SAHRA NSF Science and Technology Center for Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas 5th Annual Report 8/1/2003–7/31/2004 Dept. of Hydrology and Water Resources The University of Arizona P.O. Box 210011 Tucson, AZ 85721-0011 Table of Contents I. General Information.............................................................................3 II. Research ...........................................................................................12 Research Macro-Theme Areas ................................................................... 13 Research Plans........................................................................................... 22 III. Education ..................................................................................................... 27 IV. Knowledge Transfer..................................................................................... 40 V. External Partnerships .................................................................................. 56 VI. Diversity ....................................................................................................... 62 VII. Management................................................................................................ 68 VIII. Center-Wide Outputs and Issues................................................................. 77 IX. Indirect/Other Impacts ............................................................................... 115 X. Budget ....................................................................................................... 116 Appendix A: Biographical Information on New Faculty Appendix B: Center Organizational Chart Appendix C: Minutes of Advisory Committee Meetings Appendix D: Media Publicity Materials Appendix E: Acronyms Used in Report 2 I. GENERAL INFORMATION 1a. Lead University and Participating Institutions Date submitted 7/30/04 Reporting period 1/1/04-12/31/04 Name of the Center Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas (SAHRA) Name of the Center Director W. James Shuttleworth Lead University University of Arizona Address SAHRA University of Arizona P.O. Box 210158-B Tucson, AZ 85721-0158 Phone Number 520-626-6974 Fax Number 520-626-7770 Email Address of Center Director [email protected] Center URL www.sahra.arizona.edu Participating institutions Institution 1 Arizona State University Address Nancy Grimm Arizona State University Dept. of Biology Box 871501 Tempe, AZ 85287-1501 Phone Number 480-965-4735 Fax Number 480-965-2519 Email Address of Center Director [email protected] Role of Institution at Center Partner in scientific research and education Institution 2 Desert Research Institute Address Joseph R. McConnell Desert Research Institute 2215 Raggio Parkway Reno, NV 89512 Phone Number 775-673-7348 Fax Number 775-673-7363 Email Address of Center Director [email protected] Role of Institution at Center Partner in scientific research and education Institution 3 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Address Fred Phillips New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Department of Earth & Environmental Science 801 Leroy Place, Room 208 MSEC Bldg Socorro, NM 87801 Phone Number 505-835-5540 Fax Number 505-835-6436 3 Email Address of Center Director [email protected] Role of Institution at Center Partner in scientific research and education Institution 4 Northern Arizona University Address Aregai Tecle Northern Arizona University School of Forestry P.O. Box 15018 Flagstaff, AZ 86011 Phone Number 928-523-6642 Fax Number 928-523-1080 Email Address of Center Director [email protected] Role of Institution at Center Partner in education Institution 5 Pennsylvania State University Address Chris Duffy Pennsylvania State University 212 Sacket Building University Park, PA 16802 Phone Number 814-863-4384 Fax Number 814-863-7304 Email Address of Center Director [email protected] Role of Institution at Center Partner in scientific research and education Institution 6 University of California, Los Angeles Address William Yeh University of California, Los Angeles 5732B Boelter Hall Mail Code 159310 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1593 Phone Number 310-825-2300 Fax Number 310-825-7581 Email Address of Center Director [email protected] Role of Institution at Center Partner in scientific research and education Institution 7 University of California, Riverside Address Marcel Schaap University of California, Riverside U.S. Salinity Laboratory 450 W. Big Springs Road Riverside, CA 92507 Phone Number 909-369-4844 Fax Number 909-342-4964 Email Address of Center Director [email protected] Role of Institution at Center Partner in scientific research and education Institution 8 University of California, San Diego Address John Roads Scripps Institution of Oceanography