8:00 – 8:30 AM: Registration, Poster Display & Coffee
Location: Ballroom, College Union Building, Fort Lewis College
8:30 – 8:40 AM: Welcome, Overview of Agenda, and Introductions
Brad Bartel, President, Fort Lewis College, and Ellen Stein, Executive Director, Mountain Studies Institute
8:40 – 8:50 AM: Introduction to Workshop & Overview
Koren Nydick, Director of Research and Education, Mountain Studies Institute, and Brad Udall, University of Colorado, Managing Director, Western Water Assessment
Stakeholder & Scientist Presentations
8:50 – 9:15 AM: Stakeholder Experiences—Connecting Science & Policy at the Local, State & Regional Level:
What do we need to know about Climate Variability?
Patrick Cummins, Western Governors Association, Director, Western Regional Air Partnership, Bayfield resident.
9:15-9:45 AM: Climate Variability of the San Juan’s Over the Last 100 Years
Klaus Wolter, NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center
9:45 – 10:15 AM: San Juan Climate Over Past Centuries- how did we get here?
Connie Woodhouse, NOAA Paleoclimatology Program, National Climatic Data Center, and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado
10:15 – 10:30 AM: BREAK
10:30– 11:00 AM: Future Climate Change in the San Juan Mountains
Jonathan Overpeck, Director, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth, University of Arizona
11:00 – 11:45 PM: Stakeholder Experiences – What Do We Need To Know About Climate Variability & the Future?
Water, Land & Community Planning
Peter McKay, Commissioner, San Juan County, Colorado
Forests, Fire, Ranching & Land Management
Lesli Allison, Manager, Banded Peak Ranch, Pagosa Springs
Water Supply: Recreational, Agricultural, & Municipal Uses
Peter Butler, Animas River Stakeholders Group
Recreation and the Future of Snow
Gary Derck, CEO, Durango Mountain Resort
11:45 – 12:15 PM: Questions, Discussion, & Introduction of the “Assignment”
Informing the Dialogue: Debrief on “Scientists Day” Outcomes
12:15 – 1:15 PM: LUNCH
Breakout Groups & Discussion
1:15 – 2:30 PM: Stakeholder Discussions in Breakout Groups
Sector Groups:
- Water, Land & Community Planning - Ballroom #1
- Recreation & Tourism - Ballroom #2
- Agriculture & Ranching - CUB Pub
- Forestry, Timber & Wildfire - Blue & Gold Room
- Energy - Colorado Room
- Biodiversity & Wildlife - Senate Room
2:30 – 3:00 PM: BREAK
Transition to Ballroom; Group representatives to prepare 10 minute presentation to conference
3:00 – 4:30 PM Breakout Group Presentations & Discussion
Brad Udall, University of Colorado, Discussion Facilitator
Each sector reports back from their group discussion (10 minutes each sector)
Sector Groups:
- Water Management & Community Planning
- Recreation & Tourism
- Agriculture & Ranching
- Forestry, Timber & Wildfire
- Land Use & Energy & Mining
- Biodiversity & Wildlife
4:30– 5:00 PM: Building a San Juan Mountain Climate Initiative: Next Steps, Thank You’s & Closing Remarks:
Koren Nydick, Mountain Studies Institute, and Brad Udall, University of Colorado
5:00 PM: Adjourn
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