Many Instruments, One Orchestra: The Music of the Basin
December 13-15, 2017
2017 CRWUA Conference Highlights
December 13
- Colorado River 101 - A Visit with Justice Hobbs (PPT Presentation)
- The Honorable Gregory Hobbs (retired), Colorado Supreme Court, Senior Water Judge assigned to mediation of water cases - Colloquium - #Now - How Social Media Is Changing the Way We Conduct Water Communication
- Moderator: Heather Macre, Board Member, Central Arizona Project
- Stacy Chesney, Media Communications Manager, Central Arizona Project (PPT Presentation)
- John Orr, Social Media Coordinator, Colorado River Water Users Association (PPT Presentation)
- Monika Medina, Principal Public Affairs Representative, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (PPT Presentation)
- Ry Rivard, Staff Writer, Voice of San Diego
- Lisa Story, Communication Services Manager, Southern Nevada Water Authority (PPT Presentation) - Colloquium - Singing a Challenging Tune: Harmonizing Dams and Environmental Mitigation
- Moderator: Dr. Jack Schmidt, Professor of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University
- Jack Schmidt, Professor of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University (PPT Presentation)
- Paul Grams, Research Hydrologist, US Geological Survey (PPT Presentation)
- Theodore Kennedy, Research Ecologist, US Geological Survey (PPT Presentation)
- Patrick Shafroth, Research Ecologist, US Geological Survey (PPT Presentation)
- Charles Yackulic, Research Statistician, US Geological Survey (PPT Presentation)
December 14
- Welcome - Video Presentation: California and the Colorado River Basin: Seeing the Future Through the Lens of Cooperation (Video)
- Bart Fisher, CRWUA President - Keynote Panel - A Ballet in the Making: Choreographing Issues Across the Basin (Video)
- Moderator: Eric Kuhn, General Manager, Colorado River District
- Tom Buschatzke, Director, Arizona Department of Water Resources
- John Entsminger, General Manager, Southern Nevada Water Authority
- Kevin Kelley, General Manager, Imperial Irrigation District
- Jeff Kightlinger, General Manager, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
- Don Ostler, Executive Director, Upper Colorado River Commission - Finding a Tempo that Works: System Conservation (Video)
- Moderator: Taylor Hawes, Colorado River Program Director, The Nature Conservancy
- Amy Haas, Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel, Upper Colorado River Commission (PPT Presentation)
- Mark Harris, General Manager, Grand Valley Water Users Association
- Steve Hvinden, Chief, Boulder Canyon Operations Office, US Bureau of Reclamation (PPT Presentation)- Stephen Roe Lewis, Governor, Gila River Indian Community (PPT Presentation) - Lunch (Video)
- A Pastoral Symphony: The Farm Bill Reauthorization
- Moderator: Jeanine Jones, Interstate Water Resources Manager, California Department of Water Resources- Don Barnett, Executive Director, Colorado River Salinity Control Forum (PPT Presentation)- Tracy Streeter, Director, Kansas Water Office (PPT Presentation)- Troy Timmons, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Western Governors Association (PPT Presentation) - When the Opera House Collapses: Water Supply During Natural Disasters
- Moderator: Jim Dunlap, Commissioner, San Juan River Commission- Russ Sands, Senior Planner, The Brendle Group (PPT Presentation)- Gary Williams, Executive Director, Florida Rural Water Association (PPT Presentation) - Expanding the Range of Our Instruments: Finding New Uses for Existing Infrastructure
- Moderator: Alexandra Arboleda, Board Member, Central Arizona Project- Ken Seasholes, Resource Planning and Analysis Manager, Central Arizona Project (PPT Presentation)- Lurline Underbrink Curran, Former County Manager, Grand County, Colorado (PPT Presentation) - A Challenging Orchestration: Findings from the Tribal Water Study (Video)
- Moderator: Darryl Vigil, Water Administrator, Jicarilla Apache Nation- Pamela Adams, Hydrologist, US Bureau of Reclamation (PPT Presentation)- Russell Begaye, President, Navajo Nation (PPT Presentation)- Lorelai Cloud, Councilwoman, Southern Ute Tribal Council (PPT Presentation)- Mason Morisset, Attorney at Law/Director, Morisset Schlosser Jozwiak & Somerville
- Margaret J. Vick, JSD (PPT Presentation)
December 15
- The Centennial Anniversary of the Salt River Project and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Partnership (1917 - 2017) (Video)
- David Palumbo, Deputy Commissioner, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
- David Rousseau, President, Salt River Project -
Mexico Delegation (Video)
- Victor Alcocer, Subdirector General, Comisión Nacional del Agua (Mexican National Water Commission)
- Dr. Roberto Salmón Castelo, Director General, Comisión Internacional del Límites y Agua (International Boundary and Water Commission of U.S. and Mexico)
- Edward Drusina, U.S. Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commission of U.S. and Mexico