Challenged but Unbroken: Sustaining the Colorado River
December 10-12, 2014
2014 CRWUA 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, MontaƱo, 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 (Video)
- Moderator: Chuck Cullom, Colorado River Programs Manager, Central Arizona Project (PPT Presentation)
- Tom Buschatzke, Assistant Director of Water Planning, Arizona Department of Water Resources (PPT Presentation)
- Barry Lawrence, Project Manager, Wyoming Water Development Office (PPT Presentation)
- Jennifer McCloskey, Lower Colorado Deputy Regional Director, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (PPT Presentation)
- Roy Rasmussen, Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Greg Walch, General Counsel, Southern Nevada Water Authority (PPT Presentation) - Basin Study Next Steps: Taking the Long View (Video)
- Moderator: Michael Cohen, Senior Associate, Pacific Institute
- Introduction: Carly Jerla, Operations Research Analyst, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (PPS Presentation)
- Tanya Trujillo, Executive Director, Colorado River Board of California (PPT Presentation)
- Taylor Hawes, Colorado River Program Director, The Nature Conservancy (PPT Presentation)
- Darryl Vigil, Chairman, Colorado River Basin Tribes Partnership (PDF)
- Mark Waage, Manager of Water Resources Planning, Denver Water (PPT Presentation)
- Dr. Reagan Waskom, Director, Colorado Water Institute (PPT Presentation) - 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 (PPT Presentation)
- Osvel Hinojosa Huerta, Water and Wetlands Program Director, Pronatura Noroeste (PPT Presentation)
- John Swett, LCRMSCP Manager, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (PPT Presentation)
December 12
- Words with Friends: Dialogues from a D.C. Perspective
- Mike Connor, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior -
Mexican Delegation Presentation (Video)
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- Dr. Felipe Arreguin Cortes, General Technical Deputy, Comision Nacional del Agua (PPT Presentation)- Edward Drusina, U.S. Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commission (PPT Presentation)- Roberto Salmon, Mexican Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commission
- Adjournment (Video)