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Doug Kemper Now Executive Director of Colorado Water Congress Doug Kemper is now the Executive Director of the Colorado Water Congress. He served on the Board of Directors from 1990 through 2003 and was elected CWC President (1994) and Treasurer (1996- 2003). He holds degrees in Water Resources Engineering from University of Colorado (Masters) and Vanderbilt University (Bachelors) and is a registered Professional Engineer. Prior to joining the Water Congress, Doug spent 20 years as the Water Resources Manager with Aurora Water. He was responsible for the planning, development, and operation of the city's raw water supply system. His activities included water policy and legislative analysis, acquisition of new water sup- plies, system modeling, and develop- ment of intergovernmental agreements. Doug began his water resources experi- ence by working for four years as an en- gineer with Rocky Mountain Consultants (now Deere & Ault). His primary duties were analysis of agricultural water use, water supply modeling, dam safety risk assessments, and water quality remedia- tion studies. Nonpoint Source Forum 2006 More than Brochures -- Real Change One Workshop, Choice of Days September 6 or 7, 2006 PPA Event Center, Denver, CO Most people know that to protect the environment they should recycle more, water their lawns less, get out of the car and take a multitude of other steps to reduce their ecological footprint. This is the starting point. However, research indicates that each form of sustainable behavior has its own set of barriers and benefits. Our workshop presenter, Doug McKenzie -Mohr, has been working to incorporate scientific knowledge of behavior change into the design and delivery and evaluation of community programs. A professor of environmental psychology at St. Thomas University, New Brunswick, McKenzie assisted in the devel- opment of Canada's public education efforts on climate change, served as a member of the Canadian National Round Table on the Environment and Economy, and presented science -based community programs around the world. The workshop covers four key areas: How to identify the barriers to a desired behavior , such as reducing lawn watering or pesticide use, How to use behavior change "tools" to design more eff ective programs, How (and why) to pilot test a program, and How to evaluate the impact of a program once it has been implemented. For more information and registration, go to http: / /www.npscolorado.com/