SPONSORED BY:
- Center for Colorado River StudiesQuinney College of Natural Resources
- Utah State University
- Event Website is HERE
PRODUCTS
NEWS
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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
