CSU Libraries hosts benefit banquet for Water Resources Archive
In recognition of the vital relationship between the Colorado State University Libraries and the continued preservation of Colorado's water history, we are proud to host Water Tables, a benefit banquet for the Water Resources Archive on Saturday, Jan. 28, at 5:30 p.m. in Archives and Special Collections, Room 202 of Morgan Library.
Dinner to follow in the Lory Student Center.
Water Tables will feature 12 dinner table hosts who are experts in fields related to Colorado's waters. Each host will facilitate a unique conversation that will lead you on a journey winding through the past, present or even the future of Colorado's water resources.
The evening will begin with cocktails and tours of the Water Resources Archive within the Morgan Library. Following cocktails, guests will be escorted across the plaza to Lory Student Center's West Ballroom. Table hosts will begin topic conversations while dinner is served. Table hosts' books will be available for purchase and signing before and after the meal.
Hosts and topics include:
- Craig Harrison, Harrison Resources: The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth . . . But Not The Water Rights: Buying, Selling, and Exchanging water rights
- Colorado Supreme Court Justice Gregory J. Hobbs Jr.: The Role of Climate on Colorado and Western Water Institutions
- John W. Keys III, commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation: Managing Water in the American West
- Susan Kirkpatrick, former state director for Audubon Colorado: The Federal Endangered Species Act and its Importance for Water Policy
- Roger K. Patterson, former director of the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources: The Republic River Compact
- Bennett Raley, former assistant secretary for Water and Science for the U.S. Department of Interior: Water Policy Issues Facing Colorado
- Michael J. Ryan, Great Plains regional director: The Bureau of Reclamation and Water in the West
- Gregory E. Smoak, assistant professor of history: Tribal Sovereignty and Water Rights in the American West
- Dick Stenzel, former Division One engineer for the Colorado Division of Water Resources: Little Known Trivia Regarding The Transformation of Colorado from the Great American Desert
- Dan Tyler, emeritus professor of history: Conflict and Compromise: How do you Get a Deal When No One Wants to Budge an Inch?
- Dick Wolfe, assistant state engineer: Historical and Future Perspectives of the Colorado Division of Water Resources
- Ruth Wright, former House Minority leader of the Colorado State Legislature: Colorado Water Issues with Respect to Legislative Action
Tickets are $125 per person. Make your reservations by Jan. 20 by calling (970) 491-1833.
For more information, visit our Web site at http://lib.colostate.edu/develop/watertables.html.
Category: Events and Coming Attractions
Submitted: Thursday, January 12, 2006
Subject: CSU Libraries
Contact: Judea Franck
E-mail: Judea.Franck@colostate.edu
Phone: (970) 491-5712
