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The
Media of Water:
Stories of
general interest about water and water issues in the
media.
In
addition to posts from several AWRA cognoscenti, you'll
find links to other water blogs and water
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Permafrost
Images
National
Geographic photo essay and feature article on vanishing
permafrost.
Quake
Lakes
The
BBC's report on the dangers of lakes formed by
landslides resulting from recent earthquakes in
China.
NPR
story on about one Georgia
community not worried about the drought thanks to their
water treatment system of wetlands and
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Have
you seen something in the news that we should
share? Email me the
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someone who needs this
information?
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AWRA
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AWRA
Associate Members are featured in AWRA's new
Virtual Exhibit
Hall. One of the
many membership benefits of the new
Associate membership category is visible presence
on the AWRA website and an extensive listing in the AWRA
Virtual Exhibit Hall. If your company
would like to be included in the AWRA Virtual
Exhibit Hall, information is here.
Visitors
can ramble the virtual halls of the exhibit hall without
leaving the comfort of your home or office! Use
the alphabetical listing, or do a keyword search to find
what you
need. |
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AWRA
Job Awareness Program
Where
the Water Resources Jobs
Are |
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If
you have a water resources position to fill or if
you're in the market for a new position and want a new
challenge or opportunity, visit the AWRA
Job Awareness Program and
get
connected!
Post a
Job
AWRA
Associate Members receive a significant discount on this
invaluable
service!
With
more than 20,000 hits this month, you can be sure your
position is being seen by the right
people.
If
you have position you'd like to have featured in this
column with a link to your posting on the AWRA Job
Awareness Program, send me an email.
View Open Positions
A
wide variety of disciplines representing open positions
in the private sector, governmental agencies, and
educational institutions. If you're a water
resources professional looking for a new job, start
here.
Available
to AWRA Members at no
charge!
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Calls
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Port
Elizabeth,
South
Africa
June
30, 2008
July
11, 2008
Montclair
State
Univ., NJ
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Here
are a few items of particular interest to AWRA members:
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Connections
The
E-Newsletter of the
American
Water Resources Association
Keeping
You Connected
May
2008 |
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"A
river seems a magic thing. A magic, moving, living part
of the very earth
itself."
- Laura Gilpin
Final
plans have been laid for the upcoming AWRA Summer
Specialty Conference Riparian Ecosystems &
Buffers: Working at the Water's
Edge. Several unique
events and activities have been organized, including a
very special, low cost pre-conference field trip, a
carbon off-setting activity that all the
conference registrants can participate in,
lunches provided each day of the conference (thanks
to our generous sponsors!), and a special showing
of "RiverWebs,"
a film we heard about in response to my February
column introducing the WaterDance Film
Festival (a festival
that takes place in your living room at times
of your own choosing)!
Of
course, there's also the keynotes, concurrent sessions,
and posters, too. If you haven't yet made your
plans to go to Virginia Beach at the
end of June for this outstanding conference, read more
about it below and register today! Earlybird deadline is
June 9, 2008.
Speaking
of WaterDance,
I continue to receive suggestions for more water-themed
movies. This month, I'm recommending a movie I
haven't yet seen, but hope to ... The
Water Front. It's a
documentary about the community of Highland Park,
MI, where
the people who live next to the largest body of fresh
water can no longer afford to use it. It's been
featured at a number of environmental film festivals,
and I'm intrigued. If anyone has seen it, I'd love to hear
what you think.
Terry
Meyer
AWRA
Marketing Director
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AWRA
Riparian Conference
Earlybird
Registration
Deadline:
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2008
AWRA Summer Specialty
Conference
Riparian
Ecosystems and
Buffers:
Working
at the Water's
Edge
Founders
Inn & Spa * Virginia Beach,
VA
An
outstanding program is now available online!
Here
are a few highlights:
36
Scientific Sessions & 37 Scientific
Posters
on
everything riparian
Keynote
Speakers
Dr.
