ADJUSTING TO LESS WATER:
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE COLORADO RIVER
A Conference Sponsored by Glen Canyon Institute
Thursday, December 4, 2008
University of Utah Conference Center/Officer's Club - Salt Lake City
Doors open 8:30 am
Phone (801) 363-4450, Fax (801) 363-4451
Email info@glencanyon.org

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SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS

8:30-9:00 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

Moderator: Wade Graham, Ph.D., Trustee, Glen Canyon Institute

9:00-9:30 Sustainability of the Colorado Water Supply: A Glimpse Ahead

  • Tim Barnett, Ph.D., Research Marine Physicist, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego

9:30-10:00 Warming and Potential Water Supply Shortages

  • Gregory McCabe, Ph.D. Project Chief and Physical Scientist, United States Geological Survey, National Research Program, Water Resources Division, Denver, Colorado

10:00-12:00 Implications of Declining Colorado River Flows

  • Bradley Udall, Director, NOAA Western Water Assessment, University of Colorado
  • Connie Woodhouse, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Regional Development and Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona
  • David Wegner, Science Director and Trustee, Glen Canyon Institute

12:00-1:00 BREAK FOR LUNCH

1:00-2:00 Summary and Panel Discussion: Scientific Research Direction and Needs

Session Moderator: David Wegner, Science Director and Trustee, Glen Canyon Institute

Previous presenters will be joined on the panel by:

  • Robert Adler, J.D., Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and James I. Farr Chair in Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah

ARTS AND ADVOCACY

Moderator: Wade Graham, Ph.D.

2:00-3:00 Film: Love Song to Glen Canyon (2007) Katie Lee

Katie Lee will present this documentary film, which captures her spirit and that of Glen Canyon as it tells the story of a drowned paradise. Katie is a folk singer, writer, actress, photographer, river runner, and activist, who has made sixteen river trips through Glen Canyon and named some of the side canyons.

3:00-3:30 Images of Glen Canyon's Restoration, James Kay

James Kay's photography has been published in magazines, books, and calendars around the world and his fine-art landscape prints are currently displayed in various galleries and in private and corporate collections.

3:30-4:00 Documenting the Restoration of Glen Canyon, Bill Wolverton

Bill Wolverton has photographically documented Glen Canyon since 1979, including the process of recovery in previously flooded landscapes. He has served as a seasonal ranger at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Zion National Park.

4:00-5:30 Panel Discussion: Environmental Leadership: An Acquired Taste of History

Moderator: David Wegner, Science Director and Trustee, Glen Canyon Institute

The session will begin with a showing of the documentary film, The Good Fight: Martin Litton and Sequoias. Following the film will be a panel discussion on the future of Glen Canyon, the Colorado River, and the conservation movement. Panelists will include:

  • Martin Litton, legendary Grand Canyon river runner, photographer, and staunch opponent of the construction of Glen Canyon Dam and other dams on the Colorado River.
  • Barbara Brower, Ph.D., Professor of Geography at Portland State University and editor of the Himalayan Research Bulletin.
  • Kenneth Brower, author and environmental activist, frequent contributor to The Atlantic Monthly and National Geographic, and author of The Starship and the Canoe, A Song for Satawal, and Wake of the Whale.

EVENING — AWARD, DINNER, AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS

6:00-7:30 Reception and dinner with Congressman George Miller of California

7:30-9:00 Presentation of David R. Brower Award to Congressman George Miller and Keynote Speech