FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 29, 2008

Clark J. Guild endowment for DRI Watershed Sciences established
Guild’s children, Joe and Jan, commit $100,000 in father’s memory

RENO - Joe Guild and Jann Guild Cademartori have committed $100,000 to the Desert Research Institute to establish the Clark J. Guild, Jr. endowment for Watershed Sciences – in the memory of their father.

“My Dad, Clark J. Guild, Jr., had a great interest in natural resources and was also a DRI Research Foundation trustee for a number of years,” Joe Guild said. “He was the reason my sister, Jann, and I decided to create an endowment for watershed science.”

Jann Guild Cademartori added: “My brother, Joe, and I established the Clark J. Guild, Jr. endowment for Watershed Sciences, because it represented all the things our Father believed in: Nevada, education, and research.”

The money will be used at the discretion of the Senior Director of DRI’s Center for Watersheds Environmental Sustainability (CWES) for watershed science research, business development, and/or management/policy programs in watershed sciences, which activities may include but are not limited to:

• facilitating the development of interdisciplinary and interdivisional research teams that address issues of environmental restoration, sustainability and policy at the watershed scale;
  
• acting as a catalyst to develop a program for emerging areas of watershed research;
  
• aiding in the development of a regional environmental research agenda;
  
• acting as a resource to environmental restoration and planning agencies to aid in the development and coordination of their science activities;
  
• disseminating and interpreting findings of environmental research activities to the scientific community, legislative delegations, and the public at large; and
  
• providing direction as to the most effective methods to develop and implement environmentally sustainable watershed policies within the Western United States.

The Senior Director may use the funds to support an array of needs in CWES, including but not limited to research seed projects, travel for field work, preparing publications, and presenting research findings at national and international meetings.

“The Guild family’s endowment in support of our research in watershed sciences comes at a critical time for DRI, Nevada, the nation and the world,” said Stephen Wells, DRI President. “Increasing our knowledge and enhancing our stewardship of water resources in the western United States and dry lands of the world is paramount for sustaining our environment and way of life. We deeply appreciate the generosity of Joe and Jan’s contribution to achieve our mission.”

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