Brian Richter,
The Nature Conservancy
Dr.
James Karr,
University of Washington
Dr.
Bern Sweeney,
Stroud Water Research Center
Dr.
Emily Bernhardt,
Duke University
Mark
Walbridge,
West
Virginia University
W.
Tayloe Murphy (D-43rd
District),
VA House of Delegates
Conference
Special
Events
- Conference
Sponsors Add Value to Your Bottom Line:
Thanks
to the support of our conference sponsors, AWRA is
able to add value to your registration fee:
Lunches on all
three days of the conference are now
included!
- Carbon-Offsetting
Activity Planned: Thanks
to a unique partnership with Pinelands
Nursery & AWRA, the conference will have
a carbon-offsetting activity that is open to
all registrants.
- Field
Trip with Four Stops Only $15 and Filling Fast!
VA
Tech Hampton Roads Agricultural Research Center, VA
DCR's Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve, VIMS
Wachapreague Field Station, Boat trip to Barrier
Island (Sponsored by BCI Engineers & Scientists
and NOAA Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research
Reserve)
Make
your plans to join us in Virginia Beach
today!
Register
today!
Contact
Terry
Meyer
with
questions. |
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Preliminary
Program
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Sheraton
Hotel * New Orleans, LA
AWRA's
Annual Water Resources Conference provides a
multidisciplinary outlet for any subject related to
water resources research, education, and management and,
thus, is a forum for all participants in the
water resources community. The Prorgam Committee is
meeting this week to finalize the program.
Presentations on all topics related to water
resources will be on the program. In addition, the
program will include panel discussions and special
sessions that consist of linked presentations on a
particular topic.
The
Conference will include:
- oral
and poster sessions
- plenary
speakers
- panels
- pre-conference
field trips and short courses
- networking
events
- student
activities
Attendees
will enjoy opportunities for conversations about the
many multidisciplinary aspects of water resources, and
to make connections that will improve their
understanding of the complex water issues of importance
not only to the southeastern United
States but also to the
nation and the world.
Join
us in New
Orleans
for
Community,
Conversation,Connections |
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Water
Resources Information
Occupational Information Network
Program
(O*NET)
The
US Department of Labor is updating their Occupational
Information Network Program (O*NET), which lists
information on occupations and tasks performed by
them. They are currently looking at updating the
O*NET listing for Hydrologist, and are asking for AWRA's
help in identifying occupational experts for the
position of "hydorologist"(defined as those with 5 or
more years of expereicne in the profession). Experts
will be asked to complete an O*NET questionnaire, and to
provide information on the position of
hydrologist. If you're interested, click on the
link and send a message to Dick
Engberg.
The
American Society of Civil Engineers honored
AWRA's Past
President Gerry Galloway with
the ASCE Opal Award for Lifetime Achievement in
Government. Check out the presentation video at
the link. Congratulations,
Gerry!
Science
Without
Borders
Science
Without Borders creates, facilitates and supports
cooperation between scientists, researchers and other
stakeholders of the academic sphere of the African and
the European region. Launched in 2007 as an
initiative of organizations involved in
science-based cooperation between the two regions, it
focuses on small-scale, short-term cooperative efforts
that provide quick wins for those who are usually not
reached through big framework
initiatives.
Climate
Change Collection Added to
The
Encyclopedia of Earth has launched a new Climate Change
Collection, which includes an electronic version of the
IPCC Nobel Prize-winning reports, articles by climate
experts, biographies of individuals who have made
important contributions to climate science and policy, a
timeline of key events in the history of climate science
and policy, and climate glossary, and much more.
The
Environmental Law Institute has released
a reference valuable for buffers in general
entitled, "Planner's Guide to Wetland Buffers for Local
Governments." It's available for download free at
the link.
