Fresh Water:
Exploring New Frontiers

Lone Mountain Ranch, Big Sky, Montana
September 27-30, 2007
Linda E. Platts, director
Sponsored by
The Sand County Foundation Bradley Fund for the Environment

Thursday, September 27

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	Conference Check-in
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.	Hospitality, Saloon
7:00 p.m.	Dinner, Dining Room Welcome and Introductions, Linda Platts Conference Director PERC

Friday, September 28

7:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.	Breakfast
Breaking it Down: Supply, Demand, and Quality
8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.	Reagan Waskom Colorado State University Water Resources Center Global Water Supply, Scarcity and Vulnerability – Framing the Issues
9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	Break
9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.	Gretchen Rupp Montana Water Center How Good is the Water?
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.	Discussion
Is Global Warming the Culprit?
11:15 a.m. - Noon	Kathy Jacobs Arizona Water Institute Facing the Realities of Rising Temperatures
Noon - 12:30 p.m.	Discussion
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m.- 4:30 p.m.	Recreation

Entrepreneurs on the Water Frontiers
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Nigel Asquith Director of Science of Fundacion Natura Bolivia Bees and Barbed Wire on the Bolivian Frontier
5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	James G. Workman Natural Resources Consultant John Muir meets Michael Milken: Can a market for our stockpile of 'junk bond' dams transform fixed liabilities into liquid assets?
5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	Discussion
6:15 p.m. - 6:40 p.m.	Hospitality, Saloon adjoining the dining room
Before Dinner Speaker
6:40 p.m. - 7:20 p.m.	Bruce Yandle, Dean, Clemson University Knowledge and the Knowledge Economy: Where are the Brains Going?
7:30 p.m.	Dinner, Dining Room

Saturday, September 29

7:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.

Breakfast

Clean Drinking Water: Should We Worry?
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Dr. L.D. McMullen CEO and General Manager of Des Moines Water Works Implementing a Multi-barrier Approach to Provide Safe Drinking Water
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	Alex Echols, Director of "Pioneering Solutions" Sand County Foundation Performance Based Markets To Reduce Agricultural Nutrient Pollution
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.	Break
9:45 a.m. - 10:15	Discussion
Solutions to Scarcity: Water Markets and Water Banking
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.	Dr.Rosalind Bark University of Arizona Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics Trading Our Way to New Water Supplies
10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.	Brandon Scarborough PERC Research Fellow Buying Water for the Environment: Restoring Stream Flows in the West through Markets
11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	Break
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	Discussion
12:15 - 1:15 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m.- 4:30 p.m.	Recreation

The Great Lakes: Whose Resource?
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Noah Hall Professor of Law Wayne State University and University of Michigan Managing the Great Lakes - Protectionism or Sustainability?
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Discussion
Institutional Change for Water Management
5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	Terry Anderson, Executive Director PERC New Paths to Resolving Water Scarcity and Conflicts
5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	Closing Roundtable Discussion
6:15 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.	Hospitality, Saloon
7:00 p.m.	Dinner, Dining Room Closing Comments Linda Platts Conference Director

Sunday, September 30

7:00 a.m.

Breakfast and/or Departure