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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/
CATEGORIES:WestFAST Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="WestFAST":MAILTO:jasonolive@wswc.utah.gov
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260616T120000
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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/
CATEGORIES:WestFAST Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="WestFAST":MAILTO:jasonolive@wswc.utah.gov
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SUMMARY:WestFAST Webinar: Water Issues and Data Centers with Mary Ann Dickinson
DESCRIPTION:The second WestFAST webinar of 2026 will be held on Thursday\, May 7 at 11am Mountain Time. Mary Ann Dickinson\, policy director of Land and Water for the Lincoln Institute of Land policy will lead the webinar\, which will focus on water issues with data centers.\n\nWebinar Recording\n\nSlide Deck-\n2026-05-07 WestFAST Dickinson\n\nPresenter bio-\nDickinson works on better integrating land and water policy in the United States and globally. Prior to joining the Lincoln Institute\, she was the founder and president/CEO for 15 years of the Alliance for Water Efficiency\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the efficient and sustainable use of water in the US and Canada. A graduate of the University of Connecticut with a degree in environmental planning and master’s coursework in environmental management\, Mary Ann has authored numerous publications on water conservation\, land use planning\, and natural resources management; spoken at over 50 national and international conferences; and co-produced two films that have aired on public television and community cable stations.
URL:https://westernstateswater.org/event/westfast-webinar-water-issues-and-data-centers-with-mary-ann-dickinson/
CATEGORIES:WestFAST Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="WestFAST":MAILTO:jasonolive@wswc.utah.gov
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SUMMARY:Crop Condition and Soil Moisture Analytics (Crop-CASMA) System for Agriculture
DESCRIPTION:Soil moisture is a very important parameter in determining agricultural yield and productivity. The tool\, Crop Condition and Soil Moisture Analytics (Crop-CASMA)\, provides access to high-resolution data from NASA’s Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument in a user-friendly format. Soil moisture data are critical for professionals in the agriculture and natural resources sectors who use soil moisture in tandem with other data to plan crop planting\, forecast yields\, track droughts or floods\, and improve weather forecasts. Crop-CASMA is available for free online at https://cloud.csiss.gmu.edu/Crop-CASMA/. \nPresenter: Rajat Bindlish\, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center \nPresentation slides: Bindlish_WestFAST_2021 \nVideo link: https://youtu.be/E96wI0mRgt8
URL:https://westernstateswater.org/event/crop-condition-and-soil-moisture-analytics-crop-casma-system-for-agriculture/
CATEGORIES:WestFAST Webinar
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SUMMARY:The Southwest Oklahoma Water Supply Action Plan
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, March 17\, 2021\, at 10:00 AM MST \nThe goal of the Southwest Oklahoma Water Supply Action Plan (SWAP) is to bring the communities in the region together to work collectively toward securing the future of the region for decades to come. SWAP identifies steps to be taken to move Southwest Oklahoma forward in the face of increasing drought and securing a sustainable economy for generations to come. \nPresenter\nDuane Smith\, ​Duane Smith & Associates \nPresentation: SWAP Overview 2021 \nRecording of webinar \nFor additional information\, contact Heather Hofman: hhofman@wswc.utah.gov
URL:https://westernstateswater.org/event/the-southwest-oklahoma-water-supply-action-plan/
CATEGORIES:WestFAST Webinar
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SUMMARY:The Reclamation Fund
DESCRIPTION:The Reclamation Fund\nWednesday\, February 17\, 2021\, at 10:00 AM MST \nThe Reclamation Fund was created through The Reclamation Act of 1902. The fund was originally designed to support irrigation projects in the western United States\, and its funding came primarily from the sale of federal land and timber. Over the years\, Congress explored new revenue sources for the fund\, and expanded the projects the fund was authorized to support. More info is available here: Reclamation_Fund_Overview – As of FY 2021 PB\n\nThis presentation will describe The Reclamation Fund and how it works\, report historical and current balances\, and explain why the fund balances are growing. \nPresenter\nGlenna S. Sawyers\, Budget Analyst \nBureau of Reclamation Program and Budget\, Department of Interior. \nWebinar Recording \n \n 
