The Interconnectedness of Water
How planning can create a wave of progress throughout our community
Thursday April 11, 2019
Shupe Homestead
119631 N. 61st St.
Longmont
Agenda
9:00 a.m. Registration Coffee/Pastries
9:30 a.m. Welcome and Comments
Chris Smith
Vice-President, St. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy District
9:40 a.m. Introductions and Overview
Sean Cronin
Executive Director, St. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy District
9:45 a.m. St. Vrain/Left Hand Creek – Stream Management Plan
Sean Cronin
Executive Director, St. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy District
10:20 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Holy Toledo! Does Water Have Rights?
Doug Kemper
Executive Director, Colorado Water Congress
10:50 a.m. Colorado River – Drought Contingency Planning and Demand Management Feasibility
Brent Newman
Interstate, Federal & Water Section Chief, Colorado Water Conservation Board
11:10 a.m. Break
11:20 a.m. The Economics of Drying up Agriculture
Dr. Rebecca Hill
Research Scientist, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
11:40 a.m. Growing Demands on Ag Water Demonstrate the Need for Ag/Urban Water Dialogue
Zack Thode
Manager, Roberts Ranch
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Water, Agriculture and the Next Generation
Kate Greenberg
Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture