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SUMMARY:WestFAST Webinar: NASA’s Water Resources Program: Supporting Water Management in the U.S. West and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:The third WestFAST webinar of 2026 was held on Tuesday\, June 16 at 12pm Mountain Time. Perry Oddo and Sean Fleming presented on NASA’s programs and data tools that support water management in the West. \nRecording: https://youtu.be/fn5UFGGPiIk\n\n\nSlides: https://westernstateswater.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/6.16.26_NASA-WestFAST_Webinar-Slides.pdf\n\n\nLinks to Additional Resources:\nEarthdata GIS\nApplication for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS)\nEarthdata Search\nNASA Worldview\nNASA’s Land\, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for Earth observation (LANCE)\nSnow Today\n\n\nPresenter Bios:\nPerry Oddo serves as the Deputy Program Manager for the NASA Water Resources Program\, supporting an applied research portfolio of over 30 active projects and coordinating across interagency and international partners to improve water resource decision making through NASA research\, satellite missions\, and education. Prior to this role\, Perry was a research scientist in the Hydrological Sciences Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. His research has focused on near-real time flood applications\, including rapid impact assessments\, streamflow forecasting\, and understanding the value-of-information for applied Earth observations. He has also undertaken several interagency water initiatives\, including drafting NASA’s Agency Plan for the 2022 update of the U.S. Government’s Global Water Strategy and coordinating the Interagency Water Working Group Science and Applications Team (ISAT). \nSean Fleming is an associate program manager in the NASA Water Resources Program and the program scientist for the NASA Western Water Action Office.  His roles focus on putting NASA data in the hands of water resource practitioners and managers.  Sean has spent over two decades in the public\, private\, academic\, and nonprofit sectors.  He’s a generalist with diverse interests and experience\, spanning mineral exploration field work\, glacier research\, founding a data science startup\, operational river forecasting at a hydroelectric utility\, leading a team at the Meteorological Service of Canada\, project and program management at Quantum Spatial and NV5 Geospatial\, and R&D leadership and program management at the USDA.  Sean is also passionate about science outreach\, publishing a book with Princeton University Press and op-eds in Wired and Scientific American\, delivering public talks at venues ranging from ‘science pub’ events to the Smithsonian\, and giving live radio and television interviews.  His volunteerism has taken him to Mexico\, Ukraine\, Romania\, Mauritania\, and Kazakhstan.
URL:https://westernstateswater.org/event/westfast-webinar-nasas-water-resources-program-supporting-water-management-in-the-u-s-west-and-beyond/
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ORGANIZER;CN="WestFAST":MAILTO:jasonolive@wswc.utah.gov
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SUMMARY:WestFAST Webinar: Overview of Water Rights Litigation Nationwide with Stephen Bartell\, Department of Justice
DESCRIPTION:The fourth WestFAST webinar of 2026 was held on Thursday\, July 9 at 1pm Mountain Time. Stephen Bartell provided an update on the Department of Justice’s current water-related litigation in the West and beyond. \nVideo Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tLEzg00XeI&t=1s\nNo slide deck was used. \nPresenter Bio: \nStephen Bartell\nAssistant Section Chief\, United States Department of Justice\, Environment & Natural Resources\nDivision\, Natural Resources Section\nContact Information:\nEmail: stephen.bartell@usdoj.gov\nAddress: P.O. Box 7611\, Washington\, D.C. 20044-7611\nOffice & Cell Phone No. (202) 532-3079 \nCareer experience:\n1992 – Present: Trial Attorney\, Senior Trial Attorney\, and Assistant Section Chief for U.S. Department of Justice. Practice focuses on water rights issues and adjudications across the western United States. Examples include lead counsel for all state water rights adjudications and the Yucca Mountain water rights litigation in Nevada; United States v. Hage trespass litigation; RS 2477 rightsof-way litigation in Utah and North Dakota; and counsel in various natural resources cases\, including NEPA\, military preparedness\, mining\, timber\, and county supremacy cases. Since spring 2016\, Assistant Section Chief supervising the Justice Department team that is responsible for litigating all non-Indian western water rights cases on behalf of the United States\, and most defensive cases on behalf of the Bureau of Reclamation\, National Park Service\, Department of Energy\, and National Nuclear Security Agency. \nEducation:\nJuris Doctor\, University of Denver (1992)\nBachelor of Business Administration\, University of Miami (1989) \nLicense:\nMember of the bar of Colorado\, but practices on behalf of the United States in courts across the country \nInterests:\nSpending as much time as possible with 15 and 17 year old daughters\, and getting out in the desert\, mountains\, or oceans. Skiing\, camping\, surfing\, scuba diving\, and music. \nFavorite Quote:\n“Whiskey is for drinkin’\, water for fightin’.”
URL:https://westernstateswater.org/event/westfast-webinar-overview-of-water-rights-litigation-nationwide-with-stephen-bartell-department-of-justice/
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ORGANIZER;CN="WestFAST":MAILTO:jasonolive@wswc.utah.gov
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SUMMARY:From Data to Decisions: Applying Climate and Remote Sensing Tools for Drought Monitoring and Resource Evaluations
DESCRIPTION:From Data to Decisions: Applying Climate and Remote Sensing Tools for Drought Monitoring and Resource Evaluations \nPresented By: Desert Research Institute and the Bureau of Land Management \nMicrosoft Teams meeting\nJoin: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/271406177180907?p=oh7Zq6gsVyFpxdCo6L\nMeeting ID: 271 406 177 180 907\nPasscode: qv9Gd2zn\n\n\n\nNeed help? |  System reference\nDial in by phone\n+1 202-640-1187\,\,115787501# United States\, Washington\nFind a local number\nPhone conference ID: 115 787 501#
URL:https://westernstateswater.org/event/from-data-to-decisions-applying-climate-and-remote-sensing-tools-for-drought-monitoring-and-resource-evaluations/
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