Calendar of California
Events
Needles
Public Library
Imperial Pioneers'
Museum
San Diego Public Library
Needles
Public Library
February
2002
All Month Traveling exhibit at Needles
Branch Library, 1111 Bailey Avenue
Sunday,
February 3 Bill Swan presented Water Wars: An Introduction to the
Law of the River at Needles Branch Library
Monday,
February 4 Derek Terry lead the Reading the River Book Discussion
Series starting At 6 PM at the Needles Branch Library.
Books are currently available for checkout from the library. Discussion
series is Feb. 4, 11, and 18th.
Saturday, February 9 John
Hohstadt guided a River Wetlands Botanical Walk 9 AM to 11 AM at Maggie
McShan's on Needles Highway. The walk is at an easy pace.
Thursday, February
21 Presentation by Llwellyn Barrackman, Mojave Tribal Elder and
Council Vice Chairman on the Mojave Indian Tribe, their culture, and history
as it relates to the river. Held at 6 PM at the City of Needles
Recreation Center.
Imperial
Pioneers' Museum
March
2002
The
Moving Waters lectures for the Imperial County area were held at Pioneers'
Museum, 373 E. Aten Road (corner of Highway 111 and Aten Road).
Imperial, California, on Thursday, March 7, Tuesday March 12, and Friday,
March 22 from 6:30 -8:00 PM
Thursday, March
7 Traveling exhibit opened at the Pioneers' Museum
Thursday, March
7 6:30 to 8:30 PM lecture on "the River We Know" presented by Jack
Simes , External Affairs Director of the Bureau of Reclamation
Thursday, March12
6:30 to 8:30 PM Bill Swan, Esq., legal consultant for the Imperial
irrigation District, presented a slide show and talk on "Water Wars:
An Introduction to the Law of the River"
Friday, March
22 6:30 to 8:30 PM Carol Hann of Imperial Valley Community College
presented "A Contemporary History of the Salton Sea"
San
Diego Public Library
April
Monday,
April 1 Traveling exhibit opened San Diego Public
Library.
Wednesday, April
3 The Ecosystem and the Delta panel discussion,
2nd Floor Meeting Room, featured David Hogan of the Center for Biological
Diversity, Chris Harris from the Colorado River Board and David Czamanske
of the Sierra Club, Stuart Hurlbert, professor of Biology San Diego State Discussion:
Facilitated by Dr. Phillip Pryde, San Diego State University 6:30 - 8:00PM.
Saturday, April 6 Institutions
& Politics of the Colorado River, 3rd Floor Auditorium,
featured Helen Ingram of the University of California at Irvine, 2:00
- 4:00 PM.
Sunday, April
7 Cadillac Desert: Part One, Based
on the book by Marc Reisner. Relates the story of the quest for water
and the role it played in the transformation of the American West film showing and discussion with Theodore
Strathman of UCSD History Dept, 3rd Floor Auditorium, 2:00 - 4:00 PM.
Wednesday, April
10 River We Know:Jack Simes of the Bureau Of Reclamation
spoke on the state of the Colorado River in Yuma and Baja California,
3rd Floor Auditorium, 6:30 - 8:00 PM.
Tuesday, April
16 The Story of the Imperial Valley-San
Diego Water Transfer panel discussion moderated by Peggy Strand with:David Hogan, Urban Wildlands Coordinator for the Center
for Biological Diversity; David Czamanske, Sierra Club; Robert
Campbell, Executive Assistant to the General Manager, County Water Authority; Gerald
Zimmerman, Colorado River Board; Californians for Population Stabilization_TBA, 2nd Floor Meeting Room, 6:30
- 8:00PM.
Sunday,
April 21 Chinatown movie showing, 3rd Floor Auditorium, In 1937, a Los Angeles private eye takes on a simple
case and burrows into it until it leads to a murder and a public scandal
( based around the Owens Valley Water Scandal).Discussion: Theodore Strathman,
Department of History/UCSD 2:00
PM.
Tuesday, April
23 Dream of a Big City: Water Politics &
San Diego County Growth with Theodore Strathman, UCSD History Dept,
2nd Floor Meeting Room, 6:30 - 8:00 PM.
Wednesday, April 24 Magic School Bus at the
Waterworks video and Storytime, Children's Room and Auditorium of
the Central Library 10:30 - 11:30AM
Wednesday, April
24 What will be the fate of the Salton Sea? Panel
Discussion. The Fate of the Salton Sea panel discussion
with: Mike Cohen, Pacific Institute;Fred Cagle, Sierra
Club and Audubon Society; Tom Kirk, Salton Sea Authority; Stuart
Hurlbert, San Diego State University; Larry Purcell, Water Resources
Manager , County Water Authority; Moderator: Tony Perry , San Diego
Bureau Chief of the Los Angeles Times, 2nd Floor Meeting Room, 6:30
- 8:00 PM.
Thursday, April
25 The Salton Sea by Carol Hann of Imperial
Valley Community College, 3rd Floor Auditorium, 6:30 - 8:00
PM.
Sunday, May 5th
2-4 PM 3rd floor auditorium. David N. Cassuto read from his book Dripping
Dry: Literature, Politics and Water in the Desert Southwest, University
of Michigan Press, 2001 and answered questions.
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