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Stories of general interest about water and water issues in the media.
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Time to check in with the folks at Circle of Blue. Lots of water news.
Fresh Air Interview with Charles Fishman. | |
Sea-Level Rise
NPR story about the rising sea in coastal NC. |
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The Oregon Water Conference 2011
"Evaluating and Managing Water Resources
in a Climate of Uncertainty"
(convened by Oregon State Section of AWRA & Oregon Chapter of AIH)
CH2M Hill Alumni Cntr
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
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"The Wabash River Watershed: Assessment, Management, and the Future"
Ball State University
Muncie, IN
June 1-3, 2011
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The E-Newsletter of the
American Water Resources Association
Keeping You Connected
April 2011 |
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AWRA's Spring Specialty Conference is over, but if you weren't one of the lucky ones to be in Baltimore hearing first-hand how to manage the impact of climate change on water resources, you can check out the proceedings online for a limited time here. Next up ... the Summer Specialty Conference on IWRM in Snowbird in June. The Preliminary Program is online. The workshop and field trip are set. Everything you need to know is here.
This month's challenge:
Which brings me to our challenge for this month ... what does Integrated Water Resources Management mean to you? You can google this, of course, if you want, but I'm more interested in what it means to you personally. Send me your definition, and you'll be entered to win an AWRA stainless steel water bottle. Drawing May 15.
Don't forget to submit your abstract for the 2011 AWRA Annual Conference, too. Deadline May 13.
N. Mahmoudi from Florida will be drinking from his AWRA stainless steel water bottle soon -- he's the winner of last month's newsletter challenge :
Q: Who said: "Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it."
A: Lao Tze
Have a great month!
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Preliminary Program Online Now! 
Integrated Water Resources Management:
The Emperor's New Clothes or Indispensable Process
Snowbird Resort I Snowbird, UT
June 27-29, 2011
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Call for Abstracts Deadline May 13!
2011 AWRA Annual Water Resources Conference
Hyatt Regency I Albuquerque, NM
November 7-10, 2011
Submit abstracts by: May 13, 2011
Conference Home I Submit Abstract I View Special Session Topics
View General Topics I Hotel Info I Request Exhibit/Sponsor Info
The AWRA Annual Water Resources Conference has always provided a forum for participants to explore the many multidisciplinary aspects of water resources research, policy, and management. In addition to the broad array of topics offered in the past, the 2011 AWRA Annual Water Resources Conference includes over 35 Special Sessions to choose from. The Special Sessions have been organized by water resources professionals from across the country; topics are timely and relevant, and reflect the diverse interests of AWRA members.
This year, you may submit an abstract either to the list of General Topics or to the variety of Special Sessions organized by water resources professionals from around the country. Click on the link for any of the Special Sessions to access the complete session description and the session organizer's contact information. Please contact the Special Session organizer directly with questions about a particular Special Session. Submit your Abstract Today! |
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Mark Your Calendars!
2012 AWRA Spring Specialty Conference
GIS & Water Resources VII
(keep checking the AWRA homepage for updated info)
Sheraton New Orleans I New Orleans, LA I March 26-28, 2012
Back in the AWRA conference line-up for 2012 is the seventh in a long-running series on GIS & Water Resources. The location and dates have just been finalized, and the conference committee is working on the Call for Abstracts -- it should be online in early June. In the meantime, mark your calendars, and remind yourself why this is a must attend event for anyone working on GIS in water resources by checking out:
GIS & Water Resources VI Proceeding, Presentations & Podcasts (2010, Orlando)
GIS & Water Resources V Podcasts (2008, San Mateo)
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Proceedings, Presentations, Podcasts Now Available Online
April 18-20, 2011
For a limited time, the conference proceedings and presentations from the AWRA Spring Specialty Conference earlier this month are available online to anyone. (Yes, we are nice like that.)
We'll be moving this content to the members-only section soon, so if you weren't able to attend, take a moment to download what you missed! |
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Water Resources Information
USGS Dallas L. Peck Memorial Auditorium, Reston, VA
Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 7:00 PM
Beneath a quarter of the United States are rock types that can dissolve to form caves, sinkholes and other features. Nearly every state has rock layers of limestone, gypsum, and other soluble rocks we call "karst". Karst is important for many reasons. Almost half of the ground water used for drinking comes from karst aquifers, and karst regions such as the Shenandoah Valley are some of the most productive agricultural lands in the nation. However, the rock layers underneath karst dissolve easily, sometime creating sinkholes that can be a threat to life and property. Yet these soluble rock layers also yield some of the most beautiful and unique natural environments, found in many of our national and state parks.
Webcams as Environment Monitors
(from J. Winchester, Chair of AWRA's Wildland Hydrology Technical Committee, excerpted from a post he shared with his committee on April 7)
The use of web cams for monitoring hydrology or other natural resources is becoming more common. Cams can be used to watch events in real time in distant or difficult to reach locations, or in places where humans would disturb the natural environment. Cams can either be used to capture still photos at regular intervals (better for places with low connectivity), or stream live video. And with more improvements in camera, power and communications technology, cameras can be put in increasingly remote locations. Some example ...
§ a web cam showing an eagle on its nest in Iowa (135,000+ viewers? Seriously? Who knew it would be so popular?)
