NEWS
 

View Water Faculty Seminar Series Presentation

Climate Change and Drought in the West:  Is the Western Lifestyle Disappearing?

by Philip Mote, Ph.D, Washington State Climatologist

Presented on March 7, 2007

Dr. Mote is a research scientist at the University of Washington in the Climate Impacts Group.  His research interests include Northwest climate and its effects on snowpack, streamflow, and forest fires.  He has written approximately 60 scientific articles and edited a book on climate modeling.

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Workshop

A workshop on Water, Drought, and Wyoming's Climate was held at the University of Wyoming on October 5, 2006.  The  workshop targeted county, city, state, and federal water resource managers, climate scientists, ranchers, land-use managers, fisheries managers, and others interested in understanding the influence of climate on water resources. 

Workshop Objectives:

1)  Communicate current understanding of climate variability and climate change as it relates to Wyoming’s water;

2)  Discuss needs of water resources managers and other stakeholders in Wyoming in the context of an ever-changing climate and water resources; and

3)  Facilitate discussions among water managers and researchers to develop future collaborations to anticipate needs, find answers, and suggest ways to implement solutions.

The workshop was sponsored by:

Wyoming Water Development Commission, University of Wyoming, Western Water Assessment, UW's Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources, UW Department of Geography, UW Office of Research and Development, UW Office of Water, Wyoming Water Resources Data System, Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center, and UW Ecology Program

Workshop Agenda
 

Presentations:

Clint Bassett -- City of Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities
Steve Gray -- Wyoming State Climatologist

Harry LaBonde -- State Engineer's Office

Kirk Miller -- U.S. Geological Survey
Andrea Ray -- NOAA Western Water Assessment

Workshop Follow-Up

Preliminary summary presented by Jacqueline J. Shinker, UW faculty member in the Department of Geography, to the Ruckelshaus Institute Board on October 6, 2006.

Workshop Final Report