Institute for Water and Watersheds

Oregon State University's second annual Natural Resources Leadership Academy will be held June 17-21 and June 24-28 in Corvallis, This academy is a unique opportunity for professionals and graduate students to enhance leadership skills, gain knowledge and connect with others in natural resources fields. Students can enroll for one week or both and can earn up to 7 credits toward a graduate degree or gain continuing education credits. IWW interim director Todd Jarvis is one of the instructors and courses are relevant for water resources professionals.

Courses include:

• PS 575. Environmental and Natural Resources Politics and Policy
• FW 599. Applying Risk Analysis to Invasive Species and Sustainable Natural Resources
• WRP 599. Wicked Problems in Natural Resources: Negotiations, Decision-Making, and the Public
• MPP 507. Public Leadership
• SNR 520. Social Aspects of Sustainable Natural Resources

Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation will hold its fourth annual Water Film Series in the community room at Oregon Coast Community College, 400 SE College Way in South Beach. The films will show from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The series kicks off Tuesday, April 2, with “Source to Sea - The Columbia River Swim.” The 90-minute film is “a broad, sobering look at the history and destiny of what the indigenous people call Che Wana, the Columbia River.” The film also tells the story of why Christopher Swain subjected himself to a 13-month swim down its 1,243-mile length. Using the swim as a thread, the present condition of the great river of the west is revealed.