Restore America's Estuaries - Conference Program Proposals Due January 31 The deadline for the Call for Proposals for Restore America's Estuaries' 4th National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration is quickly approaching! Download the Call for Dedicated Sessions, Presentations and Posters, or submit a proposal online, at http://www.program.estuaries.org. The Conference - Creating Solutions through Collaborative Partnerships - will be held October 11-15, 2008 at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, RI. We anticipate 1,500 participants. The Conference will bring timely national attention to the challenges and opportunities to comprehensive coastal ecosystem restoration throughout the U.S. Habitat restoration at all scales is essential to the very fabric of our lives - the social, economic and ecological well being of humans in the coastal landscape. This Conference is the premiere nationwide forum focused solely on advancing the knowledge, pace, practice, scale and success of coastal and estuarine habitat restoration. Incorporating the non-profit, government, scientific, business, tribal and academic sectors, the Conference will enable networking and communication throughout this growing movement. We invite you to submit a proposal for a presentation or a dedicated session for this important National Conference. The deadline for proposals is Thursday, January 31st. If you would like to submit a proposal for a poster presentation, the deadline is Friday, February 29th. Please see the conference website ( http://www.estuaries.org/conference) for additional information regarding the Student Poster Contest. Please submit all proposals online at http://program.estuaries.org For more information, and to view the Call for Dedicated Sessions, Presentations and Posters, visit the conference website at http://www.estuaries.org/conference, or contact Steve Emmett-Mattox at program@estuaries.org or 303-652-0392. For information about exhibiting or sponsorships, please contact Harvey Potts at hpotts@estuaries.org or 206-624-9100 x2