Agenda
Preconference Training Workshops |
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| Sunday | ||||
| 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Collaborative Competencies facilitated by Todd Bryan, Principal with the Keystone Center (limited enrollment - $100.00 fee) |
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| Monday | ||||
| 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM | Adaptive Management facilitated by Ken Williams, Chief of Cooperative Programs, U.SGS (limited enrollment - no charge) |
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Tentative Program for Third Interagency |
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5:00 PM |
Arrival / Check in | |||
6:00 PM |
Welcome Speech: Eric Kuhn, General Manager of the Colorado River Water Conservancy District | |||
6:20 PM |
Dinner and Exhibitions | |||
| Tuesday | ||||
7:00 AM |
Breakfast | |||
8:00 AM |
Welcome and Orientation | |||
8:20 AM |
Ken Williams. Chief of Cooperative Programs, USGS Biological Resources Discipline | |||
8:40 AM |
Bill Jackson. Director, Water Resources Division, National Park Service | |||
9:00 AM |
Kelly Elder, Research Hydrologist, National Forest Service | |||
9:20 AM |
The National Wildlife Refuge System and Resource Management in a Watershed Context - Andy Loranger, Chief, Division of Natural Resources and Conservation Planning, National Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | |||
9:40 AM |
Break | |||
10:00 AM |
American Indian Tribes and the Development of Water Resources - Danel Cordalis, Former natural resources legislative assistant with the National Congress of American Indians | |||
10:20 AM |
Brad Udall, Director, CU-NOAA Western Water Assessment | |||
10:40 AM |
ARS' benchmark watershed research network: past accomplishments, present status, and future directions - M.R. Walbridge, National Program Leader, Agricultural Research Service | |||
11:00 AM |
Watershed Management Research in the US EPA - C Noss and BL Blaney, National Laboratory and Program Directors - Water Quality Research, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | |||
11:20 AM |
Curt Brown, Director, Office of Research and Development, Bureau of Reclamation | |||
11:40 AM |
Ron Huntsinger. National Science Coordinator, Bureau of Land Management | |||
12:00 PM |
Lunch | |||
1:00 PM |
Pierre Glynn, Chief of National Research Program, Eastern Region | |||
1:20 PM |
Contributions of the University Community to Watershed Research - R. P. Hooper, D. R. Maidment, and D. B. Kirschtel, Directory, Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science | |||
1:40 PM |
Gregg Garfin, Director of Science Translation and Outreach, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth, University of Arizona | |||
2:00 PM |
Ground Rules for Regional Forums on Adaptive Management | |||
2:20 PM |
Break | |||
2:40 PM |
National (Nat) Panel Discussion |
Arid West (AW) Panel Discussion |
Interior Temperate and Boreal (ITB) Panel Discussion |
Low Latitudes and Maritime (LLM) Panel Discussion |
Concurrent Session 1: Climate, Geology, and Geomorphology |
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NAT1 Moderator: Pete Murdoch |
AW1 Moderator: Stan Church |
ITB1 Moderator: Michelle Walvoord |
LLM1 Moderator: Jamie Shanley |
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3:30 PM |
Considerations in Defining Climate Change Scenarios for Water Resources Planning - L.D. Brekke | Long-Term Snow, Climate, and Streamflow Trends at the Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed, Owyhee Mountains, Idaho, USA - D. Marks, A.Nayak, M. Seyfried, and D. Chandler | Impacts on water and ecological resources in the Yukon River Basin due to historical changes in climate - Michelle Walvoord and Paul Schuster | Evaluating Hydrological Response to Forecasted Land-Use Change: Scenario Testing With the Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment Tool - William.G. Kepner, Darius J. Semmens, Mariano Hernandez, and David C. Goodrich |
3:50 PM |
Impacts of coalbed methane development on water quantity and quality in the Powder River Basin - G.B. Paige and L.C. Munn | Environmental effects of hydrothermal alteration on water and sediment quality in central Colorado - S.E. Church, D.L. Fey, T.S. Schmidt, R.B. Wanty. B.W. Rockwell, C.A. San Juan, P.L. Verplanck, and M. Adams | U.S. Geological Survey research in Handcart Gulch, Colorado: An alpine watershed with natural acid-rock drainage - A.H. Manning, J.S. Caine, P.L. Verplanck, and D.J. Bove | Water quality impacts from agricultural land-use in karst drainage basins of SW Kentucky and SW China - T. W. Baker and C. G. Groves |
