Conference Registration
Conference Theme & Strands
Keynote Speakers
Conference Sessions
Conference Schedule
Field Trips Fees Exhibitor Info and Registration Scholarships Lodging Location and Directions Sponsorship
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| USEE's 19th Annual
Utah Environmental Education Conference
Building Environmental Literacy: Community, Knowledge, Action
September 11-13, 2008
The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Brigham City
Join us at this year’s conference for an enlightening occasion filled with valuable professional development and networking opportunities, inspirational speakers, constructive workshops, and enjoyable entertainment among the cattails.USEE invites formal educators (K-12), curriculum developers, conservation educators, non-formal educators, university students and faculty, and all other interested citizens to attend the conference.
Conference RegistrationClick here to register online for the USEE Conference.Click here to download the registration packet.
Conference Theme and Strands
Theme: “Building Connections: Community, Knowledge, Action” Strands: Community - Presentations may cover topics such as developing community partnerships, human dimensions of EE, working with diverse audiences in the community, and providing community members with information to make ecologically responsible decisions. Knowledge - Presentations may cover topics such as local research, informational lectures, local flora and fauna, pedagogy, program/curriculum development, and local environmental history.
Action - Presentations may cover stewardship projects, building interest and awareness, motivating citizens to get outdoors, and service learning.
Keynote and Featured Speakers
 Carol Brewer - University of Montana
 Bob Barrett - Project Manager BRMBR
 Deb Thrall - Albert I. Pierce Found. / NAAEE
Conference Sessions
Click here for a pdf with the session descriptions.
Conference Schedule
The conference will take place Friday and Saturday, September 12-13 with a Special Presentation on Thursday evening at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in Brigham City, Utah. Schedule is subject to change.
Thursday September 11, 2008
9:00am - 4:00pm Leave No Trace Pre Conference Workshop
7:00pm – 8:00pm Desert Wars: Water and the West Film Presentation
8:00pm – 8:30pm Q and A by Cecil and Annette Garland
8:30pm – 9:30pm Telescopes available for Star Gazing
Friday September 12, 2008
7:00am – 8:00am Light Breakfast and Conference Registration
8:00am – 9:00am Welcome and Featured Speaker Bob Barrett
9:00am – 9:15am Break
9:15am – 10:05am Concurrent Session Set 1
10:10am – 11:00 am Concurrent Session Set 2
11:00 am – 11:15am Break
11:15 am – 12:05pm Concurrent Session Set 3
12:05pm – 1:30pm Lunch and USEE PAC Meeting
1:35pm – 5:00pm Field Trips
5:00pm – 6:00pm Break and Dinner on your own
6:00pm – 9:00pm Share Fair and Social
Saturday September 13, 2008
6:00am – 7:30am Optional Guided Bird Walk
7:00am – 8:00am Breakfast
8:00am – 8:30am Welcome, Networking and Annual EE awards
8:30am – 9:10am Keynote Speaker – Carol Brewer
9:15am – 10:05am Concurrent Session Set 4
10:05am – 10:20am Break
10:20am – 12:20pm Concurrent Session 5 (2 hour session)
12:20pm – 1:40pm Lunch, Featured Speaker – Deb Thrall, and
Conference Synopsis
1:45pm Conference Adjourn
Field Trips
Please call (801) 328-1549 or email
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to sign up for a field trip. There are no fees to participate but you must still register for the conference.
Wetlands for Life, Including Us!
Wetlands have a bounty of plants for a variety of applications including medicines, fiber, dyes, spiritual, and tools for many uses. We will explore the local wetlands for plants used by the indigenous people and pioneers and actually craft some items such as miniature boats and ducks from bulrush, and cordage from milkweed and dogbane fiber. Stories of plants from local tribes and pioneers will be included. The fieldtrip will be outdoors, so dress accordinglyhat, sunscreen, comfort.
