Natural Resources Economist Oct. 30 Water Initiative Speaker
Utah State University’s Water Initiative welcomes resource and agricultural economist Ray Huffaker to campus Tuesday, Oct. 30. Huffaker, a professor in Washington State University’s School of Economics, presents “Existing and New Legal Paradigms for a Water-Short World” at 3:30 p.m. in the Engineering building, room 101. His talk is free and open to all.
Huffaker’s research examines economic, ecological and public policy issues at the interface of agricultural and environmental needs in the American West. A challenge for policy makers, agricultural producers, scientists and residents, he says, is balancing traditional water demands of irrigated agriculture and development with the water requirements of endangered species protection.
The final lecture in the USU Water Initiative’s fall 2007 seminar series is Nov. 13. Guest speaker Martin Doyle of the University of North Carolina presents “Aging Infrastructure, Ecosystem Restoration and the New Economy of Rivers.” His talk is at 3:30 p.m. in the Engineering building, room 101.
The Water Initiative also hosts campus viewings of the Fall 2007 Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science Cyberseminar Series.
CUASHI cyberseminars are PowerPoint presentations shown over the Web and accompanied by a presenter narration conducted through a conference call.
Two upcoming cyberseminars are scheduled in November. Both begin at 1 p.m. in the Engineering building, room 413A.
Jay Famiglietti, associate professor in the Department of Earth System Science and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Irvine, presents Friday, Nov. 2. He discusses the twin satellite GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) mission.
Friday, Nov. 16, Murugesu Sivapalan, professor in the Department of Geology and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is featured presenter. His topic is “Advancing Hydrologic Predictability in a Changing Environment through Interdisciplinary Synthesis.”
The USU Water Initiative is an interdisciplinary collaboration of the university’s Utah Water Research Laboratory and the colleges of Agriculture, Business, Engineering, Natural Resources, Science and Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences. Established in 2003, the initiative fosters collegial sharing of water-related research and ideas throughout campus and the community.
Parking for seminars is available in the university parking terraces at 850 E. 700 North and 700 E. 600 North. The USU campus is served by Logan Transit District Routes 1 and 4, with a bus stop at the Veterinary Science building on 700 North.
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Contact: Kim Schreuders [kimas@cc.usu.edu], 435-797-2941
Contact: Kim Schreuders [kimas@cc.usu.edu], 435-797-2941
Natural resources economist Ray Huffaker discusses the policy challenges of balancing water demands of diverse interests in the American West Oct. 30.
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