Northern California Natural History Museum Highlights Water Issues in ‘Museum Without Walls’ Lecture Series
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 30, 2004
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Byron Crossen,
Northern California History Museum
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Northern California Natural History Museum Highlights
Water Issues in ‘Museum Without Walls’ Lecture Series
The Northern California Natural History Museum (NCNHM) at California State University, Chico is kicking off its fall lecture program, titled “Water,” with a series of free lectures on water-related phenomena and their importance in natural and human affairs. The series is part of the museum’s outreach effort: The Museum Without Walls.
The seven lectures are free and designed for the general public. They will be held each Thursday at 7 p.m. in Holt 170 on the CSU, Chico campus. The following is the schedule for The Museum Without Walls lecture series:
October 7. Toccoy Dudley, Geologist. The Geology and Hydrogeology of the Fresh and Saline Water Aquifer Systems of the Northern Sacramento Valley.
October 14. Dave Brown, Professor. Riparian Areas: Connections Between Flowing Waters and the Landscape.
October 21. Michael Marchetti, Professor. Effects of Altering Flow on Stream Systems in California.
October 28. Edward Teasdale, Geologist. Water Pollution.
November 4. William M. Murphy, Professor. Gold, Mercury, and Water.
November 11. Rachel Teasdale & Tom Shirley, Professors. Deep Water Biology and Geology Explorations in the Gulf of Alaska from the Alvin Submersible.
November 18. Raymond Bogiatto, Biologist. The Importance of Sacramento Valley Wetland Habitats to Wintering Waterbirds.
“The lecture series will deal with a wide range of water issues,” states Judy Sitton, president of the museum’s Board of Directors. “It will explore local and regional water challenges as well as provide an understanding of water resources. The series also meets the museum’s mission of educating for water conservation and preservation.”
The NCNHM is a unique partnership of citizens, business, local and state government and CSU, Chico. The coalition is committed to bringing a unique, world-class natural history museum to Northern California. The museum will feature exhibits on the major habitats in the area, as well as showcase dinosaurs, mammoths and other creatures that once roamed the region. The NCNHM will also feature a strong classroom and field education program, with periodic traveling exhibits from the world’s preeminent museums. More information can be found at www.NCNHM.org.
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