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<br />Agenda <br /> <br />~~-- <br /> <br />Thursday <br />October 8, 1987 <br /> <br /> <br />When: October 8 and 9, 1987 <br />Where: Lowell Thomas Law Building <br /> <br />8:30 - 9:00 am Registration-Hoffman Lounge <br /> <br />9:00 am Welcome by sponsors <br /> <br />I. Current Market Adivities and Issues <br /> <br />9:15 am An Overview of Recent Water Transfers and Prices <br /> <br />Numerous water purchases have been finalized during 1987 in many areas <br />of the West. The speaker will analyze the various types of transactions and <br />provide details on prices and other characteristics of the deals. <br /> <br />Speaker: John A. Folk-Williams, President, Western Network, Santa Fe, <br />New Mexico. (Co-editor of Water Market Update; author of the three volume <br />Water in the West series; mediator of natural resources disputes.) <br /> <br />10:00 am Issues, Controversies, and Trends in the Reallocation <br />of Western Water <br /> <br />Water transfers in the market place are raising complex questions that <br />involve economic, social, and legal implications. The speaker will look at <br />these issues, and how they can both promote and constrain the reallocation <br />of western water rights. <br /> <br />Speaker: Gary D. Weatherford, Attorney, Ferris, Brennan & Britton, San <br />Diego, California. (Expert in natural resource law and policy; former Deputy <br />Secretary for Resources for California.) <br /> <br />10:40 am Break <br /> <br />11 :00 am The Current Role of Marketing in Water Resource Use <br />and Management <br /> <br />Some experts believe that the importance of water marketing is vastly <br />overstated, while others assert that it plays a major role in driving water <br />policy. A panel of western water experts will discuss their opinions on this <br />topic and on how water transfers currently influence our use and <br />management of water resources. <br /> <br />Moderator: George W. Pring, Professor of Law, University of Denver, <br />Deflver, Colorado. (Expert in natural resources law; author of numerous <br />articles on western water issues.) <br /> <br />Richard Atwater, Director of Resources, Metropolitan Water District of <br />Southern California, Los Angeles, California. (Oversees MWD's water <br />acquisition program; former special assistant to the Assistant Secretary for <br />Water and Science, U.S. Department of the Interior.) <br /> <br />Susan Christopher Nunn, Department of Economics, University of New <br />Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Experienced analyst of the third party <br />affects of water rights transfers.) <br /> <br />Raphael J. Moses, Counsel, Moses, Wittemyer, Harrison & Woodruff, <br />Boulder, Colorado. (Authority on Colorado water law; represents various <br />parties in water right transactions.) <br /> <br />Bonnie C. Saliba, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of <br />Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. (Author and consultant on water marketing; <br />directed a regional analysis of western water rights sales and practices.) <br /> <br />NOON Lunch - on your own <br /> <br />II. Pradical Perspectives <br /> <br />As water marketing increases in the West, an understanding of legal, <br />economic, and other practical elements of water transactions becomes <br />essential. Session" provides practical perspectives from individuals who <br />are deeply involved in diverse aspects of water rights deals. Varied <br />experiences will be shared ranging from water brokering and appraising to <br />how rural communities and environmental advocates have fought specific <br />transfers. <br />