Conference and Exposition will Focus on Water Improvement and Conservation

The Florida Federation of Garden Clubs District III Clubs have organized the Big Bend Regional Water Conference and Exposition for January 25, 2007. The Conference will be from 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the Tallahassee/Leon County Civic Center in Tallahassee, Florida. The conference is a joint effort of the Garden Clubs from Franklin, Wakulla, Leon, Jefferson, Madison, Suwannee and Taylor Counties.

water drop 2 125.gif Speakers for the event will include Jerry Scarborough, Director, Suwannee River Water Management District; Sean McGlynn, Ochlockonee Soil & Water Conservation District; Melissa Charbonneau, Big Bend Sea Grass Aquatic Preserve; Eberhard Roeder, Bureau of Onsite Sewage Programs, Florida Department of Health, Barbara Larson, University of Florida, State Coordinator of Florida Yards and Neighbors Program, and a Panel Discussion moderated by Jim Stevenson, Coordinator, Wakulla Springs Basin Working Group.

Organizers are seeking sponsors and exhibitors who are interested in improving and conserving the water quality in the Big Bend Region, including the gulf beaches, springs and any river or waterways. This focus of the conference is to educate homeowners, businesses and other interested parties about ways they can affect and preserve the quality of our water resources, and to offer resource information about conservation practices and products that can help.

If you are willing to help sponsor the Big Bend Regional Water Conference as a vendor, exhibitor or sponsor; please click here to download the vendor/sponsor form, complete it and return it to the address on the bottom. For questions or more information, contact District III Director, Lynette Pichard (850) 224-6863 (email This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ), or Conference Chairman, Joy Hevey (850) 668-8353 (email This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ).

This article originally published on January 5, 2007.

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