Hot Topic: Air Quality Impacts of Oil and Gas Development —
January 27, 2012
Moderator: Mark Squillace, Director, Natural Resources Law Center
Presenters:
John Imse, Hydrogeologist, ENVIRON International Corporation
Debra Kaden, Toxicologist, ENVIRON International Corporation
Lance Astrella, Attorney, Astrella Law, PC
Paul Tourangeau, Assistant General Counsel, DCP Midstream, LP and former Director, Colorado Air Pollution Control Division
John Jacus, Partner, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
Martz Summer Conference — June 8-10, 2011
Welcome (June 8, 2011)
Mark Squillace
Director, Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado
Law School
David Getches
Dean and Raphael J. Moses Professor of Natural Resources
Law, University of Colorado Law School
Patricia Mulroy
General Manager, Southern Nevada Water Authority: “And Then There Was Little Left to Fight About.
Can We Get Through the Worst of Times?”
Keynote Address (June 9, 2010)
Mark Squillace
Director, Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado
Law School
Michael Connor
Commissioner, US Bureau of Reclamation “The Colorado River in the Era of Cooperation”
Panel A — Understanding Supply & Demand (June 9, 2011)
Moderator: Larry MacDonnell, University of Wyoming College of Law
Panelists:
Terry Fulp - Deputy Regional Director for the Lower Colorado Region,
Bureau of Reclamation
Bill Rinne - Director of Surface-Water Resources, Southern Nevada Water Authority
Holly Hartman, Director, Arid Lands Information Center, University of Arizona
Commentators:
Eric Kuhn - Colorado River Water Conservation District
Jennifer Gimbel - Colorado Water Conservation Board
Sharon Megdal - Board Member, Central Arizona Water Conservation District
New & Evolving Agreements in the Basin (June 9, 2011)
Panel B - Indian Water Rights Settlements
Panelists:
Katie Yellowhorse Gilbert -former Navajo Nation Water Commissioner
Tanya Trujillo -Counsel, Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee
Panel C - U.S.-Mexico Negotiations
Panelists:
Steve Fitten -Chief Counsel, International Boundary Waters Commission
Jennifer Gimbel -Colorado Water Conservation Board
Mario Lopez Perez -Engineering and Technical Standards Manager, National Water
Commission of Mexico
Panel D - Rethinking the Current Path (June 9, 2011)
Doug Kenney -Director, Western Water Policy Program of the Natural Resources Law Center,
University of Colorado Law School: How Does Climate Change Impact the Need for, and Direction of,
Institutional Reform?
Sarah Bates -Center for Natural Resources & Environmental Policy, Univ. of Montana: Leaders’ Perspectives: What’s Coming?
Lynn Scarlett -former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Visiting Scholar
at Resources for the Future: New Models for River Management
Commentator
John Fleck -Western water journalist. Staff Writer, Albuquerque Journal
Panel E - Who Should be at the Table, and What Should They be Talking
About? (June 10, 2011)
Moderator: Joe Feller -Professor of Law, Arizona State University Speaker: Robert Adler -James I. Farr Chair in Law, Univ. of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Commentator: Jim Lochhead -CEO/Manager, Denver Water
June 10, 2011: Panel F - Some Policy Options and Solutions
Moderator: Bill Travis -Director, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research/CIRES and
Assoc. Professor–Dept. of Geography, University of Colorado-Boulder
Sarah Bates -Center for Natural Resources & Environmental Policy, University of Montana:
Leaders’ Perspectives: Options for Moving Forward
Drew Beckwith -Water Policy Manager, Western Resource Advocates Water Efficiency and 21st Century Alternatives
Bonnie Colby -Dept. of Agriculture & Resource Economics, University of Arizona Smart Fallowing: New Strategies in Agricultural Forbearance Programs