Water in the West

Lecture Series; Water in the West and the future of Pow

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In partnership with Townie Books join us for a discussion on water in the West and the future of pow from the best-selling author of Powder Days: Ski Bums, Ski Towns and the Future of Chasing Snow, Heather Hansman, and special guest climate and snow scientist Ph.D. Jeff Deems as they discuss water, the West, and the future of our snow stores. Bar and book sales available. Crestedbuttearts.org

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HEATHER HANSMAN is an award-winning freelance writer and a former editor at both Powder and Skiing magazines. She’s Outside magazine’s environmental columnist and a contributing editor at Backcountry Magazine . Her work has been included in The Best American Essays 2015 . She once won a bag of pasta in an Italian big-mountain-skiing contest (tenth place out of eleven women). She lives in Seattle, Washington.

Dr. Jeff Deems, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer: Airborne Snow Observatories, Inc.
Research Scientist: CIRES National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado
Dr. Jeff Deems, in an ongoing quest to legitimize his skiing habit, has been professionally and recreationally obsessed with variability in mountain snowpacks from avalanche and hydrologic perspectives. As a Research Scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, and as Co-Founder of Airborne Snow Observatories, Inc., he is developing and producing new measurement methods and data products for decision-support in avalanche and water resources management applications.
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Lecture Series: Water in the West

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Water in the West; a discussion with Paolo Bacigalupi and Ashley Bembenek.
In partnership with Townie Books, join us for a discussion of water in the West from the best-selling author of The Water Knife, Paolo Bacigalupi, and water expert Ashley Bembenek.
The discussion will include Bacigalupi’s extensive research into water issues for the best-selling 2015 science fiction novel based on his short story, “The Tamarisk Hunters,” first published in High Country News. Bembenek will provide insight and information on the current reality of water in the West. The discussion will close with a Q&A. Bar and book sales available.
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