To view posters from the poster social, click here.

Tuesday, October 3rd

7:30 am - 11:30 am: Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration (LTPBR) Workshop with Case 

Studies from Cameron Peak Fire Recovery - Gondola B Room  

      Hosted by Colorado Riparian Association and Ayres Associates

1:15 pm - 3:00 pm: Plenary Session 1 - SB 270: The Science, the Policy, and the People 

      Riverside Ballroom

      Moderators:    

Abby Burk, Audubon Rockies

Julie Ash, Colorado Riparian Association

      Presenters/Panelists:

Dr. Brad Johnson, Johnson Environmental Consulting

Kelly Romero-Heaney, Colorado Department of Natural Resources

Chris Sturm, Colorado Water Conservation Board

Heather Dutton, San Luis Valley Water Conservancy District

Sean Cronin, St. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservation District

3:15 pm - 4:45 pm: Plenary Session 2 - Watersheds-Full of Options for Water Use: Checking            

                                          in With Our Values

Riverside Ballroom

Moderator: 

Nora Flynn, Colorado Water Conservation Board

Presenters/Panelists:

Greg Petersen, Colorado Ag Water Alliance

Paul Kehmeier, Colorado Department of Agriculture

Chelsea Benjamin, Western Resource Advocates

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm: Keynote Address - Riverside Ballroom

Beyond Land Acknowledgments – How We Move Beyond Land 

Acknowledgments and Develop Stronger and More Meaningful Relationships 

With Tribal Nations and Indigenous Communities - Riverside Ballroom

Ernest House Jr., Senior Policy Director and Program Director, American 

Indian/Alaska Native Program, Keystone Policy Center

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

8:15 am - 9:15 am: Plenary Session 3 - Positive and Productive Lessons Learned in Wildfire 

Recovery 

Riverside Ballroom

Moderator:

Chris Sturm, Colorado Water Conservation Board

Panelists:

Esther Vincent, Northern Water Conservancy District

Todd Bolt, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Hally Strevy, Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed

Deb Hummel, The Watershed Center

9:30 am - 12:00 pm Concurrent Tracks

Gondola B Room - Blending Urban, Ag and Environmental Water Uses

Riverside Ballroom - Lessons From Practitioners in the Field

9:30 am - 10:00 am: Diversifying Colorado's Water Portfolio: Potential for Stormwater 

Capture and Use

Jane Clary - Wright Water Engineers

Designing and Building for Planned Randomness

TC Dinkins - FlyWater, Inc.

10:00 am - 10:30 am:

Testing Ag Performance Solutions Program (TAPS): A Stewardship-Oriented Agronomic Competition

Christina Welch - Colorado State University

Beaver-Human Conflict Resolution: A Holistic Approach to Watershed Management at the Human-Wildlife Interface

Allison Del Gizzi - The Beaver Institute

Leveraging the Ecosystem Services of the Beaver as a Partner for Ecological Restoration in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the US

Scott McGill - The Beaver Institute

10:30 am - 11:00 am 

Modeling Results: Do Agricultural Conservation Practices Affect Salinity Losses from Irrigated Fields?

Phil Brink - Brink, Inc.

Tyler Wible - Colorado State University

Building Climate Adaptation through Ecological and Geomorpholocial Complexity in River Restoration Along the Transition Zone of Colorado's Front Range

Matthew Bitters - The Watershed Center

11:00 am - 11:30 am 

Bridging the Gap: Considering Past Water Projects to Improve Future Water Supply Planning

Waverly Klaw - Sonoran Institute

Torie Jarvis - Northwest Colorado Council of Governments

Augmenting Channel and Floodplain Habitat with Gravel

Blair Greimann - Stantec

11:30 am - 12:00pm

Instream Flow Water Rights for Riparian Protection

Marielle Sidell - Colorado Water Conservation Board

Partnerships to Promote Western Slope Wetlands

Shannon Hatch - Bureau of Reclamation

Kevin Warner - Ducks Unlimited

Scott Romatzke - Colorado Parks and Wildlife

1:15 pm - 3:15 pm Concurrent Tracks


Gondola B Room - Community Planning for Stream Management

Riverside Ballroom - Opportunities to Expand Funding and Capacity

1:15 pm - 1:45 pm

A Review of the State of the Science of Low-tech Process-Based Restoration of Headwater Streams

Jackie Corday - Corday Natural Resources Consulting

Case Study of Conservation Easement Credits for Protection of Panama Reservoir

Mike Strugar - CRC

1:45 pm - 2:15 pm

Dam Good: Weaving Together Restoration, Diversion Infrastructure, and Equity on the Cache la Poudre River

Bernadette Kuhn - City of Fort Collins

Julie Ash - Stillwater Sciences

Enhancing Community and Organizational Capacity through Federal Programming to Support Watershed-Scale Conservation Efforts

Keren Mikva - Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership

Amanda Perkins, Ally Piazzoni - University of Colorado at Boulder 

2:15 pm - 2:45 pm 

Engaging Community Through the Yampa River Scorecard Project

Kim Lennberg - Alba Watershed Consulting

Lindsey Marlow, Jenny Frithsen - Friends of the Yampa

Surfing the Tidal Wave - How to Use State Revolving Funds to Promote Nature-Based Solutions

Christopher Wolff - Quantified Ventures

2:45 pm - 3:15 pm

Little Fishes: The West Plum Creek Story

Boyd Wright - Colorado Parks and Wildlife

CWCB Funding Sources

Anna Mauss - Colorado Water Conservation Board

3:45 pm - 4:45 pm Closing Session (Next Generation) 

Riverside Ballroom

Moderator: 

Sabrina White, Water Education Colorado

3:45 pm - 4:00 pm: Fostering Collaboration with Hispanic Leaders for Equitable and 

Innovative Change in Colorado's Water Conservation

Breanna Gonzalez - Hispanics Enjoying Camping, Hunting, and the Outdoors (HECHO)

4:00 pm - 4:15 pm: Expanding Community Engagement with Local Youth Ambassadors

Lauren Berent Burgess - The Greenway Foundation

4:15 pm - 4:30 pm: Watershed Penpals: Bridging the Divide

Megan Dean - Roaring Fork Conservancy

4:30 pm - 4:45 pm: Closing Speaker

Breanna Gonzalez - Hispanics Enjoying Camping, Hunting, and the Outdoors (HECHO)