The Green
Parent
The
Green Parent
by Jenn Savedge is a resource for earth-friendly
living. While it's title implies its only for
the parents among us, the tips, tools, and resources
included between its covers can be used by anyone
wishing to live a more environmentally responsible
lifestyle. The publishers of The
Green Parent have teamed up
with AWRA to offer this handy publication at a discount
AND support the AWRA Richard A. Herbert Memorial
Scholarship Fund. Each book purchased online
between May 1 and July 31, 2008 will have an
additional 5% discount off the already dscounted online
purchase price of $9.95. The discount and
scholarship proceeds also applies to any of their
eco-merchandise line (books, games, bags,
etc.). Simply visit the link, create your
order and on the payment page enter "RHMSFUND"
in the "Special Offer Discount Coupon Box" and then
click "Update Price."
PhD Scholarships in
Water Law
Completed
Applications due June 20,
2008
Applications
are invited for up to four fully funded PhD Studentships
in Water Law within the Dundee UNESCO HELP Centre for
Water Law, Policy and Science, part of the Graduate
School of Management and Policy (College of Arts &
Social Sciences). This interdisciplinary research centre
is the only UNESCO Centre in the UK and the
first of its kind in the world. The core mission of the
UNESCO Centre is to develop a new generation of local
water leaders, primarily through research excellence and
its innovative "Water Law, Water Leaders" graduate
programme. The UNESCO Centre has established a series of
research clusters in the areas of water law, policy and
science. In the specific area of water law we have
developed three separate but inter-connected research
theme groupings: (i) international water law (public
international law); (ii) comparative national water law,
and (iii) regulation of water services law. At
least one studentship / research associate post will be
offered within each of these clusters, with the fourth
likely to fall within the area of public international
water law. Initial inquiries can be made at
the link above.
ASBPA
Seeks Awards
Nominations
The
American Shore & Beach Preservation Association is
accepting nominations for its 2008 Awards, including the
Morrough P. O'Brien Award, the ASBPA Student Educational
Award, and the ASBPA Coastal Project Award.
Information and nomination instructions available at the
link.
Recently,
AWRA's "books-on-demand" provider for out-of-print
publications has stopped providing this service.
If you are interested in a single article ($15) or
a complete proceedings or monograph, send an email
to info@awra.org. A complete listing
of available publications is provided at the
link. |
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AWRA
State
Section Activities
Florida
AWRA
State
Section
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Other Water Resources
Conferences
Hyatt
Regency Tamaya Resort * Albuquerque,
NM
Eighth
International Scientific Conference on Modern Management of
Mine Producing, Geology, and Environmental
Protection
Albena
Resort * Bulgaria
June 16-20,
2008
River
Restoration: Fluvial Geomorphic & Ecological
Processes
Beaumont de
Ventoux * Provence, France
June 21-27,
2008
Ninth
International Conference on
Permafrost
University
of Alaska/Fairbanks * Fairbanks, AK
June 29 - July 3, 2008
HydroVision
2008
Sacramento, CA
July 14-18,
2008
Fourth
IWA Young Professionals Conference
Berkeley, CA
July 16-18,
2008
Penn State University * University Park,
PA
Building
Sustainable Communities for the 21st
Century
Charleston, South
Carolina
August
12-14, 2008
Fifth
International Engineering and Construction
Conference
Univ of
California, Irvine
August
27-29, 2008
September 2-5,
2008
Portland-Lloyd Center, Portland, OR
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
September
21-24, 2008
Las
Vegas, NV
October
8-10, 2008
Fourth
National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat
Restoration
Rhode
Island Convention
Center * Providence, RI
October
11-15, 2008
International
Conference on Nonrenewable Ground Water
Resources
Portland, OR
October
13-14, 2008
Coastal
Georgia
Center *
Savannah,
GA
2008
AIH Annual Meeting & International
Conference
Houston, TX
October
19-21, 2008
Westin
Seattle * Seattle, WA
AIT Conference Center * Bangkok,
Thailand
Istanbul Lutfi Kirdar
Convention & Exhibition Centre * Istanbul,
Turkey
March
16-22, 2009
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