The EMAP Symposium on Western Ecological SystemsStatus, Issues and New Approaches

Tuesday, April 6 - Thursday, April 8, 1999
Holiday Inn Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, CA

Sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Research and Development 

The EMAP symposium is a free, three-day event that will offer the
opportunity to exchange information on scientific research within the
western United States relating to EPA's Environmental Monitoring and
Assessment Program (EMAP).  EMAP was developed to monitor status and
trends in the condition of the nation's ecological resources through
integrated monitoring and assessment approaches to resource management.
The first major integrated geographic Pilot study by EMAP was initiated
in the mid-Atlantic region as a component of the Mid-Atlantic Integrated
Assessment (MAIA). The next integrated-geographic Pilot study is
proposed for the western region of the U.S. (EPA Regions 8, 9, and 10).

The Symposium format will consist of invited platform presentations,
poster sessions, and short talk sessions on topics of interest to
federal and state agencies, academics institutions, and environmental
research.  Presentations and demonstrations will range from monitoring
and assessment results-to date in the western U.S to the identification
of information gaps relative to critical regional issues.  Ecosystems
and geographic areas to be represented include coastal and estuarine
ecosystems, arid and desert ecosystems, mountain and forested
ecosystems, and Great Plains ecosystems.

Further Information can be obtained from the EMAP Symposium website:
http//www.epa.gov/emap/html/news.html

or contact Symposium Coordinator at:
Technology Planning & Management Corporation
Tel: 781-544-0026
 Fax: 781-544 3086
Email: symposium@tpmc.com

Dr. Shabeg Sandhu
U.S. EPA
Symposium Chair
Email: Sandhu.Shabeg@epamail.epa.gov 

Dr. Brian Melzian
U.S. EPA
Symposium Co-Chair
Email: Melzian.Brian@epamail.epa.gov