Mark Grossi, an award-winning reporter for The Fresno Bee, will discuss “Groundwater: Our Hidden and Unprotected Heritage” at 6 p.m. Friday, April 29, at the Madden Library.
The free public event is presented by the Friends of the Madden Library at Fresno State in partnership with the Central Valley Water Awareness Committee to address how, despite the recent El Niño rains, groundwater remains one of our region’s most important and controversial issues.
Grossi, whose 39-year career includes 22 years as The Bee’s environmental/science writer, has worked at three newspapers as a reporter, editor and columnist. His awards include a year-long science writing fellowship at MIT and recognition in several national competitions, including Investigative Reporters and Editors, National Press Club and the John B. Oakes Award at Columbia University. He was awarded a 2016 writing fellowship by the Alicia Patterson Foundation to write about the environmental risks of living in rural communities around the San Joaquin Valley.
A reception with hors d’oeuvres and a no-host bar begins at 6 p.m. The program starts at 6:45 p.m.
RSVP by April 21 at http://pawsforms.csufresno.edu/rsvp/reply (code: LIBGROSSI).
The program complements the Water Wise Plant Exchange from 8 a.m. to noon April 30 at Fresno State’s Horticulture Greenhouse (3150 E. Barstow Ave.).
INFO: www.library.fresnostate.edu or Cindy Wathen at 559.278.1680, 559.593.3604 or ciwathen@csufresno.edu.
