Roger Pulwarty (WestFAST), Director, National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), and Kevin Werner (WestFAST), NOAA National Climate Data Center Western Regional Climate Services Director presented NIDIS accomplishments and future directions. (Link to webinar presentation)
Mike Strobel (WestFAST), Director of NRCS’s National Water and Climate Center in Portland, Oregon will be our presented. (Link to webinar presentation)
Briefing on activities of the ACWI Subcommittee on Spatial Water Data (SSWD) and the Drought Use Case Work Group. Al Rea, USGS/SSWD and Angela Adams, Reclamation Lower Colorado, Special Assistant to the Regional Director presented. (Links to SSWD presentation)
Briefing on three water-resource assessment areas on unconventional oil and gas development activities: EPA study of potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources: Jeanne Briskin (briskin.jeanne@epa.gov), Hydraulic Fracturing Research Coordinator, EPA Office of Research and Development (Click to view presentation) Trends in water quality in areas of unconventional oil and gas development – Watershed/surface-water […]
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 […]