Aug 21: The Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô River's Uncertain Water Future Explained with Brad Udall
Brad Udall presents an engaging look at the Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô River in an era of climate change. Discover the challenges facing the river and the choices that will shape its future.Ìý
This event is co-hosted by Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Mountain Club Boulder Group and Getches-Wilkinson Center.Ìý
Friday, August 21, 2026
6:00-7:30 p.m. (Mountain Time)
Wolf Law Building, Wittemyer Courtroom
In person only. Zoom will not be offered for this event.
Free and Open to the public
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Brad Udall
Bradley H. Udall is a Senior Water and Climate Research Scientist / Scholar at Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô State University’s Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Water Center. His expertise includes hydrology and related policy issues of the American West, with a focus on the Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô River. ÌýBrad was a co-author of the 2009 and 2018 National Climate Assessments and a contributing author to the 2014 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 5thÌýAssessment. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles on the causes of the 21stÌýcentury declining Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô River flows and on the ongoing aridification of the Western United States.ÌýBrad has testified in both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives on the impacts of climate change on water resources and provided input to multiple National Academy of Science panels.ÌýBrad was formerly the Director of the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and Environment at the University of Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Law School and Director of the University of Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô - NOAA Western Water Assessment.ÌýIn 2024 he was awarded the David Getches Flowing Waters award from the Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô Water Trust.ÌýBrad has an engineering degree from Stanford and an MBA from Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô State University.Ìý
