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The forum, “H20: The Science of Water Issues” is the second in a series of Texas water symposia co-sponsored by Texas Tech University at Fredericksburg, Schreiner University, and Texas Public Radio. It will take place Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. in the Admiral Nimitz Ballroom in the National Museum of the Pacific War, located at 328 E. Main Street, Fredericksburg. The series is free and open to the public.

Speakers at the symposium will be Dr. Kirk Winemiller of the Section of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences at Texas A&M; Dr. George Ward, research scientist and associate director of the Center for Research in Water Resources, University of Texas; Dr. Tom Arsuffi, director of the Llano River Field Station and Research, Texas Tech University Center at Junction; and Dr. Ken Rainwater, director of the Water Resource Center and professor of civil engineering at Texas Tech University.

Two 2008 spring symposia also are planned for 7 p.m. on January 24 at Texas Tech University Center at Junction (“Conservation: Taking Action for Your Children’s Children”) and March 6 (“Policy, Planning and Politics: Where Do We Go from Here?”), returning to Schreiner University in Kerrville.

The forum will be taped and broadcast on Texas Public Radio, KTXI 90.1 or KSTX 89.1 on Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.

For more information, please visit the Texas Water Symposium Web site at www.schreiner.edu/water/index.htm or contact Bob Hickerson, chief operating officer for Texas Tech University Division of Off-Campus Sites, at 830-990-2717 or bob.hickerson@ttu.edu.

For those unable to attend the symposia, the Texas Water Symposium web site features a “Submit Your Question” e-mail function.