4:10 PM |
Impacts of Forest Management on Runoff and Erosion - W. J. Elliot and B. D. Glaza | Paleoflood Research of South Boulder Creek Basin Near Boulder, Colorado - Robert D. Jarrett and Justin C. Ferris | Modeled watershed runoff associated with variations in precipitation data, with implications for contaminant fluxes - Heather E. Golden, Christopher D. Knightes, Ellen J. Cooter, and Robin L. Dennis | Post-fire Watershed Response at the Wildland/Urban Interface, Southern California - Peter M. Wohlgemuth |
4:30 PM |
Break | |||
Concurrent Session 2: Hydrology, Geochemistry, and Ecology |
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NAT2 Moderator: Tom Winter |
AW2 Moderator: Ed Weeks |
ITB2 Moderator:<>br>Darius Semmens |
LLM2 Moderator: Jake Peters |
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4:40 PM |
The USGS Hydrologic Benchmark Network - capabilities and opportunities for collaborative monitoring and research - D.W. Clow, M.A. Mast, M. McHale, and M. Nilles | Using diurnal surface temperature variation to monitor evaporation from soils in a semiarid rangeland - M.Susan Moran, Russell.L. Scott, Timothy O. Keefer, William E. Emmerich, and Erik P. Hamerlynck | Using a Coupled Ground-Water/Surface-Water Model to Predict Climate-Change Impacts to Lakes in the Trout Lake Watershed, Northern Wisconsin - John F. Walker, Randall J. Hunt, Steven L. Markstrom, Lauren E. Hay, and John Doherty | Isotopic signatures of precipitation quantify the importance of different climate patterns to the hydrologic budget: an example from the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico - M.A. Scholl and J.P. Shanley |
5:00 PM |
Mercury Cycling Research using the Small Watershed Approach - Jamie Shanley and Ann Chalmers | Using Passive Capillary Samplers to Collect Snowmelt Recharge and Soil-Meltwater Endmembers for Stable Isotope Analysis - Marty D. Frisbee, Fred M. Phillips, Andrew R. Campbell, and Jan M.H.Hendrickx | The role for high frequency sampling in documenting the effects of atmospheric pollutants on stream chemistry - Stephen D. Sebestyen, Jamie Shanley, and Elizabeth Boyer | Effects of 21 years of climate variation and regional urbanization on precipitation and streamwater chemistry of a relatively undisturbed forested watershed near Atlanta, Georgia - Norman E. Peters and Brent T. Aulenbach |
5:20 PM |
Responses of Benthic Macroinvertebrates to Environmental Changes Associated with Urbanization in Nine Metropolitan Areas of the Conterminous United States - T.F. Cuffney, G. McMahon, J.T. May, and I. A. Waite | The effect of mining on aquatic communities in Central Colorado - T.S. Schmidt, S.E. Church, W.H. Clements, K. Mitchell, D.L. Fey, R.B. Wanty, P.L. Verplanck, C.A. San Juan, and M. Adams | Timber Harvest, Turbidity, and Implications for Anadromous Salmonids in North Coastal California Streams - R.D. Klein | Facilitating adaptive management in the Chesapeake Bay watershed through the use of on-line decision support tools - C. Mullinix, S. Phillips, and P. Hearn |
5:40 PM |
Barbecue / Poster Sessions / Exhibitions |
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| Forecasting Colorado Streamflow Under Natural Climate Variability - Jason Gurdak | Design and Implementation of a Water-Quality Monitoring Program in Support of Establishing User Capacities in Yosemite National Park - R.S. Peavler, D.W. Clow, A.K. Panorska, J.M. Thomas | Basin Attributes Contributing to Chemical Composition of Streamwater in Headwater Catchments of the Colorado Rockies - C. Rhoades, J. Norman III, E. Kelly, and K. Elder | A Study on Seed Dispersal by Hydrochory in Floodplain Restoration - H.Hayashi, Y.Shimatani, and Y.Kawaguchi |
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| High Spatial and Temporal Rainfall Analyses for Use in Watershed Models, Hultstrand, Douglas, Parzybok, Tye, Tomlinson, Ed, and Kappel, Bill | Hydrologic instrumentation and data collection in Wyoming - G.B. Paige, S.N. Miller, T.J. Kelleners and S.T. Gray | Integrating terrestrial LiDAR and real time kinematic GPS surveys to map the upper Tolay Creek watershed of San Francisco Bay - Isa Woo, John Takekawa, Rachel Gardiner, and Rune Storesound | Hyporheic Exchange and Response to Snowmelt in a Small Mountain Catchment (Valles Caldera, New Mexico) from Observations of Streambed Temperature - Matthew N. Baillie and John L. Wilson | |
