California's Water: Rivers, Oceans, and Our Future

Hosted by the National Steinbeck Center

As part of a national celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize, California Humanities will convene a series of discussion forums throughout the state as part of the Pulitzer Prize Centennial Campfires Initiative.  Aimed at deepening the public’s engagement with contemporary issues through a humanities lens, On the Road with California Humanities will connect Pulitzer-prize winning authors, artists, journalists, and other notable thinkers who are helping to guide California along the road to a vibrant future.

Water is precious, finite resource is at the center of debate and politics as California grapples with the challenges of drought and climate change. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bettina Boxall joins Felicia Marcus, Chair of California’s State Water Resources Board and Norm Groot, Executive Director of Monterey County Farm Bureau, as they discuss what we know and what we don't know, and what we must learn about how to manage a future in which water is going to become all the more precious.