The Great Thirst: Water Wars in Mendo and the North CoastThursday, September 29
The Spring House
304 Spring St., UkiahJoin local journalist Will Parrish as he leads a discussion on water woes in
Mendocino County and the greater California North Coast, from the wine
industry’s depletion of creeks, streams, and groundwater to the politics
of the Eel River dams to the “peripheral canal” water export scheme that
will soon be before California voters. Who controls our water? Who has
access to it? And what are we going to do about it?Schedule:
5:30pm ~ Locally Sourced, Organic Dinner*
6:30pm ~ Presentation & Discussion*RSVP FOR DINNER
springhouseukiah@gmail.com
707.621.5304Cost:
Sliding Scale ~ $5 to $15Facebook Page:
http://www.facebook.com/messages/?action=read&tid=id.179818588759049#!/event.php?eid=281379125207824Will Parrish lives in Laytonville. He is a regular contributor to the Anderson Valley Advertiser, and his writings have appeared in Counterpunch, Z Magazine/Z Net, Foreign Policy In Focus, the Sonoma County Gazette, Santa Barbara Independent, and many other publications. He has
been active in various environmental, anti-nuclear, and anti-war campaigns and initiatives in California and New Mexico.
