The Future of the Colorado River: a community symposium

SPONSORED BY:

• Center for Colorado River Studies Quinney College of Natural Resources
• Utah State University
• Event Website is HERE

PRODUCTS

• Event Poster
• Schmidt Powerpoint
• Rubin Powerpoint
• Udall Powerpoint
• Castle PowerPoint
• Budy Powerpoint

• River Symposium: Let’s Figure Out How to Do a Good Job by Nathaniel Smith, Times-Independent
• New Normal: Dam Releases Help Offset Droughts Low Flows by Emma Renly, Times-Independent

LOCATION

• Star Hall
• Moab, Utah
• 8:45am to 1:00pm
• 13 October 2018

PROGRAM

8:45a: Introduction

• Jack Schmidt, Professor and Director, Center for Colorado River Studies, Utah State University (former: Chief, USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center)

9a: Reading the rivers sediments: basic science applied to managed reservoir releases from Glen Canyon Dam

• David Rubin, researcher, University of California Santa Cruz (previously Senior Scientist, USGS Pacific Marine Geology)
• Paul Grams, hydrologist, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center

9:45a: How will the river run? Colorado River stream flow in a warming world

• Brad Udall, Senior Water and Climate Research Fellow, Colorado Water Institute, Colorado State University

10:15a: Panel Discussion: Meeting water supply, hydropower, and environmental objectives for the Colorado River can we have it all?

• Anne Castle, Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, University of Colorado-Boulder (former Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, US Department of the Interior)
• Chris Harris, Executive Director, Colorado River Board of California
• Eric Kuhn, retired (former General Manager, Colorado River Water Conservation District)
• Clayton Palmer, environmental specialist, Western Area Power Administration
• John Weisheit, Conservation Director, Living Rivers and Colorado Riverkeeper

11:15a: The future of riparian vegetation communities along the big rivers

• Sasha Reed, ecologist, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Moab Research Station

11:45a: The future of the endangered big river fish

• Phaedra Budy, ecologist and Unit Leader, USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit, Utah State University

12:15p: Public Discussion: Does the river have a future?

• Jack Schmidt – facilitator