Tony Willardson, Executive Director of the Western States Water Council presented WestFAST member and others with an overview of water allocation approaches and policies in western states. The Webinar was co-sponsored with WestFAST by the Western Regional Partnership’s Natural Resources Committee. The WRP provides a proactive and collaborative framework for senior-policy level Federal, State and Tribal leadership to […]
WSWC/CDWR Workshop on Sub-Seasonal and Seasonal Precipitation Forecasting The Western States Water Council and the California Department of Water Resources cosponsored a workshop on precipitation forecasting held May 27-29, 2015 in San Diego, California. REPORT: Workshop on Improving Sub-Seasonal and Seasonal Precipitation Forecasting for Drought Preparedness WORKSHOP PURPOSE: The purpose of the workshop was to develop […]
Malcolm Wilson, Chief of the Water Resources Group for Reclamation’s Upper Colorado Region will brief WestFAST on operations of the Upper Colorado Basin system and how Reclamation engages with state and local water users and other federal agencies in their water delivery. Malcolm’s Presentation (.pdf) ~2MB
Challenge and prize competitions are one path that federal agencies are taking to drive innovation and solve mission-centric problems. More than 425 challenges have been run in the Federal government since 2010. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is participating, in collaboration with other WestFAST agencies, in several water-resource challenge and prize competitions including solutions in […]
Dr. Bradley Doorn and Forrest Melton from the NASA Applied Sciences program provided an overview of NASA satellite and airborne missions relevant to water resources monitoring and management in the western US. They also presented highlights from NASA’s portfolio of applied science activities that are focused on applying NASA’s remote sensing capabilities to support advances […]
2015 NARF Symposium on Indian Water Rights Settlements The Western States Water Council and the Native American Rights Fund held their fourteenth Symposium on the Settlement of Indian Reserved Water Rights Claims on August 25-27, at the Peppermill Resort in Reno, Nevada. The Symposium began on Tuesday, August 25, at 8:30 a.m. and continued throughout […]
WestFAST members and webinar participants reviewed selected USGS Water Resources Programs with focus on the National Water Census . Pixie Hamiliton, USGS Cooperative Water Program National Coordinator and Sonja Jones, USGS Water Census Programs, led the discussion which included an overview of the USGS Water Availability and Science Program. Click here to find webinar presentation materials.
Mike Eberle, USDA Forest Service Surface Water Program leader, reviewed priority water resource issues and program in the Forest Service and Daniel Isaak, USFS Research Fish Biologist presented on the activities and products of the USFS NorWest stream-temperature database and modeling program. The NorWest Program provides stream temperature data and geospatial map outputs from a regional temperature model for the Northwest U.S. […]
The interagency National Drought Resilience Partnership (NDRP) was established in 2013 as part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to help communities better prepare for future droughts and reduce the impact of drought events on livelihoods and the economy. WestFAST was briefed on the progress and products of the NDRP including the activities of the […]
Andrew Hautzinger (WestFAST) and Mike Higgins of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will brief WestFAST on agency structure and priority water-resource related issues including (1) Fisheries and Aquatic Conservation, (2) Ecological Services/Endangered Species, (3) Wildlife & Sport Fish Restoration Program, and (4) the National Wildlife Refuge System. Click here to view presentation slides.