Each fall the Colorado Water Center offers this interdisciplinary seminar series emphasizing issues important to the water resources community. Content relates to a preselected theme each semester and features prominent speakers from around the region. Students who have enrolled in GRAD592 in the past may also enroll in this offering.
All interested faculty, students, and off-campus guests are welcome to attend.
CRN: 69155
Credit Hours: 1
Schedule: Mondays 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Virtual and in person at Wagar Room 232
Course Instructor:
Jennifer Gimbel | Senior Water Policy Scholar
Colorado Water Center
Jennifer.Gimbel@colostate.edu
| Date of Seminar | Seminar Title | Speaker(s) | Title and Organization |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 22nd | Introduction and Preview | ||
| August 29th | Law of the Colorado River | Jennifer Gimbel | CoWC |
| September 12th | Climate Change and the Colorado River | Brad Udall | Senior Water & Climate Scientists/Scholar, CoWC |
| September 19th | Colorado River and Tribes | Ute Mountain Ute Representative | |
| September 26th | Colorado River Symposium | ||
| October 3rd | Colorado River and Northern Colorado | Brad Wind | Northern Water |
| October 10th | Colorado River and Western Colorado | Steve Wolff Andy Mueller |
Southwestern Colorado River Conservation District Colorado River Conservation District |
| October 17th | Policy for the State of Colorado | Becky Mitchell | Colorado Water Conservation Board |
| October 24th | Policy for the Upper Basin | Chuck Cullom | Upper Colorado River Compact Commission |
| October 31st | Policy for the Lower Basin | Brenda Berman | Former Commissioner of Reclamation |
| November 7th | Management of Colorado River | Terry Fulp | Former Regional Director, Reclamation |
| November 14th | Environmental Issues on the Colorado River | Jennifer Pitt Taylor Hawes |
National Audubon Society The Nature Conservancy |
| November 28th | Dialogue on Colorado River Challenges | Jennifer Gimbel | CoWC |
| December 5th | Presentation of Final Papers |
Introduction and Preview 08/22/2022 • Jennifer Gimbel, CoWC Download Required Readings and Seminar Links: Seminar Recording Week 1 Law of the Colorado River 08/29/2022 • Jennifer Gimbel, CoWC Download Required Readings and Seminar Links: Seminar Recording Week 2
Introduction to Western Water Law and Sustainability 08/23/2021 • Jennifer Gimbel, Interim Director, CoWC Download Required Readings and Seminar Links: Human Evolution Led to an Extreme Thirst for Water Definition of Sustainability Seminar Recording Week 1 Federal, State, and International
Click to Enlarge Western Water Law 08/24/2020 • Jennifer Gimbel, Colorado Water Center Required Readings and Seminar Links: Citizen’s Guide to Colorado Water Law, Week 1 Audio, Week 1 PowerPoint Click to Enlarge State Water Institutions & Policy 08/31/2020 •
The Fall 2019 seminar series explored the law, governance, and management of transboundary water resources, including water law throughout the West and especially Colorado. Topics included interstate agreements, decrees governing water distribution, and interstate groundwater issues, with a national water
The Fall 2018 seminar series included topics of history and evolution, administration, water court, inter/intrastate compacts, key cases and statutes, water quality, environmental law, and groundwater. Download the 2018 Syllabus
