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Keynote
Speakers:
 Dr.
Peter Gleick
President
Dr.
Peter H. Gleick is co-founder and President of the Pacific Institute
for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security. Dr. Gleick
is an internationally recognized expert on global freshwater resources,
including the hydrologic impacts of climate change, sustainable
water use, privatization and globalization, and international conflicts
over water resources.
Dr. Gleick received a B.S. from Yale University and an M.S. and
Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1988 he received
a MacArthur Foundation Research and Writing Fellowship for research
on global climate change, water, and international security.
He serves on the boards of numerous journals and organizations and
was elected an Academician of the International Water Academy, in
Oslo, Norway, in 1999. In 2001 he was appointed to the Water Science
and Technology Board of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington,
D.C. Dr. Gleick is the author of many scientific papers and four
books, including the biennial water report The World's Water published
by Island Press (Washington, D.C.).
Selected
Recent Publications for Peter H. Gleick
BOOKS
Gleick, P.H. et al. 2002 (in press). The World's Water 2002-2003:
The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources. Island Press, Washington,
D.C.
Gleick, P.H. 2000. The World's Water 2000-2001: The Biennial Report
on Freshwater Resources. Island Press, Washington, D.C.
Gleick, P.H. 1998. The World's Water 1998-1999: The Biennial Report
on Freshwater Resources. Island Press, Washington, D.C. [Chinese
edition published in Beijing, 2001)
Gleick, P.H. (ed.) 1993. Water in Crisis: A Guide to the World's
Fresh Water Resources. Oxford University Press, New York.
Note: Data sets from The World's Water can be found online at the
World Water Website.
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Gleick, P.H. 2001. "Making Every Drop Count." Scientific
American, February, pp. 28-33.
Gleick, P.H. 2000. "The changing water paradigm: A look at
twenty-first century water resources development." Water International,
Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 127-138.
Gleick, P.H. 1999. "The human right to water." Water Policy,
Vol. 1, pp. 487-503.
Gleick, P.H. 1998. "Water in crisis: Paths to sustainable water
use." Ecological Applications
Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 571-579.
Gleick, P.H. 1996. "Basic water requirements for human activities:
Meeting basic needs." Water International Vol. 21, pp. 83-92.
 Amy
Vickers
Amy Vickers is the author of the award-winning “Handbook of
Water Use and Conservation: Homes, Landscapes, Businesses, Industries,
Farms” (WaterPlow Press, 2001, www.waterplowpress.com, ISBN
1-931579-07-5), described by the American Water Works Association
as “the most thorough reference ever published on water use
and conservation. A gold mine of resources.” This Library Journal
star-rated book has also been enthusiastically endorsed by noted
environmentalist Amory Lovins:
"Those of us privileged to work with Amy Vickers have long
wanted to bottle and distribute her encyclopedic knowledge of how
to use water wisely and productively. Now she's done it. Her masterful
book Handbook of Water Use and Conservation will long stand as the
definitive work on demand-side aqueous solutions. It's clear, sound,
thorough, modern, practical, profitable, and inspiring. Buy it,
read it, practice it, publicize it, and the world's ominous water
problems will soon be...liquidated."
President of Amy Vickers & Associates, Inc., based in Amherst,
Mass, Amy is an engineer with a consulting practice specializing
in water conservation. AVA Inc. works with cities, water utilities,
government agencies, corporations, and NGOs on a diverse range of
conservation projects in the United States and abroad. She is a
frequent speaker at conferences and universities. Amy has written
over 35 papers, articles and computer software products, and she
is also the author of the water efficiency standards for plumbing
fixtures required under the U.S. Energy Policy Act of 1992. Prior
to that legislation, in 1988, Amy wrote an amendment to the Massachusetts
Plumbing Code to require 1.6 gallon per flush toilets, setting a
national precedent which 16 other states then followed.
Amy holds an M.S. in engineering from Dartmouth College and a B.A.
in philosophy from New York University. She is a member of the American
Water Works Association, the National Writers Union, and is also
a lifetime member of the International Dark Sky Association, an
organization dedicated to the minimization of light pollution.
Dr.
