| REP. JIM OBERSTAR WILL HEADLINE 2008 FREEMAN LECTURE ON U.S. WATER POLICY
 Water quality impacts everything—from our food and our health to the environment and the economy. The 2008 Freeman Lecture will focus on the implications and complexities of policy decisions we make about water resources from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8, at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, 301 19th Ave. S., Minneapolis.
Rep. James Oberstar, chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, will deliver the morning keynote address from 9 to 11 a.m. Oberstar’s committee hasjurisdiction overAmerica’s inland waterway system, international maritime commerce, U.S. Corps of Engineers’ support of the nation’s water resources, and the federal clean water program. Prior to his election to the 8th district, Oberstar staffed the Congressional committee that drafted the original federal Clean Water Act in 1972.
Steve Morse, executive director of the Minnesota Environmental Partnership, will follow Oberstar’s remarks with a luncheon address. The program will conclude with afternoon panel discussions about water policy issues in Minnesota, such as the Great Lakes Compact, regional water access, and the quality of water resources throughout the state. Deborah Swackhamer, interim director of the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment, will give closing remarks.
The Freeman Lecture is free and open to the public, with a nominal charge for lunch ($20 for the general public; no charge for high school and college students). Seating is limited, so pre-registration for the program and lunch is required. Please register by March 31 online at www.freemanforum.org. Questions can be directed to (651) 645-9403.
The Freeman Lecture was established by the University of Minnesota in 2003 to honor Orville L. Freeman, Minnesota’s first Democratic-Farmer-Labor governor. Freeman, who also served as Secretary of Agriculture in the cabinets of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Freeman, died in 2003. The lecture series examines policy issues related to Freeman’s work in agriculture. For more information on the lecture program, visit www.freemanforum.org.
March 25, 2008
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