PRESENTATIONS

2018 SUSTAINING COLORADO WATERSHEDS CONFERENCE

"The Color of Water: Exploring the Spectrum"

October 9 - 11, 2018 at the Westin Riverfront in Avon, CO

Plenary Session 1:

Brian Bledsoe, PhD., University of Georgia

Towards Resilient and Dynamic River Systems

Part I | Part II

Current thinking on designing and managing for resilient and dynamic river systems, the tradeoffs between complexity and practicality, and bridging the gap between research and practitioners

Plenary Session 2:

Joe Wheaton, PhD., Utah State University

River Health through Heart Surgery or a Healthy Diet

Part I | Part II

Developing and sustaining ecosystem services through a holistic approach to dynamic watershed health

Keynote Address:

Anthony Poponi

Challenging conversations, building trust and having more effective conversations

8:30-10:00am

Freedom Space- Process Drivers for River Management

Moderator: Peter Skidmore

A spectrum of constraints, goals and opportunities in stream management

Peter Skidmore, Walton Family Foundation

Process-based assessment of river channel change to inform conservation action on the Yampa River

Seth Mason, Lotic Hydrological

Stage Zero: Using a channel evolution model to set restoration goals

Mark Beardsley, EcoMetrics

Reach- and basin-scale assessment to inform river corridor restoration goals and constraints

Joe Wheaton, PhD., Utah State University

Creating Opportunities for Community Engagement

Moderator: Jayla Poppleton

Clean River Design Challenge: Going Beyond Talking Trash

Lauren Berent, The Water Connection & The Greenway Foundation

Converting Badger Creek from a Watershed to a Water Catchment

Buffy Lenth & Natalie Allio, MA, Central Colorado Conservancy

Leveraging STEM education to pursue watershed projects, partnerships, and funding

Luke Javernick, River Science

Sacramento Creek Watershed Protection Plan: A Tiny Creek Seeks Community Involvement

Kristin Barrett, Beaver Ponds Environmental Education Center

Removing Red Tape

Moderator: Casey Davenhill

Colorado Surface Water Quality Assessment Program

Skip Feeney, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Colorado Water Projects: Redefining effective engagement in the mitigation and permitting processes

Karlyn Armstrong & Amy Moyer, Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Promoting wetlands and waterfowl through creative augmentation planning

Eric Potyondy, City of Fort Collins

Request for Water Acquisitions Pilot Process: A Streamlined Approach to Water Transactions to Benefit the Environment

Mickey O'Hara, Colorado Water Trust & Linda Bassi, Colorado Water Conservation Board

10:30am-12:00pm

Flood Recovery Panel

Moderator: Jeff Sickles

Building Resilience into Flood Recovery: Lessons Learned from the Colorado EWP Program

Jeff Sickles, Enginuity

Chris Sturm, Colorado Water Conservation Board

Katie Jagt, Watershed Science and Design

Green, Gray and White

Moderator: Jen Shanahan

Ski Town Showdown - Aspen vs. Vail - Who has the best stormwater?

April Long, City of Aspen & Pete Wadden, Town of Vail

Putting the Gr$$n in Greenways: The Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Greenways in the Pikes Peak Region

Allison Plute & Christine Lowenberg, The Greenway Fund

Green Infrastructure for Downtown Colorado Streets

Riley Cavanaugh & Alec Sabatini, CU Boulder

Making Waves: The effects of whitewater parks on fisheries

Eric Richer, Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Thinking Deeper - Hydologic Connection in Restoration

Moderator: Erika Smull

Timing is Everything: Groundwater Latency Masks Its Impending Contribution to Vulnerability

Gilbert Barth, SSP&A

Innovations in Headwater Stream Restoration for Hydrologic Resilience: The Montana Experience

Scott Gillilan, Gillilan Associates

Re-wetting the Sponge: Meadow restoration in the Upper Gunnison Basin

Andrew Breibart, Bureau of Land Management, Gunnison Field Office

Hydrologic Connectivity as a Tool for Watershed Management: Moving from Theory to Application

Alex Brooks, Colorado State University

1:30-3:00pm

Headwaters Live Panel

Moderator: Caitlin Coleman

Headwaters Magazine LIVE:
Stream Management Planning
How diverse interests are cooperating in the name of science and community to plan and address vulnerability

Caitlin Coleman, Water Education Colorado

Nicole Seltzer, River Network

Kelly Romero-Heaney, City of Steamboat Springs

Laurie Rink, Middle Colorado Watershed Council

Heather Tattersall Lewin, Roaring Fork Conservancy

Rebecca Mitchell, Colorado Water Conservation Board