166th Council Meeting
The Riverhouse Hotel & Conference Center
Bend, Oregon
July 27-29, 2011
Innovative Water Transfers Workshop
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
The workshop presentations are available on the Western Governors' Association website at www.westgov.org/initiatives/water.
Carlee Brown - Status and Trends in Water Transfers in the West
State Water Manager Panel - Perspectives on Water Transfers
Phil Ward, Director, Oregon Water Resources Department
Jennifer Gimbel, Director, Colorado Water Conservation Board
Jeanine Jones, Interstate Resources Manager, California Department of Water Resources
Stakeholder Panel - Perspectives on Water Transfers
Steve Johnson - Agriculture - COID
Patrick Griffiths - Municipal - Water Resources Coordinator, Bend, Oregon
Tod Heisler - Environmental - Executive Director, Deschutes Water Conservancy
Water Resources Committee Meeting
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Ada Benavides - The Federal Support Toolbox for Integrated Water Resources Management & IWRSS
Gary Carter - Integrated Water Resources Science and Services (IWRSS)
Marty Ralph - Expanding Observations of Atmospheric Rivers and Other Phenomena That Are Key to Western States Flooding
Mike Strobel - Water Supply Outlook for 2012
Water Quality Committee Meeting
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Ellen Gilinsky - Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution: EPA’s Approach
Full Council Meeting
Friday, July 29, 2011
Oregon’s Integrated Water Resources Strategy - Phil Ward, Director, Oregon Water Resources Department
WestFAST Report - Jean Thomas, WestFAST Chair, Forest Service
The National Integrated Drought Information System - An Update - Roger Pulwarty, NOAA
NASA Update: Water Resources: Missions, Science, and Applications - Brad Doorn, NASA