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Carson River Coalition Watershed Forum
March 5 & 6, 2024 – “Looking Ahead”

Speaker Bios

Program Schedule

Day One

CWSD – Debbie Neddenriep: Regional Floodplain Management: Working Together to Build Resilience

Douglas County – Courtney Walker: Douglas Co. Floods of 2023: Lessons Learned and Stormwater Management

CWSD – Lindsay Marsh: Thirty-year Regional Water Plan

Carson City Parks, Rec, & Open Space – Lyndsey Boyer & Marenna Lovejoy: Carson River Master Plan Amendment

Terraphase Engineering – Mark Gookin & Amy Miecznikowski: Lompa Ranch Flood Volume Mitigation

Lahontan Water Quality Board – Mo Loden & Daniel McClure: West Fork Carson River Vision Plan

National Park Service & U.S. Forest Service – Christopher Eddy, USFS & Dan Miller, NPS: Collaborative Planning for the East Fork Carson River Hot Springs

Nevada Dept. of Agriculture – Jake Dick: NDA Noxious Weed Program

Day Two

National Weather Service, Reno – Tim Bardsley & Dawn Johnson: Weather Outlook for the Carson Basin

CWSD – Edwin James: A Success Story for the Clear Creek Watershed

River Wranglers – Rebecca Feldermann & Sydney Wirkus: River Wranglers Overview

Emergency Management Panel

Taylor Allison, Emergency/Communications Manager, Lyon Co.
Jon Bakkedahl, Deputy Emergency Manager, Carson City Fire Dept.
Kara Easton, Emergency Management Director, Douglas Co.
Adam Wilson, Director of Emergency Management, Storey Co.

Desert Research Institute – Sonia Nieminen: Mountain Rain or Snow: Crowdsourced Science for Improving Precipitation Phase Estimates

Alpine Watershed Group – Kaitlyn Garber & Bella Kurtz: Addressing Climate Change with California Climate Action Corps

Resource Concepts, Inc. – JoAnne Michael & Jill Sutherland: The Mexican Dam Portage

Comstock Seed – Ed Kleiner: Regenerative Activity at Comstock Farm

DAY ONE

Planning Panel

Bunny Bishop, Nevada Department of Water Resources – Nevada State Water Plan: Overview
Brenda Hunt, CWSD – Carson River Adaptive Stewardship Plan
Danny McClure, Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board – West Fork Carson River Vision Plan
Debbie Neddenriep, CWSD –  Floodplain Management Plan
Dave Simpson, Nevada Department of Environmental Protection – Nevada’s Water Quality Integrated Report

Nikolas Noomen, Wild Harmony Ranch – Wild Harmony Ranch: A Holistic Approach to Land Management

Joe Frey, Western States Hemp – Implementing Soil Health and Regenerative Ag Practices in the Most Arid State in the U.S.

Courtney Walker, Douglas Co. – Westwood Neighborhood and Douglas High NPS Outreach and Low-Impact Development Project

Chris Smallcomb, National Weather Service, Reno – Looking Forward: Spring and Summer Outlook

Dr. Anne Nolin, UNR – Post-Wildfire Impacts on Snow Hydrology and Stream Flows

Brenda Hunt & Shane Fryer, CWSD – Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Carson River Coalition

Environmental Education Panel

Sarah Fichtner, Nevada Department of Water Resources – Nevada Floods
Rachel Kieffer, Alpine Watershed Group – AWG Programming
Emily Navarro, Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California Education Department – Current Education Services
Cale Pete, Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California Education Department –  Department Overview and Projects

DAY TWO 

Clint Celio & Douglas Leoh, USFS – Flood and Fire

Area Drainage Master Plan Panel

Louis Cariola, Lyon County
Brianna Greenlaw, Carson City
Debbie Neddenriep, CWSD
Courtney Walker, Douglas County

Ramon Naranjo, USGS – Web-Based Hydrological Tool for the Carson Basin

Ben Shawcroft, TCID – Truckee-Carson Irrigation District Flood Operations

Ed James, CWSD – 2023 Nevada Legislation

Shaker Gorla, Kimley-Horn – Carson Riverbank Stabilization Projects

Funding Panel

Brandon Bishop – Conserve Nevada & NDCNR Funding Resources
Carson Hicks – National Water Quality Initiative Funding
Clayton Marlow – Sustainable Agriculture, Research and Education (SARE)
Catrina Schambra – CWSD Annual Funding Opportunity
Kristen Stout – Governor’s Office of Federal Assistance
Janell Woodward – Mitigation Funding Opportunities

March 29th-30th 2022 Carson River Watershed Forum

Floodplain Management March 31 Watershed Wednesday 2021

Climate Action March 24 Watershed Wednesday 2021

Floodplain Protection March 17 Watershed Wednesdays 2021

Recreation March 10 Watershed Wednesday 2021

Education & Outreach March 3 Watershed Wednesday 2021

Presentations for the 2020 Carson River Watershed Workshop 

2020 Workshop Program, Oct 14, 2020

Wednesday, Oct 14, 2020

1. Carson Water Subconservancy District (CWSD) Video

2. Plans for Planning: Water Planning and Drought Resiliency Section Goals 

3. So you need a Water Conservation Plan? A look at NRS 540 Requirements

4. Overview of Surface and Groundwater Data for the Carson River Watershed

5. Carson River Water Marketing Study: Findings and Next Steps

6. Stream capture under varying streamflow conditions, lessons learned from the
Humboldt River capture study

7. Humboldt River Basin Conjunctive Management: Challenges and Statewide
Implications

8. Assessing Potential Effects of Changes in Water Use in the Middle Carson River
Basin with a Numerical Groundwater-Flow Model for Eagle, Dayton, and Churchill
Valleys, West-Central, Nevada

