The Center for Watershed Sciences is hosting a weekly series of public speakers on California water policy. The seminar is open to the public and available for credit. [Graduates: 1 unit as ECI 296 (CRN 50116); undergraduates: 1 unit as ECI 98 (CRN 49768)]. For an extended graduate seminar on water policy (1 unit ECI 298) contact Professor Jay Lund at jrlund@ucdavis.edu
Mondays, 4:10-5:30 pm, 1227 Haring Hall.
Jan. 7 -- Senator Lois Wolk: Water and the California Legislature. Video, Maven's Minutes
Jan. 14 -- Jay Lund, Director, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences: California’s water - insurmountable opportunities. Video, Maven's Minutes
Jan. 28 -- Phil Isenberg, Chairman, Delta Stewardship Council: California water history and today's debate. Video, Script, Maven's Minutes
Feb. 4 -- Tim Quinn, Executive Director, Association of California Water Agencies: Coequal goals for California's water system - What does this mean? Video, Maven's Minutes
Feb. 11 -- Peter Moyle, UC Davis Professor of Fish Biology: The future of freshwater fishes in California. Video, Maven's Minutes
Feb. 25 -- John Laird, California Natural Resources Secretary: California water policy - Will we actually be able to decide something? Video, Maven's Minutes
March 4 -- Felicia Marcus, State Water Resources Control Board: California Delta - Convergence or collision? Video, Maven's Minutes
March 11 -- Tim Washburn, Director of Planning, Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency: The new Central Valley Flood Protection Plan: What it means for Sacramento area levees. Video, Maven's Minutes
March 18 -- Mark Cowin, Director, California Department of Water Resources: California's evolution towards integrated water management, or, What's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding? Video, Maven's Minutes
Refreshments will be served.
Sponsored by:
- Center for Watershed Sciences - John Muir Institute of the Environment
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy
- California Environmental Law and Policy Center
- Hydrologic Sciences Graduate Group
- Geography Graduate Group
- Climate Change, Water, and Society IGERT