2011 Schedule- South Platte Forum

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8:15 Welcome, Reagan Waskom, Colorado Water Institute

8:30 Walk the Line (Opening Keynote - SWSI 2010)

9:00 Satisfaction (South Platte Basin Round Table Update)

9:15 In the year 2525 (SWSI 2010 Results Panel)

Moderator: Jim Yahn, South Platte Basin Round Table Chair
Water Supply Development– Blaine Dwyer, AECOM Project Manager
SWSI, Identified Projects and Processes, and the M&I Gap - Eric Hecox, Colorado Water Conservation Board, Section Chief, Water Supply Planning
SWSI Report: Ag Transfer Commitee – Joe Frank
Protecting Non-Consumptive Needs - Melinda Kassen, Principal , WaterJamin Legal and Policy Consulting

10:20 Break

10:45 On the Road Again (Water Transfers)

Moderator: Alan Berryman, Northern Water
Planning and Managing a Farmer-Implemented ATM involving a Partial Transfer of Consumptive Use Water - Stephen Smith, Partner, Regenesis Management Group
Lower South Platte Water Coop Update - Jim Yahn, Manager, North Sterling Irrigation District
Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (PRRIP) Overview and Benefits - Suzanne Sellers, P.E., Program Manager, Colorado Water Conservation Board

12:00 We can work it out (Keynote Luncheon)

Friends of the South Platte Award Presentation
The view from around the state (Global Negotiations)- Jim Lochhead, Denver Water

1:25 Money Makes the World Go Around (Economics)

Moderator: Sean Cronin, Executive Director, St. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy District
Financing Colorado's Future—Dr. Phyllis Resnick, Center for Colorado's Economic Future
Backseat Budgeter—Chris Adams, Engaged Public
Legislative Perspective—Mary Hodge, Colorado State Senator
Results of Nutrient Criteria Cost/Benefits Study—Dave Akers, Water Quality Control Division

3:00 Break

3:15 Friends in Low Places (Lower Basin Groundwater Management)

Moderator: Don Ament
Groundwater Level Changes- Joe Frank, Manager, Lower South Platte Water Conservancy District
Groundwater Monitoring- Suzanne Paschke, USGS
High Groundwater- No Magic Bullet- David L. Nettles, P.E., Division Engineer, Water Division 1, Colorado Division of Water Resources

4:00 Groundwater Issues and Management Panel Discussion

4:45 Session Ends/ Day Ends

8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 Welcome

8:35 Running on Empty (Water Conservation)

Moderator: Rich Vidmar, City of Aurora
Conservation’s Role in Filling the Gap - Drew Beckwith, Water Policy Manager, Western Resource Advocates
Cost of New and Conserved Water - Doug Kenney, Ph.D., Director, Western Water Policy Program
Making $ense of Conservation - Veva Deheza , CWCB
Use What You Can Afford - Greg Fisher, Denver Water

10:10 Break

10:40 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Critters Update)

Moderator: Pete Conovitz, Colorado DOW
Greenback Cutthroat Trout: Uncertainties and Opportunities—Harry Crockett, Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife
Preble's CH, DPS, and SPR: Not an 80s New Wave Band—Craig Hansen, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic—Jeff Witcosky, USDA Forest Service
Invasive Species in Colorado—Elizabeth Brown, Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife

12:00 Green River (Keynote Luncheon)

1:20 Good Vibrations (Energy)

3:00 Forum Ends