1. RESILIENCE, MOUNTAIN SYSTEMS, AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE HEIDI STELTZER, CLAIRE MACPHERSON, LIANE JOLLON AND SJPHD

2. A resilient system is one that bounces back A resilient community (human-natural system) is one that includes change; it is one that is not static. The system may shift to an undesirable state, but does not remain in the undesirable state. ◦Ex. Animas River water quality pre, during, and post spill.

3. Concept of resilience

5. Adaptive Cycle

6. Resilience practice Resilience is the long-term capacity of a system to deal with change and continue to develop and adapt, yet remain within critical thresholds. Keep the system in its current state or better Science-based assessment of the resilience of human-natural systems is done to inform community decisions

7. Adaptive cycle Keep the system in its current state or better

8. Department of Energy Department of Energy, Berkeley Lab Sustainable Focus Area 2.0 Phase II: Overarching objective: Determine key climate drivers that control water availability, nutrient cycling and metals mobility within and from mountainous watersheds

9. naturally  Streams in 11 different headwater areas of Colorado have naturally high concentrations of metals and/or acidity.  Mixed metal suite similar to many DOE sites (Fe, Mn, As, Hg, etc.)  How will climate- induced changes in hydrology and vegetation impact metals mobility and export in the future? Colorado watersheds impacted by metals

10. High-temporal resolution monitoring of water quality parameters (e.g. pH, ORP, DO, specific conductivity) Abrupt conductivity increases = TDS increases  sampling event (e.g. metals) TDS increase due to MgCl 2 application from Ken Williams, DOE, LBNL

11. Adaptive Cycle

12. Purpose of our group Potential Purpose Statement (draft, draft, draft, draft 1) The purpose of the XXXXX group (yet to be formally named) is to foster communication, coordination and collaborative action after the Gold King Mine spill incident; to restore public confidence; to support resiliency in our communities; to ensure better planning and improved public safety for the future; and to promote local economic health while honoring institutional authorities and decision making. Example Activity – resilience practice To create an All Hazards unified watershed plan to provide for public and environmental health within the Animas River watershed. monitor to plan, then communicate, return to improved monitoring or revised planning