
____I am interested in applying for a scholarship (see below)
With sufficient interest, the following activities will be offered Sunday. Please mark the activity you plan to join. Feel free to mark more than one; just indicate which is your top choice.
____Canoe trip on Caney Fork River (small equipment charge may apply)
____Centerhill
lake trip
____Water
Quality Monitoring Workshop
____Craft
activities
____I
can bring gear for the river trip for myself and/or
others:_____________________________________________________________
Name:_____________________________________________________________
Organization
Affiliation:______________________________________________
FULL
Mailing Address:_______________________________________________
____________________
City: ___________________ State: _______ Zip: _________
Email:
________________________________ Phone: ________________________
Dietary
Restrictions: ___________________________________________________
Please
make checks payable to TCWN. Mail
to Box 1521, Knoxville, TN, 37901. Email:
[email protected].
Organizations
requesting scholarships must make their requests via fax or email by October 1
to include the following:
1. Organization
name
2. Person requesting scholarship
3. Amount requested. (We
will provide scholarships for lodging, meals, and possibly some travel.
EVERYONE must pay the registration fee.)
4. Your organization’s annual budget (FY ’00)
REMEMBER,
A LIMITED NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE. SUBMIT TO [email protected] OR
MAIL TO PO BOX 1521, KNOXVILLE, TN 37901
A limited number of scholarships are available. Organizations requesting scholarships must make their requests via fax or email ([email protected]) by October 20 and include the following in the request:
1. Organization name
2. Person requesting scholarship
3. Amount requested. (We will provide scholarships for lodging, meals, and SOME travel. EVERYONE must pay the registration fee.)
4. Your organization’s annual budget (FY’ 00)
Accommodations: The Lakeside Resort and Educational Complex, located in Smithville, Tennessee, has eight guest houses, cottages, and a group unit. All guest houses and cottages are equipped with a color television, linen, and towels. The kitchens are equipped with stove, refrigerator, toaster, coffee makers, and basic kitchenware. In addition, there is a charcoal grill, patio table and chairs or a picnic table outside each house. Those who register EARLY will get first preference on cabins that have fireplaces and telephones. NO PETS are allowed in the guesthouses.