Proposals are now being accepted for presentations and posters for the 2008 Keystone Coldwater Conference on February 22-23 with the theme, “Headwater Ecosystems: Protection, Management and Research.”

Proposals will be accepted until September 1.

This bi-annual conference will be hosted by the Pennsylvania Council of Trout Unlimited at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel in State College.

A major goal is to promote the sharing of ideas between these diverse groups that have common interests.

Proposals are welcome on topics related to the protection and management of our headwater ecosystems. Emerging research or successful projects and partnerships that highlight the following topics will be given priority: global warming, fisheries management, habitat management and restoration, mercury emissions, acid deposition

woody debris, brook trout genetics, reptiles and amphibians and groundwater withdrawal ecology and preservation of brook trout

An abstract submission form is available at the Coldwater Heritage Partnership’s website

8/17/2007