May 18-19, 2006 Buffalo, NY

Workshops subject to change prior to the event.  All workshops take place on Thursday, May 18th

Thursday Workshops Include:

• Exotic Invaders of the Great Lakes: Helen Domske, New York Sea Grant

• Geography of the Great Lakes, Featuring: Where Did All That Trash Come From?: Virginia Coon, NY Geographic Alliance

• Buffalo’s Recycle-A-Bicycle: Justin Booth, Shawn Kreutz, Ryan Rayburg, Buffalo Community Schools Arts & Athletic Associationand the Wellness Institute Of Greater Buffalo.

• Geologic History of the Great Lakes and Western New York: Jerry Bastedo, Penn Dixie Paleontological Outdoor Education Center

• Cold-Blooded Critters: Paul Fehringer, Buffalo Audubon Society

• Storm-Water Run-Off and the Environment: Mary Rossi, Erie County Department of Environment & Planning

• Making Paper from Paper: Susan Attridge, Abitibi Paper Retriever

• Recycling Jeopardy: Efrat Forget, New York State Dept. Environmental Conservation-Region 9

• CSI: Critter Sign Investigation: Lauren Makeyenko, NYS DEC Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve

• A Nickel for Your Bottle: How the Bottle Bill Helps Our Great Lakes Environment and How We Can Make it Bigger and Better: Laura Haight, New York Public Interest Research Group