As part of the Sustainable Futures Speaker Series, Tasha McKee will present “Water Scarcity: Culture Change and Learning from Nature in the Mattole Headwaters.”

Tasha McKee is a fourth-generation Mattole Valley resident. She served on the Sanctuary Forest Board of Directors from 1997-2002, serving as board president in 2002. Since 2003, she has been the Sanctuary Forest's Water Program Director.

She has pioneered collaborative approaches to address water scarcity in the Mattole headwaters and played a key role in the development of the Mattole Flow Program—including practical solutions development, funding and implementation, community and landowner outreach, monitoring and research, and education on the low flow issue.

The Sustainable Futures Speaker Series is sponsored by the Environment & Community M.A. Program, the Schatz Energy Research Center, and the College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences at Humboldt State University.

The presentation will take place Thursday, October 25, at 5:30 p.m. in Siemens Hall 108.

Questions? Contact the Environment & Community Program at envcomm1@humboldt.edu or 707-826-3653.