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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
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
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)