A panel of experts will provide an informative overview with updated data on the persistent water crisis in the Southwestern United States and its impact on other aspects of the environment.  Attendees will:

• learn of recent efforts by one of the leading American organizations dedicated to the preservation of rivers in our country 

• review the findings of an initiative supported by several major U. S. and Southwest funders to propose specific solutions to the water crisis challenge.

 

Presenters:    Andrew Sansom, Executive Director, Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX;  Beth Bardwell, Director of Conservation, Audubon New Mexico, Las Cruces, NM; Susan Bell, Managing Director, Water Fund Initiative, San Francisco, CA; Robert Anderson, Rancher and Investor, Corrales, NM

Session Designers:  Mike McCoy, Andrew Sansom