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present  Rio Grande: Living River or Dead Ditch? A Lecture by Susan Watts Watts will talk about the conflicts arising from the competing jurisdictions of three states and two countries compounded by the competing interests of native American tribes, city folks and farmers, and irrigation and industry. Will there be any water left for the river itself? Or will the river become just a ditch for delivering water to everyone else? Tuesday November 7 7:30 p.m. EESAT 110

Watts holds a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. She teaches in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso and is also a researcher in the Center for Environmental Resource Management (also at UTEP). She has been involved with projects in the stretch of the Rio Grande from Albuquerque to the confluence of the Rio Conchos. She is currently writing a biological management plan for a wetland park/wildlife refuge on the outskirts of El Paso.

The Lecture of Free and Open to the Public For special accomodation, contact us at 940-565-2266 or philosophy@unt.edu  Map from the Rio Grande Alliance Website