The Sixth Annual Northwest Tribal Water Rights Conference
October 9th & 10th 2013 – Alaska Native Heritage Center – Anchorage, Alaska
The Sixth Annual Northwest Tribal Water Rights Conference will be taking place on October 9-10, 2013 at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage, Alaska. The theme of this year’s conference will focus on how Native Alaskan Water Rights and sovereignty can be applied to protect in-stream flows, water quality, subsistence uses and food security in the Northwestern United states. Presentations will focus on case studies or strategies addressing how water rights, sovereignty, human rights, food security, environmental justice policies, mining and water, establishment of watershed councils, climate change, and traditional environmental knowledge.
A Wild and Scenic Film festival will be held for evening entertainment. There will be a variety of short films that touch on water rights, environmental justice, grassroots environmental successes and other Alaskan issues.
For more information on the conference, please go to
http://www.centerforwateradvocacy.org/topics/view/83942/
To register or become a sponsor for the conference, please go tohttp://www.centerforwateradvocacy.org/topics/view/84836/.
Register before July 15th and save $40.00.