BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Deschutes Public Library (DPL) X-WR-CALNAME:Deschutes Public Library (DPL) BEGIN:VEVENT UID:894c8d0a-59ff-4237-ae17-8d321d9598cb SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260812T222045Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230203T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230203T121500 SUMMARY:An Update to Water Resources of Central Oregon LOCATION:Downtown Bend Library\nDowntown Bend Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Downtown Bend Library;X-AP PLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Downtown Bend Library:geo:44.0572068,-121.3165935 GEO:44.0572068;-121.3165935 DESCRIPTION:Develop a better understanding of water conditions and trends in the Deschutes Basin.\nClick here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAfJ3q TbtbE to view recording of program.\nWe'\;d love your feedback and sugg estions regarding library programming. Take the survey at https://dpl.pub/ survey2023.\nKyle Gorman\, Region Manager of the Oregon Water Resources De partment\, provides an update to water conditions for this upcoming irriga tion season. In this presentation\, Kyle covers precipitation\, snowpack\, river and reservoir levels\, as well as some groundwater level trends in the Deschutes Basin. He compares this year to the previous extreme drought conditions of the past few years and whether there is optimism for improv ement in our water supplies in 2023.\nKyle Gorman is a fifth generation Or egonian\, born in Salem. He received a BS in geology from the University o f Oregon\, with his first year of work with Newmont Exploration Ltd. in El ko\, Nevada\, as a geologist. Kyle was �lucky enough� to land a job wi th Oregon Water Resources Department in Bend in 1990 and has worked for th e Department ever since. He has held positions of Watermaster Technician\, Hydrogeologist\, Watermaster\, and currently\, Region Manager for the Sou th-Central Region\, which includes the Deschutes\, Klamath\, and Lake Basi ns.\nKyle has been a board member of the Deschutes River Conservancy since 2001 and was a founding member of the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council. He resigned from the board after 18 years in 2014. Kyle enjoys fishing\, c ross-country skiing\, mountain and road cycling\, as well as cyclocross ra cing. He enjoys most aspects of outdoor activities with his two sons. Kyle acknowledges that water management is an important\, challenging\, yet re warding job and that he never runs out of things to do or address. He says that most of all\, there is much work to be done in restoring streams in the Basin back to a more natural and improved state.\nThe Osher Lifelong L earning Institute at the University of Oregon (OLLI-UO) in Central Oregon invites community members to participate in our First Friday Talks in part nership with the Deschutes Public Library. OLLI-UO is an intellectual and social community of engaged adult learners\, connecting members to univers ity faculty and professionals in respective fields. A six-month or yearlon g membership allows participation in a variety of lectures\, courses\, pee r-led study and discussion groups\, educational tours\, field trips\, and social events. \n*cr* *yt*.\nhttps://dpl.libnet.info/event/11607463 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\nhttps://dpl.libnet.info/event/11607463 URL;VALUE=URI:https://dpl.libnet.info/event/11607463 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR