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 It
is time to make your lodging and meeting reservations
for this year’s Public Lands Foundation
annual meeting, which is being held in Reno, Nevada during the week of
September 13, 2010. Plan on
arriving on Monday and staying through Friday morning to enjoy the full
benefit of informal and formal contacts with your fellow PLF members and
experts on the topic of solar and wind energy development and production.
The theme for this year’s meeting is
“Impacts of Solar and Wind Energy Development and Production on BLM Public
Lands.” We have invited David Hayes, Deputy Secretary, Department of the
Interior, to be our Wednesday Luncheon Keynote Speaker to speak on the
Department’s renewable energy initiative. BLM Director Bob Abbey has been
invited to provide an update on BLM activities. And, the Wednesday and
Thursday meeting program includes several panel discussions providing a
variety of perspectives on the impacts of solar and wind energy
development and production.
On Tuesday, join the PLF Golf Tournament
or a tour of a geothermal facility, a wind energy presentation and lunch
in Virginia City (see enclosed Registration and Information Form for
details).
The PLF Board of Directors will meet on
Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, September 14 & 15, and the general
meeting will be held Wednesday morning at the conclusion of the Board
meeting and all day Thursday—September 15 and 16. The Program and Policy
meeting will be held Friday morning, September 17. We hope you stay to
participate. You do not want to miss the Wednesday evening barbecue or the
Thursday night banquet. They will be fun events. And, your spouse will
love the tours of the Nevada Museum of Art and the Wilbur D. May Museum,
Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, or other options, while you attend the
general meeting.
The meeting will be held at the Atlantis
Casino Resort Spa, 3800 S. Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada. Double
occupancy rooms are available at $69.00 plus taxes per night. Reservations
must be made by Saturday, August 14, 2010. The hotel will endeavor to
take reservations for rooms after this cut-off date, but this is subject
to availability and prevailing rates. To receive these group rates, you
must mention the Public Lands Foundation when you contact the
Atlantis Casino Resort Spa by calling its toll free number
1-800-723-6500. To confirm your room reservation, the hotel requires a
credit card or check guarantee for the first night’s lodging plus taxes.
Credit cards will be charged at the time the reservation is made. Refunds
will be issued if cancelled 48 hours in advance of arrival date. No
refunds will be made for rooms canceled on arrival date.
Below are links to the Draft Program Outline
and the Registration Form. Please complete the Registration Form and
mail it --- along with your check --- before August 14th to:
Beau McClure
6510 W. Lucia Drive
Phoenix, Arizona 85083-7406
If you have questions, please email
Beau McClure or contact him by
phone at 623-587-7883.
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