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Opportunity and Crisis-the Renegotiation of the Columbia River Treaty

The Columbia River Treaty, which was signed in 1964, is up for renegotiation.  This critical Treaty between the Province of British Columbia and the United States sets the framework for the regulation of the Columbia River.  When it was signed in 1964, there were two concerns, and only two concerns: hydroelectricity and flood control. The world is very different now-both the US and BC acknowledge that environmental concerns, tribal concerns and the impacts of climate change must be considered in future treaty negotiations.  Will there be a new treaty? What are the legal parameters?  What process is underway? What factors will be pivotal in the upcoming negotiations?

Suzanne Skinner, an attorney for over 20 years, recently became the Executive Director of the Center for Environmental Law & Policy.   She previously served as a water resources and shorelines judge for the state Environmental Hearings Office); an attorney for American Rivers; an assistant US attorney in New York specializing in environmental, fraud and civil RICO actions; and as researcher for a Hong Kong think tank.   Most recently, she was the Civil director of the Seattle City Attorney's Office.

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Member $30.00 USD Non-Member $40.00 USD Student* $20.00 USD

January 24th, 2012

5:30PM Social

6:30PM Presentation

Student Mixer Event

Come support our student chapter and get to know up and coming professionals in our field as well as other members of the WA-AWRA. The Student Mixer will include a social hour with drinks and hors d'oeuvres followed by presentation by Sarah Morley on the Elwha Dam Removal. I hope you can join us!  This is a FREE event!

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The UW Waterfront Activities Center is located in the Husky Football Stadium parking lot, on the southeast side of stadium, adjacent to the Montlake Cut. Parking is available in the stadium parking lot. A map can be found at: http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/?WAC

UW Waterfront Activities Center
3900 Montake Blvd. NE
Seattle, WA 98195

Previous Dinner Meeting

Water Resources Planning in a Changing Climate: Recent University of Washington Climate Impacts Group and Stakeholder Collaborations

Marketa McGuire Elsner

Marketa McGuire Elsner, P.E. is a research scientist with the Climate Impacts Group at the University of Washington. She specializes in hydrology and water resource management and the related impacts of climate change.  Marketa has recently been involved in projects which relate past and projected hydrologic change to changes on the landscape, including forest recruitment, wildfire extent, and habitat suitability for wolverine and various fish species. Marketa is a registered professional engineering in Washington and has degrees in civil engineering from the University of Washington and University of Colorado.

The Climate Impacts Group at the University of Washington has worked with stakeholders in the regional water resources planning community for over 15 years. Marketa will provide an overview of projected changes in regional climate and hydrology. The talk will include examples of some recent collaborative studies involving the CIG and regional stakeholders to illustrate how these projections are being used or may be used in a resource management context. Examples  include the investigation of climate change impacts on hydrologic extremes in the Olympic National Park and Forest with respect to transportation infrastructure; as well as in the Skagit River Basin with respect to regulated flood risk in the delta region; and, evaluating hydrologic connections with landscape processes in a changing climate.

2011 American Water Resources Association Washington State Conference

A Perspective on Water Quality Issues across Washington State

For more information follow this Link.