USU Water Initiative Kicks Off Fall Seminar Series Sept. 18

Utah State University’s Water Initiative kicks off its fall seminar series with a talk by Colorado River expert Robert W. Adler Tuesday, Sept. 18. Adler discusses his recently published book, Restoring Colorado River Ecosystems: A Troubled Sense of Immensity, at 3:30 p.m. in the Engineering building, room 101, on the USU campus.

Adler, associate dean of the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law, says humans have molded the Colorado River to serve their own needs, resulting in significant impacts to the river and its ecosystems. The river, which flows from Colorado’s Rocky Mountains westward to the Gulf of California, supplies much of the American West’s drinking and irrigation water. During his talk, Adler will examine the challenging interactions among law, science, economics and politics within which restoration efforts must operate.

 

Adler’s lecture and future USU Water Intiative seminars are free and open to the public. All gatherings are held on Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m. in Engineering building, room 101.

 

 

 

“Exploring Soils and Ecohydrological Structure in Vulnerable Ecosystem using Geophysical Imaging”

David Robinson, Department of Geophysics, Stanford University

 

 

“Existing and New Legal Paradigms for a Water-Short World”

Ray Huffaker, Washington State University School of Economic Sciences

 

 

“Aging Infrastructure, Ecosystem Restoration and the New Economy of Rivers”

Martin Dolye, University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill

 

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 the 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.

 

 

 

Contact: Kim Schreuders [kimas@cc.usu.edu], 435-797-2941