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The Red River Compact & Oklahoma Valuing Oklahoma's Water A publication of Oklahomans for Responsible Water Policy Volume 6, Number 1 • Spring 2016 • Copyright © 2016 ORWP Valuing Oklahoma’s Water by Dr. Steve Patterson aluing Water: Economy, Ecology, and Culture is the theme for this year’s Vconference of the Oklahoma Clean Photo adapted by Chris Chandler, Esq. Lakes and Watersheds Association which will be held March 29 & 30, 2016 in Stillwater. From economists to fishermen, from water The Red River Compact & Oklahoma providers to Native American elders, a full day of speakers will address the multiple ““Oklahoma’s future is solely dependent upon our ability downstream neighbors. The values of water in life and in our economy. Compact directs each state to We will look at different methods for to manage our water resources. Tourism, recreation, culture, use compacted water only for placing a value on water and for in turn using history, and wildlife are sustainable sources of economic ac- beneficial uses, “Each Signatory that information to protect water and the State may use the water allocated landscapes dependent on it. tivity for Oklahoma, even during repeated cycles of extreme to it by this Compact in any Speakers will include university scientists drought. manner deemed beneficial by and scholars, leaders from local, state, and - Rick Branam, ORWP Vice-President & OK Retired District Judge that state.” federal water agencies, from the Choctaw However, Oklahoma does and Chickasaw Nations, and water planning Advocates for out-of-state have a right to all the water not recognize the out-of-state water sales are back at it! They that flows into the Red River. transport, export, and/or sale Turn to VALUES, page 3 are trying to sell the decades-old The state signed the Red River of water as a beneficial use. The idea by preying on fears over Compact, which fairly divides State of Oklahoma does not have RELATED STORIES Oklahoma’s growing budget the entire Red River basin among the right to horde all water that deficit. There are several legal, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and otherwise would flow to our Pipeline dreams are an expansion of government Page 2 scientific, and moral reasons why Louisiana. neighbors so that we can extort Studies: OU and OSU Water Science Projects Pages 3-5 out-of-state water sales are not Second, the Red River them for money. Red River Basin drawing more attention in drought Page 6 possible. Compact bluntly prevents First, Oklahoma does not the hoarding of water from Turn to COMPACT, page 7 2 « Oklahoma Water Issues « Spring 2016 Looking to stay in touch with Join FREE Online! Oklahoma’s water news? New Website Facebook & Twitter www.orwp.net http://www.facebook.com/ORWPNOW www.orwp.org http://twitter.com/ORWP_NOW ORWP has a newly The latest news designed website at and information the same ‘ol address. is also shared on On our front page, you ORWP’s facebook will find a live news feed and twitter accounts. on all of Oklahoma’s lat- @ORWP_NOW has est water news. The news just joined twitter, so feed is also published in be sure to look us up RSS for those of you who subscribe to news feeds. Oklahoma Blue Thumb www.ok.gov/conservation/Agency_Divisions/Water_Quality_Division/ WQ_Blue_Thumb/index.html An often overlooked part of con- Oklahoma’s $7.1 billion recreation and Students, Girl and Boy Scout troops, serving our water resources is simply tourism industry. Oklahoma Blue Thumb families and individual citizens are keeping our water healthy. Clean, is a water pollution and water quality Oklahoma Blue Thumb volunteers who healthy lakes, rivers and streams are education program that operates under monitor 100 streams across Oklahoma, waters available not only for domestic the Oklahoma Conservation Commission screen groundwater and educate the and commercial use, but also crucial to Water Quality Division. public about pollution prevention. Spring 2016 » Oklahoma Water Issues » 3 Values Conducting Ethnographic Research in the Kiamichi Watershed continued from page 1 by Dr. Mike Stanton - University of Oklahoma practitioners. OCLWA has been bringing While living and working in the resilience to the region. economic backgrounds who have people together annually to Kiamichi Region I have spent most An overwhelming majority of very generously offered useful in- learn and share information of my time interacting with local the people I have spoken with are sights into changing land-use and about water and water quality people during several events, dis- concerned about the future of water resource patterns throughout the for 25 years. cussions, and interviews. use and allocation in the region and region. In addition to the slate of In-depth interviews focus on key having enough water in the lakes speakers on the conference stakeholders and industries to better and streams to continue living and theme, expect a wide range comprehend the context in which working in the Kiamichi Region. of topics to be explored in regional