The workshop is designed to inform and educate the Lower Mississippi River region about the potential of this region as a destination for nature tourism.

Workshop activities will include:

· Presentations by nationally and regionally recognized experts on tourism trends, nature tourism successes, community impacts of nature tourism, tools for promoting nature tourism and private land issues.

· A keynote address on the rediscovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker in Arkansas.

· Field trips to local nature tourism sites in Mississippi and Louisiana.

· A voyage on the Mississippi River to explore the undeveloped potential of the river as a nature tourism destination.

For more information or to register for the workshop, please visit the www.msaudubon.org/workshop Web site.