The Federal Emergency Management Agency wants to promote the purchase of National Flood Insurance to protect property and wants the help of local officials. For more information, click here . The Center for Environmental Research and Service at Troy State University has completed a manual that addresses Stormwater and Urban Watershed Management. For more information, click here . Workshop attendees will learn how to write successful project proposals.
Local governments are a priority target audience.
The Census Bureau has released data regarding Alabama's population shifts under the 2000 census. Click here to see this information. The conference will bring together voices of rural communities, as well as healthcare professionals from a number of fields with a specific interest in rural health issues. This mix of concerned voices will allow participants to better gauge the welfare of rural healthcare throughout the state. Claude Earl Fox, M.D., M.P.H., Administrator, Health Resource Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Public Health Service, will deliver the keynote address.