December 10-12, 2014
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
December 10
Colorado River 101: Setting Policy for Success in Challenging Times
- Moderator: Pam Pickard, President, Board of Directors, Central Arizona Project
- James Newberry, President, Board of Directors, Colorado River District
- Randy Record, Chair, Board of Directors, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
- Mary Beth Scow, Chair, Board of Directors, Southern Nevada Water Authority
Engineering Colloquium: Navajo Reservoir Voluntary Shortage Sharing Agreement
- Moderator: Jason John, Principal Hydrologist, Navajo Nation Water Management Branch
- Ryan Christianson, Southern Water Management Group Chief, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
- Mike Green, Project Manager, PNM Water Resources
- Lionel Haskie, Operations and Maintenance Manager, Navajo Agricultural Products Industry
- Kevin Flanigan, Colorado River Bureau Chief, New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission
- Darryl Vigil, Water Administrator, Jicarilla Apache Nation
Legal Colloquium: Clean Water Act, EPA/Corps Proposed Rule on Waters of the United States
- Moderator: Keith Burron, Attorney, Associated Legal Group
- Deborah Freeman, Attorney and Shareholder, Trout, Raley, Montaño, Witwer & Freeman, P.C.
- David Johnson, Attorney, Central Arizona Project
- Melinda Kassen, Principal, Waterjamin LPC
- Don Parrish, Senior Director, Congressional Relations, American Farm Bureau Federation
December 11
Welcome and Keynote Address
- David Modeer, CRWUA President and General Manager, Central Arizona Project
Video Presentation – Challenged but Unbroken: Sustaining the Colorado River
In the Heat of the Drought: Sustaining Our Basin Supplies
- Moderator: Tom McCann, Deputy General Manager, Central Arizona Project
- John Entsminger, General Manager, Southern Nevada Water Authority
- Terry Fulp, Lower Colorado Regional Director, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
- Bill Hasencamp, Colorado River Program Manager, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
- Michael Lacey, Director, Arizona Department of Water Resources
- Don Ostler, Executive Director, Upper Colorado River Commission
To Kill a Shortage: Targeting Augmentation and Conservation
- Moderator: Chuck Cullom, Colorado River Programs Manager, Central Arizona Project | PDF ⟶
- Tom Buschatzke, Assistant Director of Water Planning, Arizona Department of Water Resources | PDF ⟶
- Barry Lawrence, Project Manager, Wyoming Water Development Office | PDF ⟶
- Jennifer McCloskey, Lower Colorado Deputy Regional Director, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation | PDF ⟶
- Roy Rasmussen, Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Greg Walch, General Counsel, Southern Nevada Water Authority | PDF ⟶
Basin Study Next Steps: Taking the Long View
- Moderator: Michael Cohen, Senior Associate, Pacific Institute
- Introduction: Carly Jerla, Operations Research Analyst, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
- Tanya Trujillo, Executive Director, Colorado River Board of California | PDF ⟶
- Taylor Hawes, Colorado River Program Director, The Nature Conservancy | PDF ⟶
- Darryl Vigil, Chairman, Colorado River Basin Tribes Partnership | PDF ⟶
- Mark Waage, Manager of Water Resources Planning, Denver Water | PDF ⟶
- Dr. Reagan Waskom, Director, Colorado Water Institute | PDF ⟶
Environmental Restoration and the Art of Ecological Compromise – None of Us Win if All of Us Lose
- Moderator: Christopher Harris, Deputy Director, Colorado River Board of California
- 10th Anniversary Video, Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program (LCRMSCP)
- Stacy Beaugh, Executive Director, Tamarisk Coalition | PDF ⟶
- Osvel Hinojosa Huerta, Water and Wetlands Program Director, Pronatura Noroeste | PDF ⟶
- John Swett, LCRMSCP Manager, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation | PDF ⟶
December 12
Words with Friends: Dialogues from a D.C. Perspective
- Mike Connor, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior
Adjournment