May Program Meeting

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The May program meeting of the Sierra Club Great Basin Group will be on Thursday, May 14, at UNR’s Innevation Center In Reno. The topic:

"Chasing Snowpack in a Warming World:
Water Resources in Snowmelt-Driven Landscapes"
presented by Deandre Presswood.

The doors will open at 6:30 for socializing, and the hour-long program will begin at 7 PM. The Innevation Center is located at 450 Sinclair St, Reno, NV 89501.

Can't make the meeting in person? Watch via Zoom at 7 PM:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88257964371?pwd=U75iqZQwV7lgsnDFqhilh0MmeDsShW.1

Snowpack is one of the most important natural water reservoirs in the western United States but understanding it at the scale of an entire watershed is not simple. Deandre will explain how conducting environmental science across the country led him to Reno and prepared him to study snowpack in the Tahoe–Truckee Basin. He will focus on the past winter, what it taught us about snowpack, water availability, and the challenges facing us.

He will explain why snow is difficult to measure, what his research contributes, and what a changing climate may mean for our water future. He will end with key takeaways and practical ways researchers, water managers, and all of us can better prepare for a changing snowpack.

Deandre is a second-year PhD student in Hydrology at the UNR. His research interests range from watershed-scale hydrology to processes occurring within individual streams. He is currently working to understand how stream drying affects water quality at the watershed scale and how snowpack melt rates influence both water quantity and water chemistry.

Prior to moving to Reno, Deandre earned a master’s degree in geosciences from Georgia State University and a Bachelor of Science in Earth and Environmental Sciences from the University of Northern Iowa. He has also worked in water resources for utilities in Colorado and has moved across the United States in pursuit of exciting opportunities in environmental science.

When Deandre is not doing research, he focuses on science communication that emphasizes environmental issues and the need for diversity in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education.
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