program

•  9:00 Welcome and introductions  Dennis Lettenmaier, UW
•  9:15 Overview of the 2000-01 winter and spring, and outlook for winter 2001-02 Nate Mantua, UW
• 10:00 Columbia River water resources outlook for water year 2002  Alan Hamlet, UW
10:45 ** break **
• 11:00 The value of seasonal climate forecasts for predicting streamflow in small watersheds in the Pacific Northwest Ken Westrick,  3Tier Environmental Forecast Group Inc.
• 11:30 Long-range streamflow forecasting
• Tracking an Uncertain Climatefor Water Supply Phil Pasteris, USDA NRCS National Water and Climate Center
• Chuck Orwig,  NWS River Forecast Center
• discussion
12:15 **lunch**

• 1:15 Climate change: truth, lies, and uncertainties Philip Mote, UW
• 1:40 Climate change and water resources in the Columbia River Alan Hamlet, UW
• 2:10 Modifying flood control rule curves as the climate changes (supplemental material: memo, figs 1-4, figs 5-6, figs 7-8)   Kyle Martin, CRITFC
• 2:25 Climatic variability, land-cover changes, and forest hydrology in the Pacific Northwest David W. Peterson, UW
• 2:50 Modeling urban water management: using climate change information Margaret Hahn
3:15 ** break **
• 3:30 Summary of July forum on adapting Northwest water resources to climate change  Philip Mote, UW
• 3:45  discussion
4:30 close

Location:  Red Lion Inn, Kelso
Directions: Take exit 39 from I-5, and the Red Lion Inn is just a bit east on Allen and then south on Kelso Drive.