Tuesday, October 8th
8:30am - 11:30am - Concurrent Pre-Conference Workshop Options
Making The Most Of Your Restoration Project - Riverscapes Restoration Principles and Project Management for Project Owners, Managers, and Implementors
Hosted by Colorado Riparian Association
Building Knowledge and Confidence In Community Water Stewardship: Exploring Shared Strategies In Colorado’s Statewide Water Education Action Plan
Hosted By Water Education Colorado
Hug Your Bookkeeper… And Other Helpful Guidance For Community Watershed Organizations
Hosted By Colorado Watershed Assembly
1:00pm - 2:45pm – Conference Welcome And Plenary Session I - What’s Next For The Colorado River? Elevating Ecological Values
Riverside Ballroom
Moderator:
Jennifer Pitt, Audubon
Presenters/Panelists:
Amy Ostdiek, Colorado Water Conservation Board
Carly Jerla, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Matt Rice, American Rivers
Aaron Derwingson, The Nature Conservancy
3:00pm - 4:30pm - Plenary Session II - Fire! Change and Adaptation to the Fire Landscape in Colorado
Riverside Ballroom
Moderator:
Curtis Hartenstine, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.
Powerful work: Change in best practices in wildfire mitigation for electric utilities
Presenters/Panelists:
Jeff Sickles, Olsson Associates
Jared Heath, City of Fort Collins
Protecting Drinking Water Supplies from Wildfire
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm: Keynote Address - Riverside Ballroom
A Walk in the Park - Kevin Fedarko, New York Times Bestselling Author
Wednesday, October 9th
9:30 am - 12:00 pm Concurrent Tracks
Gondola B Room - The Power of a Project Champion
Moderated by Steve Reeves, Colorado Water Conservation Board
The Power of a Project Champion Panel
Melissa Wills, Colorado River District (Facilitator)
Patrick Stanko, Community Agriculture Alliance
Jesse Kruthaupt, Trout Unlimited
Vanessa Logsdon, Blue River Watershed Group
Using Community Consensus to Adapt to Change
Sensa Wolcott, Mancos Conservation District
Riverside Ballroom III - Meeting Industrial Water Needs
Moderated by Sabrina Scherma, Water Education Colorado
Headwaters LIVE: The Water/Energy Nexus Adapting for the Future Panel
Sabrina Scherma & Caitlin Coleman, Water Education Colorado (Facilitators)
The Energy Transition...And the grid, also water. - Jackie Brown, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.
Shoshone Water Right Preservation - Zane Kessler, Colorado River District
Colorado Produced Water Consortium - Hope Dalton, Colorado Department of Natural Resources
Making Change Less Scary: Predicted and Observed Response from Klamath Dam Removals
Blair Greimann, STANTEC
Riverside Ballroom IV - Agricultural Innovation
Moderated by Casey Davenhill, Colorado Watershed Assembly
You're Doing WHAT with My Runoff?
Erik Wardle, Colorado State University (Facilitator)
Philip and Belinda Rossi, Land owners
Troy Waters, Land owner
Joe Bernal, Land owner
Innovative Pathways to Increasing Agricultural Resilience: The Colorado Soil Health Program
John Rizza, Colorado Department of Agriculture
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Concurrent Tracks
Gondola B Room - PBR Me!
Moderated by Sarah Fancher, GEI Consultants
The Emerging Alignment of the Science and Practice of Riverscape Restoration - Are We Ready?
Peter Skidmore, Dipper Consulting, LLC.
Sarah Marshall, Colorado Natural Heritage Program
Marinus Boon, Lynker
Shelby Weigand, National Wildlife Federation
Riverside Ballroom III - Changing Communities
Moderated by Angela Welch, Colorado Watershed Assembly
Boosting Community Water Stewardship through Water Literacy: A Case Study from Aurora, Colorado
Hillary Hamann, University of Denver
Meghan McCarrol, University of Colorado
Restoration or Flood Risk Management? Overcoming Challenges for an Urban River Restoration Project
Cora Wiese Moore, Merrick and Company
The Grass is Always Greener: Prioritizing Municipal Water Savings in a Changing Climate
Jenna Battson & Russ Sands, Colorado Water Conservation Board
Riverside Ballroom IV - Fire Recovery
Moderated by Karlene Thomas, Pinyon Environmental, Inc.
Innovative Collaboration: Cyanobacteria Monitoring, Response, and Communication
Becca Jonswold, Northern Water
Lessons from the 2020 Williams Fork Fire: Recovery, Partnerships, and Water Quality Implications
Abigail Wright & Alison Witheridge, Denver Water
Joseph Ehrenberger, Matrix Design Group
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Concurrent Tracks
Gondola B Room - Process Based Regulation
Moderated by Lisa Tasker, Pitkin County
How to Navigate the Challenges of Effective PBR Projects in Your Watershed
Michael Blazewicz, Round River Design, Inc.
Chelsey Heiden, Ayres Associates
Free the Water! Restoration of Riverine Wetland Habitats
Brad Johnson, Johnson Environmental Consulting
Navigating the Tension between PBR and Flood Regulation
Chelsey Heiden, Ayres Associates
Riverside Ballroom III - Lines of Evidence
Moderated by Peter Ismert, Environmental Protection Agency
Leveraging Machine Learning for Improved Watershed Health: Tools for the Future
Lucy Harrington, GEI Consultants, Inc.
Sonja Chavez, Upper Gunnison River Watershed Conservancy District
Cole Russell, GEI Consultants, Inc.
Snow: Colorado Airborne Snow Measurement (CASM) Workgroup
Page Weil, LRE
Garrett Akie, USGS
Kestrel Kunz, American Whitewater
Seth Mason, Lotic Hydrological
Riverside Ballroom IV - Youth in the Community
Moderated by Donny Roush, City and County of Denver
Empowering Middle School Students: Hands-on Learning with the Colorado Watershed Resilience Tool
Annalisa Peterson, Stanley British Primary School
Elizabeth English, STEM Lab K-8
You're Hired! Workforce Development for the Future of Sustainable Watershed Management
Karen Schlatter, Colorado State University
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Concurrent Tracks
Gondola B Room - Changes in the Valley
Moderated by Jen Shanahan, Ducks Unlimited
Planning for Changing Water Conditions in the San Luis Valley Panel
Richard Hubler, Alamosa County (Facilitator)
Heather Dutton, San Luis Valley Conservancy District
Torie Jarvis, Sullivan Green Seavy Jarvis
Calculating the Economic Value of a Community's Water Can Drive Collaboration in the San Luis Valley
Claire Sheridan, One Water Econ (American Rivers)
Riverside Ballroom III - Policy
Moderated by Andrea Harbin Monahan, Colorado Water Conservation Board
Changing with the Times: Supporting Resilient Watersheds through Collaborative Funding Strategies Panel
Dan Omasta, Great Outdoors Colorado (Facilitator)
RESTORE Colorado - Kristin Neff, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Restoring Wetlands, Strengthening Watersheds - Courtney Massey, Ducks Unlimited
Making Connections in the Mancos Watershed - Jake Kurzweil, Mountain Studies Institute
Riverside Ballroom IV - Infrastructure Modernization
Moderated by Joel Sholtes
Preparing for Inevitable Change through Adaptive Management and Monitoring Along St. Vrain Creek
Ethan Ader, Otak, Inc.
Michael Scurlock, GEI Consultants, Inc.
Maybell Diversion Restoration Project
Mike Camblin, Maybell Ditch Company
