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Presenters Needed. Please see the Presenter's submission form below. The 2025-2026 Season will begin on September 9, 2025 at 10 am.
Presenters Needed: September-March
November Water Forum will be THURSDAY the 13th due to Veterans Day
Please Scroll Down for Previous Presentations, Shared Links, & Agency Updates
Presenter Information
2025-2026 Open
The Water Forum season runs from September to May, at 10 am, on the second Tuesday of each month. Virtual presentation is welcome.
Presenters, please submit with the Presentation Submission Form above and Mel Fegler will confirm your date via email. There are occasions back up presentations are needed. If there are no vacancies we still encourage you to submit.
Itinerary: 10 am - Primary Presentations, 10:45 am - Questions, 11 am - Agency/Organizational Updates, 12 pm - Adjourn
Water Forum 2024-2025 Season Presenter Introductions
September 9, 2025: TBA
October 14, 2025: TBA
November 13, 2025: TBA- note this is Thursday due to Veteran's day
December 9, 2025: TBA
January 13, 2026: TBA
February 10, 2026: TBA
March 10, 2026: TBA
April 14, 2026: David Ketchum : Improvements in Estimating Agricultural Consumptive Use
David Ketchum is a research hydrologist at the Montana Climate Office at the University of Montana. David formerly worked as hydrologist at Montana's Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, and at the United States Geological Survey.
Water use for irrigated agriculture is the primary consumptive use in the Western United States, making accurate mapping of irrigation and estimates of its water use critical in water resources management. Here, we present advances in water use estimation through the use of state-of-the-art mapping, meteorological, and crop water modeling technologies.
May 12, 2026: Nicholas Taylor, Wyoming Stream Stats
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Agency Updates
Water Forum provides time for agencies to present updates of operations, hydrology, publications and more. Below are the previous months Water forum agency updates.
Past Season Presentations
2023-24 Presentations
2022-23 Presentations
May 2023: A regional streamflow drought early warning system prototyped for the Colorado River Basin
April 2023: Trout Unlimited Demand Management Demonstration Project Update
March 2023: WDEQ's RBDMS Groundwater Data Warehouse
September 2022: Wyoming WRP Project: Different Contribution of Microbial Sources
October 2022: Aquatic Invasive Species Recording
October 2022: Aquatic Invasive Specie Presentation
November 2022: Building a Decision Making Tool: a Water Right Approach Data
November 2022: Building a Decision Support Tool: a Water Right Data Approach
December 2022: Sediment & Fisheries Recording
January 2023: WY Fish Passage Prioritization Tool
February 2023: Imagining the Future
2021-2022 Presentations
IrrMapper Presentation Recording
Cloud Seeding Presentation Recording
Wyoming Association of Rural Water Presentation
Crow Creek Hydrology Presentation
Crow Creek Hydrology Presentation Recording
USGS: Capturing Irrigated Lands Presentation
USGS: Capturing Irrigated Lands Presentation Recording
Demand Management Demonstration Project Presentation
USGS: Wyoming Stream Stats Presentation Recording
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