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Registration Deadline, New Blog Posting and Chart Your Own Course: 2011 A.D. Latornell Conservation SymposiumRegistration deadline is fast approaching!This is a reminder that the last time you can register online for the A.D. Latornell Conservation Symposium is no later than Monday, October 31, 2011 at 11:59 pm. After this date, you must register onsite at the Nottawasaga Inn and Conference Centre. Regular registration rate for the Three Day Package is $720 (compared to $850 if you register onsite). The A.D. Latornell Conservation Symposium website (www.latornell.ca) provides information on how to register as well as details on rates for one-day packages. We have an impressive list of speakers at this year’s Symposium and we expect that interest from delegates will be strong. Register soon before it's too late! Latornell BlogGreen Infrastructure Manages Stormwater while Providing Additional BenefitsBy Deb Martin Downs (TRCA) and Colleen Cirillo (Green Infrastructure Ontario Coalition and TRCA) Recent monitoring and modelling activities in southern Ontario reveal that urbanization is degrading the environmental health of many watersheds. Policy documents, including Credit Valley Conservation’s Credit River Water Management Strategy Update and Toronto and Region Conservation’s watershed plans, conclude that a new approach to stormwater management is essential to watershed health and climate change resiliency. These and other conservation authorities are proposing a shift away from conventional approaches and including green infrastructure in the response to water management in urbanizing areas. READ MORE Deb Martin Downs is the Director of Ecology at the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. Colleen Cirillo is also with TRCA and the Green Infrastructure Ontario Coalition GIOC. Colleen is speaking on Friday morning in a session entitled “Making the Case for Green Infrastructure”. The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority is one of the founding members of the Coalition. CHART YOUR OWN COURSE – Having Fun at Latornell!We know we make you work hard at Latornell with all the terrific Keynote Speakers and Concurrent Sessions. but, we also want to make sure you have some fun, too. So we are offering a great Chart Your Own Course on the night of Wednesday, November 16th. After ‘schmoozing’ and eating desserts in the Exhibitor’s Hall after dinner, there will be three key activities – East vs West Hockey Tournament, Jungle Mini-Putt and an Astronomy Night, so plan on bunking in with your friends already booked at the Inn and join us! Posters and additional information available online. Talkin’ Hockey
UTRCA’s own Wayne Gretzky of hockey, Bob Iszumi of fishing and Dora the Explorer of Planning, Jeff Brick will spearhead this activity. Registration is informal – just show up at the arena on Wednesday Night. Full equipment is required and all levels of play are welcome. We’re looking for goalies – so please give Jeff a call if you want to be in goal. When asked if he expected a big turnout, Brick shrugged and said – "…well, I really embarrassed a few of the players last year with my superb skills so it’s hard to say if they’re up for the rematch or not. I heard Wilkinson might be sidelined with a head injury from our last game, but he should be around unless he’s a 'hypocritical puke'." There was no comment from Wilkinson who was at his weekly physiotherapy appointment. More details to follow with respect to game times and level of play. For more information, contact Jeff Brick at brickj@thamesriver.on.ca or call 519-451-2800 ext. 228.
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