Region 8
Serving Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming and 27 Tribal Nations
Children's Health News
National Information
Regional Information
Regional Children's Environmental Health Summit, August 11-13 in Missoula, MT
Please register online (space is limited, so please register early!) for the 2009 Regional Children's Environmental Health Summit, whose theme this year is "Greening Our Schools and Childcare Facilities"
For online registration and detailed information about the Summit and the agenda, please go to http://deq.mt.gov/SBAP/CEH/CEHS.asp.
The 7th Annual Regional Children's Environmental Health Summit will be held in Missoula, Montana on August 11-13. The Montana Department of Environmental Quality is hosting this year's Summit which is being sponsored jointly by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), the Rocky Mountain Region Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (RMR PEHSU), and the Montana Children's Environmental Health Network (which includes the Departments of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Public Health and Human Services (PHHS), and Agriculture; the Office of Public Instruction (OPI); University of Montana, and Montana State University Extension).
The Summit will be held at the Holiday Inn Missoula Downtown At The Park located at 200 South Pattee, Missoula, MT 59802. A special discounted room rate is available for conference attendees at $106 plus tax per night under the 2009 Regional Children's Environmental Health Summit block of rooms. Rooms at this rate are limited so make your reservations early!
If you have any questions feel free to contact me at (303)312-6967, Diana Hammer, EPA, at (406) 457-5040, Bonnie Rouse, DEQ, at (406) 841-5251, Cathy Kendall, OPI, at (406) 444-0829, or, Amy Bamber, Dept.of Agriculture, at (406) 444-3676.
Hope to see you in Missoula!
Children's Health and the Environment Workshop
The 2008 Children's Environmental Health (CEH) Workshop was held on September 29 and 30, by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8, the Rocky Mountain Region Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (RMR PEHSU), the Wyoming Department of Health and the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality at the Casper Hilton Garden Inn.