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<br />HYDROPOWER: NEW DIRECTIONS IN <br />FINANCING AND REGULATION <br />Federal hydropower operations in the Colorado River <br />basin are facing changes in response to deregulation, <br />new financing arrangements, and environmental <br />protection efforts. What are the implications for <br />basin management given the current trends, and <br />how may we best respond to these developments? <br />PANELISTS: <br />Ken Maxey, Western Area Power <br />Administration <br />Bruce Driver, Sustainability Initiatives <br />Joe Hunter, Colorado River Energy Distributors <br />Association <br />Mike Brown, Dixie/Escalante Rural <br />Electrification Association <br />10:30 AM BREAK <br />11 :00 AM BEYOND THE COLORADO: LESSONS FROM THE <br />SACRAMENTO - SAN JOAQUIN DELTA <br />Chelsea Congdon, Environmental Defense Fund <br />NOON LUNCH <br />1:30 PM NEW TOOLS (Concurrent sessions) <br />WATER MARKETING: BUILDING FLEXIBILITY <br />INTO WATER ALLOCATIONS <br />Various water marketing and water banking <br />proposals are under consideration in the Colorado <br />River basin. What principles should guide <br />considerations of these and future proposals? What <br />interests need to be protected in water transfers? Who <br />should be involved in the decisions? <br />PANELISTS: <br />Rodney T. Smith, Stratecon <br />Larry Anderson, Utah Division of Water <br />Resources <br />Pat Mulroy, Las Vegas Valley <br />Water District <br />Dan Israel, Hualapai Tribe <br />Eric Kuhn, Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board <br />ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT: WHAT ROLE FOR <br />SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT? <br />Given that science is playing an increasingly <br />important role in understanding natural systems, <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />, how should science be incorporated into basin <br />i management? What are the roles of scientists <br />and managers? <br />PANELISTS: <br />Steven W. Carothers, SWCA <br />Jeff Fassett, Wyoming State Engineer <br />David Wegner, Glen Canyon Environmental <br />Studies, Bureau of Reclamation <br />Pam Hyde, American Rivers <br />4:00 PM BREAK <br />4:30 PM BEYOND THE COLORADO: LESSONS FROM THE <br />i COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN <br />! John Volkman, Northwest Power Planning Council <br />5:30 PM SOCIAL HOUR <br />6:3</ PM DINNER <br />i After dinner, a visit with John Wesley Powell. Actor <br />. Earll Kingston portrays the father of reclamation <br />and the first white man to explore the canyons of the <br />Colorado River. <br /> <br /> <br />. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 <br />I <br />7:0() - 8:00 AM CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST <br />I <br />8:00 AM INSTITUTIONAL OPTIONS <br />'Many suggestions have been made for improving <br />Colorado River basin management, including such <br />!options as new governing bodies, changes to the Law <br />iof the River, and voluntary intergovernmental <br />larrangements. This session will examine the current <br />~ystem and explore strategies for successful basin <br />!management. <br />Larry MacDonnell/Bruce Driver, <br />Sustainability Initiatives <br />1O:3(} AM BREAK <br />" <br />II :Or AM ELEMENTS TO GUIDE BASIN MANAGEMENT <br />piscussion paper authors will comment on the key <br />fnessages drawn from earlier sessions, and will <br />frovide summary remarks on their topics. <br />12:3? PM CLOSING REMARKS: <br />$luid L. Martinez, Commissioner, Bureau of <br />Reclamation <br />1:00I;>M ADJOURN <br />