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Peter
E. Black is
Distinguished Teaching Professor of Water and Related Land Resources,
Emeritus, at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
in Syracuse, NY. He has taught and conducted research at SUNY since
1965. He was awarded the BSF and MF degree in Forestry from The University of Michigan in
1956 and 1958, and the PhD in Watershed Management from Colorado State University
in
1961 where he received the first PhD in Watershed Management from the newly-formed Cooperative Watershed Management under the direction of Dr. Robert E. Dils, his Major Professor. He served as a Research Forester at the US Forest Service' Coweeta
Hydrologic Laboratory in North Carolina from 1956 to 1959, and taught
at Humboldt State College in Arcata, CA from 1961 to 1965. He has
taught forest management, surveying, and forest hydrology, and has
offered on-campus courses and short courses in watershed hydrology, watershed management, conservation
policy, environmental impact analysis, and seminars to a variety of technical and lay audiences in the
United
States
and
internationally in China, Chile, Spain, New Zealand, Australia, Nepal, South Africa, and South Korea. Dr. Black retired "from a job, not a career" in December, 2000, and continues
to write, lecture, teach short courses and workshops, advise students,
and provide public service, serving on the Skaneateles Lake Watershed Agricultural Program; the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's Watershed Agricultural Program; the NYS Soil and Water Conservation Committee; the USDA State Technical Committee for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the Advisory Group for the State of Maryland's Commission on the management of state forest lands. In January, 2006, he commenced a series of weekly two-minute facts and/or musings about water culture, history, law, organizations, policy, and science on NPR affiliate WRVO FM in Oswego, NY. (See Water Drops for times and free downloadable scripts). He has given numerous short courses and workshops on watershed hydrology and regularly speaks at professional and NGO meetings as well as working with community organizations on water resources education and sustainability (See Short Courses for listing).
Black has published an educational film, numerous articles
on hydrology and water resources (see complete resume), and three books entitled Environmental
Impact Analysis (Praeger, 1981), Conservation of Water and
Related Land Resources (CRC Press/Lewis Publishers,
Third Edition, 2001); and Watershed Hydrology (Ann Arbor Press,
Second Edition, 1996). In 1974, he co-founded IMPACT CONSULTANTS,
a private firm in Syracuse, for which he
served as EIS project manager for twelve years. He is a member of
several professional organizations, served as President (and held
many other offices) in and is a Fellow of the American Water Resources Association,
for which organization he was General Chairperson of its 1987 Summer Symposium entitled Water
Quality Monitoring, Modeling, and Mediation, and its 1996
Summer Symposium entitled Watershed Restoration Management. He was Organizing Chair for an AWRA-sponsored International Congress Watershed Management for Water Supply Systems in New York City
in 2003. He has served as Associate Editor for Watershed Management of the Journal
of American Water Resources Association and Water Resources
Impact. Black has been active in the Renewable Natural Resources
Foundation as a representative from the AWRA, and he has served on
its Education Committee. He has
also served on local, state, and national advisory committees and on the Board
of Directors of the Universities Council on Water Resources (1994-7), chairing a conference on Building Interdisciplinary Water Resources Partnerships in 1998;
the US Army Corps of Engineers' Environmental Advisory Board (1992-6),
and as its Chairperson in 1995-6, for which received the Commander's
Award for Public Service in November, 1996. He holds Professional Hydrologist certification by the American Institute of Hydrology, Environmental Assessment Certification by the National Association of Environmental Professionals, and Certified Environmental Professional by The Academy of Board Certified Environmental Professionals.
Black was appointed SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in 1997.
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