2023 Annual Meeting Presentations
Construction Projects
Colorado – Northern Integrated Supply Project (NISP)
Greg Dewey, Project Manager, Northern Water
Kansas – New Life for KBID: A Case Study for Canal Automation
Pete Gile, Manager, Kansas Bostwick Irrigation District
Wyoming – Automated Check Structures
Kevin Strecker, Manager, Goshen Irrigation District
History
Kansas – History of the Ogallala Aquifer
Brownie Wilson, GIS/Support Services Manager, Kansas Geological Survey
Colorado – History of the Fire Mountain Canal & Paonia Reservoir
Steve Fletcher, Superintendent
Colorado River and South Platte River Happenings
Kyle Whitaker, Water Rights Department Manager, Northern Water
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Area Manager Updates
Wyoming Area Office – Lyle Myler
Nebraska-Kansas Area Office – Aaron Thompson
Eastern Colorado Area Office – Jeff Rieker
State of the States
Wyoming – Jeff Cowley, Administrator Interstate Streams,
Wyoming State Engineer’s Office
Nebraska – Jesse Bradley, Assistant Director
Nebraska Department of Natural Resources
Kansas – Kevin Salter, Interstate Water Engineer
Kansas Division of Water Resources
Colorado - Kevin Rein, State Engineer
Colorado Division of Water Resources
Family Farm Alliance Update
Dan Keppen, Executive Director, Family Farm Alliance
Surface Water Irrigation Infrastructure Fund
Repair and replacement for critical irrigation project needs.
Jesse Bradley, Assistant Director, Nebraska Dept. of Natural Resources
Leroy Sievers, Attorney, Knutsen Law Firm
Michael Placke, JEO Consulting Group
US Department of the Interior and US Bureau of Reclamation Programs
Honored Guest – United States Department of the Interior, Assistant Secretary
for Water & Science, Tanya Trujillo
WaterSMART Funding Opportunities
Marlena Lanini, Civil Engineer, USBR and Denis Kelsch, Civil Engineer, USBR
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Shane Schieck, Program Manager, USBR
Chimney Hollow Reservoir Project Update
Jeremy Deuto, PE, PG, Northern Water Project Engineer
Colorado – Northern Integrated Supply Project (NISP)
Greg Dewey, Project Manager, Northern Water
Kansas – New Life for KBID: A Case Study for Canal Automation
Pete Gile, Manager, Kansas Bostwick Irrigation District
Wyoming – Automated Check Structures
Kevin Strecker, Manager, Goshen Irrigation District
History
Kansas – History of the Ogallala Aquifer
Brownie Wilson, GIS/Support Services Manager, Kansas Geological Survey
Colorado – History of the Fire Mountain Canal & Paonia Reservoir
Steve Fletcher, Superintendent
Colorado River and South Platte River Happenings
Kyle Whitaker, Water Rights Department Manager, Northern Water
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Area Manager Updates
Wyoming Area Office – Lyle Myler
Nebraska-Kansas Area Office – Aaron Thompson
Eastern Colorado Area Office – Jeff Rieker
State of the States
Wyoming – Jeff Cowley, Administrator Interstate Streams,
Wyoming State Engineer’s Office
Nebraska – Jesse Bradley, Assistant Director
Nebraska Department of Natural Resources
Kansas – Kevin Salter, Interstate Water Engineer
Kansas Division of Water Resources
Colorado - Kevin Rein, State Engineer
Colorado Division of Water Resources
Family Farm Alliance Update
Dan Keppen, Executive Director, Family Farm Alliance
Surface Water Irrigation Infrastructure Fund
Repair and replacement for critical irrigation project needs.
Jesse Bradley, Assistant Director, Nebraska Dept. of Natural Resources
Leroy Sievers, Attorney, Knutsen Law Firm
Michael Placke, JEO Consulting Group
US Department of the Interior and US Bureau of Reclamation Programs
Honored Guest – United States Department of the Interior, Assistant Secretary
for Water & Science, Tanya Trujillo
WaterSMART Funding Opportunities
Marlena Lanini, Civil Engineer, USBR and Denis Kelsch, Civil Engineer, USBR
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Shane Schieck, Program Manager, USBR
Chimney Hollow Reservoir Project Update
Jeremy Deuto, PE, PG, Northern Water Project Engineer