Peter E. Black
Distinguished Teaching Professor of Water and Related Land Resources, Emeritus
208-A Marshall Hall
One Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210-2788
(315) 470-6571
peblack@esf.edu
- Brief Biography
Two paragraph biography and photograph. - Resume
Everything you wanted - and undoubtedly some stuff you didn't want - to know about me (but not my social security number).
Highest Education:
Ph.D., Colorado State University (Watershed Management), 1961.
Areas of Study:
Watershed hydrology, Soil and Water Conservation Policy, Environmental impact analysis.
Educational and Software Water Budget Tools for Students and Professionals: Descriptions of "Concepts of Watershed Hydrology," an animated, narrated short course, and easy-to-use water balance software and decorative mobiles now available, or email peblack@esf.edu
Courses Taught:
Soil and Water Conservation Policy, Watershed Management, Water Resources Issues in the News (seminar), Introduction to Water Resources. For current availability, see listing of courses offered.
Most Recent Publications:
(See Resume for complete Publications list)
2007, "Commentary: A Road to Sustainability" Journal of Environmental
Practice (9):135-135
2007. "Revisiting the Thornthwaite and Mather Water Balance," Journal of the American Water Resources Association, accepted for December 2007
2006 Invited book review of Lester R. Brown's Plan B 2.0 Rescuing a Planet under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble, in NYCAD Newsletter (September). P. 4. Also published in Journal of the American Water Resources Association, October 2006:1423.
2006 Invited book review of Peter Annin's Great Lakes Water Wars. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, In Press.
2006 "Lessons of the Past and Present to Sustain the Future," Rice Creek Associates (Oswego, NY); seminar ("A Canary for Lunch") at AWRA annual Meeting, Baltimore, November; and several on-campus presentations
2005 "Lessons from the Past and Present to Sustain the Future," invited Keynote Address, Tri-Society (Society of American Foresters, American Fisheries Society, National Wildlife Society sections in New York State), Liverpool, NY 2/3/05
2005 Water Drops, weekly two-minute public service essays on all water science, culture, management, and policy on NPR affiliate, WRVO.FM, Oswego, NY. (c) Peter E. Black
2005 "Water Resource Organizations," solicited article for Wiley Water Encyclopedia, edited by Jay Lehr, online at www3.interscience.wiley.com.
2004 "Forest and Wildland Watershed Functions," invited Chapter 1 in A Century of Forest and Wildland Watershed Lessons, George G. Ice and John D. Stednick, editors. Pages 1-18.
Water Drops
Water Drops is a twice-weekly, two-minute essay celebrating the wonder of water on WRVO.FM (Oswego, NY) at 89.9 or 90.3 on the FM dial, and on line. Visit www.wrvo.fm for free downloadable audio files and live-streaming at 5:38 PM Saturdays and 9:38 AM Sundays, and/or http://www.watershedhydrology.com/html/WaterDrops.html for free scripts after airing.