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, 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 (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)
• - 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)