Entries by Sue Lowry, Executive Director

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Legislation & Policy Committee Meeting Summary July 16, 2020 Conference Call

Call to Order—Kirsten Wallace, UMRBA; Chair called the committee to order at 10:03 a.m.  Central time.  Introductions of Participants on the call:  Kirsten Wallace, Chair, Sue Lowry, Brian Atkins, Matt Unruh, Tom Littlepage, Sam Swartz, Drew Dehoff, Christopher Estes, Kelly Pennington, Richard Friesner Topics/Speakers for Legislation and Policy Session Virtual Annual Meeting—This committee’s topics will be highlighted […]

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Legislation & Policy Committee Meeting Summary June 18, 2020 Conference Call

Call to Order—Kirsten Wallace, UMRBA; Chair Introductions of Participants on the call:  Amy Shallcross, Chair; Sue Lowry, Brian Atkins, Gail Melgren, Sam Swartz, Julie Cunningham, Katherine Zitsch, Kirsten Wallace.  WRDA 2020 (AWIA in Senate) Letters delivered to House and Senate on 5/29—PPA, PSA; Dredging materials.  Sen. Barrasso wants to see an infrastructure package and would include AWIA […]

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Interstate Water Management Committee Meeting Summary June 11, 2020 Conference Call

Call to Order—Chair Drew Dehoff, SRBC called the committee to order at 10:05 a.m. Central.  Introduction of Participants on the call:  Drew Dehoff, Chair; Sue Lowry; Rhonda Manning; Sam Swartz; Shawn Jackson; Heidi Moltz; Kirsten Wallace.  Update of the 2006 Interstates Report   Final Report and Primer—Drew reported that the full report, the executive summary and primer […]

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Water Planning Committee Meeting Summary May 18, 2020 Webinar–Matt Unruh–Kansas Water Office Planning Activities

Chair Jennifer Hoggatt-Missouri DNR called to order at 10:03 a.m. Central Introductions of Participants on the call:  Jennifer Hoggatt, Chair; Sue Lowry, ICWP; Jodee Pring, Pooja Kanwar, Brian Atkins, Jennifer Schellpeper, Carrie Wiese, Carol Flaute, Melissa Mosier, Jessie Winter, Mark Matlock, Kristina Peacock-Jones, Gail Melgren, Jessica Fritsche.  Presentation: Matt Unruh, Kansas Water Office—(full presentation slides can […]

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Legislation & Policy Committee Meeting Summary May 14, 2020 Conference Call

Call to Order—Kirsten Wallace, UMRBA; Chair began the meeting at 10:02 a.m. Central.  Introductions of Participants on the call:  Kirsten Wallace, Chair; Sue Lowry, ICWP; Brian Atkins, Matt Unruh, Shuhai Zheng, Jesse Bradley, Gail Melgren, Richard Friesner; Sam Swartz, Shawn Jackson, Brian Chalfant; Christopher Estes; Katherine Zitsch.  WRDA 2020 (AWIA in Senate) Review of key provisions […]

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Water Data and Science Committee Meeting Summary April 29, 2020 Webinar–Dr. Ashley Ward-Internet of Water Peer to Peer State Network

Call to Order—Tom Littlepage, Alabama Office of Water Resources, called the committee to order in Amy Shallcross’ absence.   Introductions of Participants on the call:  Tom Littlepage, Vice-Chair, Ala. Office of Water; Sue Lowry, Brian Atkins, Adel Abdullah, Peter Colohan, Randy Hadland, Matt Unruh, Eric Robinson, Lauren Salvato, Josh Weiss, Wes Cattoor, Christopher Estes.  Presentation by Dr. Ashley […]

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Nebraska Seeking Natural Resources Department Director–April 2020

 The job announcement can also be viewed on Nebraska’s online career center here: Director of the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources Job Posting.  Director of the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources Governor Ricketts is seeking a thoughtful, customer focused, and business minded leader to join his cabinet as Director of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).  […]

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Water Planning Committee Meeting Summary March 2, 2020 Webinar–Kelly Smith–National Drought Mitigation Center– “Water Planning Resources”

Call to Order—Chair Jennifer Hoggatt-Missouri DNR—called to order at 10:03 a.m. Central. Introductions of Participants on the call:  :  Jennifer Hoggatt, Sue Lowry, Amy Shallcross, Kelly Smith, Pooja Kanwar, Mark Matlock, Matt Unruh, Jodee Pring, Mabel Jones, Jennifer Schellpeper, James Horton, Gail Melgren, Jessica Frische, Carrie Wiese  Presentation: Kelly Smith, National Drought Mitigation Center on the Water […]