The Dialogue’s 14th Annual Statewide Meeting

PROSPECTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN A CENTURY OF UNCERTAINTY

AGENDA

8:30        Welcome and introductions – Lucy Moore, Facilitator

8:45        1987 – 2007: Celebrating 20 Years of Water Planning

               Michael Benson, Vice-President, NM Water Dialogue

               Conci Bokum, President, NM Water Dialogue

9:00        Regional Water Plans Completed/SWP Update

               Introduction: John Brown, NM Water Dialogue Board Member

               Angela Schackel Bordegaray, State and Regional Water Planner, ISC

               Patricio Garcia, Interstate Stream Commissioner

               John Longworth, Office of the State Engineer

10:00      Break

10:15      Visions For New Mexico’s Future

               V.B. Price, journalist and author

               Courtney White, Quivira Coalition

11:00      Dialogue: New Mexico’s Water Future – Where Do We Go From Here?

11:45      Award            

12:00      Lunch (included in registration fee)

1:00        Legislative Issues and Funding

               Representative Andy Nuñez

               Callie Gibson, Senator Domenici’s office

               Danny Milo, Senator Bingaman’s office

               Celina Jones, Administrative Office of the Courts

2:30        Break

2:45        Regional Water Plan Updates: Template for the Future

               Beth Bardwell, Lower Rio Grande

               Michael Benson, Navajo Nation

               Lisa Robert, Middle Rio Grande Water Assembly

               Frank Splendoria, Mora/San Miguel      

               Patricio Garcia, Interstate Stream Commissioner

               Angela Bordegaray, OSE

3:15        Dialogue: Updating Regional Water Plans

3:45        Summation and Nominations for the Dialogue Board of Directors

4:00        CloseClick on tagged (underlined) items below for text or summaries of presentations. (Others will be added as they become available.)

Introduction to Panel 1 (John Brown)

Water Planning in NM (Angela Bordegaray)

Visions for NM’s Future – V.B. Price and Courtney White

Dialogue on Regional Water Plan Updates