| Reflections on the July 31, 1976, Big Thompson Flood, Colorado Front Range, USA - Robert D. Jarrett and John E. Costa | A Synergistic Approach to Hydrologic Research and Education in the Yukon River Basin - Paul Schuster and Michelle Walvoord | Effects of Mountain Pine Beetle induced tree mortality on carbon and nitrogen fluxes in northern Colorado - Dave Clow and others |
Watershed Management in Nepal - Tak Bahadur Tamang | |
| Climate-Induced Changes in High Elevation Nitrogen Dynamics - Jill S. Baron, Travis M. Schmidt, and Melannie D. Hartman | Potential Climate Impacts on the Hydrology of High Elevation Catchments, Colorado Front Range M.W. Williams, K.H. Hill, N. Caine, J.R. Janke, T. Kittel |
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| Wednesday | ||||
Field Trips (Box Lunch) |
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7:00 AM |
Andrew's Meadow - Alisa Mast Icy Brook - Dave Clow |
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7:45 AM |
Loch Vale - Don Campbell Long Term Ecological Research on Niwot Ridge - Mark Williams |
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8:30 AM |
Aquatic Ecology of the Big Thompson River and Cub Lake - Jeff Conner, Glenn Patterson, and Travis Schmidt Floods, Paleofloods, and Wildfire Hydrology, Big Thompso Canyon - Deborah Martin and Bob Jarrett |
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4:00 PM |
Return to Lodge | |||
Concurrent Session 3: Human Impacts and Management |
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Nat3 Moderator: Brian Caruso |
AW3 Moderator: Deb Martin |
ITB3 Moderator: Heather Golden |
LLM3 Moderator: Rick Webb |
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4:40 PM |
The Importance of Considering Aquifer Susceptibility and Uncertainty in Developing Water Management and Policy Guidelines - Tristan Wellman | Evaluating Regional Patterns in Nitrate Sources to Watersheds in National Parks of the Rocky Mountains using Nitrate Isotopes - Leora Nanus, Mark W. Williams, Donald H. Campbell, Carol Kendall, and Emily M. Elliott | USDA-ARS & Filtrexx International Research on Storm Water Pollutant Removal Effectiveness of Compost Filter Socks - Britt Faucette | Long-Term Patterns of Hydrologic Response After Logging in a Coastal Redwood Forest - Elizabeth Keppeler, Leslie Reid, and Tom Lisle |
5:00 PM |
Water Quality Screening Tools: A Practical Approach - Benjamin Houston and Rob Klosowski | Monitoring hydrological changes related to western juniper removal, a paired watershed approach - Tim Deboodt, Mike Fisher, John Buckhouse, and John Swanson | Herbicide transport trends in Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed - R.N. Lerch, E.J. Sadler, K.A. Sudduth, and C. Baffaut | Assessing Changes in Hydrologic Function Using Historical Records and Contemporary Measurements - C.C. Trettin, D.A. Amatya, C. Kaufman, R. Morgan, and N. Levine |
5:20 PM |
U.S. Geological Survey's National Streamflow Information Program - Status and Future, Norris, J. Michael | A watershed condition assessment of Rocky Mountain National Park using the FLoWS tools - David M. Theobald and John B. Norman | Lessons learned in calibrating and monitoring a paired watershed study in Oregon’s high desert - Mike Fisher, Tim Deboodt, John Buckhouse and John Swanson | Does Climate Matter? Evaluating the Effects of Climate Change on Future Ethiopian Hydropower - Paul Block |
5:40 PM |
Dinner, discussion, and awards | |||
| Thursday | ||||
7:00 AM |
Breakfast, checkout and luggage prep | |||
Plenary Session : Observing and Adapting Moderator: Rick Hooper |
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8:00 AM |
An Ecosystem Services Framework for Multi-Disciplinary Research in the Colorado River Headwaters - D.J. Semmens, J.S. Briggs, and D.A. Martin | |||
8:20 AM |
The Finger Lakes Watershed Environmental Network (FLoWEN): A Web Services Based Approach to Environmental Monitoring Data Management - Fred Pieper, Ricardo Lopez-Torrijos, and Benjamin Houston | |||
8:40 AM |
Everglades Restoration - Balancing Ecosystem Recovery and Expanding Development at the Watershed Level - R.A. Johnson | |||
9:00 AM |
Break | |||
9:20 AM |
National Collaborative Observation and Research (CORE) Watersheds: a strategy for tracking the effects of climate change on complex systems - P.S. Murdoch, D.L. Cecil, J.W. Harden, P.H. Dunn, and R. A. Birdsey | |||
9:40 AM |
Engaging stakeholders for adaptive management using structured decision analysis - Elise R. Irwin and Kathryn D.M. Kennedy | |||
10:00 AM |
Break | |||
10:20 AM |
Nat_Panel Plans | AW_Panel Plans | ITB_Panel Plans | LLM_Panel Plans |
11:00 AM |
Present Plans | |||
12:00 PM |
Lunch and adjourn | |||
1:00 PM |
Buses leave for Airport | |||