Registration is now open for the Michigan Chapter's ANR Seminar A Matter of Balance: Energy, Water and Working Lands to be held on March 7.  Registration information is available at www.miswcs.org/News.html.  You can register on-line or download a mail-in registration form.

Energy and water are inextricably linked, according to a Great Lakes Commission Issue Brief.  How does this relate to Working Lands, such as Farmland and Forest Land?  This Seminar looks at the relationships of energy, water and working lands, how each impacts the others and how both conservation and wise use helps to sustain all three.

This Seminar is for agency Conservation Professionals, Private Consultants, Conservation Advocates and Landusers.

Speakers include: Howard Reeves, Hydrologist, USGS, Lansing, Michigan; Steve Miller, Visiting Instructor, Dept. of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, MSU; Mike Wade, Executive Director, Agricultural Water Management Council, Sacramento, California; and Patricia Birkholtz, Director, Office of the Great Lakes, State of Michigan.