Kathryn Gleason
Cornell University
Kathryn
Gleason is Chair and Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
at Cornell University and holds degrees in landscape architecture
(B.S. Cornell and M.L.A. Harvard) and archaeology (D.Phil. Oxford)
In her research, she excavates ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern
gardens to reveal the design that both structured the provision
of water to these arid climate gardens and, through careful management
and display, symbolized the importance of water to the culture.
She has excavated gardens in Israel, Jordan, and Italy and studied
the gardens and larger landscape resources of sites in Turkey, and
Tunisia. Her current projects include contributions to the Handbook
on Garden Archaeology (Dumbarton Oaks), Gardens of the Roman Empire,
and specialist studies at Petra, Jordan and at Horace's Villa at
Licenza and the Sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis, Nemi,
Italy. A Fulbright Scholar and Fellow of the American Academy in
Rome, she is co-editor, with Naomi F. Miller, of The Archaeology
of Garden and Field(1994).
Abstract
of talk: Prof. Gleason will discuss how pleasure gardens have derived
their design from the fundamental practices of irrigation and water
management in their culture, in ways both practical and philosophical.
She will look at the well-known derivation of geometry from Egyptian
surveying along the Nile, but will go on to show how other practices
of arid climate cultivation, such as check dams and terracing, have
also made their mark on gardening practices through time.
Thomas W. Swetnam
Professor of Dendrochronology & Watershed Management;
Director of Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona,
Tucson.
B.S., Biology, University of New Mexico, 1977; M.S., Forestry-Watershed
Management, University of Arizona, 1983; Ph.D., Watershed Management,
University of Arizona, 1987.
Dr. Swetnam uses tree rings to study the long-term history of wildfires
and the effects of climatic change on forest ecosystems. His work
includes the study of relations between El Niño cycles and
forest fires in the Southwestern United States and in Patagonia
Argentina. His studies also extend from the giant sequoia groves
of the Sierra Nevada to the vast pine and spruce forests of Alaska
and Siberia. Dr. Swetnam’s interests include the application
of historical and ecological knowledge to land management. In 2000
he was appointed by President Clinton to the Board of Trustees of
the Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico, a Congressionally
chartered experiment in federal land management. As Director of
the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research he works with interdisciplinary
faculty, staff, and students to maintain the excellence of this
premier and largest laboratory in the world dedicated to the use
of tree rings to study environmental and cultural change.
Awards, Honors:
1983 A. E. Douglass Scholarship, University of Arizona
1994 Visiting Scientist at Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute,
Missoula Montana
1999 Walter Orr Roberts Lecturer, Aspen Global Change Institute,
Aspen Colorado
2000 Weaver Lecturer, School of Forestry and Wildlife Science, Auburn
University
2000 Member of Board of Trustees, Valles Caldera National Preserve,
Appointed by President Clinton
2001 W. S. Cooper Award, Ecological Society of America
2002 Henry Cowles Award, Association of American Geographers
2003 Member, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano’s Forest Health
Advisory Board
Selected Publications:
Swetnam, T. W., and J. L. Betancourt. 1990. Fire-Southern Oscillation
relations in the Southwestern United States. Science 249:1017-1020.
Swetnam, T. W. 1993. Fire history and climate change in giant sequoia
groves. Science. 262:885-889.
Swetnam, T. W. and A. M. Lynch. 1993. Multi-century, regional-scale
patterns of western spruce budworm history. Ecological Monographs
63(4):399-424).
Swetnam, T. W., and J. L. Betancourt. 1998. Mesoscale disturbance
and ecological response to decadal climatic variability in the American
Southwest. Journal of Climate 11:3128-3147.
Swetnam, T. W., C. D. Allen, and J. L. Betancourt. 1999. Applied
historical ecology: Using the past to manage for the future. Ecological
Applications 9(4):1189-1206.
Grissino-Mayer, H. D., and T. W. Swetnam. 2000. Century-scale climate
forcing of fire regimes in the American Southwest. The Holocene
10(2):207-214.
Kitzberger, T. T. W. Swetnam, and T. T. Veblen. 2001. Inter-hemispheric
synchrony of forest fires and the El Nino-Southern Oscillation.
