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Van Clothier

Van formed his company in 2002 after many years of studying Geomorphology with Dave Rosgen and Bill Zeedyk. He is currently working on a book with Mr. Zeedyk titled Going with the Flow.

He has performed grant work for the State of New Mexico, the Malpais Borderlands Group, and many organizations and private individuals all over the state.

Van's wife, Donna Stevens, is a botanist and co-author of Common Southwestern Native Plants (ISBN 0-9619945-1-7). Former president of the Native Plant Society, she is currently coordinator of the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance's Adopt-a-Spring program in the Burro Mountains southwest of Silver City where they live.

The Stream Dynamics Forum

Stream Dynamics also sponsors an information forum on issues related to watersheds. Following are some links:

www.HarvestingRainwater.com
Water-harvesting books and numerous resources to help you turn water scarcity into water abundance, while also reducing flooding and erosion.

www.drylandsolutions.com
Dryland Solutions Inc. seeks to create productive, resilient and dynamically stable landscapes with the capacity to provide for people and maintain biological diversity.

www.wildlandhydrology.com
Dave Rosgen's mission is to repair rivers that have been dammed and straightened, restore streambanks that have been armored with riprap and gabions, and revive overgrazed floodplains and streambeds mined for gravel.