2015 Sustaining Colorado Watersheds Conference
 

In it for the Long Haul

October 6-8, 2015

Westin Riverfront Resort

Avon, CO

2015 Sustaining Colorado Watersheds Conference:

Presentations

Tuesday, October 6, 2015 Plenary Session 1: Defining Resiliency for Colorado Communities

• Presentations

  • Colorado Water Conservation Board, Chris Sturm
  • Department of Local Affairs, KC McFerson
  • Watershed Science and Design, Katie Jagt
  • Colorado Department of Transportation, Steven Humphrey
  • The Nature Conservancy, John Sanderson

Tuesday, October 6, 2016 Plenary Session 2: Defining Resiliency for the Yampa River 

• Panelists

  • John Fielder, Nature Photographer - Part 1, Part 2
  • Matt Rice, American Rivers
  • Jackie Brown, Tri-State Generation and Transmission

Moderator: Kristin Maharg, Colorado Foundation for Water Education 

Wednesday October 7, 2015 Concurrent Sessions

• Session 1
  • Water & Agricultural Nexus
    • Modernizing Agriculture to Improve Stream Flow, Cary Denison, Trout Unlimited
    • Improving the Rio Grande for Farmers, Fish, and Families, Heather Dutton, Colorado Rio Grande Restoration Foundation
    • Fish Passage on the Big Thompson River, John Giordanengo, AloTerra
  • Flood Recovery
    • Designing Recovery: Flood Recovery in Stages, Scott Shipley, Town of Lyons
    • Post disaster recovery process using the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP), John Andrews, USDA NRCS
    • Proactive Watershed Planning: How watershed assessment, management, and stabilization prior to development, can create a resilient and functioning system, TC Dinkins, Stantec Consulting  
  • Education & Engagement
    • It's Officially "A Thing": How Colorado's Water Plan and the Basin Implementation Plans are Really All About Making Stuff Happen
      • Arkansas Basin Water Forum, Al Tucker
      • Arkansas Basin Roundtable, Sandy White
      • Trout Unlimited, Kevin Terry
      • Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District, Frank Kugel
• Session 2
  • Water & Agricultural Nexus
    • The new rivers of the West: A comparison of irrigation canals and natural streams, Erick Carlson, Colorado State University
    • IL VK Upper Colorado River Irrigation and Restoration Assessment, Christian Romeyn, AECM
    • Agriculture and Drinking Water: A Proactive Protection Planning Approach, Dylan Trujillo, Colorado Rural Water Association
  • Restoration Ecology
    • The Use of Site-Specific Wetland and Riparian Plan Species in Restoration Design to Benefit Pollinator Habitat, Randy Mandel, Golder Associates
    • Using cottonwoods to reconstruct river flows and assess the condition of modern riparian ecosystems, Derek Schook, Colorado State University
    • Clear Creek Channel Restoration, Josh Hollon and Kevin Shanks
  • Creative Public Policy
    • The Crossroads of Duty and the Doctrine of Prior Appropriation, Ken MacKenzie, UDFCD
    • From Fields to Flows and Back Again: The Successes and Challenges of Getting Water Sharing Projects on the Ground, Karen Wogsland, Colorado Water Trust
    • Poudre River Health Assessment Framework, Jen, Shanahan, City of Fort Collins
• Session 3
  • Hazard Mapping
    • Characterizing and mapping risk of river changes from floods, Joel Sholtes, Colorado State University; Michael Blazewicz, Roundriver Designs; Katie Jagt, Watershed Science Design
    • Developing Rapid Geomorphic Datasets to Identify Risk and Guide River Restoration and Long-Term Watershed Planning: A River Styles Case Study, Luke Swan, Otak, Inc.
    • Debris Flow Hazard Mapping in Colorado: The Need and Plan for a Statewide Assessment, Matthew Morgan, Colorado Geological Survey 
  • Telling Stories with Data
    • Environmental Data Analysis Tools for Decision Makers, Kelly Close, Leonard Rice Engineers, Inc.
    • Water Education through Stories Using Open and Big Data, Steve Malers, Open Water Foundation
    • Assessing Nutrient Management Targets and Tradeoffs in Colorado Watersheds, Dr. Mazdak Arabi and Tyler Wible, Colorado State University
  • Capacity Building
    • Recognizing the Role of the Philanthropic Community in Watershed Health
      • Colorado Nonprofit Association, Mark Turner
      • Understanding Water Resources, Caroline Bradford
      • Gates Family Foundation, Beth Conover
      • Colorado Stream Restoration Network (CSRN), JulieAsh
• Session 4
  • Water Flexibility
    • The use of Flexible Water Transfers and Water Markets to Serve Multiple Purposes, Brett Bovee, WestWater Research
    • The Promise and the Challenge: Attitudes toward Sharing Water in the Arkansas Valley, Brian Devine, UC Boulder
    • HB 13-1248 & the CWCB's Rotational Leasing Fallowing Pilot Program: Colorado's First Approved Pilot Project & Possibilities for the Future, Leah Martinson, Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District
  • Long-Term Planning
    • Anticipating the Long Haul: Exploring Threshold Boundaries with Basin-wide Stream Depletion Mapping, Gilbert Barth, SSPA
    • Snow-Flow: Integrating Water Data into Public Education, JD Kurz, Pagosa Springs High School
    • Didymo on the Fryingpan: Anglers, Dams, and Climate Change, Heather Lewin, Roaring Fork Conservancyand Jenn Moore, Colorado Mountain College
  • Leadership Skills
    • What is your Career Value?, Mary Horan, Merrick & Company
    • Moderating & Public Speaking: A Crash Course in Becoming Exceptional, Brian Epstein, CWCB
    • Leadership & Communicating with Decision Makers, Representative Diane Mitsch Bush