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Donald Brauer Honored continued from page 1 <br /> y ~. r 1 <br /> <br />,. <br />F <br />` s <br />~t <br />iR. <br />~` <br />~ ~ <br />` <br />y <br />~ <br />_ ~ <br />'~ ~\ j <br />' ` .~ <br />- <br />~ .l' . E <br />~° <br />:x F ~ x.-. <br />~s <br /> ~ <br />~ i <br />~ r ~~~ >' <br />s t y; <br />r 'F r; ,, <br />~ ~ y <br />5 <br />~' -, - 1. ~i e' <br />Don Brauer was presented the "Water is Life" Award by DNR <br />Commissioner Gene Merrian and Reid Billig, Freshwater Society <br />Board Member. <br />As founder of Brauer and Associates and a principal in <br />the Brauer Group, Don led the design and development of <br />over 2000 parks, nature interpretive centers, schools and <br />education facilities. Don was also involved in over 200 <br />water and wastewater facilities, 100 solid and hazardous <br />waste facilities, and 300 urban and regional planning <br />consulting projects. <br />A guest lecturer on civil engineering, landscape <br />architecture, urban planning, environmental design, parks <br />and recreation administration and resource management, <br />Don has also authored many publications and papers for <br />statewide and national circulation. <br />Don first met Dick Gray, founder of the Freshwater <br />Society, at the Southdale Center during a program on the <br />first Earth Day in 1970. Dick was the featured speaker and <br />Don was the "warm up." Don became a member and <br />volunteer for the Freshwater Society in 1980, joined the <br />Board of Directors in 1988, and served as Interim Executive <br />Director from 1990-1991 and again from 1999 to the present. <br />Among the countless business, professional, and <br />community service awards earned over the years, Don's <br />lifelong commitment to the preservation of freshwater and <br />natural resources has earned him the Honorary Life Director <br />Award from the Minnesota Park and Recreation Foundation, <br />a Distinguished Service Award from the Minnesota <br />Zoological Society, the Sue Tinker Service Award from the <br />American Camping Association; and the Distinguished <br />Engineer Award for public service - an award given by the <br />Minnesota Federation of Engineering Societies to only 20 of <br />the more than 20,000 engineers in Minnesota. <br />Brauer Recognized as entor <br />Donald Brauer's exemplary service to the Humphrey <br />Institute's Mentor Program was highlighted in the <br />September/October issue of Minnesota, the University of <br />Minnesota Alumni Association quarterly publication. <br />Freshwater Society ®irector <br />tte s its ouse satin <br />Freshwater <br />Society <br />Director Kim <br />Carlson was <br />nominated to <br />attend the <br />Sustainable Water <br />Resources <br />Roundtable <br />(SWRR) Meeting <br />in Washington <br />D.C. this past <br />summer. <br />The SWRR is <br />designed to <br />provide an open <br />forum for <br />exchanging ideas <br />and information <br />to foster <br />collaboration on <br />- - , <br />~. <br />0 <br />0 <br />v <br />ways to manage water resources in such a way that the resource <br />and its uses maybe sustained over the long term. The <br />roundtable was created under the Advisory Committee on Water <br />Information to promote exchange of information among <br />representatives of government, industry, environmental, <br />professional, public interest, and academic groups. The <br />roundtable is intended to provide a venue open to those who <br />wish to examine some aspect of the many interrelationships <br />noted above, and the future implications for the nation. The <br />SWRR is one of four Resource Roundtables; the others work on <br />forests, rangelands, and minerals and energy. <br />"The group is bi-partisan and well represented by industry, <br />government, and non-governmental organizations" said Carlson. <br />"Recommendations made by the SWRR will be given to the <br />White House Council on Environmental Quality, which reports <br />to the president." <br />Currently, the group is charged with establishing a set of <br />water quality indicators. <br />As a member of the Freshwater Society Board of Directors, <br />and founder and CEO of Cities Management, Inc. and <br />SenEarthCa.com, Carlson offers extensive knowledge of our <br />most important natural resource. "I was honored to be included <br />on behalf of the Freshwater Society. Water in the State of <br />Minnesota is our most valuable resource and we need to do <br />anything and everything possible at both the local and national <br />levels to make sure that it is clean and pure for generations to <br />come," says Carlson. <br />Carlson has also been invited to join the Steering Council <br />for the SWRR. <br />For more roundtable information: <br />http:/ /water.usgs.gov/wicp/acwi/swrr/ <br />FACETS October 2005 <br />Kim Carlson <br />