Keynote Speaker
The morning Keynote will be delivered by Eileen Sobeck, Executive Director of the State Water Resources Control Board.
Keynote Speaker's Materials
Keynote Powerpoint
Keynote Speaker's Materials
Keynote Powerpoint
Panel 1 - 10:00 AM-11:15 AM
Managing Flow Amid Increasing Demand: How Science Can Inform Policy
Organized by Golden Gate University School of Law and University of California Hastings School of Law
California’s water management is a contentious subject, one that has become heightened by the current drought conditions. How do we address the impacts that the decreased supply and increased demand have on the ecological conditions and lives of the species that inhabit our streams and rivers, while ensuring the agricultural sector is receiving enough water? This panel will examine the role that scientifically defensible flow recommendations should play in the larger context of water management in California and how science can inform the inevitable trade offs to come.
California’s water management is a contentious subject, one that has become heightened by the current drought conditions. How do we address the impacts that the decreased supply and increased demand have on the ecological conditions and lives of the species that inhabit our streams and rivers, while ensuring the agricultural sector is receiving enough water? This panel will examine the role that scientifically defensible flow recommendations should play in the larger context of water management in California and how science can inform the inevitable trade offs to come.
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Ted Grantham, UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources
Meredith Nikkel, Downey Brand LLP John Durand, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences Adam Keats, Law Office of Adam Keats, PC Paul Kibel, Golden Gate University School of Law [Moderator] |
MCLE Materials
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Panel 2 - 11:15 AM-12:30 PM
Indigenous Water Management and Advocacy
Organized by Stanford School of Law
Native peoples in what is now modern California have developed and implemented natural resource management strategies for thousands of years. Today, challenges of drought, cultural genocide, ecosystem destruction, and more emphasize the importance of Indigenous perspectives on resource management, including water. This panel will explore historical examples of Native water management, particularly along the Klamath River, and the basin’s contemporary challenges and opportunities.
Native peoples in what is now modern California have developed and implemented natural resource management strategies for thousands of years. Today, challenges of drought, cultural genocide, ecosystem destruction, and more emphasize the importance of Indigenous perspectives on resource management, including water. This panel will explore historical examples of Native water management, particularly along the Klamath River, and the basin’s contemporary challenges and opportunities.
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Brook Thompson, Stanford University Environmental Engineering Program
Brittani Orona, UC Davis Department of Native American Studies Kaitlin Reed, Cal Poly Humboldt Department of Native American Studies Geneva Thompson, California Natural Resources Agency Seamus Guerin, Stanford Law School [Moderator] |
Panel 3 - 1:30 PM-2:30 PM
Voluntary Agreements
Organized by Berkeley Law
Voluntary agreements offer a potential alternative to flow standards imposed unilaterally by state agencies on water users. In theory, the agreements are voluntary commitments to both restore habitat and provide certain levels of flows in vulnerable waterways to support aquatic habitat and instream beneficial uses. Many organizations have spent countless hours working together to craft such voluntary agreements in ways that protect fish and other wildlife and have less negative social and economic impacts than regulatory requirements. But in practice, the voluntary agreements have been contentious, and some question whether they can provide the benefits they promise. This timely panel will feature practitioners and advocates on both sides of the issue. The panel will consider what voluntary agreements should play in water governance in California's adaptive water management.
Voluntary agreements offer a potential alternative to flow standards imposed unilaterally by state agencies on water users. In theory, the agreements are voluntary commitments to both restore habitat and provide certain levels of flows in vulnerable waterways to support aquatic habitat and instream beneficial uses. Many organizations have spent countless hours working together to craft such voluntary agreements in ways that protect fish and other wildlife and have less negative social and economic impacts than regulatory requirements. But in practice, the voluntary agreements have been contentious, and some question whether they can provide the benefits they promise. This timely panel will feature practitioners and advocates on both sides of the issue. The panel will consider what voluntary agreements should play in water governance in California's adaptive water management.
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Richard Roos-Collins, Water & Power Law Group PC
Peter Prows, Briscoe Ivester & Bazel LLP Doug Obegi, Natural Resources Defense Council Jennifer Buckman, Bartkiewicz, Kronick & Shanahan PC Karrigan Bork, UC Davis School of Law [Moderator] |
Panel 4 - 2:30 PM-3:30 PM
Drought Curtailments and Other State Regulations
Organized by University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
A collaborative discussion of the history and current state of California’s shrinking available water resources and the crisis that it is creating for the environment and harm to Californians.This panel will focus on the nuances of California’s state drought curtailment regulations and their effects on current issues, as well as the impact the curtailments have on the various watersheds in California. The panel will touch upon recent litigation developments and discuss the policy strategies developed by stakeholders since the curtailment orders beginning in 2014. The panel will conclude with a discussion of how stakeholders and the State Water Resources Control Board have found opportunities to collaborate on policy decisions and regulations.
A collaborative discussion of the history and current state of California’s shrinking available water resources and the crisis that it is creating for the environment and harm to Californians.This panel will focus on the nuances of California’s state drought curtailment regulations and their effects on current issues, as well as the impact the curtailments have on the various watersheds in California. The panel will touch upon recent litigation developments and discuss the policy strategies developed by stakeholders since the curtailment orders beginning in 2014. The panel will conclude with a discussion of how stakeholders and the State Water Resources Control Board have found opportunities to collaborate on policy decisions and regulations.
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Valerie Kincaid, Paris Kincaid Wasiewski LLP
Samantha Olson, California State Water Resources Control Board Alyson Ackerman, Somach Simmons & Dunn Jennifer Harder, McGeorge School of Law [Moderator] |
MCLE credit hours are provided by UC Davis School of Law
(Provider Number 1347)
(Provider Number 1347)
Thank You to Our Participating Schools
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