The Bureau of Reclamation and University of Nevada - Las Vegas are cosponsoring a symposium on the history of the Bureau of Reclamation. UNLV will host the symposium on its campus June 18-19, 2002.

Anyone who is interested is invited to register and participate in the symposium.

Registration and other detailed information about the symposium may be found on the web site below.

Some 45 presentations on a wide variety of topics and representing a broad range of perspectives will be made at the symposium. The symposium is formatted to encourage discussion among presenters and the audience. All papers will be distributed on CD to registrants.

Among others, symposium participants include: Thomas G. Alexander, Brigham Young University; Judith Austin, Idaho Historical Society, Boise; Robert E. Bonner,Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota; Brian Q. Cannon, Brigham Young University; Betsy Cody, Congressional Research Service, Washington, D.C.; Nancy Cook, University of Rhode Island, Kingston; Donald C. Jackson,Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania; John W. Keys, III, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; Patricia Nelson Limerick, University of Colorado, Boulder; David Lorne McWatters, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro; Alan S. Newell, Historical Research Associates, Inc., Missoula; Richard J. Orsi, California State University, Hayward; Donald J. Pisani,University of Oklahoma, Norman; Martin Reuss, Corps of Engineers, Fort Belvoir, Virginia; William Rowley, University of Nevada - Reno; Alfred Simon, University of New Mexico; and Robert L. Spude, National Park Service, Santa Fe, New Mexico; etc.