Water Rights, Water Fights, Water Supremacy in the American West
| Dates: | April 4, 2019 |
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| Meets: | Th from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM |
| Location: | Belgrade Community Library |
| Cost: | $0.00 |
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One of the planet's largest economies, California, is soul searching: Is there a natural limit to its stratospheric economic growth? Is California running out of water? In this program, Trout Unlimited's creative and energetic General Counsel and Water Policy Advisor Laura Ziemer will guide us as we examine the climatic trends and rates of groundwater pumping that are calling into question water security across the planet. We will focus specifically on what California's water woes can teach the rest of the West about sustainable water use. The program will conclude by highlighting how Montana is becoming a global model in creating a forward-looking path to water security.
MSU Wonderlust Community Events at the Belgrade Community Library are free and open to the public, thanks to sponsorship by Belgrade Community Library and First Interstate Bank.
One of the planet's largest economies, California, is soul searching: Is there a natural limit to its stratospheric economic growth? Is California running out of water? In this program, Trout Unlimited's creative and energetic General Counsel and Water Policy Advisor Laura Ziemer will guide us as we examine the climatic trends and rates of groundwater pumping that are calling into question water security across the planet. We will focus specifically on what California's water woes can teach the rest of the West about sustainable water use. The program will conclude by highlighting how Montana is becoming a global model in creating a forward-looking path to water security.
MSU Wonderlust Community Events at the Belgrade Community Library are free and open to the public, thanks to sponsorship by Belgrade Community Library and First Interstate Bank.
| Fee: | $0.00 |
Belgrade Community Library
106 N BroadwayBelgrade, MT 59714
Laura Ziemer
Laura Ziemer is Senior Counsel and Water Policy Advisor at Trout Unlimited (TU). She is widely known for her work on collaborative, water-saving projects with agricultural producers, watershed groups, and federal and state agencies. Laura established TU’s Montana Water Project office in 1998 and has helped grow TU’s water work to nine western states to restore and maintain stream flows for healthy rivers. She has worked to create more state and federal funding for collaborative conservation work, through such vehicles as the Farm Bill, SECURE Water Act, and Army Corps’ funding.