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SAF Symposium: Examining the Effects of Responsible Forest Management on Watershed Health

SAF will hold a symposium on the relationship between forest management and water quality on February 17 at the Capitol Visitor Center, Room SVC 210-212 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The event's featured speaker will be the Honorable Benjamin H. Grumbles, president of Clean Water America Alliance, and there will also be administrative, legal, and scientific panels discussing the connections between forest management and the Clean Water Act….details

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Here are just a few of the sessions at the 2011 Convention:
Local, regional, national, and international policy and program analysis.
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  • Using Science to Rethink Forest Tenure on Public Lands
  • Integrating Local, Regional, National, and International Responses to Climate Change
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For full Convention details, visit: www.safconvention.org



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