Canoeing in Cutler Marsh
Join us for a canoe trip in the wetland maze at Cutler Marsh. Enjoy some birding, dabble in water quality testing, take a look at the aquatic invertebrates living there, or just make a cattail duck to fl oat along with your canoe. We will have limited space for this workshop, so please RSVP by calling (801)328-1549.
Guidelines for Excellence in Environmental Education
This workshop will introduce participants to the publications in the National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education (NAAEE) series. This set of Guidelines offers recommendations for designing and delivering high-quality environmental education programs, services, and materials.
Participants will leave this training being able to:
• identify the key characteristics of high-quality environmental education programs;
• discuss the relationship between program design and program evaluation; and
• describe how documents in the National Project for Excellence in environmental Education series can be used to develop quality programs.
Leave No Trace - Awareness Level Training
Join up with the participants of the Leave No Trace Pre-Conference workshop to explore the Crimson Trail in Logan Canyon and practive Leave No Trace principles and ethics. Call Kathi Stopher at (435) 734-6438 for more info.
Conference Fees
| | Member Rates | Non-Member Rates | | Early Bird (by Aug 15) | After Aug 15 | Early Bird (by Aug 15) | After Aug 15 | | Institutional Member | $100 | $125 | $150 | $175 | | Individual | $100 | $125 | $150 | $175 | | Student / Retired | $70 | $85 | $95 | $110 | | One Day | $50 | $65 | $75 | $90 |
Exhibit Information and Registration
Exhibits will be on display throughout both days of the conference. The conference will include a Share Fair at which time exhibitors can network with other conference attendees as well as the general public. This is a great opportunity to display materials from your organization and showcase your programs. If you are an Institutional Member, you receive free exhibit space! Please email
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if you are interested in having an exhibit space.
Scholarships
Each year USEE works hard to raise funds for partial scholarships for educators to help ensure that costs do not restrict access to the conference. Scholarship applications are due August 1. Email
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for more information.
Lodging
Official conference lodging is available at a discounted rate at the following locations:
The Crystal Inn
480 Westland Drive
Brigham City, Utah 84302
(435) 723-0440
Rate: $89 flat rate
The Days Inn
1033 South 1600 West
Brigham City, Utah 84302
(435)723-3500
Rate: $80/2 Queens, $70/1 King
Howard Johnson
1167 S Main Street
Brigham City, Utah 84302
(435)723-8511
Rate: $65/2 Queens, $54/1 King
We are working on providing group sites for camping.
Rate: Free!
These hotels will hold room until August 11, 2008. After this date, you may still receive the discounted room rate as a USEE conference attendee, but we can no longer guarantee the availability of a room. To ensure that you receive the discounted rate, please call (do not reserve online!) to reserve your room early and mention that your are reserving a room under the Utah Society for Environmental Education.
Directions
From the North (Idaho)
Drive south on I-15
Take the FOREST ST. exit, EXIT 363.
Turn RIGHT onto W FOREST ST/CR-1082.
End at 2155 W Forest St Brigham City, UT 84302
From Cache Valley
Drive East on US-89/US-91
Merge onto I-15 N/I-84 W toward TREMONTON
Take the FOREST ST. exit, EXIT 363.
Turn LEFT onto W FOREST ST.
End at 2155 W Forest St Brigham City, UT 84302
From the South (Salt Lake City, etc.)
Drive North on I-15
Take the FOREST ST. exit, EXIT 363.
Turn LEFT onto W FOREST ST.
End at 2155 W Forest St Brigham City, UT 84302
Sponsorship
If you are interested in being a Platinum, Gold, or Silver Level Sponsor for this year’s conference, or would like to donate funds for our Conference Scholarship Program, please contact Jason Taylor, Executive Director, via email
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or by phone (801) 328-1549 for further information.
The USEE Conference is sponsored by: The Utah Department of Environmental Quality, The Tracy Aviary, The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Kennecott Utah Copper, and Project Learning Tree (a program of the American Forest Foundation) and Grounds for Coffee.
 
  
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