December 2 - 4, 2020
Virtual Annual Conference
December 2
1:20 pm
Welcome – WSWRA President Mike Miller
1:30 pm
Headliner
-Congressman Dan Newhouse, (R-4th)
1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Legislative Reports
-Mike Schwisow, WSWRA Government Relations Specialist
-Ian Lyle, Executive Vice President, NWRA
-Mark Limbaugh, The Ferguson Group
-Dan Keppen, Executive Director, Family Farm Alliance
December 3
9:00 am to 10:30 am
Reclamation Reports
-Shelby Hagenauer, Deputy Commissioner (PowerPoint Presentation/PDF)
-David Palumbo, Duty Commissioner of Operations
-Lorri Gray, Regional Director, Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region
December 3
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Food Safety: What’s in the Water?
-Justin Harter, manager, Naches-Selah Irrigation District, WSWRA past President
-Ronald Bond, Water Quality Researcher University of California, Davis WIFSS/WCFS (PowerPoint Presentation/PDF)
-Gregory Goblick, CSO/Engineering Lead, Shellfish Aquaculture and Policy Branch, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Food Safety, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
December 3
1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Legal Issues Panel
-Norm Semanko, QCBID Counsel, Parsons Behle, Coeur D’Alene, ID: Update of recent environmental law cases; NEPA, ESA, CWA (PowerPoint Presentation/PDF)
- Anna Franz, ECBID Counsel, Kennison and Franz, Moses Lake, WA: Open Public Meetings Act and Public Records Act developments during the time of COVID-19 (PowerPoint Presentation/PDF)
-Matt Janz, WA Attorney General’s Office, Olympia, WA: Washington Water Law update (PowerPoint Presentation/PDF)
December 4
9:00 am
Washington State Agency Reports
-Derek Sandison, Director, Washington State Department of Agriculture
-Mary Verner, Water Resources Program Manager, Washington State Department of Ecology (PowerPoint Presentation/PDF)
-Vince McGowan, Water Quality Program Manager, Washington State Department of Ecology (PowerPoint Presentation/PDF)
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