socio-economic and eco- Discussions and observations of other talks over the two-day logical conditions are un- the past growing conference. derstood and interpreted. season suggest You will hear reports These observations are “Water, it’s our that the notion on fish, mussels, and other critical to understanding lifeline and we of surplus water aquatic wildlife, the status of the values and activities of need to protect it.” in the region is individuals, resource man- not supported by water quality across the state, KIAMICHI BASIN RESIDENT learn about streambank and agers, community organi- the realities of a riparian restoration and its zations, and other decision landscape that benefits, about what volunteer makers. is highly susceptible to drought organizations are doing to The Kiamichi is an economically conditions. improve and monitor water poor area of the state and diversi- One person I interviewed quality in local communities— fication through multiple sources summed up the predominant view and much, much more! of income is key to long-term eco- of participants in the Kiamichi by If you would like to attend, nomic survival in the region. saying; “Water, it’s our lifeline and or for more information, visit A focus on agriculture as a pri- we need to protect it.” the OCLWA website at www. mary means of subsistence and an My ethnographic research in the oclwa.org. expanding tourism industry high- Kiamichi Watershed continues to light regional vulnerabilities and build on a body of data provided the importance of socio-ecological by participants from diverse socio- Social demand for ecosystem services in the Kiamichi River Basin from Dr. Caryn Vaughn, Presidential Professor of Biology - University of Oklahoma There are well known competing de- shed residents, tourists and eventual of the American Water Resources Associa- mands for the high quality water that water users in Oklahoma City. tion. DOI: 10.1111/1752-1688.12379 flows through rivers in southeastern They found that all beneficiaries Dr. Caryn C. Vaughn Oklahoma. thought that habitat for species and wa- Dr. Caryn Vaughn and her colleagues ter regulation were important, but that at the University of Oklahoma recently there were differences in the perceived completed a sociocultural preference importance of specific ecosystem assessment for the ecosystem services services among different beneficiary provided by the Kiamichi River.. groups. Healthy freshwater ecosystems pro- This information can be used in wa- vide essential ecosystem services that ter allocation planning. This research benefit society including drinking water was recently published in the Jour- and irrigation, water quality and habi- nal of the American Water Resources tat for aquatic species, and recreation Association. and spiritual enrichment. Castro, A.J., C.C. Vaughn, J.P. Julian Vaughn’s group conducted over 500 and M. Garcia-Llorente. 2016. Social de- face-to-face interviews with “ecosys- mand for ecosystem services and implica- tem service beneficiaries”, i.e. water- tions for watershed management. Journal 4 « Oklahoma Water Issues « Spring 2016 Oklahoma Map of Open Surface Water Body in 2010 at 30-m Spatial Resolution from Landsat Images from Dr. Xiao Xiangming - University of Oklahoma Summary Reference Surface water body is important natural resource Data and Methods Xu, H., 2006, Modification of normalized differ- and provides ecosystem services to millions of peo- We use Landsat TM and ETM+ images at 30-m ence water index (NDWI) to enhanced open water ple in Oklahoma. spatial resolution in 2010. Several water-related features in remotely sensed imagery, International Geospatial datasets of surface water bodies in spectral indices are used to map surface water bod- Journal of Remote Sensing, 27(14): 3025-3033 Oklahoma are used to support water resource man- ies, including the mNDWI (Xu, 2006). agement, and climate modeling. Provisional Open Surface Water Body Data Prod- Contact Information The researchers at the Earth Observation and uct (Year 2010) Prof. Xiangming Xiao Modeling Facility, University of Oklahoma are car- There are 36,262 water bodies, and their sizes [email protected] rying out a pilot project to map open surface water range from 900 m2 (single pixel) to 336 km2. The Center for Spatial Analysis bodies in 2010, which aims to lay a sound founda- total area of water bodies is ~2,334 km2, accounting University of Oklahoma tion for mapping annual dynamics of open surface for 1.29 % of entire state (181,195 km2). http://www.eomf.ou.edu water bodies from 1985 to 2015 in the State. Figure 1. Spatial distribution of open surface water bodies in Oklahoma in 2010 at 30-m spatial resolution Published by Oklahomans for Responsible Water Policy Distributed FREE throughout the state of Oklahoma Copyright ©2016 Oklahomans for Responsible Water Policy. All rights reserved. Spring 2016 » Oklahoma Water Issues » 5 Advancing the Science: USGS State Grant Recipients Selected for 2016 Funding by the Oklahoma Water Resources Center from Dr.
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