Workshops on Climate with Water Resource Managers

• Climate Change for Water Resource Managers Workshop. In conjunction with local consulting firm who is working on a NOAA CPO grant to study climate change with a local water provider (Stratus), the WWA will sponsor a workshop on climate change for water managers. Invitees will include Colorado and Wyoming managers. Researchers Udall, Lowrey, Ray, Webb, Smith (Stratus), Doesken (CSU). Date to be determined. To view materials related to this workshop click here.

• Climate Change and Variability in the San Juan Mountains. On October 11-13 in Durango, CO, WWA co-sponsored a workshop on purpose of the conference was to facilitate information-sharing and interaction between scientists and local stakeholders regarding the implications and potential impacts of climate variability and change in the San Juan Mountain region. A second goal was to begin development of a San Juan Mountain (SJM) Climate Initiative, a stakeholder and scientist driven climate research and outreach program.

• Water, Drought and Wyoming's Climate. WWA co-sponsored an all day workshop hosted by the University of Wyoming and others dedicated to understanding how climate variability and change impacts Wyoming’s water resources. This workshop was October 5, 2006 in Laramie, WY. 

• Workshops with water managers in 2005. WWA hosted two Climate Workshops for water managers in December 2005 in Cheyenne, WY and Golden, CO.

• Colorado River Basin Water Year 2005 Outlook Briefing, Nov 9, 2004. WWA co-sponsored a water supply briefing for interested principal Colorado River stakeholders and focused on seasonal hydroclimatic outlooks for the Water Year 2005 (October 2004-September 2005). The briefing 1) provided an assessment of current and projected climate conditions and water availability impacting the lower and upper Colorado River Basin, 2) described the various forecast tools available for seasonal climate and hydrologic predictions and 3) established a protocol to provide regular updates of these forecast products to interested stakeholders.