AWRA-WA 2012 State Conference
The Columbia River Treaty
September 12-13, 2012
Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
September 12
Session 1
The Columbia River Treaty (CRT) in Context:
Professor Barb Cosens, University of Idaho and Universities Consortium on Columbia River Governance
Native American Tribal Roles in CRT Review:
Paul Lumley, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Treaty Review in the U.S. and Canada:
Matt Rea, United States Army Corps of Engineers;
Kathy Eichenberger, British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines
Session 2: Post-2024 Expectations for Tributary Headwaters Management
John Tracy, Idaho Water Resources Research Institute
Dr. Michael Barber, State of Washington Water Research Center
Keynote - A World Prematurely Dammed: Improving on the CRT & Other Hydrological Anachronisms
Robert W. Sandford, Canada Forum on Leadership for Water, Canada Water for Life Decade, and Western Watersheds Climate Research Collaborative
Session 3: Treaty Perspectives Panel
Fish, Wildlife and Recreation
Suzanne Skinner, Center for Environmental Law and Policy
Social-Cultural Impacts in British Columbia
Eileen Delahanty Pearkes, author of The Geography of Memory
Hydro Power
Andrew Grassell, Chelan PUD and Columbia River Treaty Power Group
Local Government
Paul Jewell, Kittitas County Commissioner and Columbia River County Commissioners Policy Advisory Group
Session 4: Climate Change and the Columbia River Treaty
Deborah Harford, Simon Fraser ACT
Dr. Alan Hamlet, University of Washington
September 13
Session 5: Water and Restoration
Restoration in the White Salmon and Klickitat Basins
Bill Sharp, Yakima Nation Fisheries
Instream Flows for Restoration in the Columbia Basin
Jason McCormick, Washington Water Trust and Jason Hatch, Trout Unlimited-Washington Water Project
Restoration in the Methow and Wenatchee Basins
Brandon Rogers, Yakama Nation Fisheries
Columbia River Instream Atlas Project:
Jonathan Kohr, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Session 6: Fish, Agriculture, and Water Resources
Yakima Integrated Water Resources Management Plan
Dave Fast, Yakama Nation
Urban Eberhart, Kittitas Reclamation District
Michael Garrity, American Rivers
Paul Jewell, Kittitas County Commissioner and Columbia River County Commissioners Policy Advisory Group
Office of the Columbia River Projects
Derek Sandison, Office of the Columbia River
Columbia River Water Rights in Oregon
Ruben Ochoa, Oregon Water Resources Department
Aquatic Invasive Species Control
David Conlin, GeoEngineers, Inc. and Carson Keeler, Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, WA
Session 7: Water Resources Management
Hydro and Wind Power Issues
Adam Price, United States Army Corps of Engineers
Water Banking
Yakima and Dungeness Rivers: Susan Adams, Washington Water Trust
Model Development to Support Assessment of Flood Risk for the Columbia River Treaty Review
Sara Marxen, United States Army Corps of Engineers
Hydrologic Sensitivity to Climate Change
Julie Vano, University of Washington
