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<br />Breakout Sessions. ruar y 20
<br />5:30 - 7.30 P.M.
<br />A (1:30 -2:45 P.M.), B (3:004.15 AM)
<br />Reception-Renaissance Denver Hotel-3801 Quebec Street, Denver
<br />Sponsored by: McClure & Eggleston, LLC
<br />!Session A: Limited Water Management and Irrigation Scheduling
<br />Moderator: Frank Stonaker, Director, Specialty Crop Center, CSU
<br />Joel Schneekloth, Reg. Water Resource Spec., CSU Coop. Ext., Akron
<br />7.30 - 8:15 A.M.
<br />Dennis Alexander, Asst. State Consrvt. for Programs, USDANRCS
<br />,Registration with coffee & rolls; exhibits begin
<br />j Session B: Irrigation Precision Technologies
<br />Moderator: Hal Smedley, Colorado Com Administrative Committee
<br />8:15 - 8:30
<br />i Jack Jenkins Industrial Programs, U.S. Department of Energy
<br />Multi-Image Presentation: Jeri Omemik, Rocky Mountain Marketing &
<br />i Rick Grice Director, Govemoes Office of Energy Mgmt. and ConsrvL.
<br />j Dale Heermann, Research Leader, USDA-Ag. Research Ser., Ft' Collins
<br />Communications, Montrose
<br />I James Lend President, Colorado Corn Growers Association
<br />Jake LaRue; Project Manager, Irr. Div. Valmont Ind. Inc., Valley, NE
<br />8:30 - 8:45
<br />Welcome: Don Ament, Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture;
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<br />introduced by morning moderator Bob Hamblen,
<br />I Session A: RangelandEivestock Strategies
<br />Boulder County Director, CSU Cooperative Extension
<br />Moderator: Roy, State Range Specialist, CSU Coop. Ext.
<br />Randy Blac , Executive Vice-President, Cattlefax, Centennial
<br />Jeff Burwell, State Resource Conservationist, USDA-NRCS
<br />8:45 - 9:00
<br />I Session B. Dryland Sustainable Agroecosystent Management
<br />Remarks: President Albert C. Yates, Colorado State University
<br />Moderator: Frank Stonaker, Director, Specialty Crop Center, CSU
<br />G. A. Peterson and D. G. Westfall, Dept. of Soil and Crop Sciences, CSU
<br />9.00 - 9:30
<br />I Jeff Burwell, State Resource Conservationist, USDA-NRCS
<br />Keynote Speaker: "Weathering Tough Times Together"
<br />The Honorable Ken Salazar, Attorney General of Colorado
<br />Session A: The South Platte Basin
<br />Moderator: Tim Davis, Private Lands Coor., Colorado Div. of Wildlife
<br />9:35 - 10:05
<br />Forrest Leaf Water Resources Engineer, Central Colorado Water
<br />—Conservancy
<br />Statewide 2003 Moisture Outlook
<br />District, Greeley
<br />Nolan Doesken, Research Associate, Colorado State University Climate Center
<br />i J. R. Schnelzer, Town Administrator, Milliken
<br />Bret Hall, Chief Operating Off., Hall-Irwin Construction Comp, Greeley
<br />10:10 -10:40
<br />Session B. The Arkansas River Basin
<br />i Moderator: Eric Schuck, Dept. of Ag. and Resource Economics, CSU
<br />Coffee Break
<br />1 Steve Witte Div. Eng. Water Div. 2, Colo. Div. of Water Resource, Pueblo
<br />Leroy Mauch Powers County Comm., L. Ark- Valley Water Con. Dist
<br />10.40 -11:50
<br />Regional Perspectives on Working Together Toward Solutions
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<br />_-Dave Little, Manager of Water Resource Planning, Denver Water
<br />j Session A: Nature-based Tourism
<br />Eric Wilkinson, General Manager, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District
<br />Moderator Tammy Veifauten�
<br />-_ Prairie Partners, Landowner
<br />Reeves Brown, President, Club 20
<br />1 Outrearch/GIS Specialist, Rocky Mtn. Bird Observatory
<br />Remelle Farrar, Exec. Dir. Texas Prairie Rivers Reg. Inc., Canadian, TX
<br />Jim Bill Anderson, Rancher, Canadian, TX
<br />12:00 -1:20 A M.
<br />Session B. Habitat Conservation
<br />Luncheon:
<br />I Moderator: Ken Mom Private Lands Habitat Spec., Colo. Div. of
<br />Introduction of Colorado Agriculture and Rural Leadership Class members
<br />i Wildlife
<br />Leopold Conservation Award (CCA, CCALT, Sand County Foundation)
<br />Bill Noonan, Colo. Coor. Partners for Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Fish &
<br />Wildlife Service
<br />Bob Sande s, Projects Coordinator, Ducks Unlimited, Monte Vista
<br />1:30 - 4:15
<br />Two Rounds of 5 Breakout Sessions each
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<br />Session A: Financial and Risk Management
<br />Moderator: Russ Groshans Vice President, Centennial Bank of the West,
<br />AG OUTLOOK FORUM CONCLUDES;
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<br />PARTICIPANTS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE FOLLOWING-
<br />i Eric Schuck, Dept of Agricultural and Resource Economics, CSU
<br />Dennis Kaan, Regional Ext. Specialist, Ag. and Business MgmL, Akron
<br />Session B: Mediation and Stress Management
<br />4.15 - 5:30
<br />I Moderator: Jeanne Davies Rancher, Deer Trail, and Past President,
<br />Silent Auction and Reception (with cash bar)
<br />I Colorado State Grange
<br />sponsored by the Colorado FFA Foundation
<br />Gary Graalman Coordinator, Colorado Ag. Mediation Program (CAMP)
<br />Robert Fetsc , Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies, CSU
<br />5:30 - 8:30
<br />I Web site www.coloradoagforum.com
<br />Colorado Agriculture Hall of Fame Banquet
<br />Phone 1-800-886-7683
<br />*Separate tickets required via the Colorado FFA Foundation
<br />Fax 303-2394195
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