UC-San Diego Geosciences Research Div., 0244 La Jolla, CA 92093-0224 Phone Number 858-534-2099 Fax Number 858-534-8561 4 Email Address of Center Director [email protected] Role of Institution at Center Partner in scientific research and education Institution 10 University of Colorado Address Eric Small Campus Box 399 2200 Colorado Ave University of Colorado, Boulder Boulder, CO 80309 Phone Number 303-735-5033 Fax Number 303-492-2606 Email Address of Center Director [email protected] Role of Institution at Center Partner in scientific research and education Institution 11 University of New Mexico Address David S. Brookshire Dept. of Economics Social Sciences Room 1019 1915 Roma NE Albuquerque, NM 87131 Phone Number 505-277-1964 Fax Number 505-277-9445 Email Address of Center Director [email protected] Role of Institution at Center Partner in scientific research and education Institution 12 University of California, Irvine Address Soroosh Sorooshian (after 8/18/2003) Civil and Environmental Engineering 5251 E. California Ave. #250 Irvine, CA 92612 Phone Number 949-824-8825 Fax Number 949-824-8831 Email Address of Center Director [email protected] Role of Institution at Center Partner in scientific research and education Institution 13 University of California, Merced Address Roger Bales Engineering Dept. P.O. Box 2039 Merced, CA 95340 Phone Number 209-724-4348 Fax Number 209-724-4356 Email Address of Center Director [email protected] Role of Institution at Center Partner in scientific research and education Institution 14 Utah State University Address Luis Bastidas Civil and Environmental Engineering 4110 Old Main Hill Logan, UT 84322-4110 Phone Number 435-797-8228 Fax Number 435-797-1185 Email Address of Center Director [email protected] Role of Institution at Center Partner in scientific research and education 5 1b. Biographical Information for New Faculty The sole new faculty member added this year was Enrique Vivoni, in Earth and Environmental Sciences at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, working in the Integrated Modeling macro-theme. His biosketch is in Appendix A. 6 2. Executive Summary A list of acronyms used throughout this report is provided in Appendix E. 2a. Mission and Goals of the Center The vision of SAHRA is to develop an integrated, multidisciplinary understanding of the hydrology of semi-arid regions, and to build partnerships with a broad spectrum of stakeholders (both public agencies and private organizations) so that this understanding is effectively applied to the management of water resources and to the rational implementation of public policy. In practice, the power to improve sustainability of water resources properly rests with elected officials, professional water managers, and legal experts at local, state, and national levels. SAHRA’s purpose is to inform and support such water professionals and the Center therefore has a dual mission: 1) to identify critical stakeholder-relevant knowledge gaps and conduct basin-focused multidisciplinary research to fill them; and 2) to convey what is known and what is being learned to improve water management and policy. In the coming four years, SAHRA is committed to building a lasting legacy in the field of integrated semiarid hydrology that will benefit future researchers, water agencies, and the private sector. Achieving this requires specification of appropriate long-term strategic goals each related to a specific form of SAHRA’s legacy, as follows: 1. Science: New and improved understanding of semi-arid hydrology 2. Stakeholder: Stakeholder/scientist dialog and mechanisms to support stakeholders in their decision making, 3. Knowledge Transfer: Dissemination and transfer of SAHRA-relevant knowledge to scientists, water professionals, elected officials, and the public 4. Education: Enhanced multidisciplinary hydrologic literacy within the educational system 5. Diversity: A center that reflects the southwestern United States 6. Management: A management structure that is adaptable and responsive to SAHRA’s evolution 7. Institutional: An institution that will continue to deal objectively with the problems of water resources in semi-arid regions In addition, SAHRA has also identified three stakeholder-relevant integrating questions on which to focus its scientific research, all of which are or will soon become critical for the wise management of water resources in semi-arid regions. These are: 1) What are the costs and benefits of riparian restoration and preservation? 2) Under what conditions are water markets or water banking feasible? 3) What are the impacts of vegetation change on the basin-scale water balance? They are described in detail in the Research Section. 2b. Plans Guided by defined legacies and (in the case of our science activity)