The AWRA David R. Maidment Award for Exemplary Contributions to Water Resources Data and Information Systems is awarded periodically as part of the AWRA Specialty Conference on GIS in Water Resources. Deadline: April 30, 2016. Nominations/questions may be directed to Sandra Fox, AWRA Technology Committee Co-Chair.

Seminar on Lake Okeechobee Releases sponsored by the Chamber of Southwest Florida.

AWRA Florida's May 2016 Technical Meeting will be held Friday, May 20 at the Safety Harbor Resort and Spa in Safety Harbor. The meeting will feature presentations on springs, climate change, sustainability, water quality, state water policy and reuse by experts from the Southwest Florida Water Management District, Florida Department of Environmental Protection and several local Tampa Bay-area municipalities. Discounted onsite accommodations are available. Contact Alex Chatham at 561-688-9008 to be a meeting sponsor.

Abstracts are now being accepted for the 2016 AWRA Annual Water Resources Conference being held November 13-17 in Orlando. View the Call for Abstracts. ABSTRACT SUBMITTAL DEADLINE IS MAY 16, 2016.

February 2016 Watershed Newsletter

AWRA Florida awards scholarships and grants to pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade teachers, environmental education centers, high school seniors, and undergraduate and graduate college or university students in Florida. 2016 Applications are now being accepted.

Robert Sobczak, a Hydrologist with the National Park Service, will be giving a guest seminar entitled Restoration Rally Cry for the Big Cypress Swamp on Thursday, February 18, 2016 from 3:30-4:45pm at Florida Gulf Coast University's Cohen Center Room 247. More information is available here.

Looking for a job? Want to post your resumé? Looking to hire someone? A new job / resumé board is now available for AWRA Florida members. Email us to add a job posting or a resumé.

USEPA has released a new online training module, Understanding Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources. This training module is intended to increase water resource professionals’ understanding of the causes of climate change, its potential impacts on water resources, and the challenges that water resource professionals face. The module also describes how federal, state, tribal, and local governments and communities are working to make the United States more resilient to the impacts of climate. The 45-minute training is part of the USEPA Watershed Academy certificate program.

Presentations from the January 2016 Technical Meeting (aka the 25th Annual Southwest Florida Water Resources Conference) are available to AWRA Florida members here.