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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
websites. |
| The Gulf's
Growing 'Dead Zone'
Time magazine article by Bryan Walsh on
the growing hypoxic event in the Gulf of
Mexico
NY Times story about an innovative stream
restoration
An examination of how much
water it takes to produce things by Fred Pearce in
Forbes magazine.
Christian Science Monitor visits the lake region in
Turkey that is rapidly disappearing.
Links to several NPR stories on levees going
back two years.
MSNBC map of flood-ravaged reagion with links
to video and slideshows.
And here are a couple of interviews with our very
own Gerry Galloway (AWRA Past-President) on the state of
the nation's levees:
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Have you seen something in the news that
we should share? Email me the
link. |
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Know someone who needs this
information?
Pass it on!
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| AWRA Opens
Virtual Exhibit Hall |
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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. |
| 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
for Abstracts |
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San Diego, CA
March 9-12, 2009
Submit Abstracts by:
July
11, 2008
Montclair
State Univ., NJ
October
17-18, 2008
Submit
Abstracts by:
July
15, 2008
Newport Beach, CA
March 30-April 2, 2009
Submit Abstracts by:
August 4,
2008
May 17-21, 2009
Submit
Abstracts
by:
September 17, 2008
August 10-14, 2009
Submit Abstracts by:
December 1,
2008
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AWRA Member
News Here are a few
items of particular interest to AWRA members:
AWRA's Member-Get-a-Member
program is underway! Talk to your colleagues about
AWRA, and be rewarded! Info at the link.
Current Corporate and
Institutional members recently received notification of
this change to the membership categories resulting from
the bylaws change this summer. Contact Terry
Meyer if
you have questions about the new category, or aren't
sure what your options are for the 2008 membership
year. You can read about the benefits at the
link.
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Connections
The
E-Newsletter of the
American
Water Resources Association
Keeping
You Connected
June
2008 |
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"If it keep on
raining, the levee's gonna break
If it keep on
raining, the levee's gonna break
Some of these
people don't know which road to
take"
Bob Dylan, The Levee's Gonna
Break
"Cryin' won't help
you
Prayin' won't do you no good
When the levee
breaks
Mama you got to move"
Led Zeppelin, When the Levee
Breaks
"Drove
my Chevy to the levee
But the levee was
dry"
Don McLean, American
Pie
Once again, levees
are in the news. Unfortunately, they aren't dry --
they are soaked, "boiling," overtopped, and
breached. 500-year-floods are again impacting
communities all along the Mississippi River in a tragic
replay of the 1993 floods of the same area. In "The
Media of Water" I've included a number of links to
recent media accounts of these events in the
Midwest.
Meanwhile, AWRA is right now meeting in
Virginia Beach on the topic of Riparian
Ecosystems & Buffers, and plans are well
underway for our Annual
Water Resources Conference taking place this year
where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico,
and the site of a flooding disaster on the heels of
Hurricane Katrina -- New Orleans, LA.
We've also just opened our Call for Abstracts on
the topic of Managing
Water Resources and Development in a Changing Climate
for the 2009 AWRA Spring Specialty Conference.
While it's slated to take place in Anchorage, AK, far
from the flooding, the topic could not be more
timely. We expect to have sessions devoted
to drought and flood co-management, meeting future
water-supply needs, ecosystem impacts, and
water-management challenges.
Join us at any or all of these conferences.
For WaterDance this
month, send me your
favorite songs about rivers (or other bodies of water),
floods, disasters, maritime events, or odes to their
beauty ... I'll share your suggestions on the
AWRA Water
Blog next month, and you can pull together a
water-drenched playlist for your iPOD.
Best,
Terry
Meyer
AWRA Marketing
Director |
| Call for Abstracts Now
Open! |
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2009 AWRA Spring Specialty
Conference
Anchorage Marriott Downtown *
Anchorage, AK
May 4-6, 2009
AWRA has been a leader in the national
dialogue on many aspects of climate change and water
resources. The U.S. National Assessment on the Potential
Consequences of Climate Variability and Change took
place in the late 1990's with significant contributions
by AWRA and its membership. In 1999, AWRA's Spring
Specialty Conference on Potential Consequences of
Climate Variability and Change to Water Resources of the
United States, and was followed by the publication of
more than 30 articles in JAWRA.
What has transpired in the 10 years since
the
1999 AWRA
conference?
How have the predictions and concerns
presented in the assessment of these issues developed?
We will have a full agenda covering water
resources issues from around the country set in the
backdrop of America's frontier, Alaska, during its
fiftieth year since statehood. Meeting topics include
meeting future water-supply needs, drought and flood
co-management, ecosystem impacts, and water-management
challenges. Additionally, since the Arctic is a place
where change is expected to occur sooner and with
greater effect, Alaska will be an ideal place to examine
the many changes that are happening locally and effects
on meeting the young state's development interests and
the nation's energy needs.
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| Preliminary Program
Coming
Soon! |
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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
AWRA Launches "Mash-Ups"
on:
If you've
ever thought it would be helpful to see all the AWRA
resources available on a particular water resources
topic, you'll love the new mash-ups AWRA has pulled
together on several popular topics covered time and
again in AWRA conferences, JAWRA articles, and IMPACT
issues. The links above will take you to the
three mash-ups currently available. More topics
will follow!
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
maps of the National Wetlands Inventory are now
available for viewing using Google Earth. The wetlands
inventory includes wetlands data for approximately 60
percent of the conterminous U.S., as well as portions of
Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.
US
Botanic Garden's Summer Exhibit: One Planet -
Ours!
The US Botanic Garden's
summer exhibition this year will focus on sustainability
- not only how it applies to gardens and the landscape,
but also how each of us and our communities can live for
tomorrow, as well as for today. 'One Planet - Ours!
Sustainability for the 22nd Century' will showcase
garden displays on the Conservatory Terrace and
interpretive and sculptural displays in the National
Garden and Bartholdi Park. It's open now through October
13.
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."
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. |
| AWRA State
Section Activities
Florida AWRA State
Section
Key Largo,
FL
July 24-26,
2008 |
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