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WRRC Weekly Wave
October 3, 2014
Volume 2, Issue 32
In This Issue:
- Oct. 8 Brown Bag: Ecosystem Valuation, SW Riparian Areas
- WRRC Director Named NIWR President
- Arizona Project WET Hosts Flagstaff Water Festival
... And much more!
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WRRC Director Sharon B. Megdal Named NIWR President for 2014-15
Sharon B. Megdal, Director of the University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center (WRRC), has been elected President of the National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR) for 2014-15.
Effective Oct. 1, Megdal will serve as President for a one-year term, which follows the one-year term as President-Elect she served in 2013-14..
NIWR is a national organization of Water Resources Research Institutes established under the Water Resources Research Act of 1964. Its 54 member institutes - one located in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Guam - work closely with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and other partners to carry out their mission of objective research and communication of information on issues relating to the nation's water supplies.
Read the complete story here.
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 Dave Goodrich Presentation: Ecosystem Valuation in Southwest Riparian Ecosystems
Speaker: Dave Goodrich, Research Hydraulic Engineer, USDA-Ag. Research Service, SW Watershed Research Center, Assoc. Adjunct Professor, UA Dept. of Hydrology and Water ResourcesTime/Location: 12 - 1:30 p.m. / WRRC Sol Resnick Conference Room (350 N. Campbell)
Decision-makers and natural resource managers increasingly require much more sophisticated levels of expert findings and scientific results, coupled with economic information, to make informed decisions. Significant effort beyond the traditional scientific method is required to conduct interdisciplinary science across the physical, ecological, and economic sciences. Even greater effort is required to effectively integrate this research with policy and decision makers for effective management and monetary valuation of natural resources and the ecosystem services they provide. A brief overview of the evolution of interdisciplinary science and its integration with decision-makers in the San Pedro Basin will be presented.It will then cover a general introduction to ecosystem services and several approaches for monetary valuation of these services to valuation studies on the San Pedro and Rio Grande.
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Arizona Project WET Flagstaff Water Festival Draws 1,080 Fourth Graders
Last week, 1,080 fourth graders from Flagstaff's private, charter and public schools gathered at the Flagstaff Water Festival at Foxglenn Park to learn about Arizona's water resources and water on the earth system. The interactive community water festival event was part of a month-long celebration of water stewardship and STEM education sponsored by SCA and the City of Flagstaff. The Water Festival unit included teacher professional development and a teacher-implemented Water STEM, and culminated in the community-supported Water Festival Education event. In its third consecutive year and the seventh event for the City of Flagstaff, the 2014 program reached 1,080 students, 156 parents, and 39 teachers with the help of nearly 60 volunteers. Read the full story here.
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WRRC Director to Give Oct. 8 Talk on Groundwater Governance Best Practices
As part of the University of Arizona Department of Hydrology and Water Resources' Fall 2014 Colloquium Series, WRRC Director Sharon B. Megdal will give an Oct. 8 talk on best practices for groundwater governance.
Dr. Megdal will present, "A Look at Arizona Groundwater Management and Governance Through the Lens of World-Wide Efforts to Identify Best Practices," at 3:45 p.m. in the Harshbarger Building, Room 206 (1133 E. James E. Rogers Way, Tucson). She will also discuss the results of a survey of U.S. groundwater governance and examine how Arizona's groundwater management practices compare globally and with the United States.
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Oct. 4: AZ Cooperative Extension Celebrates 100th Anniversary
University of Arizona Cooperative Extension will host "Celebrating the Past, Envisioning the Future," Oct. 4 in Phoenix to celebrate Extension's 100-year anniversary. Maricopa and Pinal County Cooperative Extension, in collaboration with the Maricopa County Farm Bureau and the Maricopa Agricultural Center, will host the event, which will be held from 4-7 p.m. at the Phoenix Zoo's Neely Center. UA President Ann Weaver-Hart will be the keynote speaker, and the program includes presentations to the 2014 honorees, a BBQ dinner, music and entertainment. Register here.
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Tucson Village Farm Hosts Oct. 6 Ribbon Cutting Event
The WRRC's Arizona Project WET and Conserve2Enhance (C2E) programs have partnered with Tucson Water, SmartScape and Tucson Village Farm to help create unique opportunities for water education at the Farm. Join the UA Water Partnership, Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild and Arizona Cooperative Extension Director Jeff Silvertooth from 9 - 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 6 for a special ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate wise and purposeful water use in Tucson! The ceremony will be held at the Farm's Pima County Extension Office (4210 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson). Learn more here.
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Native Eyes Film Showcase Kicks Off Oct. 24: Meet the Filmmakers
The WRRC is co-sponsoring the upcoming Arizona State Museum 2014 Native Eyes Film Showcase, "Honoring the Power of Coming Together," which includes three days of film events beginning Oct. 24. The 2014 showcase includes screenings of films by and about Native Americans and indigenous peoples, with the theme of honoring the power of coming together for social change. On Oct. 24, meet the filmmakers at a free event from 12-1 p.m. at the UA Dept. of Gender and Women's Studies (925 N. Tyndall). Additional Native Eyes Film Showcase Events include an Oct. 26 screening, Q&A, resource fair and discussion panel, and a Nov. 12 screening of "Oil and Water."
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