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Sierra Water Workgroup Summit, June 12-13 2014

When: June 12-13, 2014.
Where: North Lake Tahoe Event Center, Kings Beach, CA (map)

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Final SWW 2014 Summit Agenda_6-9-14.pdf
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Participant List_June 9
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Thursday, June 12


Keynote Speaker


Felicia Marcus, Chair of the State Water Resources Control Board.
Felicia Marcus Presentation
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Delta-Sierra Connection

Discussion of Bay-Delta efforts and Sierra engagement.

Shakoora Azimi-Gaylon, (Moderator) Delta Conservancy, Assistant Executive Officer
Kamyar Guivetchi, Department of Water Resources, Manager, Statewide Integrated Water Management
Elizabeth (Izzy) Martin, The Sierra Fund, Chief Executive Officer
Daniel Schultz, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, Sr Environmental Scientist

Kamyar Guivetchi
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Izzy Martin
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Daniel Schultz
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Disadvantaged Communities

First showing of the DAC documentary, a brief presentation about Inyo-Mono’s DAC grant and some of its outcomes, and a discussion with the audience about the future of DAC/tribal engagement in IRWM planning.

Mark Drew, California Trout, Regional Manager & Inyo Mono IRWM Program, Program Director
Holly Alpert, Inyo Mono IRWM Program, Project Manager
Rick Kattelmann, Inyo-Mono IRWM Program, Project Development Specialist






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Holly Alpert
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Economic Implications of Drought in the Sierra

Changing economics under drought conditions and implications for Sierra water management. Impacts on agriculture, water agencies, and tourism.

Greg Zlotnick, (Moderator), San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, Delta Initiatives and Special Projects
Tim Cohee, Owner & CEO of China Peak Ski Resort and Program Chair, Ski Business & Resort Management at Sierra College
Pamela Payen, Plumas-Sierra Cattlemen’s Association, 3rd Generation Sierra Beef Cattle Rancher
Don Stump, Director, District 3, Calaveras County Water District








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Tribal Involvement in IRWM

Working with tribes requires a different form of outreach, but can provide some exceptional benefits to IRWM and other planning processes throughout the Sierra. Perspectives on land responsibility and sovereignty, legal status of tribes in California and agency responsibilities, what this means to Indians on an individual and family basis; and local-level collaboration.

Elizabeth Betancourt, (Moderator), Forsgren Associates, Inc., Watershed Science and Policy Analyst
Gerald Jones, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Pacific Regional Office, Assistant Regional Forester
Shanti Warlick, California Indian Water Commission and Member of the Todd’s Valley Consolidated Miwok Tribe
Dr. Don Hankins, California State University, Chico, Department of Geography and Planning, Assistant Professor
Kimberly Johnston-Dodds, M.P.A., M.A., Independent Historian












Gerald Jones
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Dr. Don Hankins
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Plenary - Sierra IRWM Presentations

Each IRWM Region in the Sierra gave an update.

Contact information provided at the end of each presentation (all presentations combined into a single file at right).
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Friday, June 13

Opening Plenary - Climate Change and Drought in the Sierra

Liz Mansfield, (Opening Remarks and Moderator), Sierra Water Workgroup
Michael Anderson, California State Climatologist, DWR Division of Flood Management
Martha Conklin, Interim Director, Sierra Nevada Research Institute, University of California, Merced
Roger Bales, Professor, University of California, Merced
 


Michael Anderson
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Martha Conklin
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Roger Bales
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Protecting Water Rights … Or … What Could Be Simpler Than The American River?

Roundtable Discussion with Practitioners. How water rights are managed in California, how water rights and regulations change in times of drought. Specific cases will be explored.


Peter Pumphrey, (Moderator), California State Bar
Dave Eggerton, El Dorado Irrigation District
Robert Sawyer, Council, Remy, Moose, and Manley, LLP
Ron Stork, Friends of the River











Robert Sawyer
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Fire Effects on Water: The Continuum of Controlled to Catastrophic

15 Minute presentations followed by 15 minutes of Q&A, in order of speakers: Overview of fire knowledge with regard to water quantity and quality in the Sierra Nevada. Forestry Regulation and Fire. Mokelumne River Project: Fire and possible effects on water resources. Hillslope Sedimentation and Water Quality in Relation to the Rim Fire, Yosemite National Park, California.

Kathy Wood-McLaughlin (Moderator), Tulare Basin Watershed Coordinator/TKM Consulting
Dr. Carolyn Hunsaker, Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station.
Sharon Duggan, Attorney at Law, Environmental Protection Information Center.
Nic Enstice, Senior Regional Policy & Program Analyst, Sierra Nevada Conservancy.
Tim Kuhn, Hydrologist, Yosemite National Park.








Carolyn Hunsaker
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Nic Enstice
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IRWM Implementation Grant Workshop

Update on the Grant Solicitation Process. The goal is to help Sierra IRWMPs be more successful in Implementation Grant Applications.

Kristin Honeycutt, (Moderator), Department of Water Resources
Tracie Billington, Chief of the Financial Assistance Branch, DWR
Matthew Zidar, Principal Consultant, GEI, Inc.







Tracie Billington
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SWWG Climate Change/Water Supply Project

SWWG Priority Project. Big Picture, assessment project, not engineering. The goals are (1) assess storage loss in Sierra due to sedimentation; and (2) assess potential management changes that could be made under different climate change scenarios.

Liz Mansfield, (Moderator), Sierra Water Workgroup, Director
David Yates, National Center for Atmospheric Research
David Groves, RAND Corporation
Elizabeth Betancourt, Forsgren Associates, Inc.
Toby Minear, United States Geological Survey, Research Hydrologist



Liz Mansfield
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Groves and Yates
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Toby Minear
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Plenary – Water Bond

An update on the Water Bond including potential legislation and implications for the Sierra.


Bob Dean, (Moderator), Calaveras County Water District, Association of California Water Agencies
Izzy Martin, Executive Director, Sierra Fund
Alf Brandt, Principal Consultant, Assembly Member Anthony Rendon
Jim Branham, Executive Officer, Sierra Nevada Conservancy







Jim Branham
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Water Bond Handout
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