Global Ecology and Biogeography 10:315-326.
Swetnam, T. W. and C. H. Baisan 2003. Tree-ring reconstructions
of fire and climate history in the Sierra Nevada and Southwestern
United States. In: T. T. Veblen, W. Baker, G. Montenegro, and T.
W. Swetnam, editors. Fire and Climatic Change in Temperate Ecosystems
of the Western Americas. Springer, New York. 444pp.
Allen, C. D., M. Savage, D. A. Falk, K. F. Suckling, T. W. Swetnam,
T. Schulke, P. B. Stacey, P. Morgan, M. Hoffman, and J. Klingel
2002. Ecological restoration of southwestern ponderosa pine ecosystems:
a broad perspective. Ecological Applications 12(5):1418-1433.
John
Michael (Mike) Kernodle
Born Memphis,
TN, Jan. 25, 1946.
A list of career
publications is included.
October 1998
Retired from the U.S. Geological Survey: currently conducting minor
amounts of private consulting.
1973-98 Hydrologist
with U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division:
1981-98 New
Mexico District
1997-98 New
Mexico District: Initial project chief on a three-dimensional ground-water
flow and solute-transport model of the Tularosa Basin.
1991-97 New
Mexico District: Project leader, supervisor of two other hydrologists,
with additional technical support, and primary modeler for a detailed
and GIS-based three-dimensional ground-water-flow model of the Albuquerque
Basin. The effort involved four phases: 1), compiling and publishing
a report on the geohydrologic framework of the Albuquerque Basin;
2), developing and publishing the initial ground-water-flow model;
3), making and publishing interim revisions to the model; and 4),
simplifying the model for computationally intensive research presently
underway. Also taught courses on ground-water modeling using Geographic
Information System (GIS) technology at the USGS National Training
Center for two additional years during this period.
1991 New Mexico
District: Three-dimensional ground-water-flow model with simulated
land-surface-subsidence of the Hueco Bolson, El Paso, TX area. Also
served as GIS coordinator and head of a GIS service section for
the USGS District
1985-1991 New
Mexico District: ground-water-flow modeler on the San Juan basin
Regional Aquifer Syestms Analysis (RASA). Continued to serve as
ground-water-flow modeling advisor for the New Mexico District.
Worked extensively with geographic information system software (ARC/INFO)
and in development GIS software interfaces for MODFLOW and Interactive
Surface Modeling (ISM). Developed 3-dimensional GIS software for
geologic and hydrologic analysis. Served on National advisory groups
for the design/selection of second-generation GIS software and for
GIS implementation for the National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA)
program. Served 5 years as coordinator and principal instructor
of a national-level course in the use of GIS technology in ground-water
flow modeling applications. Head of District GIS Project-Support
Unit.
1981-85 New
Mexico District: Served as principal modeler, supervising four other
ground-water flow modelers, on the Southwest Alluvial Basins Regional
Aquifer-System Analysis (SWAB RASA). Also served as ground-water-flow
modeling advisor for the New Mexico District. Completed two models
of the Albuquerque-Belen Basin, and one of the Socorro-La Jencia
Basin. Oversaw completion of models of the Mesillia, San Luis, and
Animas (Hidalgo County) basins. Completed a flow-model review analysis,
using USGS software, of a Dames and Moore solute-transport model
of the Jackpile Uranium Mine. Assisted in completion of a finite-element
solute-transport model of the Waste Isolation Pilot Project (WIPP)
site.
1978-81 Mississippi
District: ground-water-flow models of Cretaceous aquifers in northeastern
Mississippi and of the Mississippi River alluvial aquifer in western
Mississippi. Regional monitor-well network design and construction.
Flood-frequency analysis and software development. Stream-flow measurement
experience, including being on the two-man team that measured the
largest- and second-largest non-Mississippi River flows ever measured
in the State of Mississippi: 121,000 cubic feet per second on the
Noxube River at Noxube (drainage area barely over 500 square miles
drainage area) and 118,000 cfs on the Pearl River at Jackson.
