Moving Waters:
The Colorado River
and the West

Moving Waters is a seven-state project exploring the history and meaning of the Colorado River. From December 2001 through July 2002, the seven states that share the waters of the Colorado (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming) are collaborating on a project to generate regional consciousness of the river.
Moving Waters will take place in 22 communities, some along the river, some far from the river, but all dependent on the river. For detailed information on Moving Waters, as well as a reading list, references and links, visit: www.movingwaters.org.
The Moving Waters Culminating Conference will be held at Northern Arizona University, September 25, 26 and 27, 2002.
The conference will be a public space where a dynamic conversation will occur with a diverse audience of researchers, policy makers, and advocates. The conference will consist of lively panel discussions, interesting plenary lectures, and a wonderful celebration of story and music.

Field trips will be optionally available at the conclusion of the conference.
The “Conference Story Line” will follow the narrative thread of the “post-settlement history” of the watershed. It will begin with J. W. Powell, the reality of aridity and the road not taken, continue through the construction of the hydraulic empire (apparent escape from aridity), the big buildup (and its consequences for indigenous people and the landscapes of the Plateau), and the law of the river, and then new opportunities, including the new science (aridity is a reality), the new ethics, the new politics (including watershed councils and community based organizations, the wga, cyber democracy), and the new vulnerabilities (post-September 11). The conference will end with an affirmation of hope.
There will be a fee for the Culminating Conference. For more information, e-mail Connie.Taylor@nau.edu or call 928-523-0499.