December 16-18, 2015
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
December 16
Colorado River 101
- The Honorable Gregory Hobbs (retired), Former Justice, Colorado Supreme Court | PDF ⟶
Drought Colloquium
- Moderator: Christine Finlinson, Governmental Affairs Director, Central Utah Water Conservancy District
- Angela Adams, Open Water Data Initiative Drought Use Case Team Leader, U.S. Department of the Interior | PDF ⟶
- Jeremy Aguero, Principal Analyst, Applied Analysis | PDF ⟶
- Cort Lambson, Project Manager, Central Utah Water Conservancy District
- Steve Thurin, Senior Water Resources Engineer, HDR, Inc. | PDF ⟶
- Tony Willardson, Executive Director, Western States Water Council | PDF ⟶
Legal Colloquium: System Conservation Pilot Program
- Moderator: Keith Burron, Senior Counsel, Crowley Fleck PLLP
- Shanti Rosset, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Colorado Attorney General
- Colby Pellegrino, Colorado River Programs Manager, Southern Nevada Water Authority | PDF ⟶
- Steve Wolff, Colorado River Coordinator, Wyoming State Engineer’s Office | PDF ⟶
Tribal Water Transfers - Moderator: Darryl Vigil, Water Administrator, Jicarilla Apache Nation
- Mason Morisset, Attorney at Law, Morisset, Schlosser, Jozwiak & Somerville | PDF ⟶
Tribal Water Transfers - Stanley M. Pollack, Assistant Attorney General, Navajo Nation Department of Justice | PDF ⟶
Tribal Water Transfers - Margaret Vick, JSD, Legal Counsel, Colorado River Tribes | PDF ⟶
Tribal Water Transfers
December 17
Welcome – Video Presentation: 70 Years of CRWUA
- David Modeer, CRWUA President
Keynote Address: Basin Perspectives and Challenges, Past and Present
- Moderator: Jim Lochhead, CEO, Denver Water
- Ken Salazar, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 2009-2013
- Jeff Kightlinger, General Manager, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
- Robert Snow, Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior | PDF ⟶
More Slices Than Pie: Structural Deficit on the Colorado
- Moderator: John Fleck, Writer in Residence, University of New Mexico Water Resources Program
- Bill Hasencamp, Manager, Colorado River Resources, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
- Eric Kuhn, General Manager, Colorado River District | PDF ⟶
- Tom McCann, Deputy General Manager, Central Arizona Project
- Gregory Walch, General Counsel, Southern Nevada Water Authority | PDF ⟶
Aging Arteries: Repairing and Replacing Water
- Moderator: Dave Johnson, Deputy General Manager, Southern Nevada Water Authority
- Brian Buzard, Maintenance Control Manager, Central Arizona Project
- Darrin Francom, Centralized Maintenance Manager, Central Arizona Project | PDF ⟶
- Heath Clark, Project Manager, Central Utah Water Conservancy District | PDF ⟶
- Charles Scott, Engineering Project Manager, Southern Nevada Water Authority | PDF ⟶
Thirsty Fields in a Drying Landscape: The Future of Basin Agriculture
- Moderator: Jeanine Jones, Interstate Resources Manager, California Department of Water Resources
- Carlyle Currier, Vice President, Colorado Farm Bureau
- Brett Moline, Director of Public and Governmental Affairs, Wyoming Farm Bureau
- Dave Puglia, Executive Vice President, Western Growers Association
- Joe Sigg, Director of Government Relations, Arizona Farm Bureau
- Dr. Reagan M. Waskom, Director of Colorado Water Institute, Colorado State University | PDF ⟶
December 18
Federal Friday
- Estevan López, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation
- Edward Drusina, U.S. Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commission | PDF ⟶
- Dr. Roberto Salmón Castelo, Director General, Comisión Internacional del Límites y Agua (Mexican Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commission) | PDF ⟶
- Victor Alcocer, Subdirector General, Comisión Nacional del Agua (Deputy Director, Mexican National Water Commission) | PDF ⟶
- Mike Connor, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior
Business Meeting