Sacramento Valley Forum

PROGRAM - October 28, 2009

9:00 AM Welcome to Chico and the Sac Valley Forum

Jane Dolan, Supervisor, Butte County
9:08 AM The Current State of Water: How did we get here
California has been moving and reengineering water for decades with policy taking as many twists and turns as the Sacramento River. Politics, weather and economics all continue to play a role in California's water picture.

Tim Quinn, Executive Director, ACWA
9:55 AM Learning to go with the flow
Protection of life and property are key concerns for water managers. Research on river flows and levee stability mitigate the risks.

Nathan Dietrich, representing Congresswoman Doris Matsui
John Carlon, River Partners
Ken Kirby, Executive Advisor to the California Department of Water Resources
10:55 AM Water, Energy and Climate Change
Water, energy and climate change are linked. Examine with us the current research, interrelationships, and the affects on energy production, agriculture and economic development.

Ryan Lucas, University of California Merced
Mark Atlas, Attorney
Ladi Asgill, Sustainable Conservation
11:55 AM Lunch (featuring some of the best food in the Valley)
12:35 PM Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What To Do About It
The water we depend on every day for a cold drink, to bathe, to water our lawns, to grow our food, operate our factories, and even flush our toilets is running out. The shell game of pumping water from place to place is coming to an end. Glennon argues that we cannot engineer our way out of the problem with the usual fixes or the zany - but very real - schemes to tow icebergs from Alaska or divert the Mississippi River to Nevada.

Robert Glennon, Author and Morris K. Udall Professor of Law and Public Policy, University of Arizona

1:15 PM The State of the Great Central Valley: The Economy
The Great Central Valley Indicators Series includes five topical areas revisited in a cycle of one per year. This year's edition, released here at the Sacramento Valley Forum, is focused on the economy and encompasses both the highs and lows of the past half decade.

Amy Moffat, Great Valley Center
1:30 PM Getting more from less - Innovations in Infrastructure
Climate and population growth combine to make fresh water a scarcer commodity in the future. Agencies, organizations and individuals can make every drop count.

Cheri Chastain, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Paige Gimbal, Water Counts
Mike Pembrook, Chico Water Service Company
2:20 PM Water, Recreation and Tourism
Sun, sand and water - ingredients for a perfect family vacation. Fishing, boating, recreation and water sports are an economic engine for tourism in the Sacramento Valley.

Jamie Johansson, Lode Star Farms
Patrick Kittles, Kittles Outdoors
3:10 PM Sustainability Tour of Sierra Nevada (optional; 45 minutes)
3:55 PM Drive home carefully; See you next year!
 

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