Throughout the year the Division co-sponsors seminars, conferences and events to help agency staff, professionals and the general public learn more about water. Examples from 1998 include two widely attended flood conferences about the Carson and Walker Rivers, the annual Nevada Water Resource Association Conference, a full day seminar on water banking, the Champions of the Truckee River Day, and Clean-up the Carson River Day. Frequent presentations on water topics and issues are made to service clubs, professional associations, and elected and advisory boards. In 1998, the DWR sponsored a number of full-day seminars on water rights and was actively involved in the NWRA conference, and the DEP gave many presentations to groups, especially on the subject of groundwater protection. Issues Grant Funding Administrative and Fiscal Support.
Grants often require a large amount of administrative and fiscal support.
Efforts must be devoted to researching grant opportunities and developing and writing grant proposals. Such proposals require a great deal of preliminary work to develop partnerships, prepare budgets, identify appropriate state match opportunities and generate letters of support. Once a grant is obtained, detailed administrative and fiscal data must be maintained and quarterly reports must be prepared. Tracking and accounting activities are usually significant. The time spent in grant administration could be more effectively spent in providing hands-on water education activities in the classroom or in the field.