Seminar Series

Tuesday, 10:30am PT / 11:30am MT

Presentations will be recorded and made available after the presentation, unless otherwise requested by the presenter. To attend the seminars, please use the following Zoom link:

Zoom Link
Meeting ID: 865 7192 8806
Passcode: 1234

Speaker Series Recordings

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  • Sep 22, 2026

    What’s in a Snow Model? A Four-Decade Legacy of iSnobal Development

    Andrew Hedrick (USDA-NWRC)

  • Sep 29, 2026

    The Ultimate Geologic Sponge: Volcanic aquifers and their outsized importance in the future of water in the West

    Gordon Grant (USFS)

    Gordon Grant

  • Oct 6, 2026

    Careers in Consulting Panel

    Erin Cox (Jacobs), Michael Fuss (Stantec), Mike Schubert (HDR)

  • Oct 13, 2026

    The Flow Component of the Nez Perce Term Sheet: Negotiated Regulatory Compliance on the Snake River Above Brownlee Dam

    Jeremiah Williamson (Williamson Law)

    Jeremiah Williamson

  • Oct 20, 2026

    Hidden Treasures of Idaho’s Waters: Native Mussels and Water Quality

    Gunnar Hilborn (DEQ)

    Gunnar Hilborn

  • Oct 27, 2026

    Towards Local Strategies for Snow Loss, Economic Cost, and Potential (Mal)Adaptation in the Western US

    Bea Gordon (DRI)

    Bea Gordon

  • Nov 3, 2026

    Salmon Reintroduction in the Upper Columbia Basin

    Tom Biladeau (Coeur d’Alene Tribe)

    Tom Biladeau

  • Nov 10, 2026

    Zooming in on the Benthic Biolayer: How flow and microbial growth shape riverbed reactions from reaches to pores

    Kevin Roche (BSU)

    Kevin Roche

  • Nov 17, 2026

    Aquifer Recharge on the Snake River Plain located at ‘Wilson Canyon Basin’ – GW Response Mapping & Analysis, Dye & Temperature Tracing, Geology, and anecdotal information help explain the results of water quality sampling

    Neal Farmer (IDWR)

    Neal Farmer

  • Dec 1, 2026

    Irrigation Under Pressure: Understanding Decision-Making and Drought Preparedness Across Idaho’s Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer

    Emily Bedwell (UI)

    Emily Bedwell

Past Seminars

  • Sep 15, 2026

    Too Warm to Snow: The Drought of 2026
    recording
    Erin Whorton (NRCS) and David Hoekema (IDWR)
  • Sep 8, 2026

    Beyond the Point: Closing Idaho’s Snow-Information Gaps through Station Diagnostics and Spatial Downscaling
    recording
    Irene Cionni (BSU)
  • Sep 1, 2026

    Large wood and large disturbances: the supply and geomorphic impact of in-stream wood following fire, snow avalanches, and more
    recording
    John Kemper (ISU, Department of Geosciences)
  • Dec 2, 2025

    Highlight from USGS Monitoring of Restoration Work on the Kootenai River, Northern Idaho
    recording
    Megan Kenworthy & Taylor Dudunake (USGS)
  • Nov 18, 2025

    Innovative Constructed Wetland to Mitigate Contaminants of Emerging Concern
    recording
    Tom Points (City of Nampa) and Erin Cox (Jacobs)
  • Nov 11, 2025

    Through Tribal Water Rights Settlements: Closing the Clean Water Access Gap in the Navajo Nation
    recording
    Dr. Crystal Tulley-Cordova (Navajo Nation DWR)
  • Nov 4, 2025

    Rock moisture dynamics
    recording
    Qifei Niu (Boise State University)
  • Oct 28, 2025

    History, Development and Analysis Results for Managed Aquifer Recharge Basin ‘MP31’ since year 2009
    recording
    Neal Farmer (IDWR)
  • Oct 21, 2025

    Wetland Mitigation Banking 101
    recording
    Will Duggins, Westervelt Ecological Services
  • Oct 14, 2025

    How Streambed Permeability Controls Hyporheic Exchange in Salmonid Redds
    recording
    Angel Monsalve Sepúlveda, University of Idaho
  • Oct 7, 2025

    Exposure Risks of the Drinking Water System
    recording
    Clifford Swanson (UI, Civil Engineering)
  • Sep 30, 2025

    Intermittent Streams: Monitoring & Modeling at Local to Multi State Scales
    recording
    Roy Sando, USGS
  • Sep 23, 2025

    Flooding and Extreme Events
    recording
    Tao Huang, Idaho State University
  • Sep 16, 2025

    History of Cloud Seeding in Utah, Program Operation, and Future Vision
    recording
    Jonathan Jennings, Utah Department of Natural Resources
  • Sep 9, 2025

    Colorado’s Wildfire Ready Watersheds Program
    recording
    Andrew Earles and Natalie Collar, Wright Water Engineers, Inc.
  • Sep 2, 2025

    Challenges and Opportunities in Evaluating Stream Restoration
    recording
    Colden Baxter (ISU), Sam Carlson (Clark’s Fork Foundation)