Seminar Series

OSU hosts three water-related seminar series each year.

  • In the Fall, the IWW sponsors a water resources seminar series that usually has a water management focus. You can view the schedule from the Fall 2005 Series below.
  • In the Winter, the Hydrophiles water resources club sponsors a seminar series. The Winter 2006 Series focused on OSU Hydrology Alumni and their current jobs and projects - click here for the complete schedule.
  • In the Spring, Hydrophiles, various OSU departments, the IWW, and others sponsor a Spring Hydrology Seminar Series. The Spring 2006 hosts and organizers are Jeff McDonnell, Dept of Forest Engineering, and Julia Jones, Department of Geosciences - click here for the 2006 seminar schedule.

Various departments sponsor other water resources related seminars throughout the academic year. For a calendar of upcoming events, please see our Water Resources Calendar.

 

The schedule for the IWW 2005 Fall Water Resources Seminar Series is listed below.


Eddies and Edification: Environmental Flows and Lessons Learned From Conflict

The seminar will meet on Wednesdays between 4:30-5:30 pm in Apperson Hall 212. Click here for a map to Apperson Hall.

The seminar is open to the public. Students can also enroll for one course credit using the course number and code CE 407 and CE 507.

For more information contact: 541-737- 4032.

Click here to download the seminar schedule in pdf format.

Date Title and Speaker
5-Oct


True Grit: Gravel, Grain, and the Oregon Aggregate/Agriculture Consensus Group Experience – Elaine Hallmark and Greg Wolf, National Policy Consensus Center, Portland State University, Portland, OR

12-Oct

The Salt Lake Valley Groundwater Management Plan: Setting the Pace in the Land of Zion and Beyond? – Jared Manning, Utah Division of Water Rights, Salt Lake City, UT

19-Oct

The Klamath Basin: Can We Keep the Wheels On? – Dave Sabo, USBR Area Manager, Klamath Falls, OR

26-Oct

Lessons Learned from the Drought of 2005 – Oregon Department of Water Resources, Salem, OR

2-Nov

The Economics of Environmental Conflict Resolution in Oregon – Andy Rowe, Ph.D., GHK International, Aiken, SC

9-Nov

Groundwater Management in the Umatilla Basin: Fish, Farms and Faith in Collaboration – Kate Ely, Hydrologist, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, OR

16-Nov

Conflict or Cooperation: North America‘s Transboundary Aquifers, International Law, and a UN Treaty Initiative – Gabriel Eckstein, Assoc. Professor of Law, Texas Tech. University, Lubbock, TX

23-Nov

Volatile Volunteering: Water for People or Fish and the Marys River Situation – Jim Fairchild and Sandra Coveny, Marys River Watershed Council, Philomath, OR

30-Nov

Augmenting Water Storage in the Yakima River Basin: Processes and Procedures – Kim McCartney, USBR Storage Study Manager, Yakima, WA