PANEL: Infrastructure Matters
Across the Northwest, the physical infrastructure by which public agencies store and convey water is aging and changing ownership. It is possible that the very hydrology around which water infrastructure is designed is now altering as a response to climate change.

Bill Yellowtail, Moderator, former Director of EPA Region VIII
Dan Jewell, Montana Area Manager, Bureau of Reclamation, Montana
Dan Keppen, Executive Director, Family Farm Alliance, Klamath Falls
John Tubbs, Acting Water Division Administrator, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
Craig Bell, Executive Director, Western States Water Council, Utah

Lunch Buffet, Montana State University ROom

Luncheon Speaker:
Dan Tarlock, Professor and Author, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Needed Reforms in Land and Water Policy
Introduced by Steve Billingsley, Executive Director, Inland Northwest Research Institute

PANEL: Surface Water and Ground Water: Their Relation in Nature and Policy
Fresh waters, whether above or below ground, are one resource. State laws may acknowledge the physical connection, but the associated regulations frequently do not, and surface and ground water are often managed at cross purposes.

Barbara Cosens, Moderator, Associate Professor, University of Idaho College of Law
Donna Cosgrove, Hydrogeologist, University of Idaho
Bruce Aylward, Water Bank Director, Deschutes River Conservancy
Mary Sexton, Director, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
Laura Ziemer, Director, Trout Unlimited's Western Water Project, Montana

PANEL: Water Regulation vs Land-Use Regulation
With population growing in many Northwestern communities, much attention is paid to how development affects water. Unfortunately, land-use regulation may be in conflict with water regulation, and long-term, large-scale evaluations often simply cannot be conducted.

Jan Brown, Moderator, Executive Director, Yellowstone Business Partnership
Bill Murdock, Gallatin County Commissioner, Montana
Carol Macbeth, Central Oregon Advocate, 1000 Friends of Oregon
Gail Achterman, Director, Institute of Natural Resources, Oregon
Lora Lucero, Attorney and Consultant, Albuquerque

Concurrent Facilitated Sessions

Water Infrastructure Challenges, Montana Room
Facilitator: Dorothy Bradley, Court Administrator, Gallatin County Court

Surface Water and Ground Water Interactions, University Room
Facilitator: Jim Peterson, Former Legislator, Sweetgrass County, Montana

Water Regulation vs. Land-Use Regulation, Jefferson Room
Facilitator: Don Dixon, Director of Agriculture for Idaho Senator Crapo