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Autumn in Dalhart, TX. Calendar for 2019 – 2020
NWNL image in Smithsonian exhibit: bald cyprus in Mississippi River Basin Thru Feb. 2020: Traveling Exhibit, “Water/Ways” This Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit includes imagery by conservation photographer Alison M. Jones. “Water Matters” is part of the Museum on Main Street (MoMS) Smithsonian exhibit series created for educational purposes. Its itinerary, stopping at many US small cities through Feb. 2020, is at H2O Today. The exhibit’s signage discusses water’s values and our water usage. An online digital version runs until 2026. Late Oct. 2019: A Western Mississippi River Basin Expedition Conservation photographer Alison M. Jones will explore the western drainage from the Colorado Front Range Prairie and Upper Platte River Basin (and perhaps Upper Canadian River Basin) eastward to the Mississippi River. Exact itinerary and dates TBD. Mid-Oct. 2019: Society of Environmental Journalism Annual Conference, Fort Collins, CO Themes of interest to Alison include Wildfire Recovery, Agriculture & Drought on the Plains, Water Management in the West, Environmental Injustice and Urban Growth. Dates TBD. June 19–23, 2019: Xtinguish: The 50th Anniversary of the Cuyahoga River Fire, Ohio This “crooked river” – loaded with petroleum waste products – caught fire in the late 1960s and became a catalyst for enacting the Clean Water Act and other environmental initiatives. This event will focus on recovery success and Ohio as the first state to use data on aquatic insects in water quality assessments. Conservation photographer Alison Jones will attend as guest of Dr. Judith Shaw, author of an upcoming book on the Cuyahoga River. May 5–30, 2019 Mara River Basin Expedition, Kenya Conservation photographer Alison M. Jones will return again to the devastated Mara River headwaters in the Mau Forest and to the downstream savannas of the Maasai Mara National Reserve that depend on reliable perennial flows of the Mara River. Threats to the river include climate change, pending dams and continued deforestation. April 23, 2019, Lecture: “Mara-Serengeti Values and Issues,” New York City Conservation photographer Alison Jones and Tanzania’s Meyasi Meshiliec will discuss threats to the Mara River Basin’s water flows, protected open spaces, and iconic biodiversity. Meshiliec will be in the US representing Serengeti Watch, a project of Friends of Serengeti. Their talk will be enhanced by powerful documentary photographs. Time and location: 6:30 PM at Birch Wathen Lenox Auditorium, 210 E. 77th St., NYC. For more details, call 212-861-6961. Feb. 28, 2019, Lecture: “Two River Basins – in New Jersey and Kenya” Conservation photographer Alison M. Jones will speak at the Raritan Headwaters Association’s membership dinner in Oldwick, NJ. Tickets are $40. For reservations, call 908-234-1852. Feb. 20–24, 2019: NANPA Summit, Las Vegas NV The North American Nature Photography Association gathering will offer conservation photographer Alison Jones insights on using photography for conservation; saving wildlife via photography; how to connect the viewer with her photographs; and a Keynote by James Balog on the Human Element in the face of Climate Change. Feb. 1–19, 2019: California Drought, Central Coast Conservation photographer Alison M. Jones will continue documenting the statewide impacts of California’s extended drought, with a focus on Santa Barbara County’s wildfire and mudslide recovery, as well as recent desalination investments.
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