GRAD 592

Fall 2009 theme:

Environmental Protection and Water Management: Are They Compatible?

Monday, 4:00pm
Clark A - Room 206 (note the room change)
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

The purpose of the 2009 Interdisciplinary Water Resources Seminar (GRAD 592) is to examine how the environment is protected as water supplies are developed and managed in Colorado. More specifically, the seminar will:

  1. Examine environmental laws, institutions and policies that affect water development
  2. Understand current approaches to environmental protection and water management
  3. Discuss the evolution of environmental protection and public participation in water management
  4. Examine current Colorado water case studies to understand the management of public water supply, growth, environmental mitigation, endangered species needs, water quality protection and other topics.

Students interested in taking the one-credit seminar should sign up for GRAD592, Water Resources Seminar, CRN 67067. Grading will be on a pass/fail basis with student participation and written assignments comprising the grade requirement. The seminar will be held at 4:00 P.M. Monday afternoons in Room A-206 Clark Bldg. (Students who have enrolled in GRAD592 in the past, can also enroll for this offering). For further information, contact Reagan Waskom at Reagan.waskom@colostate.edu

All interested faculty, students and off-campus water professionals are encouraged to attend and participate.

GRAD592 Fall 2009 Grading

Please download the grading policy here.
Check your grade here with your CSUID

 

2009

Expand/Collapse[08-24] First Class, Organizational Meeting

Lecture Title: Organizational Meeting

Expand/Collapse[08-31] Mark Fiege & Jared Orsi, History

Lecture Title: Environmental History as a Tool in Water Resource Protection and Management. Presentation recorded here

Expand/Collapse[09-07] Labor Day, No Class

Lecture Title:

Expand/Collapse[09-14] Bennett Raley, Denver Firm of Trout, Raley, Montano, Witwer & Freeman, P.C.

Lecture Title: An Inside Look at the Development and Implementation of Water Policy in the Department of the Interior. Download Water 2025 and Press Excerpts

Expand/Collapse[09-21] John Sanderson, The Nature Conservancy

Lecture Title: Conservation Priorities & Environmental Flow Quantification: Colorado's Non-Consumptive Needs Assessment

Expand/Collapse[09-28] Steve Gunderson, Colorado Department of Public Health & Env.

Lecture Title: State's Role in Water Quality Protection & Management

Expand/Collapse[10-05] Jennifer Pitt, Environmental Defense Fund

Lecture Title: Resolving Transboundary Environmental Issues

Expand/Collapse[10-12] David Freeman, Sociology

Lecture Title: Negotiating Better Environmental Governance in the Platte River Basin: Implementing the Endangered Species Act

Expand/Collapse[10-19] Taylor Hawes, The Nature Conservancy

Lecture Title: Holistic Management of the Colorado River System

Expand/Collapse[10-26] Russ Clayshulte, Bear Creek Watershed Association

Lecture Title: Public Participation in Water Management - Case Study: Bear Creek Watershed

Expand/Collapse[11-02] Tom Iseman, Western Governors' Association

Lecture Title: Water Management & the Environment: Programs & Priorities for the Western Governors

Expand/Collapse[11-09] Melinda Kassen, Trout Unlimited

Lecture Title: Environmental Protection & Water Supply Development -- Legal Tools and Constraints

Expand/Collapse[11-16] Ayn Schmit, US EPA

Lecture Title: 35 Years of The Clean Water Act - Are We There Yet?

Expand/Collapse[11-23] Thanksgiving Break, No Class

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Expand/Collapse[11-30] Ted Kowalski, Colorado Water Conservation Board

Lecture Title: Instream Flow Protection Program & Wild & Scenic Designations to protect Colorado Waters

Expand/Collapse[12-07] Final Class, Student Discussion & Participation

Lecture Title: Student Discussion & Participation

Expand/Collapse[12-14] Final Exams, No Class

Lecture Title: No Class

 
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