ROCKY MOUNTAIN HYDROLOGIC RESEARCH CENTER
79th ANNUAL MEETING
Friday, 7 November 2025
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Purpose of the Meeting
To provide researchers, practitioners, and students an opportunity to share and discuss their research in a relaxed yet scientifically stimulating atmosphere. The meeting encourages interdisciplinary communication among a variety of investigators in the fields of hydrology, engineering, environmental sciences, water resources, and other related hydrological disciplines. Abstract submissions focused on hydrologic and environmental change over multi-decade time scales and historical retrospectives of hydrologic research in the Rocky Mountain region are encouraged, and other related topics are also welcome.
Conference Overview
- Check-in: 8:00-8:45am
- Adjourn: 3:30pm
- Board meeting 3:30 pm (board members only)
Conference Location
CU Boulder
S228 (Sievers Conference Room; 2nd floor South Wing) in the Sustainability, Energy and Environment Community (SEEC) building on East Campus
Parking
You can park in pay lot 550.
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Meeting Schedule
8:00 • Breakfast and Check in (light breakfast and hot beverages provided)
8:45 • Welcome by Debby Martin and John Moody
9:10 • Invited Speaker #1: Peter Goble – CO Climate Center, “A Reflection on the Water Year of 2025”
9:35 • Oral Presentation: Clifford Adamchak – CU Boulder: “Seasonal Mercury Dynamics in a Beaver-Dominated Reach”
9:55 • Invited Speaker #2: Aleah Hahn, 2025 RMHRS Scholarship Recipient: “Predicting Head Loss and Equivalent Roughness of Channel-Spanning Large Wood Jams”
10:20 • Oral Presentation: Nicholas Christensen – Colorado State University: “Improved flood-routing schemes for flash floods in mountainous streams to better represent floodplain processes”
10:40 • Invited Speaker #3: Antonio Alves, Colorado State University: “On the Structure of Temporal Variability of Streamflow Responses and the Role of Timescale Interactions: A Synthesis”
11:05 • Oral Presentation: Dylan Davis, Colorado State University: “Dynamics of a sand-bed eolian-fluvial channel network, North Sand Creek, North Park, CO”
11:25 • Invited Speaker #4: Taryn Contento, Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed: “Hydrologic Response to Process Based Restoration: floodplain inundation and groundwater changes”
11:50 • Lunch: Pizza Provided; you can also bring a packed lunch
13:00 • Invited Speaker #5: Aditi Bhaskar, CU Professor of Hydrology and Water Resource Engineering: “Streamflow change with urban development in the Denver area”
13:25 • Oral Presentation: Charles Shobe, U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station: “Comparing post-fire suspended-sediment dynamics among flow event types: Implications for watershed recovery”
13:45 • Oral Presentation: Jeremy Barroll, CU Boulder: “Variation in water supply prediction among mountain watersheds of the western US and corresponding differences in atmospheric mechanisms”
14:05 • Break (poster presenters hang up posters)
14:15 • Poster Session and networking
15:30 • Adjourn
15:30 • Board Meeting (Board Members Only)
Presenter Details
- Invited Oral Presenters will be given 20 minutes, with 5 minutes for questions.
- All other Oral Presenters will be given 15 minutes, with 5 minutes for questions. Please send your presentations to sharon.bywaterreyes@unco.edu in PowerPoint or PDF format by 5 pm November 6th.
- Poster Presenters can follow typical conference format and tape for hanging will be provided.
REGISTRATION
Annual Meeting: To attend the Annual Meeting: (1) Register, then (2) Pay the registration fee. Registration fees are $15 for students, $30 for members, $40 for non-members. Registration can be done on-site the day of the meeting for $5 more.
To Register: Go to the Registration Page. After you submit the registration form, click on the link to the payments page.
To Submit Abstracts: Abstracts up to one page in length should follow instructions on Submit Abstracts page. Abstracts are due on or before 31 October 2025.
Membership: Membership is open to any person. The annual fee is $30. Join here.
For More Information: For additional information about the meeting send an email to Sharon Bywater-Reyes (sharon.bywaterreyes@unco.edu).