1973-78 Kentucky
District: Constructed ground-water-flow models and conducted flood-wave-response
analysis of several sites in the Ohio River alluvial aquifer, aquifer-test
analysis, areal reconnaissance investigations, ground-water-level
monitoring, well completions and instrumentation, pre-construction
design and post-construction analysis (using ground-water flow models)
of well-field design and operation for two large dewatering projects
(both peaking at over 50 million gallons per day) for the Louisville
public water-supply and later the Louisville waste-disposal facilities.
Designed and programed an interim National accounting and payroll
system for the U.S. Geological Survey
1969-73 Geologist
with the State of Tennessee, Department of Conservation, Division
of Water Resources.
Work included
re-delineation of the State's surface-water basins, areal ground-water
reconnaissance studies, aquifer-test analysis, completion of two
state-wide water-use inventories (including software design), and
initial field mapping of the surficial geology of the Pleasant Shade
7.5 minute quadrangle. Extensive work in Karst, Cumberland Plateau,
and Mississippi Embayment geohydrology.
Personal
Attended Phillips
Exeter Academy, Exeter NH, on academic scholarship, 1961-64.
College educational
background in geology and low-temperature, hydro-geochemistry, physics
and mathematics. Undergraduate: Two years at Rice Univ., physics
major. Graduated Memphis State University with a Bachelor of Arts
and Applied Science (BAAS), which is a five-year engineering degree
with a major in geology. Attended two combined years of graduate
school at Vanderbilt University (part time while working with the
State of Tennessee), and Memphis State University.
Married
32 years. Two sons (three grandchildren). Twelve exchange students
Doug Bennett
Conservation Manager, Southern Nevada Water Authority
Doug Bennett is the Conservation Manager for the Southern Nevada
Water Authority (SNWA). He joined the Water Authority in April 2000,
and currently manages water conservation programs for the SNWA.
Doug is a Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor and belongs to
the American Water Works Association (AWWA). He holds a bachelor
of science in Agricultural Pest Management and a master of arts
in Business and Personnel Management from New Mexico State University.
In 1995, Doug joined the City of Albuquerque’s water conservation
program where he developed and managed a variety of programs. He
spent eight years as a horticulturist for the Cooperative Extension
Service promoting xeriscaping and other techniques for water-efficient
landscapes. Doug began his career in the landscape industry in 1980
as a landscape maintenance and irrigation technician in New Mexico.
Gina
Dello Russo
Gina Dello Russo is the Ecologist at Bosque del Apache National
Wildlife Refuge south of Socorro, New Mexico. She joined the staff
at the Refuge in 1996.
Gina received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of
New Mexico with honors in 1995. Her degree is in Biology with an
emphasis on Ecology and Environmental Science. Prior to completing
this degree, she worked as a technician in earth sciences including
geology, groundwater hydrology, surface water hydrology, soils,
and environmental contaminants. She has worked on environmental
and natural resource management issues for the past twenty years
in New Mexico and Colorado, most of this work on the Rio Grande.
Gina’s current projects include large scale habitat improvement
and river restoration planning efforts on Refuge lands, within the
Socorro Valley, and the Middle Rio Grande of New Mexico. These plans
include a long term restoration plan for the active floodplain of
the Rio Grande within the Refuge (10 river miles), the Conceptual
Restoration Plan for the Rio Grande from San Acacia to San Marcial,
New Mexico (45 river miles) and the Habitat Restoration Plan for
the Rio Grande and its tributaries from the border with Colorado
downstream to Elephant Butte Reservoir. These plans will provide
the basis for prioritization of improvement in riparian habitats
based on the different management programs’ goals. Since 1990,
she has worked on a number of on-the-ground riparian habitat restoration
projects on federal and private lands. These projects on the Rio
Grande and its tributaries have contributed to an understanding
of the dynamic and seriously impacted state of these river courses.
She presents a perspective of the planning and implementation of
these large scale efforts in terms of possible solutions to water
and resource management issues on the Rio Grande. She serves on
the Program Management and Habitat Restoration Subcommittees of
the Middle Rio Grande Collaborative Program, the Save Our Bosque
Task Force, and the board of the New Mexico Water Dialogue.
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