Provide an opportunity for collaborative practitioners and professionals to connect, learn, and identify opportunities to work together;
Explore the possibilities and challenges of collaborative approaches to complex problems by focusing on water; and
Explore the possibilities of collaborative approaches to solving water challenges in various sectors and at various scales.
In order to build shared understanding of a complex topic before the symposium, we are offering series of learning webinars on various topics related to water management in the West.
Anne MacKinnon (author of Public Waters: Lessons from Wyoming for the American West) — Fundamentals of Water in Wyoming: History, Politics, Current Rules and Context for Water Collaboration in Wyoming
March 31, 12:00 - 1:30 pm. Click here for the recording >
Dr. Imtiaz Rangwala — Climate Change and Water in the West on April 14 at 12:00 p.m. RSVP here.
TBD — Tribal Participation in the Colorado River Compact Negotiations
Check back later for more information.
7-8:30am: Early bird coffee
7:30-8:30am: Wyoming Tribal History and Water Rights — Morning walk with Wes Martel (Greater Yellowstone Coalition/UW Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources)
8-8:45am: Break
8:45-9am: Setting the Stage: Water and Collaboration in Wyoming and the West — Deb Kleinman (Director of Collaboration Program in Natural Resources and Owner of Lupine Collaborative)
9-10am: Colorado River Compact Negotiations and the Colorado River Working Group — Jeff Cowley (Administrator Interstate Streams at WY State Engineer's Office)
10-10:15am: Break
10:15-11:15am: Climate and Water and Collaboration, WyACT — Corrie Knapp (Co-PI of WyACT and Assistant Professor, UW Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources)
11:15-12:15pm: Water*Energy Nexus: The Hydrogen Fuel Policy Challenge — Charles Nye (Research Scientist, UW School of Energy Resources Center for Economic Geology Research)
12:15-1:15pm: Lunch
1:15-2:15pm: Colorado Watershed Collaboratives: Facilitating Factors and Lessons Learned — Nicole Seltzer (Colorado River Basin Program Director, River Network)
2:15-4:30pm: Panel: Watershed Collaboratives in Wyoming and Colorado
Moderator: Deb Kleinman
Snake River Headwaters Initiative (Darren Rhea, WY Game and Fish & Leslie Steen, Trout Unlimited)
Upper Arkansas Watershed Partnership (Natalie Allio)
Healthy Rivers Initiative, Lander (Jennifer Lamb, TNC WY and/or Kelsey Beck, Popo Agie Conservation District)
4:30-5pm: What's Next for Water and Collaboration in Wyoming and the West?
5-6pm: Happy Hour and Cash Bar
