Seminar Series

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

We invite you to IWRRI’s Water Resources Seminar Series, a graduate-level class that is open to all interested professionals, legislators, water supply managers, local government representatives, attorneys, students and public. The series features researchers and water professionals discussing topics related to Idaho’s water, including snowpack, drought, snow modeling, ecology and groundwater resources.

Presentations will be recorded and made available after the presentation, unless otherwise requested by the presenter. To attend the seminars, please register (a Zoom account is required). Late registration is accepted.

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Speaker Series Recordings

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  • Oct 6, 2026

    Careers in Consulting Panel

    Erin Cox (Jacobs), Michael Fuss (Stantec), Brandon Hobbs (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 29, 2026

    Gordon Grant
    recording
    Gordon Grant (USFS)
  • Sep 22, 2026

    Andrew Hedrick (USDA-NWRC)
    recording
    Andrew Hedrick (USDA-NWRC)
  • 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)