PAST MEETINGS:

Little Rock, AR

The Fall 2000 meeting of the South Central Chapter of the Society of Wetland Scientists was held in Little Rock, Arkansas on October 3-7 at the Doubletree Hotel. The hotel was within easy walking distance of the River Market District, which is a newly revitalized area in downtown Little Rock that supports a farmer market, galleries, shops, museums, and a food court by day, and several bars (including live music) and restaurants by night.

The theme for the workshops, field trip and meeting was focused around the Geomorphology of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley and its affect on restoration and mitigation. Workshops were held on October 4 and 5. One workshop was entitled Testing and Using the Arkansas Mississippi Alluvial Valley Hydrogeomorphic (HGM) Regional Guidebook taught by Dr. Charles Klimas and assisted by Jeff Raasch. Other workshop, taught by Presley Hatcher of the US Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory Branch-Ft. Worth, focused on wetland regulations and the new ACE regulations.

The main meeting was on October 6 and 7, and included a plenary session, a business meeting, fieldtrip, and student presentations.