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The Water Values Podcast welcomes Nicole Seltzer for Session 11. Nicole is the Executive Director of the Colorado Foundation for Water Education (CFWE). She delves into great detail about water education issues. And she does so in an entertaining way. You’ll learn all sorts of things you never thought about concerning water education.
In this Session, You’ll Learn about:
- The mission and structure of the CFWE
- The backstory on how the CFWE got started
- The Colorado legislature’s continuing appropriation for the CFWE
- The programming put on by the CFWE
- Nicole’s thoughts on the types of programs needed for water education
- Some of the tours and day programs that CFWE organizes
- The partnerships the CFWE enters into to promote water education
- Colorado’s Basin Roundtable structure and genesis
- The Colorado Water Plan process
- Nicole’s belief as to the most important element of a water education program
- Nicole’s thoughts on CFWE as a model for other states’ efforts at water education
Resources and Links Mentioned in or Relevant to this Session Include:
- CFWE’s website
- CFWE’s blog
- Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District
- Colorado House Agriculture, Livestock and Natural Resources Committee
- Colorado Senate Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy Committee
- Colorado Department of Natural Resources
- Colorado Water Conservation Board
- Colorado Water Congress
- Colorado’s Basin Roundtable process
- Colorado Water Plan
- Center for the American West
- CFWE’s Twitter handle: @CFWEWater
Transcript
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