§ Here is a web cam pointed at kayak course in Glenwood Springs, CO
§ The manatee cam in Tampa allows you to control the camera
America's WILD READ
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced an new Virtual Book Club -- America's WILD READ. The first book is noted ecologist E.O. Wilson's first novelAnthill, the story of a boy whose Huck Finn-inspired summer in rural Alabama teaches him deeper understandings of nature and its most ruthless predators. Readers will also share insights on two related essays: Thinking Like a Mountain by Aldo Leopold, an early founder of the land conservation movement, and Once and Future Land Ethic, by Dr. Curt Meine, senior fellow at the Aldo Leopold Foundation. The online discussions of the essays and Anthill will begin on May 1, 2011, and May 15, 2011, respectively. Conservation writers Curt Meine and Will Stolzenburg (author of Where the Wild Things Were) and other scholars, poets, and even an ant expert will moderate the virtual book club organized by the Service's National Conservation Training Center. A complete list of moderators and discussion questions is available at the link above.
Endeavor Postgraduate Awards
Apply by June 30, 2011
The Endeavour Awards is the Australian Government's internationally competitive, merit-based scholarship program providing opportunities for citizens of the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas to undertake study, research and professional development in Australia. These awards can be used for the
International WaterCentre's Master of Integrated Water Management program offered through The University of Queensland (Australia). Awards are valued at AUS118,000 and include tuition fees, stipend and more.
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Non-AWRA Calls for Abstracts
Water and Health: Where Science Meets Policy
Chapel Hill, NC
October 3-7, 2011
Submit Abstracts by: April 30, 2011
2012 AWWA Sustainable Water Management Conference
Portland, OR
March 18-21, 2012
Submit Abstracts by May 27, 2011
2011 UCOWR/NIWR Conference
Planning for Tomorrow's Water: Snowpack, Aquifers, and Reservoirs
Boulder, CO,
July 11-14, 2011
Submit Poster Abstracts by May 31, 2011
2011 WaTER Conference
Synergy at the Interface: Integrating Technology,
Social Entrepreneurship and Behavior Change
Norman, OK
October 24-25, 2011
Submit Abstracts by June 15, 2011
Archean to Anthropocene - the past is the key to the future
Minneapolis, MN
October 9-12, 2011
Submit Abstracts by: July 26, 2011
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Other Water Resources Conferences
FLOW 2011 - Instream Flow Valuation in Public Decision-Making
Nashville, TN
May 2-4, 2011
Blue Tech Valley Water Conference
Clovis, CA
May 3-4, 2011
2011 National Hydrologic Warning Council
Training Conference and Exposition
San Diego, CA
May 9-12, 2011
International Association of Hydrological Sciences: Putting PUB into Practice
Canmore, Alberta, Canada
May 11-14, 2011
Restoration Monitoring: Geomorphic Change Detection Workshop
Park City, Utah
May 12-13, 2011
25th ICID European Reional Conference
Groningen, The Netherlands
May 16-20, 2011
Exempt Wells: Problems & Approaches in the Northwest
Marcus Whitman Hotel I Walla Walla, WA
May 17-18, 2011
The 3rd IEEE GRSS Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing:
Evolution in Remote Sensing (WHISPERS)
Lisbon, Portugal
June 6-9, 2011
Rice, Water and Climate Change: Drama in Vietnam?
University of Dundee I Dundee, Scotland
June 8, 2011
USACE 2011 Infrastructure Systems Conference: Quality Design and Construction for a Stronger Future
Hyatt Regency Hotel I Atlanta, GA
June 13-17, 2011
2nd Annual Canadian Water Summit:
Opportunities for Designing Our Water Future
International Centre I Toronto, Ontario
June 14, 2011
National Water Law:
Managing Global Water Resources Symposium and Workshop
University of Dundee, Scotland
June 20 -24, 2011
SusCon 2011: Soil and Water: Handle with Care!
Nuremberg, Germany
June 28-29, 2011
Blueprint for Sustainable, Ecologically-based Watershed Management in China: A Workshop on Lessons Learned Globally
Beijing Normal University
July 31 - August 4, 2011
2nd Annual International Law and Transboundary Freshwaters Workshop
University of Dundee, Scotland
August 1-5, 2011
South Central Membrane Association's 2011 Annual Conference
Holiday Inn Riverwalk I San Antonio
August 17-19, 2011
10th Annual StormCon
Anaheim, CA
August 21 - 25, 2011
Floodplain Management Association Annual Conference
Flood Risk Management in the 21st Century
San Diego, CA
September 6-9, 2011
2011 Pennsylvania Stormwater Management Symposium:
Sustainable Stormwater and LID
Loews Philadelphia Hotel I Philadelphia, PA
September 25-28, 2011
IWRA World Water Congress
Porto de Galinhas, Brazil
September 25-29, 2011
Water and Health:Â Where Science Meets PolicyÂ
Chapel Hill, NC
October 3-7, 2011
Archean to Anthropocene - the past is the key to the future
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
October 9-12, 2011
Sustaining Our Nation's Water Resources: Answering the Call for Stewardship
Stamp Student Union I College Park, MD
October 25, 2011
14th World Lake Conference
Austin, TX
October 31 - November 4, 2011
5th National Conference and Expo on
Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration
"Preparing for Climate Change: Science, Practice, and Policy"
November 13-17, 2010
Galveston, Texas
NWQMC 8th National Water Monitoring Conference
Water: One Resource -- Shared Effort -- Common Future
Portland, OR
April 30 - May 4, 2012
IWA Congress on Water, Climate and Energy
Dublin, Ireland
May 13-18, 2012 |
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