Integrating Climate Change into Longer-term Water Resources Planning and Environmental Compliance 2-4 May 2016

The COMET Program, Bureau of Reclamation, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are pleased to announce the first offering of the residence course called  Integrating Climate Change into Longer-term Water Resources Planning and Environmental Compliance. The course is part of the COMET/CCAWWG Professional Development Series Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Water and Environmental Resources Management.

The 2.5-day course runs from the morning of May 2, 2016 to noon on Wednesday, May 4.

Participants will learn a framework for incorporating climate change information into longer-term water resources planning and environmental compliance studies; how to apply the framework to specific study types, such as  planning for drought, flood risk reduction, and species recovery; and how to communicate it to management and stakeholders. 

The course primarily targets lead planners, plan formulators, project managers, and resource specialists who lead or implement water resources planning or environmental compliance studies. It is also useful for policy developers, decision makers, regulatory specialists, public affairs staff, line managers, and program managers who also engage in these efforts.

People taking this course should have a basic understanding of how weather and hydrology relates to water management; be familiar with water resources planning and/or environmental compliance processes; and have experience with developing project workplans.

The course is sponsored by the COMET Program, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Climate Change and Water Working Group (CCAWWG). It has been developed with financial support from the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.