| New Layperson’s Water Guide Free on New WRRC Web Site Among its myriad and various activities, WRRC undertakes community outreach and public education knowing that a water-informed citizenry is essential to good public policy. To promote the cause of a water-savvy citizenry the WRRC is offering the recently published Layperson’s Guide to Arizona Water online as a public service. Free for the taking, the file can be downloaded in PDF format from the WRRC website: http://ag.arizona.edu/AZWATER/ There is much here to whet (or wet) the interests of readers wanting to know more about Arizona’s water legacy and affairs. The guide meets a longstanding need, offering information about state water issues in a single, reader-friendly publication. Readers will gain an appreciation of Arizona water affairs in many of their diverse, variable, complex and colorful details. The scope of the publication ranges from the building of Hohokam irrigation canals to current strategies for increasing water supplies to details of recent public policy issues. Those who would benefit from the publication include new arrivals to the state, long-time residents and water professionals, all finding in the guide something to satisfy their water interests. Downloading the Layperson’s Guide to Arizona Water will not only provide an abundance of useful water information but also will be an opportunity to check out the new WRRC web site. The web site was recently redesigned to be more attractively formatted and to allow easier and more complete access to WRRC on-line resources.
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Conflict Resolution Conference Focuses on Collaborative Process
To learn more about collaborative resource management, attend an upcoming
conference hosted by the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution
in Tucson May 22-24. Conference sessions and training workshops will focus
on how to improve collaborative stakeholder processes and participate
more effectively in multi-party negotiations and conflict resolution.
Many of the cases referred to and lessons learned will be drawn from experiences
in ecosystem management and water resources planning, including collaborative
water resources modeling and habitat restoration projects. For additional
information check www.ecr.gov
Water Quality RFA Issued
The National Integrated Water Quality Program has issued a Request for
Applications from National Facilitation Projects, Extension Education
Projects, and Integrated Research, Education, and Extension projects.
The closing date for the RFA is April 04. Priority areas or interests
for each of the projects, along with other information pertaining to the
RFA, are available at: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/fundview.cfm?fonum=1134.
Questions regarding the content of the RFA should be directed to Mike
O’Neill (moneill@csrees.usda.gov; 202-205-5952).
Conference on State, Federal Roles in Climate Change
The William H. Rehnquist Center, at the James E. Rogers College of Law,
and the Institute for the Study of Planet Earth, University of Arizona,
are conducting a one-day conference on the future of the federal-state
relationship in addressing climate change; the event will be held Feb.
11 in Tucson. Titled “Federalism and Climate Change: The Role of
the States in a Future Federal Regime,” the conference will present
leading academics on federalism, along with appellate court judges, business
leaders and policymakers, to discuss what the role of state governments
should be as the federal government takes action in response to global
climate change. Panels will address the following topics: states as actors
on the global stage; federalism: successful and unsuccessful models for
a future climate regulatory regime; and constitutional constraints upon
state action. Keynote speaker will be Hon. Stephen Breyer, U.S. Supreme
Court. For additional information and to register online check: www.rehnquistcenter.org
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