[Birdbycatch] Fwd: FW: West Coast GIS "Data Potluck" Meeting in July

[Liz Mitchell]

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sara Maxwell [mailto:sara@mcbi.org]
>Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 11:24 AM
>To: birdbycatch@staylight.primelogic.com
>Subject: West Coast GIS "Data Potluck" Meeting in July
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>No seabird data is currently on the agenda (a representative from Point
>Reyes Bird Observatory is a maybe) so attendance from the seabird community
>would be beneficial....
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>West Coast GIS Data Potluck in Portland, Oregon: July 1, 2002
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>The North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, the Surfrider
>Foundation, Ecotrust and the Marine Conservation Biology Institute are
>combining efforts to support marine conservation along the west coast of
>North America from Baja California Sur to the Bering Sea, Alaska.  This
>collaboration is attempting to create a place-based understanding of the
>marine environment ant is part of the Baja to Bering (B2B) Marine
>Conservation initiative, a tri-national cooperative effort.
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>As part of the initiative, the conservation alliance will host the first
>ever "DATA POTLUCK" in Portland, Oregon on July 1st.  The workshop will
>feature lectures and discussions on various data sets and methods of
>analyses applicable to continental conservation goals.  All interested
>individuals are invited and encouraged to attend. Following the meeting is
>an evening reception at the Ecotrust facility in Portland.
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>Goals of the workshop include:
>1) Sharing and acquiring data layers useful for marine conservation in the
>B2B region
>2) Building collaborations for future work
>3) Develop a clearinghouse for GIS data coverages
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>For more information on attending this landmark event, please visit
>www.inforain.org/potluck.htm.  A list of all participating individuals and
>organizations to date will soon be available online as well. We encourage
>you to attend as the more representatives from the various marine sectors in
>attendance, the greater our understanding of marine habitats and the greater
>the chances of preserving marine biodiversity for future generations.
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>Sara M. Maxwell
>Program Assistant
>Marine Conservation Biology Institute
>15806 NE 47th Court
>Redmond, WA 98052
>(425) 883-8914
>Fax: (425) 883-3017
>www.mcbi.org

Elizabeth Mitchell
P.O. Box 933
Eugene, Oregon 97440
U.S.A.
Tel: 541/344-5503
E-mail: emitch@efn.org