AGenda PDF

Tuesday, October 7th

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Tuesday, October 7th 〰️

  • Dr. Ellen Wohl, Colorado State University, Professor of Geosciences

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    Dr. Derek Booth, University of California Santa Barbara,

    Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, Adjunct Professor

    with practitioner observations from

    Colin Barry, Geomorphologist at Ayres Associates

    Moderator: Julie Ash, Parametrix

    Read their bios.

  • Panelists: 

    Daniel Denipah, Santa Clara Pueblo 

    Anthony Culpepper, Mountain Studies Institute

    Andreas Wion, Forest Stewards Guild

    Kristen Pelz, Forest Inventory Analysis, USDA and Rocky Mountain Research Station

    Moderator: Esmé Cadiente, Forest Stewards Guild

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  • Alex Hager, KUNC

    Teal Lehto

    Franklin Cruz

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Wednesday, October 8th

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Wednesday, October 8th 〰️

Gondola B

  • Moderator: Robert Sakata

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    Rethinking Agricultural Efficiency – Return Flow Benefits to River Health

    Facilitated by: Melissa Wills

    Panelists: Liz Chandler, Jesse Kruthaupt, & Sonja Chavez

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    The Urban-Rural Connection: Innovative Water Strategies to Avoid Buy-and-Dry

    Dillon O’Hare

  • Moderator: Colin Barry

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    Unraveling the mystique and folly of stability as a restoration goal

    Peter Skidmore

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    The Social & Ecological Considerations for Beaver Coexistence & Relocation Projects Along the Front Range

    Erin Fried

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    Water and Sediment Dynamics in Beavered and Un-beavered Stream Corridors

    Joel Sholtes

  • Moderator: Andrea Harbin Monahan

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    Planning together: A strategic watershed prioritization tool for Colorado watersheds and communities

    Brian Murphy

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    Integrating risk and resilience in floodplain restoration

    Jennifer Shanahan, Sara Burns & Jason Humble

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    Fish Creek a Story of Patience, Persistence, and Partnership

    Wilynn Formeiller & Karin Emanuelson

  • Moderator: Ethan Ader

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    A community-driven, state-of-the-art tool to evaluate water management decisions under a changing climate

    Adrian Bergere, Ann Maest, & Steve Blake

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    How much room does an urban stream need?

    Brian Murphy & Jen Winters

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    Alluvial Fan Hazards: Current understanding with an eye to practice

    Thad Wasklewicz

Riverside Salon III

  • Moderator: Curtis Hartenstine

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    Reg. 87 - Colorado Dredge and Fill Program Implementation (HB24-1379)

    Kelly Morgan, Annette Quill, Tessa Adkins

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    Measuring Impact of Source Water Quality Protection Amidst a Changing Climate

    Maggie Spangler

  • Moderator: Jordan Parman

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    Fire retardant and contaminant controls post Deer Creek Quarry Fire

    Alan Leak

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    Building Water Security in an Uncertain Future

    Emily Adrid, Kathryn Weismiller, & Dany Garcia Moreno

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    Considering Water in Land Use Planning: new requirement, new opportunity

    Scott Williamson

  • Moderator: Heather Justus

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    Collaborative Wetlands Creation: Uniting Unlikely Partners for Migrating Waterfowl Habitat

    Christa Brown

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    Dam Good: A Statewide Look at Habitat-Friendly Diversion Options

    Bernadette Kuhn, Julie Ash, Lucas Babbit, & Corey Engen

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    A novel, community-based approach to collaborative endangered species recovery: The North Fork Poudre SCT

    Megan Maiolo-Heath & Anna Cloud

  • Moderator: Lisa Tasker

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    Flows & sediment & wood! Oh my! The need to transition from the “one and done” restoration project approach towards effective large-scale, process-based restoration.

    Johannes Beeby

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    SnowSmart Forestry: Managing Forests To Conserve Snow and Soil Moisture in Southwestern Colorado

    Nina Williams, Jake Kurzweil, & Joel Biederman

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    Read and Run: Adapting to Watershed Changes Using the River Health Assessment Framework (RHAF) on the Cache la Poudre River

    Bernadette Kuhn

Riverside Salon IV

  • Moderator: Sabrina Scherma

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    Financing the Future: The Forest & Water Renewal Fund

    Facilitated by: Esther Duke

    Panelists: Ana Olaya, Tim Pinnow, & Garrett Hanks

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    How to create secure funding for the Eagle River : Lessons in Leveraging Opportunities

    Melanie Smith

  • Moderator: Donny Roush

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    Water Education Exemplars

    Donny Roush, Ivonne Morales, & Bekky Harkins

    (Note: Second half of session will take place outdoors, in and near the river, dress appropriately)

  • Moderator: Sabrina Scherma

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    When it comes to rivers, everyone's a stakeholder!

    Rose Sandell—————————————————-

    River Corps: Technician-Level AmeriCorps to Capacity for Thriving Watersheds

    Luke Javernick

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    Water Education and Workforce Resource Hub

    Karen Schlatter & Elizabeth Schoder


  • Moderator: Andrea Harbin Monahan

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    Healing the Headwaters: Collaborative Solutions for the Kawuneeche Valley

    Kimberly Tekavec & Isabel Shewell

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    Building the dream of collaborative river corridor management: Five years into the Grand Valley River Corridor Initiative

    Joel Sholtes & Erin McDermott

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    Platte Valley Water Partnership: Collaboration for Mutual Benefit

    Heather Justus