Coloring Outside the Lines:

Can Science Help Us Be Creative and Innovative in Managing Our Water?

October 8-9, 2015
Sagebrush Inn and Suites
Taos, NM

WRRI Report No. 389
2015 conference proceedings (as one file)

Contents

Cover

Title Page and Conference Photos

Table of Contents

Conference Advisory Committee

Program

Is New Mexico Resilient to the Coming Water Supply Challenges?
Dagmar Llewellyn, Bureau of Reclamation

Groundwater Availability: An Issue of Scale and Science-Based Water management
Kevin Dennehy, U.S. Geological Survey, Groundwater Resources Program

Successfully Leading Through the Challenges of Change
Michael McElhenie, Being First, Inc.

Tree-ring Science in Hydroclimatology: Some Great Basin Examples
Franco Biondi, University of Nevada, Reno

Climate Change: Recent News from the Journals
Brad Udall, Colorado Water Institute

New Mexico Statewide Water Issues Update
John T. Romero, New Mexico Office of the State Engineer

The “Abeyta Settlement”: Miss the Deadline, Lose the Money, Back to Trials
Darcy Bushnell, Utton Transboundary Resources Center

Regional Topics Panel (Moderated by José A. Rivera – As One File)

• • Mountain Hydrology in a Changing Climate
    John L. Wilson, New Mexico Tech

  • NM Land Grants (Mercedes) as the Cradle of Democracy
    David Fermin Arguello, Acequia Commissioner and Land Grant Official

  • Save Our Snow: Climate Change and Ski Areas
    Mark Williams, University of Colorado, Boulder

Balancing Agricultural Use of Surface and Groundwater Along the Rio Grande (As One File)

• • Middle Rio Grande
    David Gensler, Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District

  • Lower Rio Grande
    Gary Esslinger, Elephant Butte Irrigation District
    J. Phillip King, Elephant Butte Irrigation District

The Economic and Social Benefits of an Integrated Approach: Marrying LiDAR Data and the National Hydrographic Dataset
Elizabeth Zeiler, New Mexico Environment Department
Carol Giffin,   U.S. Geological Survey

Capability of the Current New Mexico Water Policy to Adapt to Coming Challenges: New and Innovative Ways to Meet Future Needs
Fred Phillips, New Mexico Tech

Restoring State Forests, Protecting Watersheds and Ensuring a Fresh and Adequate Water Supply
Laura McCarthy, The Nature Conservancy

Beyond Infrastructure: Building Resilience to Water-Related Impacts of Climate Change in the U.S. and Overseas
Karen MacClune, Institute for Social and Environmental Transition

How California is Coping with Drought
Tanya Trujillo, Colorado River Board of California

Watershed Health Panel (Moderated by Ron Gardiner – As One File)

• • Connecting Communities and Watersheds
    Ron Gardiner, Land and Water Clinic

  • Eating the Elephant in Our Watersheds
    Brent Racher, Restoration Solutions, LLC

  • Can Science Help Us Be Creative and Innovative in Managing Our Watersheds?
    Susan Rich, New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department

  • The Gritty Interface of Science and Policy – Nonpoint Source Pollution in New Mexico
    Abe Franklin, New Mexico Environment Department

  • Setting Restoration Priorities on a Watershed Scale
    Gus Holm, Cimarron Watershed Alliance and Vermejo Park Ranch

Summary of Current United States Geological Survey Drought Research in the Western States
Earl Greene, U.S. Geological Survey, External Research

Poster Abstracts

Participant List