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== Life ==
== Life ==


Laurie Wirt was born in 1958 and raised in Boylston, Massachusetts. She died on June 26, 2006, in a kayaking accident on the Cache la Poudre River in Colorado<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hamilton |first1=Jim |title=Remembering Laurie Wirt |url=https://www.amherst.edu/amherst-story/magazine/in_memory/1980/lauriewirt |website=Amherst College Magazine |accessdate=1 May 2019}}</ref>. Her death was reported by Southwest Hydrology magazine <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Southwest Hydrology Staff Report |title=In Memory of Laurie Wirt |journal=Southwest Hydrology |date=September 2006 |volume=5 |issue=5 |page=32 |url=http://www.swhydro.arizona.edu/archive/V5_N5/SWHVol5Issue5.pdf}}</ref>.
Laurie Wirt was born in 1958 and raised in Boylston, Massachusetts. She died on June 26, 2006, in a kayaking accident on the Cache la Poudre River in Colorado<ref name="amh">{{cite web |last1=Hamilton |first1=Jim |title=Remembering Laurie Wirt |url=https://www.amherst.edu/amherst-story/magazine/in_memory/1980/lauriewirt |website=Amherst College Magazine |accessdate=1 May 2019}}</ref>. Her death was reported by Southwest Hydrology magazine <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Southwest Hydrology Staff Report |title=In Memory of Laurie Wirt |journal=Southwest Hydrology |date=September 2006 |volume=5 |issue=5 |page=32 |url=http://www.swhydro.arizona.edu/archive/V5_N5/SWHVol5Issue5.pdf}}</ref>.

"For the last nine years before her death she lived in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband, Kirk Vincent. In addition to Kirk, she leaves behind her sister, Betsy, and her brother, Ted." <ref name="amh">


== Education ==
== Education ==

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Laurie Wirt
Born
Laurie Wirt
DiedJune 26, 2006(2006-06-26) (aged 47–48)
NationalityAmerican
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsU.S. Geological Survey

Laurie Wirt (1958–2006) was an American scientist working in the fields of hydrology and aquatic geochemistry. After gaining her Master’s degree in Geosciences from the University of Arizona in 1989, she went on to join the U.S. Geological Survey, where she worked in Tucson, Arizona, and later in Denver, Colorado.

Life

Laurie Wirt was born in 1958 and raised in Boylston, Massachusetts. She died on June 26, 2006, in a kayaking accident on the Cache la Poudre River in Colorado[1]. Her death was reported by Southwest Hydrology magazine [2].

"For the last nine years before her death she lived in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband, Kirk Vincent. In addition to Kirk, she leaves behind her sister, Betsy, and her brother, Ted." Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). relationship between Big Chino Aquifer and surface water in the Verde, aquifer provides 80% of surface flow "drawing down the aquifer will devaste the river". Highlights opposition by developers

References

  1. ^ Hamilton, Jim. "Remembering Laurie Wirt". Amherst College Magazine. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  2. ^ Southwest Hydrology Staff Report (September 2006). "In Memory of Laurie Wirt" (PDF). Southwest Hydrology. 5 (5): 32.