2014 NWRA Fall Symposium October 15-16, 2014 Ramada Reno Hotel & Casino Reno, Nevada Wednesday, October 15, 2014 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Fall Symposium Registration 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast, Exhibit & Poster Presentation Area 8:00 a.m. - 8:10 a.m. Opening Remarks with Shari Whalen, 2014 Symposium Chairman 8:10 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Keynote Presentation with Ernest Schank, 3rd Generation Farmer in the Newlands Project, "Francis G. Newlands and His Project" 8:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Session One: Safety Moderator: Ø Lee Berget, P.E., Newlands Project Coordinator, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Lahontan Basin Area Office, “The Future of the Truckee Canal” Ø Joan Goodwin, P.E., Mid-Pacific Dam Safety Program Manager, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, “Reclamation Dam Safety Modification Projects on the Truckee River” Ø Rusty Jardine, Esq., District Manager and General Counsel, Truckee-Carson Irrigation District Ø Salvador Martinez, BSCE, Mid-Pacific Urban Canal Program Manager, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, “Inspection of Canals Located in Urbanized Areas” 10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Break, Exhibit and Poster Presentation Area 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Session Two: Modeling Moderator: Dan Lahde, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation Ø Shane Coors, P.E., Principal, Precision Water Resources Engineering Ø Eric Morway, Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey Ø Seshadri Rajagopal, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, “Development and Calibration of Basin-Scale Watershed Models of the Upper Truckee for Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources” Ø Tom Scott, P.E., Bureau of Reclamation, Lahontan Basin Area Office, “Truckee-Carson RiverWare© Planning Model Description and Applications” 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Lunch, Sierra Room 1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Session Three: Mapping Moderator: Ø Justin Huntington, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor, Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, “Landsat Water Use Mapping of Crop and Phreatophyte Areas in Nevada” Ø Jo A. Moore, GISP, GIS Specialist, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation Lahontan Basin Area Office, “Here in the Real World: Newlands Project Irrigated Fields Mapping” Ø Michael Randall, P.E., S.W.R.S., C.P.M., State of Nevada Division of Water Resources, “Newlands Project Water Rights Mapping” 2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Break, Exhibit and Poster Presentation Area 2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Session Four: Tribal Interests Moderator: Ø Patricia Rivera, Native American Affairs Program Manager, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region Ø Mervin Wright, Manager, Natural Resources Department, Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Session Five: Surface Water/Groundwater Moderator: Ø Matthew J. Curti, J.D., Associate Attorney, Schroeder Law Offices, P.C., “Conjunctive Management Solutions to Groundwater Withdrawals Affecting Surface Water Flows within the Humboldt River Basin” Thursday, October 16, 2014 7:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Fall Symposium Registration 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast, Exhibit and Poster Presentation Area 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Session Six: Water Supply/Forecasting Moderator: Ø Jeffrey J. Anderson, Water Supply Specialist, USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service “NRCS Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting Program: Tools for Water Management in a Changing Climate” Part 1 Ø Michael L. Strobel, Ph.D., Director – National Water and Climate Center, USDA – Natural Resources Conservation Service, “NRCS Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting Program: Tools for Water Management in a Changing Climate” Part 2 Ø Jeffrey Payne, P.E., Supervising Water Resources Planner/Engineer, MWH Americas Inc. Ø Maureen McCarthy, Ph.D., Project Director, Water for the Seasons Interim Director, Academy for the Environment, University of Nevada-Reno, Interim Director of the Academy for the Environment at the University of Nevada, Reno 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Break, Exhibit and Poster Presentation Area 10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Session Seven: Water Quality Moderator: Ø Michael Rosen, Ph.D., Water Quality Specialist, U.S. Geological Survey, “Cooperation of Federal and Local Partners on Water Quality Research at Lakes Mead and Mohave” 11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Closing Remarks with Shari Whalen, 2014 Symposium Chairman
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