Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:57:30 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/ en-us http://watershed.org/wmc/images/smwmlogo.gif http://watershed.org/wmc/ michael@watershed.org http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=276 The AWRA Spring Specialty Conference 'Managing Water Resources and Development in a Changing Climate' will be held on 4-6 May 2009 in Anchorage, AK. Abstracts are due by 5 December 2008. For more info, visit: http://www.awra.org/meetings/Anchorage2009/index.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:57:30 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=275 Beastie Boy Adam Yauch defends his attack on Nestle in his new film FLOW: For Love Of Water. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:15:01 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=274 See this slide show from the Christian Science Monitor. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:09:45 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=273 The effects of climate change on watersheds will be a major focus of the 2008 Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board Conference Nov. 5-7 in Eugene. The event also will feature concentrated workshop series on invasive species, organization management, community engagement and restoration project management. The biennial event will feature keynote speakers and numerous workshop sessions on the impacts of climate change for Oregon’s watersheds. The theme for the conference is Working for Healthy Watersheds-Climate Change and Watershed Resilience. The event will be held at the Eugene Hilton and Conference Center. Registration for the event will open in September. Call 503-986-0178 or visit:http://www.oregon.gov/OWEB/biennialconference_08.shtml Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:40:00 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=272 Sarah Bates, one of the best thinkers on the Western USA land-water disconnect, has just published a short article on this topic. She promises a longer piece later,in which she will explore some remedies. T. Boone Pickens, who made his money in oil, now believes that water is the new oil. Read about his plan to pump water from beneath his Texas ranch and sell it to cities in this BusinessWeek cover story. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:45:45 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=271 Now available: the June 2008 issue of the H2OSU Newsletter from Oregon State University's Institute for Water and Watersheds. Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:15:35 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=270 The program and registration information for the aforementioned conference, to be held in Portland, Oregon, 13-14 October 2008, is available at: aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2008/06/nonrenewable-ground-water-conference-program-registration-available.html Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:38:15 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=269 Water Voices from Around The World receives first place Gold Award The first place award was won at the world's largest international book awards competition on May 30, 2008 at the Book Expo in Los Angeles, CA. The award was in the Outstanding Book of the Year category for the book Most Likely to Save the Planet.Initiated to coincide with the UN Decade for Action, this book includes (77) globally known authors such as recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize and the Stockholm Water Prize. Authors include Washington States Susan Lisa Toch, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.A., author of the community publication Water to Drink, founder of the international consortium Unified in Our Diversity and coordinator of the student-based disaster prevention plan Integrating Resource and Community Issues. For Contents and Author list, ordering details, and more information, visit this website: http://www.anaturalresource.com/WaterVoices.php Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:31:15 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=268 The USGS is scoping out its Water for America Initiative and is seeking stakeholder input. To learn more about the initiative and see how to provide input, visit:water.usgs.gov/wsi/ Sat, 31 May 2008 13:13:43 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=267 Three cheers for NASA, JPL and the University of Arizona! Landing on Mars is very difficult and only about half the attempts have succeeded. Landing the Phoenix was especially challenging. They did it. Now for the really interesting sampling and analysis. www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/ Tue, 27 May 2008 12:25:57 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=266 Real time water-quality data are now easily accessible online through the USGS WaterQualityWatch website: water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/wqwatch/ Real-time water quality measurements are available at more than 1,300 sites across the United States in streams with watersheds as small as a few square miles to more than a million square miles in the Mississippi River. Measurements include streamflow, water temperature, specific conductance, pH, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity Thu, 22 May 2008 15:04:53 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=265 The May/June 2008 issue of the Journal of Environmental Quality features papers by USGS authors describing in-depth studies in five agricultural watersheds across the USA. Papers can be accessed by selecting 'Special Submissions' at: jeq.scijournals.org/content/vol37/issue3/. Contact Pixie Hamiltion (pahamilt@usgs.gov) for more information. Mon, 19 May 2008 22:03:34 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=264 You can download this issue, and previous ones, free at www.swhydro.arizona.edu/ Thu, 08 May 2008 15:47:13 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=263 Water students at the University of California-Davis have created a water 'blog' www.siswebs.org/water/. It's actually more a social bookmarking WWW site for the water resources community than a traditional blog. All can particpate. Tue, 06 May 2008 10:38:02 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=262 EPA's Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds released a online document this week to help communities, watershed organizations, and local, state, tribal, and federal environmental agencies develop and implement watershed plans to meet water quality standards and protect water resources.Visit: www.epa.gov/owow/nps/watershed_handbook/ Thu, 01 May 2008 07:23:12 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=261 For those of you interested in water, sanitation, and waste issues in developing countries, the quarterly UK journal Waterlines recently unveiled its new look with the January 2008 issue. It is now a refereed journal, with full-length peer-reviewed articles, book reviews, online access, etc. I have found this to be an invaluable publication, and it looks to be even better now. Get all the information at:practicalactionpublishing.org/ If you decide to subscribe, use your home address. If you put your work address down, they will charge you the institutional rate, which is double the personal rate. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:54:23 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=260 Today - April 25 - is world World Malaria Day. This is a disease that we in the USA don't think much about - it's been virtually eradicated from the USA for many years. But in the developing world, it is a scourge; 3,000 children per day die from this disease, most of them in Africa.This is a preventable disease - a device as simple as a bed screen (mosquito net) works wonders.Visit the WWW site to see what you can do.www.rbm.who.int/worldmalariaday/ Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:50:24 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=259 Oregon State University is offering a new Professional/Graduate Certificate in Water Conflict Management and Transformation. This program is designed to provide decision-makers and water professionals with the required specialized resources and skills that go beyond the traditional physical systems approach to water resources management. It will explicitly integrate human, policy and scientific dimensions of water resources within the framework of governance and sustainability. Visit: www.transboundarywaters.orst.edu/new/training/certificate.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:30:10 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=258 Brown and Caldwell has published a special Earth Day edition of its Water News: www.bcwaternews.com/NationalWaterNews/earthday/EarthDay2008.htm Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:01:01 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=257 The American Bar Association's Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources recognizes the following paper submissions as the Best Papers prepared for the 37th Annual Conference on Environmental Law (Keystone), 26th Annual Water Law Conference, 15th Section Fall Meeting, and the 36th Annual Conference on Environmental Law. Each author was presented with a certificate of recognition and a Section publication as a token of appreciation for their outstanding submissions. You can see the papers and download them free here:www.abanet.org/environ/best/ Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:08:52 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=256 The final report of the Snake-Columbia Basin Energy-Water Summit held in late June 2007 has been released and is available at:aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2008/04/snake-columbia.html Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:32:26 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=255 The American Water Resources Association's (www.awra.org) Summer Specialty Conference will be held in Virginia Beach, VA, June 30 - July 2, 2008. Information and the preliminary program are available here: www.awra.org/meetings/Virginia_Beach2008/ Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:21:59 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=254 The April 2008 issue of H2OSU, the newsletter of the Institute for Water and Watersheds at Oregon State University, is now available at water.oregonstate.edu/newsletter/20080401.htm Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:42:39 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=253 From Tara Lohan (tara@alternet.org), Managing Editor of AlterNet: On the heels of World Water Day last week, we launched AlterNet's new free weekly email newsletter dedicated to water issues. You can sign up here and get the latest news, commentary, video and more in your inbox every Thursday. Thanks to those of you who have already joined and please feel free to email me with story ideas and other feedback.You can also sign up here for AlterNet's weekly environment newsletter.View AlterNet's water page and environment page. Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:54:15 -0400 http://watershed.org/wmc/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=252 An online, user-friendly map that tracks flood conditions has been developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).As expected rains drive flood waters higher along the Mississippi River Valley, USGS crews are in the field collecting data needed to update the flood maps, prepare forecasts, manage the flood and warn communities.This new system is part of the USGS WaterWatch suite of web-based streamflow and can be accessed at:water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/ Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:30:30 -0400