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CCRF Workshops & Presentations
CCRF Climate Change Workshop October 27 & 28, 2008
Cranbrook, British Columbia
CCRF Workshop Cranbrook 2008 Agenda
21st Century Water Management: The Myth of Climate Stationarity and Strategies for Water Resources Management in a Rapidly Evolving Climate
Summary: Exploration of historical assumptions about water resources compared to reality, and the impact on operations, combined with potential adaptation actions.
Presenter: Dr. Alan F. Hamlet, Climate Impacts Group
- Climate Impact on BC Hydro's Water Resources
Summary: Review of expected impacts on hydrology and hydro generation capacity.
Presenter: Doug Smith, BC Hydro
- Coming Attractions from the Washington State Climate Impacts Assessment
Summary: Overview of climate change impacts on water resources and uses including salmon, agriculture, and energy consumption.
Presenter: Lara Whitely Binder, Climate Impacts Group
- Historical climate and future scenarios
Summary: Introduction to the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, plus technical overview of current and predicted future climate trends.
Presenter: Trevor Murdock, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC) / University of Victoria
- Moving Beyond the Damage Report: Adapting to Climate Change in the Okanagan Region
Summary: Overview of climate change impacts on water supplies in the Okanagan.
Presenter: Stewart Cohen, Environment Canada / University of British Columbia
- State and fate of western Canadian glaciers
Summary: Technical review of the historical and current state of glaciers in western Canada.
Presenter: Brian Menounos, University of Northen British Columbia
CCRF Workshop May 30, 2007
Cranbrook, British Columbia
- CCRF Workshop Cranbrook 2007 Agenda
- A Biological Opinion: On Overview of Impacts of Water Management
Summary: Overview of management impacts of Libby Dam and Kootenay River operations on fish including sturgeon and salmon.
Presenter: Jim Barton, Chief of Corps Engineers, Columbia Basin Water Management Division
- Adapting to Change: Climate Change Impacts and the Canadian West
Summary: Presents options to address and respond to climate changes and explores theories related to water use and economic growth and development.
Presenter: R.W. Sandford, Chair United Nations Water for Life Decade Canadian Partnership Initiative
- CCRF Workplans & Proposals
Summary: Overview of key CCRF initiatives
Presenter: Dan Millar, Environment Canada
- Climate Change in the Columbia Basin
Summary: Overview of expected local impacts of climate change.
Presenter: Kindy Gosal, Columbia Basin Trust
- Columbia River Basin Water Supply Development Program
Summary: Overview of current and future water supply and funding options for Washington State.
- Final Workshop Report
- Managing Water Quality in the Columbia Basin: 'The Lower Columbia River'
Summary: Overview of provincial regulatory framework and water quality issues - including transboundary water quality, as well as municipal and industrial users.
Presenter: Jolene Raggett, BC Ministry of Environment
- Overview of CCRF
Summary: Introduction to and background on the Canadian Columbia River Forum
Presenter: Gord DeRosa, Regional District of Central Kootenay
- Overview of Columbia River system water management
Summary: Background and overview of Columbia River Treaty: treaty dams, reservoir operations, flood control, and downstream benefits.
Presenter: Kelvin Ketchum, BC Hydro
- Recent Events in Water Law and Policy in the United States Portion of the Columbia Basin
Summary: Overview of legal opinions related to the Federal Columbia River Power System: Pacific Salmon and the Endangered Species Act; and regional distribution of power benefits.
Presenter: John Shurts, Northwest Power and Conservation Council
- So Now What Do We Do? Planning for Climate Change
Summary: Overview of climate change adaptation planning and possible adaptation options to address water demands, fish management, hydro operations and agriculture.
Presenter: Lara Whitely Binder, Climate Impacts Group
- Transboundary Implications of Climate Change for the Columbia River Basin
Summary: Technical overview of climate change impacts on a range of issues including temperature and precipitation changes, impacts to fish and hydro generation; exploration of impacts of climate change on transboundary water management and the Columbia River Treaty.
Presenter: Alan F. Hamlet
Philip W. Mote
Nate Mantua
Dennis P. Lettenmaier
- Water Use Planning & Issues In the Columbia Basin
Summary: Overview of water use planning in British Columbia
Presenter: Pieter J. Bekker, BC Ministry of
CCRF Workshop November 9, 2005
Vancouver, British Columbia
