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Contact: Carolyn Gonzales 277-5920
cgonzal@unm.edu

Sept. 18, 2007

UNM Hosts Annual Water Forum Oct. 5

The University of New Mexico hosts the annual UNM Water Forum on Friday, Oct. 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the UNM Student Union Building Lobo rooms A&B. The event features presentations from different segments of the campus water community and invited guests.

The event is free, but those wanting to attend need to register by Monday, Oct. 1 at the Water Forum Web site: http://research.unm.edu/NewsEvents/register/.

“The Water Forum brings together guests and UNM community members who are engaged in water research so that we can learn from one another and share our work,” said Tim J. Ward, assistant vice president for research. He said that the goal is to continue a dialog that will lead to collaboration, partnerships and synthesis of ideas for expanding interdisciplinary research and creative activity on water topics.

Presentation topics include water as art, climate and snowmelt, economic valuation of water level changes, international watershed management and water quality.

Sandy Gaines, the new director of the UNM Law School’s Utton Transboundary Resources Center, will talk about his vision and goals for the center. Jennifer Parody will present, “Endangered Species and the Middle Rio Grande,” and Erik Webb, Sandia National Laboratories and Senator Pete Domenici staffer, will provide a perspective on selected federal water activities.

Sponsors of the forum are the UNM Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development and the UNM Water Resources Program.

For more information, contact Amy Cordoba at 277-0168 or acordoba@unm.edu, or Tim J. Ward at 277—2328 or tjward@unm.edu.

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