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Western States Conferences
These are the conferences of the state level environmental education organizations in each of the thirteen western states. This organization is usually the NAAEE state affiliate. The conference listing is organized by date, then alphabetically if the date is not known. Please provide up-to-date information to Dan Allison, 775-882-2375 or .
Alaska | Arizona | California | Colorado | Idaho | Montana | New Mexico | Nevada | Oregon | Utah | Washington |
Nevada : Nevada Natural Resource Education Council (NNREC)
- Date: September 27, 2003
- Location: Incline Village NV
- Theme: Partnerships Ignite Environmental Education
- Conference info: http://nnrec.org/profdev/conference/
- Call for presenters:
- Contact: Dan Allison, 775-741-5595 or
Arizona: Arizona Association for Environmental Education (AAEE)
- Date: Sep 18-21, 2003
- Location: Tucson, Marriot University Park
- Theme: Senderos: Environmental Education in a Multicultural Society
- Conference info: http://arizonaee.org/conference/index.php
- Call for presenters: http://www.arizonaee.org/preview/conference/presenters.php
- Contact:
New Mexico: Environmental Education Association of New Mexico (EEANM)
- Date: September 18-21, 2003
- Location: Sevillita
- Theme: Environmental Education: Thriving, Not Just Surviving
- Conference info: http://eeanm.org/
- Call for presenters: http://eeanm.org/pdf/eeanm_conference_registration_2003.pdf
- Contact: Deb Thrall, 505-277-0718 or
Oregon: Environmental Education Association of Oregon (EEAO)
- Date: October 17-19, 2003
- Location: McKenzie River Conference Center, east of Eugene
- Theme: Educating Towards Sustainability: Achieving the Triple Bottom Line Through Environmental Education
- Conference info: http://eeao.org/confsched_ses.pdf
- Call for presenters
- Contact: Linda Rhoads, 503-234-EEAO or
Utah: Utah Society for Environmental Education (USEE)
- Date: November 6-8, 2003
- Location: Salt Lake City UT
- Theme: Building Community Partnerships
- Conference info: http://usee.org/conference/info.html
- Call for presenters (pdf): http://usee.org/pdf/call%20for%20presenters.pdf
- Contact: Heather Scheel, 801-328-1549 or
Alaska: Alaska Natural Resource and Outdoor Education Association (ANROE)
- Date: Fall 2003, combined with NAAEE conference
- Location: Anchorage
- Conference info:
- Call for presenters:
- Contact: Eric Wade, Executive Director, 907-376-0970 or
California: Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (AEOE)
- Date: April 30-May 2, 2004
- Location: YMCA Camp Jones Gulch, La Honda CA
- Theme: Teaching Outside the Lines
- Conference info: http://aeoe.org/conference/
- Call for presenters:
- Contact: Michael Charnofsky, 760-249-4351 or
- note: California also hold northern and southern section conferences in the fall; Oct 3-5 for northern at Tamarack Flat in Yosemite NP and Oct 31-Nov 2 for southern at Rancho Alegre in Santa Barbara CA
Colorado: Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education (CAEE)
- Date: April 30-May 2, 2004
- Location: Snow Mountain Ranch, Winter Park CO
- Theme: Teaching Outside the Box, Creative Uses of Nature in Education
- Conference info: http://caee.org/outside.htm
- Call for presenters:
- Contact: Mike Way, Executive Director, 303-273-9527 or
Washington: Environmental Education Association of Washington (EEAW)
- Date: Spring 2004
- Location:
- Conference info: http://eeaw.org/
- Call for presenters:
- Contact: Heather Moss, President, 206-615-1554 or
Idaho: Idaho Environmental Education Association (IdEEA)
- Date: Spring 2004
- Location:
- Conference info
- Call for presenters
- Contact: Donnie Roush, Executive Director, 208-232-5674 or
Montana: Montana Environmental Education Association (MEEA)
- Date: Spring 2004
- Location:
- Conference info
- Call for presenters
- Contact: Steve Eshbaugh, Executive Director, 406-586-4200 or
The conference dates for these organizations are not known.
Hawaii: Hawai'i Environmental Education Association (HEEA)
- Date:
- Location:
- Conference info
- Call for presenters
- Contact: Sharon Ringsven, 808-572-4452
Wyoming: Wyoming Association for Environmental Education (WAEE)
- Date:
- Location:
- Conference info
- Contact: Evert Brown, 307-268-2407 or

