International Riversymposium

Bill Dennison and Heath Kelsey attended the International Riversymposium in Brisbane, Australia, September 23-25. Bill hosted a session on Ecosystem Health Report Cards and Heath presented IAN's work with the Nature Conservancy and other partners on the Mississippi River Report Card. Bill also launched the book Dancing with Dugongs which reflects on the lifetime of research and education achievements of Peter Oliver and Bill. Peter sadly passed away in November 2012. Other standouts of the symposium included excellent keynote talks from Karlene Maywald, Jeremy Bird, Jianchu Xu, Rohan D'Souza, Robert Costanza, and Stuart Orr. Contestants for the Australia and international River prizes were all excellent. The Australia River Prize went to the Glenelg River, and the International Riverprize went to the Mara River in Kenya.

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