Laura Brophy, Director of the Estuary Technical Group at the Institute for Applied Ecology, will present the keynote address at the July 20 annual meeting of the Partnership for the Umpqua Rivers.  The annual meeting will be held at the Big K Ranch near Elkton, Oregon.  Laura's talk will focus on progress and opportunities in estuarine wetland restoration in the Umpqua River estuary and in Oregon in general.  For more information, email info@UmpquaRivers.org or call (541) 673-5756.