Water at Risk: Managing Life’s Essential Element

Earth, Wind & Water

September 13-16, Water at Risk: Managing Life’s Essential Element

• Tuesday, September 13, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Research Presentations & Panel Discussion, Berry Center Auditorium
  • “Wyoming Water: There is More than Fish in the Sea. An Overview of Water-borne Diseases,” Lauren Biehle, School of Pharmacy
  • “From Snow to Streamflow: Measuring and Predicting How Water Moves Around Wyoming Landscapes,” Brent Ewers, Botany & WyCEHG (Wyoming Center for Environmental Hydrology and Geophysics)
  • "Climate Change, People, and the Western U.S. Water Conundrum,” JJ Shinker, Geography
  • “The Life and Times of the Yellowstone River Compact: Reflections and Visions at the Close of Montana v. Wyoming,” Jason Robison, College of Law
    
    
• Planetarium Show – Water Around the Worlds
  • Wednesday, September 14, 6 p.m., UW Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium (by invitation)
  • Friday, September 16, 7 p.m., UW Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium (normal Planetarium schedule)
    
    The University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium is located in the basement of the Physical Science building. Enter the Physical Science building at the SW entrance, go down the stairs and follow the signs pointing to the planetarium. For more information on the Harry C. Vaughan UW Planetarium see: http://www.uwyo.edu/physics/_files/docs/planetarium.html.
    
    
• Thursday, September 15, 7:00 p.m., Gryphon Theatre, Our Local Epic, an award winning documentary film about the passion it takes to save one of North America’s deepest canyons, the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River from development. Sponsored by the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources