 |
 |
Peter Vorster
vorster@bay.org
Peter Vorster has over 33 years of experience as a hydrogeographer, much of it focused on California's water resources and the landmark environmental water conflicts in the Eastern Sierra (Mono Lake and the Owens Valley) and the San Francisco Bay-Delta watershed. He was a principal researcher on the California Water Atlas and a key player in the successful effort to restore Mono Lake and its streams. Currently Peter is an independent consultant for environmental groups working on stream restoration and environmental flow management. He is also an employee with The Bay Institute, a public interest research and advocacy. For The Bay Institute, he leads the technical effort on the San Joaquin River restoration program, is a principal for the Ecological Scorecard project, and works with the Oakland Museum on their urban creek and watershed map series.
Peter’s expertise and interests include water management, water balance and system operations modeling, environmental restoration, climatology, historical geography of California, mountain environments, geomorphology, and museum education.
