2025 Conference Presentations

Plenaries & Conference agenda

2025 Conference Proceedings

  • Stephanie Ewing, Director, Montana Water Center

    A message from the Montana Water Center

  • Toni Henneman, Deputy Research Director, Montana Legislative Services Division

    Legislative Update

  • Dr. Don Rosenberry, Research Hydrogeologist, Emeritus, U.S. Geological Survey 

The Societal Relevance of Groundwater-Surface Water Exchange: Not Just for Scientists Anymore

Presentation Abstracts

2025 Conference Abstracts

2025 Presentations

Stephanie Ewing, Montana Water Center, A Message from the Montana Water Center

Ginette Abdo, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. Evaluating Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) in Montana

Alzada Roche, WGM Group. Managed Aquifer Recharge in the Gallatin Valley – Partnering with Middle Creek Ditch Company to identify project opportunities along the ditch network

Jeff Dunn, WGM Group. Water budget analysis for a rapidly developing headwaters community

Hannah Haugen, Montana DNRC. Time-traveling plant sweat: The search for more accurate ET estimates

Madeleine Festin, University of Montana. Geodetic investigation of evapotranspiration in the Sierra Nevada

Camela Carstarphen, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. Groundwater mapping in Lincoln and Sanders counties: Study area introduction, data collection, and role that longterm data sets play in answering local concerns

Matthew Swarr, University of Montana. Extreme winter precipitation drives recharge of mountain groundwater

Amy Yoder, Sheridan County Conservation District. The Clear Lake Aquifer in Sheridan County, Montana

Thomas Palin, Montana DNRC - Board of Water Well Contractors. An overview of the Montana Board of Water Well Contractors

Todd Blythe, Montana DNRC. Has your modeling lost its spark? Rekindling the modeling flame in the Upper Yellowstone River basin and beyond

Brett Oliver, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. Combining NHD plus HR and LiDAR for improved streambed elevation estimates in agricultural, suburban, and urban areas

Hayley Oakland, Montana State University. Implications of function choice in modeling hyporheic exchange

Kurt Zeiler, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. Preliminary predictive simulation of land use change impacts on groundwater recharge west of Billings, MT

Payton Gardner, University of Montana. Estimating intermediate-scale groundwater net exchange using synoptic environmental tracer sampling

Carl Krause, Montana State University. Understanding patterns in pesticide detection across a non-irrigated agricultural landscape

Tyler Storey, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. Seasonal groundwater-elevation variations and potentiometric surfaces in the Tobacco Valley near Eureka, Montana

Brianna Elizondo, Flathead Lake Biological Station. Volunteer water quality monitoring in Kootenai River country

Scott Patterson, Montana DNRC. Surface water – groundwater interaction at public water systems

Madison Boone, Montana State University. Understanding social learning in collaborative water resources research: A case study of the Upper Clark Fork Working Group

Janelle Groff, Flathead Lake Biological Station. Empowering pesticide stewardship: MT PSPP’s outreach strategy to protect Montana’s waters

Madison Chavez, Montana State University. Water protection in the Native world: A case study at Chief Plenty Coups State Park

Joe Griffin,Montana Technological University. How many hydrogeologists can dance on the head of a pin: Examining the controversial history of groundwater management at the Butte Superfund site using more than 35 years of stream and groundwater data

Alex Johanson, Montana Bureau of Mines and. Geology. An overview of the Fox Hills - Hell Creek aquifer study, eastern Montana

Rachel Malison, Flathead Lake Biological Station. Comparative vulnerability of riverine benthic and aquifer stoneflies in large alluvial river floodplains

Brooke Bain-White, University of Montana. Paleolimnological records provide no evidence of long-term eutrophication of three lakes in Glacier National Park (Northern Rocky Mountains) despite ongoing environmental changes

Jacob McArtor, Flathead Lake Biological Station. Metal concentrations in streams vary with time since fire

Adam Sigler, Montana State University. Health risks from consuming Montana groundwater, 20 years of private well testing, and new programming

Christy Meredith, Montana Dept. of Environmental Quality. Investigating patterns of nitrogen and phosphorous on the Gallatin River near Big Sky: Implications for algae patterns and water quality modeling

Kesley Jensco, Montana Climate Office, A Progress Report on the Montana Mesonet

Meghan Robinson, Montana State University. Seasonal soil cracking and dynamic nitrate concentrations control deep percolation and leaching in an irrigated system

Marisa Sowles, Geum Environmental Consulting. River Ranch Restoration on the Yellowstone River

Adam Johnson, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. CSKT Bison Range: Interactions between the Jocko River and the adjacent shallow aquifer prior to channelfloodplain restoration

Cassie Roberts, Whitefish Lake Institute. Management of boat gas constituents in Whitefish Lake: 20 years later

Chloe Czachor, Flathead Lake Biological Station. Informing Pesticide Stewardship: MT PSPP’s monitoring of pesticides in Montana waters