By Shelby Ruud
Two special-topic
sessions hosted by a panel of water resource professionals and researchers will
be the highlight of the annual Spring Runoff Conference on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The conference, which
will be held in the Eccles Conference Center on the USU campus, will focus on
water-related issues involving all areas of water science.
The first session will
discuss the expansion of Clean Water Act protection to headwater streams and
geographically-isolated bodies of water.
The second session will
discuss the science and policy of managing the amount of flow left in rivers to
sustain ecological functions.
Jack Schmidt, a
professor in the Department of Watershed Sciences at USU and the organizer of
the second session, said that the lack of snowfall this year and its effect on
the Colorado River Basin will be important topics at the session.
“I did not realize how
topical this session would be,” he said. “The Spring Runoff Conference is
literally the place to be for those individuals working in Colorado River
policy.”
Along with the two
sessions, the conference will consist of a keynote talk by Professor Lynn
Ingram from the University of California, Berkeley and a poster session
emphasizing regional research by faculty and students.
“Attendees of the
conference will gain a better knowledge of the issues affecting water quality
and quantity,” said Charles Hawkins, the head of USU’s Department of Watershed
Sciences and the chairman of the conference.
Registration for the
conference is $100. Students can register for free.
More information about
the conference can be found at http://water.usu.edu/htm/conference.
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