 |
|
May 6, 2016 / Volume 4, Issue 16
|
|
|
Don't Miss "Beyond the Mirage: The Future of Water in the West" Broadcast in Phoenix on KAET 8
"Beyond the Mirage: The Future of Water in the West", a film by Cody Sheehy, Video Coordinator in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), will be broadcast on KAET 8 on May 16, 2016 at 9 pm. WRRC Director Sharon B. Megdal appears in the documentary, commenting on how we may solve our water issues. Others from UA appearing in "Beyond the Mirage" include Jon Chorover, Professor and Department Head of the Soil, Water and Environmental Science Department, Gregg Garfin, Associate Professor and Associate Extension Specialist in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Mike Crimmins, Associate Professor and Associate Extension Specialist in the Soil, Water and Environmental Science Department, and Robert Glennon, Regents' Professor, Morris K. Udall Professor of Law & Public Policy. KAET 8 will also rebroadcast "Beyond the Mirage" several times in the next week. For details see beyondthemirage.org In addition to the May 16 broadcast, t here will be a special screening of Beyond the Mirage in Tucson at the WRRC on May 20, 2016 at 3:30pm. Following the 60 minute screening there will be an opportunity to speak with Cody Sheehy and get the insider view of his quest to build understanding about water in the Southwest.
Please RSVP for the Beyond the Mirage screening at the WRRC here
"Beyond the Mirage" is a collaborative project of Arizona Public Media, CALS, and the WRRC. It is a unique video-based web experience that also includes a K-12 classroom component, and a documentary film.
Join the "Beyond the Mirage" movement here, create your own documentary and share it with others
|
|
Colorado River Shortage Briefing Time: 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. The Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) and the CAP are holding a Colorado River Shortage Briefing. The meeting is open to the public at ADWR Verde Conference Room, 3550 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona, 85012. The briefing may be viewed at satellite locations: CAP headquarters, 23636 N. Seventh St., Phoenix, and CAP Tucson, 10900 W. Twin Peaks Rd, Tucson. For questions please contact Michelle Moreno mamoreno@azwater.gov
|
|
Celebrating Success: The Tucson STEM Academy Follow-up Workshop
|
| |
Great teachers make all the difference in the world!
Each summer Arizona Project WET collaborates with Tucson Water to improve content knowledge and evolve teachers' instructional practices in the Tucson STEM Academy. Teachers invest five long days and commit to bring the instructional practices and content that they learned back to their classrooms. Last Saturday those teachers celebrated their accomplishments with APW staff and each other. Some classrooms performed home and school water audits, some created infographics, some created and managed aquaponics systems, and others designed rainwater catchment systems. Almost all the teachers utilized lessons that are available in the four Project WET educator guides they received during the academy. The photo highlights student work from the AZ Conserve Water Educators Guide. One teacher testified: "I thought that I knew quite a bit about water in AZ, but learned so much more after my participation in Tucson STEM Academy. I find that I can share information off of the top of my head." Another exclaimed: "Truly an excellent workshop! I have strongly recommended it to other teachers."
A few slots remain for the 2016 Academy. Interested teachers should contact Betsy Wilkening eweilkening99@gmail.com Learn more about APW here
|
Fact Sheet on the Lower Santa Cruz River Basin Study Now Available
Funded by the the Bureau of Reclamation and local partners, the Lower Santa Cruz River Basin Study's goal is to identify where physical water resources are needed to mitigate climate change impacts and improve water reliability for the municipal, agricultural, and environmental sectors in the Basin.
The Bureau of Reclamation created a fact sheet on the Lower Santa Cruz River Basin Study to communicate the objectives of this new study.
You can download the Lower Santa Cruz River Basin Study's fact sheet here
|
Call for Abstracts for the Annual Meeting: Resilience Emerging from Scarcity and Abundance
The American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America (ASA-CSSA-SSSA) have opened abstract submission for their Annual Conference, to be held Nov. 6-9, 2016. This year, the Conference will be held right here in Arizona (Phoenix). The Annual Conference will host more than 4,000 scientists, professionals, educators, and students and will cover a wide range of subjects, from soil microbiology and crop genetics to novel outreach and extension.
Please submit your abstract before June 7, 2016 here
For more information about the 2016 meeting, click here
|
The Outdoor Nation and the National Park Service are looking for 20 Campus Outdoor Ambassadors to lead initiatives on their college campuses that increase outdoor recreation participation and National Park awareness among the campus community. Application deadline is May 13, 2013.
Learn more and apply for the Outdoor Nation Campus Outdoor Ambassador Program National Park Service Campus Outdoor Ambassadors Program here
The Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy will award 35 Fellowships to Arizonans for training to become true state-level civic leaders. Application deadline is May 23, 2016.
Learn more and apply for the Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy here
|
Registration Open for the 25th Annual Desert Horticulture Conference
The 25th Annual Desert Horticulture Conference will be held June 3, 2016 in Tucson, AZ. It will provide information on designing, building, maintaining, and producing plants for urban landscapes in the arid Southwest. The conference will feature experts from the UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the UA Cooperative Extension, the City of Tucson, Pima County, Sky Island Alliance, and more. Registration is now open.
Register here
|
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH CENTER
|
|
The University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) - A unit of the University of Arizona, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Arizona Cooperative Extension - promotes understanding of critical state and regional water management and policy issues through research, community outreach and engagement, and public education.
|
|
|
|
|
|
