March 12, 2002
Eastern, Western U.S. land and water use differences are topic of 2002 Nevada Medal Lecture
Differences in perspective on water and land use in the eastern and western United States will be the topic of the 2002 Nevada Medal Lecture at the Desert Research Institute in Las Vegas, 755 E. Flamingo Road, at 4 p.m. on Monday, March 18. Johns Hopkins University Professor M. Gordon “Reds” Wolman, 2002 Nevada Medalist and a pioneer in the study of water quality and land use policy, will present lecture, which is free and open to the public.
A member of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Wolman will formally accept the Nevada Medal from Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn later Monday at Caesars Hotel Casino. The eight-ounce, pure silver, minted medallion and $10,000 prize are provided by SBC Nevada Bell. The lecture is titled, “An Easterner’s View of a Westerner’s View of Land and Water,” and will examine the two regions’ different approaches to land use planning and water resource management.
Wolman is internationally known for his research on how rivers and other surface water systems evolve and how they modify the landscape, a field of science known as geomorphology. Wolman is widely acknowledged as being perhaps the most influential individual in the establishment of this area of hydrology.
