As part of the WRRC’s Indigenous Water Dialogues, we are pleased to announce a special panel discussion of INHABITANTS: Indigenous Perspectives On Restoring Our World, as well as free screening for all event registrants.
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Featured Event
May 16 4:00PM
Special Event
Special Event: INHABITANTS: Indigenous Perspectives On Restoring Our World
Previous Events
May 2 3:00PM
Special Event
Special Event: Counter Mapping Articulates What Is Between
As a lifelong farmer, land and water practitioner, natural resources manager, and museum director, Jim Enote has thought hard about maps and mapping by challenging how we think about, use, and view maps.
Apr 19 12:00PM
Brown Bag
Brown Bag Webinar - Civil Society in the Binational Agreements of the Colorado River...
Non-Governmental Organizations, or NGOs, is the name that was given to civil society in several of the Minutes from the 1944 Treaty on International Waters between the United States and Mexico. The NGOs appear as party to a three-way contribution of water for the environment in Minutes 316, 319, and 323. But the contribution of the NGOs to the accomplishments of these Minutes in the Colorado River extends beyond the traditional place of environmental advocates, contributing as shuttle diplomats to facilitate cross-border understanding.
Apr 11 3:00PM
Special Event
Native Voices in STEM - Environmental Justice
Dr. Tommy Rock is a member of the Navajo Nation from Monument Valley, Utah. He currently is the first in his family to have received a doctoral degree. In 2002, Dr. Rock received his Bachelor's degree in Environmental Geography and Recreational Management from Arizona State University.
Apr 7 12:00PM
Brown Bag
WRRC Brown Bag - Public Interest, Indigenous Rights, and the Los Angeles Aqueduct
This presentation offers a critical reassessment of the emblematic water conflict over the Los Angeles Aqueduct, one of the first large inter-basin water transfers in the American West. Based on three years of in-depth archival, ethnographic, and collaborative research, it examines how public, private, and tribal interests have been weighed in decision-making about this water transfer over the course of more than a century of social, regulatory, and environmental change.
Mar 29 12:00PM
Brown Bag
Brown Bag Webinar: Looking Upstream: An Upper Basin Perspective
Brought to you by the WRRC and the Colorado Water Center at Colorado State University, this panel will focus on an Upper Basin perspective of current Colorado River issues. The Upper Basin does not have the luxury of pulling water out of reservoirs to supply its water users. Climate change and the prior appropriation system control water uses and naturally limit water use. Panelists will discuss the Upper Basin Drought Contingency Plan and the methods being used to efficiently use water from the Colorado River.
Mar 22 12:30PM
Special Event
World Water Day Teach-In
Join Pima County District 5 and the WRRC virtually on Tuesday, March 22nd, at 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. for a World Water Day Teach-In! Supervisor Grijalva's District 5 Office will be hosting this space to encourage the community to learn more about the Santa Cruz River Heritage Project and the challenges we face as a desert community with water conservation.
Mar 14 3:00PM
Special Event
Native Voices in STEM - Wastewater-Based Epidemiology in Tribal Communities
Dr. Otakuye Conroy-Ben is an Assistant Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Build Environment at Arizona State University. Conroy-Ben received a BS in Chemistry from the University of Notre Dame, an MA in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Arizona, and a PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of Arizona. Her research focuses on the biological effects of polluted water. Her research interests include environmental endocrine disruption, metal and antibiotic resistance in bacteria, and wastewater epidemiology.
Feb 16 4:00PM
Special Event
WRRC Chocolate Fest 2022
Please join us from 4:00 to 5:00 pm MST on Wednesday, February 16 for the WRRC’s Annual Chocolate Fest! This two-part virtual program of celebration will include announcement of our 2021 Annual Photo Contest winners!
Feb 15 12:00PM
Brown Bag
Brown Bag Webinar: All In: Confronting Southern Nevada's New Water Reality
Due to prolonged drought, overall snowfall and runoff into the Colorado River Basin are at all-time lows, resulting in the combined water storage in the river's two primary reservoirs—Lakes Powell and Mead—dropping to just 32 percent of capacity. The Secretary of the Interior recently announced the first-ever shortage declaration, reducing the availability of Colorado River supplies to Nevada in 2022. Projections indicate that Lake Mead water levels will continue to decline, and the likelihood of shortage remains high in future years.
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