AEP 2002 Conference - Palm Springs, CA

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Please join us as we endeavor to answer the question . . . How will we manage the environment to:

• maintain our quality of life and quality of life for future generations?

• continue to be the number one agricultural producer in the country?

• preserve habitat for a multitude of threatened or endangered species?

• find places to go to get away from it all?

Conference Website The latest information about the conference, including registration forms, hotel reservations, speakers and panelists, and special events can be obtained here in the future on the AEP Conference website <www.califaep.org>.  Come back often!

The 2002 Annual AEP Conference – “Managing the Environment” will include workshops, seminars and field trips. The conference will revolve around three main themes: Livable Communities, Managing Resources, and Making It All Work. Growth in California has always been outward toward open land. The paradigm is shifting as we realize that we have just about used up all the new developable land out yonder. We Californians have been watching our state grow at a tremendous rate, and the 2000 Census show that this trend will continue at a similar pace into the future. We will need to find space to accommodate several million new residents over the next 20 years. Developers and people looking for new affordable single family homes have always assumed that there was room to grow outward toward inland valleys where land was always viewed as being underutilized or as vacant. As suburbs continue to sprawl across the landscape replacing agricultural uses and natural plant communities, they are now in the foothills, deserts and other area where development is now butting up against federal lands, tribal lands, agricultural

preserves, and land that may not be suitable for the traditional communities we have grown accustomed to living in. Looking for cheap developable land to supply the ever burgeoning population and economy of California without adequate planning has cost us in the form of higher transportation costs, higher infrastructure costs, loss of open space and wildlife habitat, and loss of agricultural land. Also the pressure on recreational lands and park facilities (national forests, regional parks, beaches and lakes) is so great that their overuse is causing resource managers to consider closing areas to the public thus reducing the amount of recreational land available to the harried masses. It has also put us closer to “harms way” by development in areas prone to earthquakes, fires, floods and landslides. Put this all together with electricity and natural gas crunches, the finite amount of water available, and the amount of solid waste, wastewater, and air emissions we are creating, California is reaching a crisis stage. Please join us April 18-21, 2002 to discuss these and other important issues relating to “Managing the Environment.”

Conference Hotel The 2002 Annual State Conference of the Association of Environmental Professionals will be held in Palm Springs at the Hilton Palm Springs Resort. The resort is centrally located so that a car will not be necessary. You are two blocks from downtown Palm Springs, three miles from the Palm Springs International Airport, three blocks from hiking trails, and just across the street from the Spa Casino. The resort offers both the leisure and business traveler premiere accommodations and amenities: 260 oversized deluxe rooms with 71 suites 1 1/2 acre courtyard pool with two spas Terrace Restaurant featuring an informal all-day menu Al Fresco pool-side cafe and pool bar Harvey's Lounge Over 18,000 square feet of functional meeting space Valet parking available Concierge service Private tennis complex featuring six lighted courts Nearby golf arrangements available through concierge Full Body Spa CopyCo Business Center Complimentary airport transportation Rental car services State of the art Fitness Center with Icaran & Star Trac CAIS High-speed Internet access MobileStar Internet access

To reserve hotel rooms contact: Hilton Palm Springs Resort 400 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way Palm Springs CA 92262 Phone: (760) 320-6868 Fax:     (760) 320-2126 Toll Free: (800) 522-6900 info@hiltonpalmsprings.com Hotel Website |Reservations The conference hotel is expected to sell out soon. If you call too late, please follow this link for nearby hotels: Nearby Hotels   Map Questions about the Conference: Nancy M. Ferguson, Conference Chair  Lilburn Corporation  Phone: (909) 890-1818 Fax: (909) 890-1809 e-mail: aepconference@hotmail.com

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The Association of Environmental Professionals wishes to thank the following corporate sponsors for their generous support of the 2002 AEP State Conference in Palm Springs . . .

Platinum - San Jacinto Sponsor:

RECON Environmental Inc.

Gold - Taquitz Sponsors:

Sapphos Environmental Inc.		EDAW, Inc.
PCR Services Corporation	Michael Brandman Associates		PB&J Inc.

Silver/Garnet Sponsors

Mooney & Associates

LSA Associates, Inc.

Single Event Hosts:

Lilburn Corporation	Camp Dresser & McKee
Best. Best & Krieger, LLP	EMC Planning Group	Tom Dodson Associates.

2002 State AEP Conference Event Hosts . . .

2 Thursday Workshops	Mooney & Associates LSA Inland Empire AEP Chapter
Thursday Evening Reception	EDAW, Inc.
Friday Breakfast	Sapphos Environmental
Friday Lunch	MBA
Friday PM Break	Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc. Wildland, Inc.
Saturday Breakfast	PBS&J EMC Planning Group
Saturday Lunch	PCR
Saturday PM Break	Tom Dodson Associates Best, Best, & Krieger, LLP
Saturday Dinner (Awards Banquet)	RECON Environmental, Inc.
Sunday Brunch	Lilburn Corporation

AEP wishes to thank its generous corporate sponsors

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