A Forum on the Policies That Manage Our State's Most Precious Asset
June 10-11, 2002 The Arrowwood Resort, Alexandria The management of our water resources and the responsibility of being a headwaters state are critical to rural Minnesota's future.
Join us June 11 for a day of information and discussion on the issues and challenges shaping water resources policy in rural Minnesota.
Featuring keynote speaker:
Michael J. Donohue, Ph.D President and CEO Great Lakes Commission
Located in Ann Arbor, Mich., the Great Lakes Commission was established in 1955 and today serves as a bi-national agency promoting the orderly, integrated and comprehensive development, use and conservation of water and related natural resources in the Lakes states, including Minnesota, and the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
Speakers representing the spectrum of rural water planning will present infomration on the supply and protection of our drinking water, drainage and flood control, wastewater treatment in small communities and shoreland development. The day will end with a panel discussion on the status of local water planning and the issues and challenges faced by planners and policy makers in coordinating water resources at different levels of government.
Designed for legislators, local government officials, planners and other policy makers interested in this issue, the Center's Legislative Policy Forums are designed to produce a daylong interactive discussion of a single issue of imporatnce to rural Minnesota.
Our partners in the forum are: Minnesota Planning USDA Rural Development University of Minnesota Minnesota State University, Mankato West Central Initiative Mid Minnesota Development Commission Arrowhead Regional Development Commission
There are no registration fees associated with our forums, but space is limited, so please register early.
For more information, call the Center at (507) 389-2599.:
