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Instream Flow & Water Level Conservation (IFWLC) Training Center Project: Establishing a National Center for Ecologically Sustainable Water Conservation & Management (Center)

Author: Christopher Estes, Instream Flow Council Director at Large (1998-2026)

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Abstract

The Instream Flow Council (IFC) in partnership with the American Fisheries Society (AFS) are establishing a Instream Flow & Water Level Conservation (IFWLC) Training Center. The IFWLC Center will help serve the nation in improving the following objectives. Provide an equivalent full-time centralized, integrative interdisciplinary IFWLC - relating science, legal, institutional, & public involvement training & instruction. Reduce the loss in expertise and fragmentation of interdisciplinary applications. Provide credible full-time continuing education training & instruction for Water Stakeholders (EXISTING & NEW). Updates on the current process and progress will be provided, followed by a question answer session.

Citation

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Estes, C. (2026, April 6-7). Instream Flow & Water Level Conservation (IFWLC) Training Center Project: Establishing a National Center for Ecologically Sustainable Water Conservation & Management (Center). Alaska Section American Water Resources Association 2026 Annual Meeting, Anchorage, AK, United States. https://ak-awra.org/proceedings/2026/ChristopherEstes_InstreamFlow.html