Call for Presentations and Posters

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=101 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="061785a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Ohio Prairie Association</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ohio Prairie Association"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Ohio Prairie Plant of the Month"> Ohio Prairie Plant of the Month</A>   |   <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Whats Growing Right Now">What's Growing Right Now</A>   |   <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ohio Prairies Today">Ohio Prairies Today</A>   |   <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Questions (FAQs) About Ohio Prairies">Questions  (FAQs) About Ohio Prairies</A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Prairie Regions of Ohio">The Prairie Regions of Ohio</A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="List of Ohio Prairie Plants">List of Ohio Prairie Plants</A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="OPA Officers and Board of Trustees">OPA Officers and Board of Trustees</A>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About OPA">About OPA</A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Become a Member">Become a Member</A>   |   <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact OPA">Contact OPA</A>   |   <A HREF="prairie_information_links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prairie Information Links">Prairie Information Links</A>   |   <B>Call for Presentations and Posters</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=379 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Call for Presentations and Posters</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="2e2875b0.jpg" border=0 width="135" height="91" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">27</B></I><I><B>th</B></I><I><B> Ohio Prairie Conference</B></I></div> <div> <B>— Northwest Ohio Prairies: From the Ground Up</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#B07050" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><B>—</B></div> <div> <B>Maumee Valley Country Day School  • Toledo Area • July 18-19, 2008</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Deadline for Submission of Proposals:18  May 2008</U></B></div> <div> The 27th Ohio Prairie Conference will take place in the Toledo area on July 18 and 19.  Our theme  is <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#669966" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Northwest Ohio Prairies: From the Ground Up</B></I></FONT><I><B>.</B></I>  Presentations and concurrent sessions will be scheduled for the afternoon of July 19.  </div> <bR> <div> Conference sponsors are The Metroparks of the Toledo Area, The Olander Park System, and the Ohio Prairie Association.  Other participating agencies include Lucas Soil and Water Conservation District, Maumee Valley Country Day School, and the Green Ribbon Initiative.</div> <bR> <div> We invite you to send submissions relating to both the Oak Openings and other northwest Ohio prairies and savannas, including related ecology, flora, fauna, soils, geology, history, and other topics of the region.  Presentations pertaining to general  prairie habitats and topics  are also welcome, including restoration, preservation, management, native plant propagation, etc.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Posters are warmly invited, for static display.</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Please send submissions by mail or e-mail to the following addresses:</B></I></div> <div> Erika Buri,  Land Management Manager</div> <div> The Olander Park System</div> <div> 6630 Sylvania Ave</div> <div> Sylvania, OH 43560 </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:Eburi@sev.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:Eburi@sev.org"><B>Eburi@sev.org</B></A><B>          </B></FONT>Questions regarding submissions can be directed to      <B>Erika Buri at 419.882.8313 ext. 29</B>   or<B>   Karen Pugh at 419. 407.9773</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>_________________________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2e647900.jpg" border=0 width="583" height="144" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Get your presentation or poster fire started!       </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#336666" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Ohio Prairie Conference participants want to hear and see your prairie story. </B></I></FONT></div> </td> </tr></table></body>