How can we bring the Colorado River back in to balance?
Join the Colorado River District for our Annual Water Seminar on September 16, 2022, at Colorado Mesa Unive rsity in Grand Junction.
At this year’s seminar, you’ll hear from wa ter managers in Arizona, California, Colorado, and Utah. Tribal water leade rs from across the basin will discuss water issues facing tribal nations an d will hold a sovereign-to-sovereign discussion about how to bring the Colo rado River back into balance with Colorado Commissioner Becky Mitchell and the River District’s Andy Mueller. Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture Kat e Greenberg will speak on the future of West Slope ag and discuss solutions with local producers. Register today.
2022 s eminar keynotes and panels will center around the issues of water shortage, the 2007 Interim Guidelines re-negotiations, as well as a focus on the cur rent innovation and partnerships happening within local West Slope communit ies as they craft their own solutions.
https://www.coloradoriverdistrict. org/annual-water-seminar/
Agenda: Overdrawn, The 2022 Annual River Dist rict Seminar
- Morning Session (8:30 a.m. – 11:4
5 a.m.)
- 8:30 a.m. Breakfast/Registration
- 9: 00 a.m. Welcome – Colorado River District Staff
- 9: 05 a.m. Greeting – Martha Whitmore, Colorado River Distric t Board President
- 9:10 a.m. Water Year Reflections: A Look at Hydrology in the Colorado River Headwaters – Brendon Langenhuiz en, Director of Technical Advocacy, Colorado River District
- 9:30 a. m. Morning Keynote: State of the Colorado River District – Andy Mueller, General Manager, Colorado River District
- 10:00 a.m. Break
- 10:10 a.m. Morning Panel: The 2026 Interim Guidelines
, An Interstate Water User Discussion
- Peter Fleming, Colora do River District General Counsel (moderator)
- J.B. Hamby, Imperial Irrigation District Board Director of Division 2 (CA)
- Steve Wolff, Southwestern Water Conservation District General Manager (CO)
- Bart Leeflang, Central Utah Water Conservancy District Colorado River Program Ma nager (UT)
- Patrick Dent, Central Arizona Project Assistant General Manager of Water Policy (AZ)
- M
idday Session (12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.)
- 12:00 p.m. L unchtime Keynote: The Future of West Slope Agriculture – Kate Gree nberg, Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture
- 12:30 p.m. Wate
r & West Slope Producers, A Rapid-Fire Discussion
- Kate Greenberg, Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture
- Lowell King, Grand Valley Regenerative Farmer
- Janie VanWinkle, Grand Valley Rancher an d former Colorado Cattlemen’s Association President
- 1:00
p.m. Tribal Water Rights & The Colorado River: A Sovereign-to-S
overeign Conversation
- Andy Mueller, Colorado River District General Manager (moderator)
- Daryl Vigil, Jicarilla Apache Nation W ater Administrator
- Rebecca Mitchell, Colorado Commissioner to the U pper Colorado River Commission and Director of the Colorado Water Conservat ion Board
- Estevan Lopez, New Mexico Commissioner to the Upper Color ado River Commission and former Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner
- Lorelei Cloud, Southern Ute Tribal Council Member
- 2:00 p. m. Break
- Afternoon Session (2:1
5 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.)
- 2:15 p.m. Afternoon Keynote: Writing Wat er, A Journalist’s Perspective – Alex Hager, KUNC Colorado River B asin Reporter
- 3:00 p.m. Breaking Down Federal Water Policy<
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- Zane Kessler, Colorado River District Director of Governmen t Relations
- Gloria Montaño Greene, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation
- 3:45 p.m. The Im
portance of 1041 to West Slope Water
- Peter Fleming, Colorad o River District General Counsel (moderator)
- Barbara Green, Attorne y at Sullivan Green Seavy
- Nick DiMascio, Denver Water Attorney
- Happy Hour & Networking (4:15 – 5:15 p.m.)
- 4:15 p.m. Celebrating Water & West Slope Craft Beverages (Beer generously provided by Palisade Brewing Co.)
Vir tual attendance available. Livestreaming access only, no audience participa tion available with this option.