2015 Upper Colorado River Basin Water Forum

Presentations

Wed, October 28

Morning Keynote: Extreme Conditions Across the West Kevin V. Werner, NOAA Western Region Climate Services Director

Panel of State Climatologists: Extreme Weather in the Colorado River Basin

• Robert Davies, UT Climate Center, Utah State University
• Nolan Doesken, CO Climate Center, Colorado State University
• David Dubois, NM State Climatologist, New Mexico State University
• Nancy Selover, AZ State Climatologist, University of Arizona

Strange weather: what does it mean for our future?

• Winter Weirding of 2014/2015 Chris Landry, Center for Snow & Avalanche Studies

• What does El Niño mean for the Colorado River Basin in 2015/2016? Klaus Wolter, NOAA-Earth System Research Lab, University of Colorado at Boulder

• The dynamics of vulnerability: why adapting to climate variability will not always prepare us for climate change Lisa Dilling, Western Water Assessment, University of Colorado at Boulder

Managing for Multiple Purposes under Challenging Conditions

• The Clock is Ticking: An Occupancy-based Assessment of Regional Vulnerability for Desert Fishes of the SW USA

  Phaedra Budy, US Geological Survey and Utah State University

• Managing Flows for Multiple Purposes in Colorado: Effects to Riparian Plant Communities Barbara Galloway, ERO Resources Corporation

Managing for Multiple Purposes: Case Studies

• An experimental habitat enhancement effort for desert rivers: San Rafael River restoration project

  Brian Laub, Utah State University

• Managing for multiple purpose reservoir releases and irrigation diversion under increasingly extreme hydrologic conditions: Little Snake River Case Study

  Dawn Arnell and Larry Hicks, Little Snake River Conservation District

• Farmers looking ahead & working with multiple stakeholders on efficiency: the No Chico Brush project

  Perry Cabot , Colorado Water Institute, Colorado State University; Cary Denison, Trout Unlimited; Tom Kay, No Chico Brush

Communicating Water Challenges and Solutions

• Storytelling to address Water Conflicts (no slides shown)

  Constance Holland, Storyteller

• Living Landscapes: Personal Accounts of Water Conservation in a Modern Day American Home

  Natalie Sullivan, Center for ReSource Conservation

• Water Fluency Course Impact Jayla Poppleton, Colorado Foundation for Water Education

Afternoon Keynote:

Delta Dawn short film by Peter McBride, followed by remarks by Taylor Hawes of The Nature Conservancy

Presentations

Thurs, October 29

Morning Keynote: Colorado Climate Plan Taryn Finnessey, Colorado Water Conservation Board (full plan available here)

Alternative Water Allocation & Governance Strategies

• Who wins, who loses? Water markets under imperfectly competitive conditions Chris Goemans, Colorado State University

• Transitioning to a New Era in Western United States Water Governance: Examining Sustainable Water Policy in the Colorado River Basin
  John Berggren, University of Colorado Boulder

Adaptation Strategies in Storage and Urban Land Use

• Shifting the water resource management paradigm by increasing adaptive capacity for water storage in the American Southwest Dagmar Llewellyn, Bureau of Reclamation

• Integrating multiple strategies to achieve a more sustainable water future Eric Hecox, South Metro Water Supply Authority

• The Colorado Water & Growth Dialogue: tools for integrating land-use strategies into water supply planning Marc Waage, Denver Water

10:50 - Adaptation Strategies in Agriculture

• Update on CO Water Bank Project: first year of results on agronomic impacts & measurements of water savings Perry Cabot, Colorado State University; Paul Kehmeier, Farmer; and Joe Bernal, Bernal Farms

• Young farmers at the helm: New findings on adaptation and stewardship Kate Greenberg, National Young Farmers Coalition

• Meeting Long-term Agricultural Demands - More than Water is Needed! (a very abbreviated version of this presentation was presented) Charles Howe, University of Colorado (for John Wiener, University of Colorado)

Renegotiating the Interim Guidelines for Managing Lakes Powell and Mead (panel)

• Eric Kuhn, Colorado River District

• Angela Rashid, Colorado River Board of California

• Chuck Cullom, Central Arizona Project

• Steve Wolff, Wyoming State Engineer's Office

• Ted Kowalski, Colorado Water Conservation Board

Extremes, Averages, or Both: Where Do the Risks Lie?

(no slides shown) Doug Kenney, Chair, Colorado River Research Group

Many thanks to these forum sponsors & exhibitors:

GRAND VALLEY WATER USERS ASSOCIATION

WILSON WATER GROUP

EAGLE RIVER WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT

WESTWATER ENGINEERING

Olsson Associates

Middle Colorado Watershed Council

Trout Unlimited - Our Colorado River Program

Western Water and Land

Tamarisk Coalition

Western State Colorado University Env & Sust Program