Water Workshop 28 Archives
Sample Presentations
Rick Brown, Colorado Water Conservation Board, of the Statewide Water Supply Initiative and other CWCB programs: "Strategies and Visions for Hard Times."
Paul Davidson, Hydraulic Engineer, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado River Region: "The Era of Limits on the Colorado River." Colorado River system projections with different supply assumptions.
David Getches, Dean of the University of Colorado Law School and Raphael J. Moses Profesor of Natural Lesources Law. "The Law of the River and the Quest for Certainty, Fairness and Sustainability."
Dean Getches has consulted widely concerning water policy and national policies concerning indigenous peoples with goverbnmental agencies and non-governmental organizations throughout the United States and in several foreign countries.
Taylor E. C. Hawes, Co-Director of Northwest Colorado Council of Governments' Water Quality and Quantity Committee, presenting the "Upper Colorado River Project (UPCO)," a five-year study and solutions oriented project in Summit and Grand counties. Ms. Hawes practices municipal, land use, environmental and water law.
Justice Gregory J. Hobbs, Jr., Colorado Supreme Court. "How Colorado Water Law is Made." Justice Hobbs was appointed to the Colorado Supreme Court in 1996, after 25 years of practicing law with an emphasis on water, environment, land use and transportation.
Melinda R. Kassen, Director, Colorado Water Project, Trout Unlimited. "Statutory Expansions of State Agency Authority to Administer and Develop Water Resources in Response to Colorado's Drought." Ms. Kassen opened Trout Unlimited's Colorado Water Project Office in 1998.
Pat Mulhern, Study Manager, South Metro Water Study, presenting on the "South Metro Water Supply Study." Mr. Mulhern is the President of Mulhern MRE, Inc., a civil engineering firm specializing in water resource planning and water and wastewater District Management.
Stanley M. Pollack, Water Rights Counsel for the Navajo Nation in Window Rock, Arizona. "Compact Conflicts and Navajo Water Rights." Since 1985, Mr. Pollack has represented the Navajo Nation in all matters affecting the tribe's water resources, including five general stream adjudications in Arizona and New Mexico.
George Sibley, Journalist and Conference Coordinator. "The (Mostly) Collaborative Spirit of the Colorado River Compact." Mr. Sibley is the Coordinator of Special projects for Western State College of Colorado - "special projects" encompassing the summer Water Workshop, the fall Headwaters Conference and a Spring Environmental Symposium. He is also a half-time instructor in journalsim, the writing program and Environmental Studies.
Greg Trainor, Utilities Manager for the City of Grand Junction. "Drought Response Plan for Mesa County." Mr. Trainor has been closely associated with water for most of his career in Colorado, having held positions with the city of Colorado Springs, the town of Rangely, Atlantic Richfield as the as job site coordinator during the planning and construction of the Battlement Mesa New town, and as Project Manager for the Colorado Water Conservation District (1982-1986).
Chris Treese, Manager of External Affairs for the Colorado River Water Conservation District, presenting the "Colorado 64 Water Principles." Mr. Treese's duties include lobying on the River District's behalf in Denver and washington D.C., watershed planning and providing public information.