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Pat Mulroy video - California Colloquium on Water
Free Publications (05/4)
Conference: Exploring Solutions for CA's Complex Water Issues
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04.11.07::   California Colloquium on Water: On April 10, Ellen Hanak -- Research Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California -- discussed "Envisioning Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta" as part of the California Colloquium on Water. You can now access streaming video of the lecture and view Hanak's PowerPoint presentation from the Colloquium webpage.
Visit the Web page for further information and for streaming video and PowerPoints from previous lectures.
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Next lecture: May 1 -- Pat Mulroy, General Manager, Southern Nevada Water Authority: "Overcoming the Traditions That Divide Us - Tomorrow's Reliable Water Supply Dependent Upon Partnerships"

04.11.07::   Free Publications: A new Free Publications list has been posted.
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04.04.07::  Recent Acquisitions: no. 228, April 2007 (.pdf) [previous acquisitions lists]
Selected Recent Accessions is compiled bi-monthly by WRCA staff. The lists include materials (all media) which have been added to the collection.
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03.26.07::   California Colloquium on Water: On March 13, B. Lynn Ingram -- Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Geography, University of California, Berkeley -- discussed "Late Pleistocene to Holocene Evolution of the San Francisco Bay" as part of the California Colloquium on Water. You can now access streaming video of the lecture and view Ingram's PowerPoint presentation from the Colloquium webpage. Visit the Web page for further information and for streaming video and PowerPoints from previous lectures.
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Next lecture: April 10 -- Ellen Hanak, Research Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California: "Envisioning Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta"

02.26.07::   California Colloquium on Water: On February 13, Steve Ritchie, Executive Project Manager, South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project discussed "The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project: The Wild Heart of Silicon Valley" as part of the California Colloquium on Water. You can now access streaming video of the lecture and view Ritchie's PowerPoint presentation from the Colloquium webpage. Visit the Web page for further information and for streaming video and PowerPoints from previous lectures.
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12.19.06::   Professor Wiegel - Tsunami bibliography: UC Berkeley Emeritus Professor Robert L. Wiegel has just completed Part 3 of Tsunami Information Sources, an exhaustive bibliography on all aspects of tsunami research. His original work focused on tsunami generation (sources, impulsive mechanisms), propagation, effects of nearshore bathymetry, and wave run-up on shore - including physical (hydraulic) modeling and numerical modeling. Professor Wiegel has since expanded to an even broader scope. All three volumes are available online from WRCA's page on tsunami sources.

12.12.06::   California Colloquium on Water: The Spring 2007 schedule has been confirmed. See the California Colloquium on Water webpage for speakers, dates, and further information, including streaming video and slide presentations from previous events.
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12.12.06::   California Colloquium on Water: Mike Taugher, Environmental Reporter for the Contra Costa Times discussed "When the Environment and Politics Collide: Recent Developments in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta" on December 5, 2006. You can now access streaming video of the lecture and view Taugher's PowerPoint presentation from the Colloquium webpage. Visit the webpage for further information and streaming video of previous lectures.
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12.08.06::  4th Annual Berkeley River Restoration Symposium: Restoration of Rivers and Streams (LA 227) -- Taught since 1992 (the longest-running course devoted to river restoration at a major research university), this course emphasizes understanding of underlying goals and assumptions of restoration and integration of science into restoration planning and design. Students review restoration plans and evaluate completed projects. In addition to lectures and discussions by the instructor, students, and an extraordinary set of guest lecturers drawn from the active restoration community, the principal course requirement is an independent term project involving original research and a presentation at this Symposium, 9 December 2006, 8am-12:30pm, 112 Wurster Hall.

12.07.06::   PRESS RELEASE: Dennis Underwood Colorado River Collection: An historic collection of reports, letters and significant documents detailing and honoring nearly 20 years of work along the Colorado River by the late Dennis B. Underwood, esteemed Western water expert and former commissioner of the federal Bureau of Reclamation, will be collected and maintained under a new partnership announced today by the Water Resources Center Archives (WRCA). WRCA will join the Bureau, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the California Department of Water Resources to assemble, preserve, catalog and provide public access to the "Dennis Underwood Colorado River Collection." Underwood, commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation from 1989 to 1993 and WRCA Advisory Board member, passed away in November 2005, just months after being named Metropolitan’s chief executive officer and general manager.
Read the complete press release (.pdf).

11.29.06::  2007 Calendar: WRCA and ITSL's annual wall calendar is now available. Mountains to Mouths: Development of the San Francisco Bay Area's Water Supply illustrates the intriguing history of water supply to the Bay Area from the Sierra. For more information and to order copies, visit our calendar webpage.
Also check the Berkeleyan's article about our calendar: Bay Area water history, one month at a time: Library calendar documents H2O's journey from 'Mountains to Mouths'

11.28.06::   California Colloquium on Water: Diana Jacobs - Deputy Director (retired) and Science Advisor, California Dept. of Fish & Game - discussed "Tales of the New Fish Patrol: Saving California's Largest River - The Mighty Sacramento" on November 14, 2006. You can now watch the streaming video of the lecture and view Jacob's PowerPoint presentation online. See the California Colloquium on Water Web page for further information, including streaming video and slide presentations from previous events.
Join the California Colloquium on Water listserv to receive email reminders and announcements of newly scheduled lectures. The final lecture for the Fall Semester will occur on December 5th.

11.02.06::  Calendar of Events: WRCA, among others, actively updates a campus calendar of events hosted by the College of Natural Resources (CNR). WRCA is particularly interested in highlighting water-related lectures and films at UCB. Please visit the CNR calendar of events at http://nature.berkeley.edu/calendar/week.php.

10.16.06::   California Colloquium on Water: Greg Hobbs - Justice, Colorado Supreme Court - discussed "The Role of Climate on Water Institutions in the Western Americas" on October 10. You can now watch the streaming video of the lecture and view Justice Hobbs' PowerPoint presentation online. See the California Colloquium on Water Web page for further information, including streaming video and slide presentations from previous events.
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10.10.06::  WRCA News Vol. 13:1 (October 2006) [.pdf]
In this issue
»Negotiating Tribal Water Rights
»California Colloquium on Water
»Archival News
»In Memoriam: David Todd
»Announcements
»Donors 2006
»Join Friends of the Archives

Also see previous newsletters and note that Free Publications are no longer listed within WRCA News.
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10.02.06::   California Colloquium on Water: Ray Seed - Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley discussed "New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina: Lessons for California’s Levees" on September 12. You can now watch the streaming video of the lecture and view Prof. Seed's PowerPoint presentation online. See the California Colloquium on Water Web page for further information, including streaming video and slide presentations from previous events.
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08.21.06::  River Restoration at Berkeley: River Restoration at Berkeley is a new Web site created by Prof. Kondolf (LAEP) in collaboration with WRCA that documents the past four decades and ongoing restoration activities occurring at UC Berkeley. The site includes restoration research (National River Restoration Science Synthesis, Independent term project research & symposia, and PhD and master’s theses in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning), descriptions of relevant courses (LA201, LA22, LA227, LA229, ES10, ES25, ESPM115B, CE113N, and LA228), a calendar of relevant conferences and workshops worldwide, and (coming soon) jobs, grants, and post-doctoral opportunities.