Thirteenth Annual Conference on
WASHINGTON WATER LAW
Conference in Detail
Thursday • May 6, 2004 (Day 1)
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| 8:30 | Washington Water Law Issues in 2004 |
Adam Gravley, Esq. Program Co-Chair Buck & Gordon LLP Seattle, WA Matthew D. Wells, Esq. Program Co-Chair Preston Gates & Ellis LLP Seattle, WA |
| 8:45 | Instream Flows—Part I, Today Current tools, project mitigation |
Adam Gravley, Esq. Program Co-Chair Mark A. Clark Executive Director Washington State Conservation Commission Olympia, WA James Darwin “Dar” Crammond, Esq. Water Rights Program Manager U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Yakima, WA Peter Dykstra, Esq. Project Director Washington Water Trust Seattle, WA |
| 10:15 | Break |
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| 10:30 | Instream Flows—Part II, “Federal Flows” |
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HCP’s and flows |
Laura B. Wishik, Esq. Director Environmental Protection Section Seattle City Attorney’s Office Seattle, WA |
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FERC/Hydro licensing and flows |
William “Will” W. Stelle, Jr., Esq. Preston Gates & Ellis LLP Seattle, WA |
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Treaty-protected flows |
Mason D. Morisset, Esq. Morisset, Schlosser, Jozwiak & McGaw Seattle, WA |
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| 12:00 | Lunch (on your own) |
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| 1:15 | Instream Flows—Part III, the Future |
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What needs to be done? |
Jay J. Manning, Esq. Brown Reavis & Manning PLLC Olympia, WA |
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State perspective |
Hal Beecher, Ph.D. Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife Olympia, WA |
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Legislative update, what happened what didn’t |
Kathleen Collins Government Relations Consultant Capitol Strategies Olympia, WA |
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| 2:45 | Towards Better Water Rights Dispute Resolution Processes Update on the recommendations of the Water Disputes Resolution Task Force; what’s likely to happen next |
The Hon. Sidney P. Ottem, Esq. Court Commissioner Yakima County Superior Court Yakima, WA |
| 3:15 | Break |
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| 3:30 | Litigation Update |
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| • PCHB and Appellate decisions |
Sarah Mack, Esq. Mentor Law Group, PLLC Seattle, WA Alan Reichman, Esq. Assistant Attorney General Washington State Office of the Attorney General Olympia, WA |
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Acquavella rulings |
Lawrence “Larry” E. Martin, Esq. Halverson & Applegate, PS Yakima, WA |
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Approaches to resolution |
Gerald “Jerry” W. Cormick, Ph.D. Principal The CSE Group Mill Creek, WA |
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| 5:30 | End of Day |
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