Big Thompson Watershed Forum’s 2013 Watershed Meeting Please Save the Date for February 28, 2013! Hello Northern Colorado Watershed Communities: Please spread the word and save the date and join the Forum for our 2013 Watershed Meeting, CRITICAL SURFACE WATER ISSUES ~ 2013, to be held in Greeley, Colorado, on Thursday, February 28, 2013. We will welcome 12 speakers, with Patty Limerick as our keynote speaker. Dr. Limerick is a professor of History at the University of Colorado and is the Faculty Director and Chair of the Center for the American West. Panel topics and speakers for 2013... 

Agriculture water sharing & development, ecosystem initiatives in Northern Colorado and Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch nutrient pilot project David Jessup (Sylvan Dale Ranch), Dr. George Wallace (Professor Emeritus, CSU and Larimer County Agricultural Advisory Board) and Zack Shelley (The Forum);

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Fire effects on our water quality, wildlife, and watershed management

Brad Piehl (JW Associates), Dr. John Stednick (Warner College of Natural Resources, CSU), Ken Neubecker (Colorado Trout Unlimited); 

Water supply taste & odor issues and water treatment approaches in our region

Paul Swaim (CH2M HILL) and Dr. Pinar Omur-Ozbet (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, CSU); and the hot topic everyone is talking about… 

Hydraulic fracturing in the Front Range and Colorado

Dr. Ken Carlson (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, CSU), Laura Belanger (Western Resource Advocates), Shane Davis (Sierra Club), and regulatory perspective (TBD). We will also recognize and congratulate our 2011 and 2012 Dave Cole Environmental Scholarship winners, Donal O’Leary and Elisa Baebler, and have two gift raffles. Our next meeting will not be until 2015, so please join us! The Meeting will be in Greeley, CO, with a South of the Border theme buffet lunch, snacks, drinks, and continental breakfast. Details provided below:

When: February 28, 2013 Where: The Island Grove Regional Park 501 N. 14th Ave. Greely, CO 80631 (http://greeleygov.com/Parks/islandgrove.aspx) Time: 8:00 to 3:45 Cost: $40 at the door or via mail (check only please through mail); check or cash….sorry, no credit cards (Note: University/college student fee is half-price; first 5 students to register may attend for free ) If you would like to attend, please contact Zack Shelley at 970-613-6163 or email at [email protected]. Thank you, The Forum