G’day all: Hope you have time to enjoy this splendid October day. In case I hadn’t mentioned it before, check out the public symposium coming up Nov. 3 in Santa Fe called “Liquid Assests – Using Water in the Arid Southwest.” Looks like an interesting take on the water question from arcaheologists and geographers. They’ll discuss the latest information about how past cultures in the Southwest dealt with dry times. Among the list of nine speakers, Richard Ford an anthropologist will discuss the innovative pueblo methods of irrigation centuries ago and Eric Blinman, archaeologist and head of the Office of Archaeological Studies at the University of NM will discuss how past adaptation methods could relate to today. Isleta’s chief judge Verna Teller will give a look at Isleta’s fight to protect their water downstream from the state’s largest city. Cost is $30, plus $15 if you want lunch. For info, call 992-2715 ext. 8 or send pick up a form from the Museum of New Mexico. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is taking over as chairman of an interesting group called the Waterkeepers Alliance. All watershed groups should check this out. Started in the 1960s by an environmentalist and a group of fishermen in the Hudson Bay who were fighting the impacts from a major hydroelectric plant, Waterkeepers supports and connects groups who keep an eye on water ways – bays, rivers, watersheds, etc. Check them out. http://www.waterkeeper.org/mainaboutus.aspx They have at least one paid point person on each of 161 waterways in several countries who act as scientist, attorney and educator. Later!
