{"id":13387,"date":"2026-02-21T17:28:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T00:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/southwest-water-seminar-to-highlight-drought-wildfire-and-headwaters-issues\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:36:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:36:26","slug":"southwest-water-seminar-to-highlight-drought-wildfire-and-headwaters-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/southwest-water-seminar-to-highlight-drought-wildfire-and-headwaters-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest water seminar to highlight drought, wildfire and headwaters issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=935f0745-439f-495d-b9ed-93a250c4bc06&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1241\" alt=\"The Southwestern Water Conservation District will hold its 42nd annual water seminar on Friday, March 27 at the Sky Ute Casino Resort in Ignacio. (Journal file photo)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The Southwestern Water Conservation District will hold its 42nd annual water seminar on Friday, March 27 at the Sky Ute Casino Resort in Ignacio. (Journal file photo)<\/span><span class=\"credit\">du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Registration is now open for the Southwestern Water Conservation District\u2019s 42nd annual Southwest Water Seminar, titled \u201cOne Watershed \u2013 Many Voices.\u201d The seminar is set for Friday, March 27, at the Sky Ute Casino Resort in Ignacio.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees for the full-day seminar will hear from water managers, tribal leaders, scientists, policymakers, recreation advocates and other speakers. These individuals will address water challenges and upcoming opportunities, according to information from the Southwestern Water Conservation District. Topics include water quality, water quantity and stories highlighting the impacts of drought, wildfire and other issues on headwaters.<\/p>\n<p>Along with identifying challenges to overcome, the seminar aims to foster collaboration and find solutions to them.<\/p>\n<p>The seminar is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Sky Ute Casino Resort, 14324 Colorado Highway 172 North, Ignacio. Registration costs $60 per person and includes breakfast and lunch.<\/p>\n<p>A group rate for overnight accommodations is available at the resort. The Conservation District said to call the front desk at (970) 563-7777 (option 1), provide stay dates and reference the \u201cSouthwestern Water Conservation District\u201d to book.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees can register online at the district\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swwcd.org\/swcd-annual-seminar-registration-registration-now-open\" id=\"link-3796bab9617413942849cd0626b58be0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>, www.swwcd.org. For groups larger than two, use the group registration form to receive an invoice. The form can be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swwcd.org\/group-registration-swcd-42nd-annual-water-seminar\" id=\"link-b064177003878471dec2517fb867c1c1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a> at https:\/\/bit.ly\/SWWCDgroupregistration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>district launches sign-ups for March seminar in Ignacio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[364,29,295],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-13387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-community","tag-newsletter","tag-water"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13387"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18950,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13387\/revisions\/18950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13387"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=13387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}