In l996, at the request of then-president of SWS Bill Mitsch, a small group of SWS members formed the ad-hoc Pantanal Committee with the goal of exploring an issue of international importance to wetland science. This issue involved the proposal to develop a 3,440-km long navigational transport artery through the heart of South America and the impact of this waterway ( Hidrovia ) on the Pantantal,140,000 km2 of tropical flood-pulse environment famous for its abundance and diversity of flora and fauna. Committee members met with NGO's, government organisations, scientists, and others knowledgeable about the Pantanal, the Hidrovia, and related matters. We collected scientific information on the issue, and reviewed the proposed project activities in light of our best understanding of wetland hydrology and wetland functions. This article to the SWS membership summarizes the history surrounding this waterway project, a turbulent case of large-scale wetland protection and management ruled by a battle of information and disinformation. The text of this summary, both in English and Portuguese, will be submitted to the different parties involved in the issue of the Hidrovia.

The Part the School Nurse Plays in the School Health Education Program Elma Rood CopyRight*Read at a Joint Session of the American Association of School Physicians and the Public Health Education Section of the American Public Health Association at the Sixty-fourth Annual Meeting in Milwaukee, Wis., October 10, 1935. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.25.11.1215 Published Online: August 29, 2011

Participation of Lay People in the Promotion of a Rural Child Health Program Elma Rood CopyRight*To be read before the Child Hygiene Section of the American Public Health Association at the Sixty-first Annual Meeting at Washington, D. C., October 27, 1932. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.22.10.1027-b Published Online: August 29, 2011

Training Teachers in Health Education Elma Rood CopyRight*Read at a joint session of the American Child Health Association and the Child Hygiene and Public Health Education Sections of the American Public Health Association at the Fifty-eighth Annual Meeting at Minneapolis, Minn., October 3, 1929. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.19.12.1321 Published Online: August 29, 2011