URL:https://westernstateswater.org/event/the-reclamation-fund/
CATEGORIES:WestFAST Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20210120T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20210120T110000
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SUMMARY:M4: Next Generation AI-Based NRCS Water Supply Forecasting System
DESCRIPTION:The US Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has monitored snowpack and issued seasonal water supply forecasts (WSFs) for close to 100 years. Today\, NRCS operates the SNOTEL network and the largest stand-alone operational WSF system in the American West. Here\, we introduce the next generation of this WSF system. The resulting prediction analytics engine\, called M 4\, is a careful blend of proven and fresh concepts\, including multi-model ensembles\, probabilistic prediction\, and several directions in artificial intelligence. To our knowledge\, it is the largest transition of machine learning into operational hydrologic forecasting so far\, facilitated in part by a design ethos based on determining and meeting the specific and detailed needs of the operational WSF community. Hindcast testing\, and live operational testing during the 2020 forecast season\,  demonstrate improved accuracy\, objectivity\, robustness\, geophysical interpretability\, and amenability to automation relative to existing methods. \nPresenter\nDr. Sean Fleming\, Applied R&D Technical Lead\, National Water and Climate Center\, NRCS\, USDA\, Portland; College of Earth\, Ocean\, and Atmospheric Sciences\, and Water Resources Graduate Program\, Oregon State University\, Corvallis; and Department of Earth\, Ocean\, and Atmospheric Sciences\, University of British Columbia\, Vancouver \nWebinar Slides \nFlemingEtAl_WestFAST_Webinar_20Jan2021 \nWebinar Recording
URL:https://westernstateswater.org/event/m4-next-generation-ai-based-nrcs-water-supply-forecasting-system/
CATEGORIES:WestFAST Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20201208T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20201208T180000
DTSTAMP:20260813T023536Z
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SUMMARY:Salinity in the Western United States
DESCRIPTION:This WestFAST hosted webinar brought together salinity experts who shared their knowledge and experiences addressing salinity in the western United States.  For WestFAST’s PowerPoint click here.\n \n 
URL:https://westernstateswater.org/event/salinity-in-the-western-united-states/
CATEGORIES:WestFAST Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20201118T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20201118T180000
DTSTAMP:20260813T023532Z
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SUMMARY:The Bureau of Reclamation’s Transportation Program
DESCRIPTION:This WestFAST hosted webinar provided participants with an overview of the program\, including a sampling of partnerships and projects to date.
URL:https://westernstateswater.org/event/the-bureau-of-reclamations-transportation-program/
CATEGORIES:WestFAST Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20200225T000000
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SUMMARY:New USGS Priority Programs – NGWOS\, IWP\, and IWA
DESCRIPTION:The U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS) Water Resources Mission Area has established new interrelated strategic priorities to guide its work over the coming years to help the Nation address growing challenges to its water supply\, infrastructure\, and aquatic ecosystems. This WestFAST-hosted webinar introduced attendees to three new USGS Priority Programs: (1) Next Generation Water Observing System (NGWOS): Establishment of an integrated set of fixed and mobile assets – in the water\, on the ground and in the air – that will collect and deliver data that can help address water resource challenges and decision making needs of the future; (2) The Integrated Water Prediction (IWP) Program: Enhancement of existing tools and development of new capacity to produce model predictions supporting forecast-based management of water supplies and infrastructure; and (3) The Integrated Water Availability Assessments (IWAAs) Program: Integrated assessment of water availability in terms of the spatial and temporal distribution of water quantity and quality in both surface and groundwater\, as related to human and ecosystem needs and as affected by human and natural influences.  The briefing includes an update on the recent selection of the “Headwaters of the Colorado/Gunnison River” Basins for future NGWOS implementation.
URL:https://westernstateswater.org/event/new-usgs-priority-programs-ngwos-iwp-and-iwa/
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