9. Video: “I Am Carson River Watershed”

10. Vulnerability and resilience of the Carson River water supply in response to
warming temperatures and assessment of managed aquifer recharge scenarios

11. Quantifying Environmental Water Requirements for Groundwater Dependent
Ecosystems

12. NDWR’s modernization of its management of Nevada’s water resources

Presentations for the 2020 Carson River Watershed Management Forum

2020 Forum Program, March 10-11, 2020

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

B Hunt Stewardship Plan

M Siders Water Quality

West Fork Carson River Vision Project Integrated Report

M Loden Harmful Algae Blooms

I Henry Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe 106 Program

M Denton Benthic Macroinvertebrates

A Paul Carson Valley Arsenic

R Naranjo Carson Valley Nitrate

C Smallcomb Carson Weather Outlook

USACE Alluvial Fan Mapping

J Sullivan Leviathan Mine SF

A Bain EPACRMS_OU2

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Presentations for the 2018 Carson River Watershed Management Forum

2018 Forum Program, April 11-12

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Floodplain Management Draft Document Update

Describing the Living River Approach to Floodplain Management on the Carson River

Methodology and Results for Carson River Alluvial Fan Risk Study

Floodplain Ordinance Update for Alpine County and Lyon County

Carson River Mercury Superfund Site Update

Spring Water Supply and Weather Outlook

Thursday, April 12, 2018

Carson River Watershed 65% Campaign Concept

Social Media Workshop

River Wranglers

Sierra Nevada Journeys

One Carson River

Alpine Watershed Group

West Fork Carson River Vision Project

Simulating Future Runoff and Water Use in the Carson River Basin

Pollinators Along the Carson River Watershed

A Watershed Approach to Yellow Starthistle Management

4-26-2016 EE Round Table Forum Agenda

4-26-2016 EE Round Table Forum Notes

4-26-2016 EE Round Table Action Plan PPT

4-26-2016 EE Round Table Marketing Plan PPT

4-26-2016 EE Round Table Survey Results PPT

The Carson River Coalition Main Meeting was held on October 21, 2015 in the Digitorium at the Carson City Library, 900 N. Roop Street, Carson City, NV.  Daniel P. Beard, former Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner and author of Deadbeat Dams, was the keynote speaker.

Oct. 21, 2015 Carson River Coalition Meeting round robin updates

Floodplain Management Forum, Apr. 22, 2015

Thank you to all the great work in the display tables and by each presenter. Here are links to PowerPoint presentations in the order they were discussed.

Speaker Contact Information

Truckee River Flood Project – Jay Aldean

Carson River Watershed Floodplain Modeling and Mapping Project – Mitch Blum, HDR

Flood Inundation Mapping Program – Mark Faucette, National Weather Service

Markleeville Creek Restoration Project – Shane Fryer, Alpine Watershed Group

Hope Valley Restoration Project – Julie Fair, American Rivers and Sally Champion, US Forest Service

East Fork Carson River Project – Shane Fryer, Alpine Watershed Group

Rocky and Virginia Slough Project on East Fork Carson River in Douglas County – Erik Nilssen, Douglas County and Peter Kulchawik and David Shaw, Balance Hydrologics

Pinenut Remapping and Alpine View Estates Project in Douglas County – Jeff House, Kimley-Horn

Clear Creek Projects on Highway 50 – Eric Yount, Nevada Department of Transportation

Carson City Eagle Valley Drainage Report

Sheckler Shunt (Churchill County) and Smelter Creek Projects

4-3-2014 Program – Carson River Coalition Forum 

Following are PowerPoint presentations for each topic presented

Water Supply

Groundwater Gradients in Lyon and Churchill County: Dave Smith, USGS

Assessing the Impacts of Alternative Pumping Scenarios in Douglas County, NV: Eric Morway, USGS

Water Outlook: Chris Smallcomb, National Weather Service

Habitat

Carson River Fisheries LIT Review:  Michael Wier, Cal Trout – No PowerPoint 

Reconstructed Tribal Wetlands: Willie Steve, Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe

Floodplain Protection

Floodplain Protection Messaging and Mapping: John Cobourn and Steve Lewis, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension

Carson River FEMA Physical Map Revision: Mitch Blum, HDR

Environmental Education

Environmental Education Update: Linda Conlin, River Wranglers

Invasive Species

Aquatic Invasive Species Update: Karen Vargas, Nevada Division of Wildlife

Invasive Species Mapping with EDDMapS: Jamie Greer, Nevada Department of Agriculture

Water Quality

Low Impact Development: Jeremy Drew and Kristin Roaldson, Resource Concepts, Inc.

Carson River Mercury Site Update:

Sarah Cafasso, US EPA,  and

Dave Friedman, NDEP

Carson Valley Groundwater Nitrate Transport Study: Ramon Naranjo, USGS

2-2013 Education Forum 

5-3-2013 CRC Meeting Notes

5-3-2013 CRC Meeting Agenda