Submit your presentation ideas
The 2010 OWEB Biennial Conference invites you to participate in the conference by being a presenter. Submit your presentation ideas by Friday, July 16, 2010. There will be over 30 different presentations along with poster sessions. If you have an idea for a presentation (but don’t see yourself as the presenter), please contact Carolyn Devine, OWEB at (503) 986-0195.
The four tracks will focus on:
- Clean Water
- Unique Approach
- Healthy Habitat
- Working Together Links:
For more information about why you should present, Call for Presentations
For guidelines about creating a presention, Overview and Guidelines
And once you’re organized, submit your ideas online: click here
Important Dates:
Call for Presentations due: Friday, July 16, 2010
Response to proposals completed: Friday, July 30, 2010
Dear Ms. Ker and Ms. Devine,
It is my pleasure to introduce our proposal for a new workshop at the 2010 OWEB Annual Conference, “Getting to Maybe in Water Disputes”. This highly interactive facilitated workshop will bring together three on-the-ground experts in managing water conflict. As the workshop facilitator, I will engage our presenters to discuss case studies they have personally managed, highlight the issues and interests that “came to the table”, and discuss the techniques they have employed to reach agreement in water disputes. Understanding that nearly all of the workshop participants likely will have also dealt with water disputes, we will encourage active participation, structured dialogue, on-going questions and answers, and the natural flow of information through stories and personal experience. This promises to be a fast-moving hour.
Acknowledging that one of our panelists, Natasha Bellis of the Freshwater Trust, will be submitting a separate proposal at this Conference I would like to note that we would be open to combining our workshops if the Committee deems it would be appropriate to do so.
Thank you for considering this proposal. We look forward to attending the Conference!
Sincerely,
Dena Marshall, JD, Cert.
Principal, Marshall Mediation
3587 SE Sherman St. Portland, OR 97214 | dena@marshallmediation.net | 503.740.7123
I. Workshop Title: Getting to Maybe in Water Disputes
Descriptive Title and Short Session Description
Getting to Maybe in Water Disputes. This workshop will bring participants into dialogue with professionals working on the ground to help resolve water conflicts in Oregon. We will identify the parties, issues, and mechanisms to resolving water conflict as they play out in Northeastern Oregon. Finally, we will engage participants in a real life negotiation scenario, aiming to reveal new insights for reaching agreement on water disputes.
We propose this session will run 60 – 90 minutes.
II. Presenter Information
Facilitator: Dena Marshall, JD, Cert. Water Conflict Management and Transformation
Principal, Marshall Mediation, 3587 SE Sherman St., Portland OR 97214
Tel: 503-740-7123
Email: dena@marshallmediation.net
Natasha Bellis, JD, Restoration Flow Manager, The Freshwater Trust
65 SW Yamhill #200, Portland, Oregon 97204
Tel: (503) 222-9091 x24
Email: natasha@thefreshwatertrust.org
Kevin Scribner, Member Board of Directors, Walla Walla Watershed Alliance
Tel: 509-520-8040
Email: scribfish@gmail.com
Todd Jarvis, Oregon State University
210 Strand Agriculture Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis OR 97331
Tel: 541-737-4032.
Email: todd.jarvis@oregonstate.edu
III. Presenter Bios
Dena Marshall, JD
Dena Marshall is the owner and principal of Marshall Mediation (ESB and WBE Certification #4865). Dena brings her experience and training in mediation, law, water conflict management and transformation, and facilitation. Dena speaks fluent Spanish, and provides all her services in bilingual capacity. Dena is also currently listed on the rosters of dispute resolution professionals with the Oregon Department of Justice Mediator Roster, Oregon Department of Agriculture Farm Mediation Program, and Multnomah County Small Claims Court Mediation Program. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Oregon Mediation Association.
Education
• Graduate Certificate in Water Conflict Management and Transformation. Oregon State University. Corvallis, OR.
• Juris Doctoris. Washington College of Law, American University. Washington, DC.
• Bachelor of Arts, cum laude. Amherst College. Amherst MA.
Experience
Principal, Marshall Mediation. Portland, OR. 2006 – present. Recent projects follow below.
• Dispute Resolution:
o Hearings Officer, Housing Authority of Portland. Portland, OR. 2007 – present.
o Mediator, Multnomah County Small Claims Court. Portland, OR. 2006 – present.
o Mediator, Oregon Dept of Agriculture Farm Mediation Program. 2007 – present.
• Facilitator/Community Involvement:
o City of Portland Bureau of Transportation. Street Renaming Process. 2008-2010.
o Bureau of Labor and Industries Executive Management Team. April 2008.
o The Bus Project. Annual PolitiCorps Retreat. 2007 – 2009.
o LNG proposed pipeline project. 2007 – 2008. (Co-facilitator with RESOLVE)
o Natural Resources facilitation apprenticeships. 2006-2007. DS Consulting and Institute for Conflict Management.
o Congreso de Latinos Unidos. Philadelphia, PA. 1998-2000.
• Consultant/Public Policy:
o Governor’s Office on Minority, Women and Emerging Small Businesses. 2004.
o Office of Sen. Edward Kennedy, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. 2003.
o The Futures Group, Inc. Washington, DC. 2003
o The Carter Center. Atlanta, GA. 2000.
• Language Skills: Fluent in English and Spanish
o Interpreter, Oregon Law Center. Indigenous Health Project. 2006 – present.
o Bilingual Advocate, Catholic Charities. Human Trafficking Program. 2005.
Natasha Bellis, JD
Education
• Law Degree, Lewis & Clark School of Law. (Honor Society member) Portland, OR.
• Master of Science, Environmental Studies. University of Montana. Missoula, MT.
• Bachelor of Science, Environmental Studies. University of Oregon. Eugene, OR.
Experience
2009-present Project Manager, The Freshwater Trust. Portland, OR
2007-2008 Law Clerk, Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center. Portland, OR
Summer 2006 Law Clerk, Oregon Natural Desert Association. Portland, OR
1999-2000 Law Clerk, International Environmental Law Project. Portland, OR
2002-2004 Development & Communications Associate, Food Alliance. Portland, OR.
Kevin Scribner
Education: 1970-73 Amherst College, MA
1973-75 Whitman College, WA—BA in English Literature
Employment: 1976-96—Commercial Salmon Fishing: Washington and Alaska
1976 to present—Kooskooskie Fish Salmon/Seafood marketing
2002 to 2005—consultant to Walla Walla Watershed Alliance
2005-2009—Walla Walla Watershed Alliance staff
2009 to present—environmental consultant
Kevin Scribner is a long-term member of the Walla Walla, Washington (USA) community with extensive experience in natural resource planning and management, community cultural development, alternative food systems, ecological restoration and commercial fishing. From 2005-09, Kevin served as the Basin Advocate for the Walla Walla Watershed Alliance, and currently works as a consultant to Vinea Sustainable Trust, vineyard-growing organization in the Walla Walla Appellation, and to Salmon-Safe, a third-party certifier of sustainable and fish friendly land management practices. Kevin also serves on the board of the Oregon-based Walla Walla Basin Watershed Council and the Walla Walla Watershed Alliance. He has served on the board of the Tri-State Steelheaders, a regional fishing conservation organization, co-founded Kooskooskie Commons, which uses cultural means to establish connections and/or re-connect people with their home landscapes, and contributed a Reading of the River to the Catholic Bishops Pastoral Letter on the Columbia River Project.
Todd Jarvis
Todd Jarvis, Ph.D. serves as the associate director of the Institute for Water and Watersheds at Oregon State University (OSU), and is on the faculty of the Program in Water Conflict Management and Transformation (PWCMT) at OSU. Todd is also a member of the faculty of the OSU Water Resources Graduate Program in Water Resources Science and Water Resources Policy and Management. Todd has 20 years of experience as a hydrogeologist specializing in groundwater development and source water protection with emphasis in fractured rock and karst terranes. With professional licenses as a Certified Engineering Geologist and Certified Mediator, his interests include transboundary aquifers, environmental conflict resolution, and education in water science and policy.
IV. Detailed Description
Why haven’t we gotten to maybe in Oregon on water conflict? This workshop will bring participants into dialogue with professionals working on the ground to help resolve water conflicts in Oregon. We will identify the parties, issues, and mechanisms to resolving water conflict as it plays out in Northeastern Oregon. Finally, we will engage participants in a real life negotiation scenario, aiming to reveal new insights for reaching agreement on water.
From The Oregon Water Handbook, Rick Bastasch (Oregon State University Press, 1998): Today, Oregon’s once-progressive system of public ownership and management of waters too often operates, not in support of the public’s interests, but in isolation from them. The resulting inequities in water allocation have led to an unrewarding conflict pitting new users against old, urban against rural, and environmental against agricultural interests. None of these are pre-ordained enemies of the other. Conceivably, each has something to contribute to the other in securing the benefits of water for the people of the state.
The Freshwater Trust: Funded in 2009 through a merger of Oregon Trout and Oregon Water Trust, the Freshwater Trust is a statewide non-profit organization headquartered in Portland, Oregon with satellite offices in Bend and Corvallis. The Freshwater Trust takes a holistic approach to restoring freshwater ecosystems – from restoring a river’s architecture to working with landowners to keep more water in rivers to educating children on the importance of freshwater conservation.
Walla Walla Watershed Alliance: The Walla Walla Watershed Alliance (WWWA) is an association of stakeholders that seeks to develop and implement coordinated, site-specific projects to increase tributary flows and improve water quality throughout the Walla Walla River System. The WWWA seeks to undertake an innovative approach designed to involve growers in improving stream flows by adopting advanced agricultural practices on their farms and dedicating the conserved water to in-stream flow. The WWWA website is available at http://www.wwwalliance.org.
V. Presentation Style
We will focus on interactive dialogue, with some lecturing. We will spend 10% of our time in introductions including all attendees of the workshop. We will spend 30% of our time discussing case studies, an additional 30% of our time in active negotiation role play, and the final 30% in question and answer session.
We will use 3×5 cards for notes and questions. We will have break-out sessions in small groups to practice role play, and we will engage participants to improve and fine tune their problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.
Thank you for your consideration!