Abe Springer to Give the 2022 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecture Friday; Workshop Saturday

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Abe Springer, professor of ecohydrogeology at Northern Arizona University, will give the 2022 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecture, "The Stories Told by Springs," as part of the Department of Geosciences Colloquium Series. The lecture will be at 3:05 p.m., Friday, Sept. 9, in GEAR 026.

On Saturday, Sept. 10, Springer will lead a half-day field workshop in a springs ecosystem near the U of A. The workshop will include an interdisciplinary group of students and local experts. The Springs Stewardship Institute's Level 2 Springs Inventory Protocol and Springs Ecosystem Assessment Protocol will be demonstrated and used to develop a monitoring and management plan for the spring. Students will be encouraged to upload the data to the cloud-based Springs Online database.

Both events are free and open to the public; the workshop is capped at 20 participants and requires registration.