5-10 June 2003: Learning from Regions: A Comparative Appraisal of Climate, Water, and Human Interactions in the Colorado and Columbia River Systems On this page: Agenda with PDF's of select Powerpoint Presentations Adobe Reader required Or go to: Session Description Participant Roster Agenda with PDF's of Select Presentations John Katzenberger Welcome Roger Pulwarty Opening Remarks- Why are we here? Henry Diaz Climate in Four Dimensions Kelly Redmond Climate and the Colorado and Columbia River Basins Alan Hamlet Origins of Crisis in the Columbia River Basin and Prospects for Sustainable Long-term Solutions Ted Melis presenting for Carl Walters Challenges in Adaptive Management of Riparian and Coastal Ecosystems: Who are the Real Bad Guys? Denise Fort Water in the Rio Grande: Endangered Species Act Litigation, Economic Development, Santa Fe Summers, Juarez Drinking Water, and a Small Border War Holly Doremus Water and Endangered Species in the West: Legal and Institutional Contexts Bonnie Colby Innovative Incentives-based Mechanisms to Increase Flexibility in the Colorado and the Columbia Diane Austin Developing Effective Partnerships with Native American tribes in Research and Adaptive Management Stewart Cohen Water management and climate change in the Okanagan Region, Canada Aaron Wolf International river basins and transboundary conflicts Working Group: Panel I: Regional Trends, Projections, Critical Issues Moderator: Udall Rapporteur: Pulwarty Colby, Doremus, Fort, Shurts Lance Gunderson/Roger Pulwarty Adaptive Management: A bridge between science and policy? Doug Marker The Columbia Basin as an illustration of implementing ecosystem restoration in a multi--jurisdictional environment Discussion Ted Melis and Randy Peterson Adaptive Management of the Colorado River System Below Glen Canyon Dam John Shurts Adaptive Management and the Northwest Power Planning Council Bob Heinith CRITFC Energy Vision for the Columbia River Working Group: Panel II: Monitoring and Experimentation Moderator: Diaz Rapporteur: Hamlet Cohen, Heinith, Melis, Smith Erik Merrill Towards Adaptive Management through Independent Science Review (in the Columbia River Basin) Larry Smith CALFED: Introduction and Hydroclimate Kim Taylor The CALFED Experience: Integrating Scientific Review and Advice into Water Management and Ecosystem Restoration Programs Susan Iott Restoration of the South Florida Ecosystem: Coordination of Science and Adaptive Management William Lewis What Scientists Should Do; What Scientists Can Do Working Group: Panel III: Role of Science, Uncertainty and Advice Moderator: Pulwarty Rapporteur: Merrill Iott, Lewis, Peterson, Taylor Ron Brunner Adaptive Governance and Community-Based Approaches William Ascher Coping with uncertainty arising from unsettled property/user rights Roberto Sanchez International water issues in the Colorado River Basin Working Group: Panel IV: Institutions, Complexity, and Alternatives Moderator: Sanchez Rapporteur: Doremus Ascher, Austin, Brunner, Wolf Working Group Reports: Panels I, II, III, and IV Comments Working Group: Panel V: Lessons and Decision Making: If so, so what? Discussion Comments: Bill Ascher and Denise Fort Finish