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  • U.S. Forest Service Water Resource Roles and the USFS NorWest Stream Temperature Program

    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. […]

  • Update on the National Drought Resilience Partnership, next steps, and WestFAST Roles

    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 […]

  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Agency Overview and the Relevance of Water to the Agency’s Mission

    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.

  • The Western State Water Council Water Data Exchange (WaDE)

    On April 7th, at 2:00 (eastern), WestFAST will be briefed on progress in the development of the WSWC Water Date Exchange (WaDE). WaDE is a framework developed to allow various groups better ability to share state water data including information on water allocation, supply, and water demand data. WaDE is a cooperative effort between the […]

  • Improving Sub-Seasonal and Seasonal Precipitation Forecasting

    The Western States Water Council (WSWC) believes that the current accuracy of forecasts (generally referred to as forecast skill) for the sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) time frame is not adequate to support water management decision-making. S2S forecasts include environmental predictions with forecast ranges from 2 weeks to 12 months. The WSWC has asked that the […]

  • Federal Water Resource and Resilience Investment Centers

    WestFAST hosted a webinar with EPA’s Water Infrastructure and Resilience Finance Center, the USDA’s Rural Opportunity Investment Initiative, and the Department of the Interior’s Natural Resource Investment Center (collectively, the Finance Centers). This webinar was a follow up action from the WestFAST principals meeting held in March of this year in Washington, DC. We see […]

  • Save the Date: WSWC Workshop on Improving Skill for S2S Forecasting – May 17-19th, San Diego, CA

    The Western States Water Council and the California Department of Water Resources are cosponsoring a recurring workshop on improving the skill of long-range weather forecasts (sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) precipitation forecasting), to support water management decision-making.  The agenda will include lessons learned from recent years’ seasonal outlooks, updates on scientific research on sources of skill […]

  • 2017 Exchange Network National Meeting – May 16-18th, Philadelphia, PA

    The E-Enterprise and Exchange Network Interoperability and Operations Team will convene EN2017, the 2017 Exchange Network National Meeting, May 16-18, 2017, at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel in Philadelphia. The theme for this year’s Exchange Network meeting is “Innovation and Partnership.” During the Meeting, the EN will be exploring examples of: How innovation can cross Federal, State, […]

  • WSWC Spring (183rd) Council Meeting – April 12 – 14th, Nebraska City, NE

    WSWC is very proud to make its Water Data Exchange (WaDE) program more widely available at the Nebraska City meetings. WaDE will be released with a total of 14 states, with 16 different agencies, providing targeted WaDE datasets. This is a big achievement, but more data are needed from each of the partners to provide […]