Webinar:  The Desert Flows Database
Channel: Conservation and Adaptation Resources Toolbox
Date: 2016-02-11

Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 
Time: 1 PM Pacific / 2 PM Mountain / 3 PM Central (Mexico City) / 4 PM Eastern

Presenter: 
Kelly Mott La Croix, PhD, Senior Research Analyst, Water Resources Research Center - University of Arizona

Abstract:
While the science of environmental flows is ever-growing and expanding, there are few compendiums of efforts to define the quantity of water needed to maintain riparian and aquatic species. In 2015 the Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative provided support to the University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) and Northern Arizona University to create such a compendium for the DLCC geography. The Desert Flows Database summarizes key data from over 400 studies on riparian and aquatic species and provides users with a one-stop-shop for available (published) information.  This webinar will provide a summary of methods to build the database and give interested users the chance to explore this new tool.  It is recommended that attendees download the database prior to the webinar.  The database is publicly available at: wrrc.arizona.edu/desertflowsdata
 
Biography:
Kelly Mott Lacroix is a Senior Research Analyst for the WRRC's Water Research and Planning Innovations for Dryland Systems (RAPIDS) program. She has a Ph.D. in Arid Lands Resource Sciences and a M.S. in Environmental and Healthy Cities Planning from the University of Arizona. Prior to returning to graduate school for her Ph.D., she worked for five years as a key member of the Arizona Department of Water Resources' (ADWR) Arizona Water Atlas project.  Her research examines environmental flow needs in arid systems and process design for effective stakeholder engagement in water management.