Colorado River Management: Science, Law and Policy
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Agenda
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8:00 – 8:30 am MDT
Morning Session
8:30 am – 12:30 pm MDT
Break
12:30 – 1:00 pm MDT
Afternoon Session
1:00 – 3:30 pm MDT
Agenda
The Colorado River Compact: the Law of the River J. Gimbel
The original Colorado River Compact (1922)
Upriver states, downriver states and the role of the federal government
Subsequent agreements and ongoing negotiations
History of Water Use and Future Projections G. MacGregor
Weather patterns and patterns of historic usage
Heading into trouble: recent and more severe water shortages
A look to the next hundred years
Focus on Environmental Issues J. Garcia
Ecological harms from reduced water flow
Water quality issues
Balancing ecological and economic issues
Market-Based Developments and Solutions R. Kropf
Lower Basin 500+ Plan
Local plans
Concerns with speculation
Reclamation programs to help fund conservation
Creative ideas in Colorado River locations
Current Issues on the Colorado River A. Ostdiek
Drought response and shortages
Drought Contingency Plan implementation
Upper basin – drought response operations agreement and demand management
Lower basin – shortages and consultation
Post-2026 reservoir operations negotiations
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Credits
Professional Engineers
6.0 PDHs
Attorneys
6.0 CLE Credits in AZ, CA,
NV, NM, TX, UT and WY
7.0 CLE Credits in CO
Floodplain Managers
6.0 ASFPM CECs
Certified Planners/APA
CM | 6.0
Geologists
6.0 PDHs
Continuing Education Credit Information
This webinar is open to the public and offers 6.0 PDHs to professional engineers licensed in most states. It also offers 6.0 PDHs to geologists.
This course has been approved for 6.0 CLE credits by the State Bar of Nevada, the New Mexico State Bar, the State Bar of Texas, including 6.0 hours of Specialization in Administrative Law, the Utah State Board of CLE, and the Wyoming State Bar. Halfmoon Education Inc. is an approved CLE provider in California (Provider No. 8370) and this activity qualifies for 6.0 CLE hours for attorneys. This program also offers 6.0 CLE hours to Arizona attorneys. This event has been approved for 7.0 general CLE credits by the Colorado Supreme Court.
This webinar has been approved by the Association of State Floodplain Managers for 6.5 CECs for floodplain managers.
HalfMoon Education is an approved CM Provider with the American Planning Association. This course is registered for CM | 6.0 for Certified Planners.
Completion certificates will be awarded to participants who complete this event, respond to all prompts, and earn a passing score (80%) on the quiz that follows the presentation (multiple attempts allowed).
Speakers
Jaime C. Garcia
Water Fellow – Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy & the Environment
Mr. Garcia is a Water Fellow at the Getches-Wilkins Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment at Colorado Law. Additionally, he is an adjunct faculty member for Wake Forest’s Masters in the Studies of Law program, teaching the Public Law course. Prior to joining the GWC, Mr. Garcia was an enforcement attorney for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, where he worked as part of an agency-wide program to assist at-risk public water systems. He began a career focused on water and environmental issues because of his personal interest in preserving our public lands and water.
Jennifer Gimbel
Colorado State University
Ms. Gimbel has a juris doctor degree from the University of Wyoming, a master’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Delaware and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wyoming. She currently is the senior water policy scholar for the Colorado Water Center, based at Colorado State University. In this position she teaches a graduate seminar on water issues and develops policy strategy papers on issues facing the Colorado River and the Upper Basin states, of which Colorado is one. Before that, she served as the principal deputy assistant secretary for water and science in the Department of the Interior and was deputy commissioner for external and intergovernmental affairs for the Bureau of Reclamation. From 2008 to 2013, Gimbel was the director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, a group within the Department of Natural Resources that works to protect and develop the state’s water resources.
Ramsey L. Kropf
Attorney , Somach Simmons & Dunn | Attorneys At Law
For over two decades, Ms. Kropf has impacted the status and outcome of some of the West’s most challenging water issues. Her experience is built on a unique combination of high-level legal work in both the private and public sectors where she has successfully handled cases with far-reaching, national implications. She is a shareholder with Somach Simmons & Dunn’s Boulder, Colorado office. Ms. Kropf joined the firm after completing an appointment as the deputy solicitor in the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. She currently mediates Indian water right settlements and other Reclamation matters in New Mexico and California, represents a variety of clients in the Colorado River Basin, along with work in Oregon’s Klamath Basin, Washington State, and other Colorado, regional, and interstate water matters. She is admitted to practice law in Colorado, Arizona, and Wyoming as well as the Federal District Court, Colorado, and the United States Supreme Court. She has also served as chair of the Water Resources Committee of the American Bar Association.
Gregor MacGregor
Faculty Fellow, University of Colorado Law School
Mr. MacGregor is a water attorney focused on environmental justice and agricultural land preservation. He currently serves as the director of the Acequia Assistance Project, a pro bono legal service organization aiding traditional Hispano farmers in southern Colorado. He also teaches the law school’s advanced natural resources field seminar, the Law of the Colorado River, which culminates in a floating symposium and graduation in the Grand Canyon.
Amy Ostdiek
Chief- Interstate, Federal, and Water Information Section – Colorado Water Conservation Board
Ms. Ostdiek is the Chief of the Interstate, Federal, and Water Information Section at the Colorado Water Conservation Board. Much of her work focuses on Colorado River matters, including supporting Commissioner Becky Mitchell in her role as Colorado’s principal negotiator on interstate Colorado River matters. Prior to joining CWCB, Ms. Ostdiek was an Assistant Attorney General with the Colorado River Subunit at the Colorado Attorney General’s Office. Ms. Ostdiek is originally from rural Western Nebraska. She attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Colorado Law School.