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Melinda S. Markell, Field Services Coordinator
Upper Midwest Conservation Association

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 3, 2001
Contact Information:
Melinda Markell, Field Services Coordinator
Upper Midwest Conservation Association
2400 Third Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
(612) 870-3128
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UMCA FIELD SERVICES DEPARTMENT PRESENTS 2001 STATEWIDE WORKSHOPS

UMCA's Department of Field Services is pleased to announce the upcoming
statewide workshops entitled: Disaster Response: The Critical First 48 Hours.

Workshops will cover all aspects of disaster response in the critical 48
hours after a disaster occurs.  Topics covered include health and safety,
insurance, working with FEMA, setting up a disaster response team, using a
disaster preparedness plan, identifying local resources, establishing a
disaster response equipment and materials cache, documenting a disaster and
recovery efforts, team building exercises including a practical disaster
response scenario.  The workshop curriculum is based upon the national
disaster response workshops sponsored by the Foundation of the American
Institute for Conservation, and each of the presenters are instructors for
these national workshops.

Workshop presenters include Bob Herskovitz, Director of Conservation Outreach
Services at the Minnesota Historical Society, Spencer Stehno, Director of
Security at the Milwaukee Public Museum and Neil C. Cockerline, Director of
Field Services at UMCA.

Dates and Locations:

Milwaukee Public Museum
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
August 9-10, 2001

Mount Rushmore
Keystone, South Dakota
August 13-14, 2001

North Dakota Historical Society
Bismarck, North Dakota
August 16-17, 2001

Blanden Memorial Art Museum
Fort Dodge, Iowa
August 20-21, 2001

Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, Minnesota
August 23-24, 2001


Workshops will be limited to 20 participants.  Fees for UMCA members, site
staff, Milwaukee Public Museum Staff, NDSHS staff, Blanden Memorial Art
Museum Staff and Mt. Rushmore National Memorial Staff will be $150.00, for
non-members $200.00.  For more information on the workshop or to request a
registration form, please contact Melinda Markell, UMCA Field Services
Coordinator at (612) 870-3128 or [log in to unmask]

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