WASHINGTON WATER LAW

Conference in Detail
Day 2 -Tuesday
May 8, 2001
(For Day 1 agenda, click here)


8:30 Introduction and Ten-Year Forecast Jay J. Manning, Esq.,
Program Co-Chair
Marten Brown, Inc.
Seattle, WA

Joe Mentor, Jr., Esq.,
Program Co-Chair
Mentor Law Group, PLLC
Seattle, WA
8:45 Ethics and Water Law
Leland G. Ripley, Esq.
Law Office of Leland G. Ripley
Seattle, WA
9:45 Break

Part III—Water for Fish

10:00 In-stream Flow Water Issues
Public and private in-stream flows
Jay J. Manning, Esq.,
Program Co-Chair
10:45 Considerations of Federal Laws
• Endangered Species Act: The impact of ESA on water rights
Rachael Paschal Osborn, Esq.
Law Office of Rachael Paschal Osborn
Spokane, WA
• Tribal and other federal reserved rights
Mason D. Morisset, Esq.
Morisset Scholosser Ayer & Jozwiak
Seattle, WA
11:45 Lunch (on your own)
1:15 Keynote Address: “Creating a Framework for Resolving Complex Water Policy Disputes without Litigation”
James C. Waldo, Esq.
Gordon Thomas Honeywell Malanca Peterson Daheim
Tacoma, WA
2:00 Break

Part IV—Water, Fish, and Science

2:15 Water and Science
• Surface water hydrology
Larry Karpack
Northwest Hydraulic Consultants
Seattle, WA
• Groundwater hydrology
Steve Swope
Pacific Groundwater Group
Seattle, WA
• Hydraulic continuity
Linton Wildrick
Pacific Groundwater Group
Tumwater, WA
3:30 Fish and Science
• The normative river; watersheds, floodplains, and functional norms
Tom Ring
Yakama Nation Water Program
Yakima, WA
• River ecology
Eric Snyder, Ph.D.
Flathead Lake Biological Station
Ellensburg, WA
• Fish biology: When, where and how much water do salmon need
Michael M. Pollock
Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Seattle, WA
4:45 Wrap-Up; Questions & Answers
Members of the Faculty
5:00 Adjourn

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