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FWC cancels workshop, climate change
summit
August 18, 2008
Contact: Henry Cabbage, 850-488-8843 (summit);
Lee Schlesinger, 850-487-0554 (workshop)
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission (FWC) announced Sunday afternoon the Aug. 19 workshop
on federal/state marine fishery management coordination and the
“Florida Wildlife: On the front line of climate change” summit
on Aug. 20-22 in Orlando at the Rosen PLAZA have been postponed.
“Gov. Charlie Crist has declared a state of
emergency for the entire state in preparation for Tropical Storm
Fay,” said Nick Wiley, assistant executive director of the FWC.
“We have determined that the safest course of action regarding
our Commission workshop Tuesday and the climate change summit
would be to cancel these events and reschedule for a later
date.”
Wiley said the decision was made to avoid
participants and staff traveling during a potentially dangerous
time.
“It will allow everyone to focus on preparing
for the storm and keeping their families safe and allow the FWC
to focus on helping with response to the storm as necessary,”
Wiley said.
More information on the summit and workshop is
available at MyFWC.com. When the threat of the storm has passed,
the FWC will reschedule both events.
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