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to identify opportunities, inclusive of water ranks, water right transfers, etc., to use market forces to be <br />put to the highest beneficial use. AMP staff. <br />Technical Support for Development of Walla Walla Water 2050 Strategic Plan; Walla Walla, WA. AMP <br />is currently working under subcontract to Cascadia Consulting to help facilitate, draft, and advise the <br />development of the Walla Walla Water 2050 Strategic Plan. AMP leads the technical strategy for the <br />Cascadia team in developing content for the strategic plan. The project Includes facilitation of a multi - <br />stakeholder process with a Strategic Advisory Committee and several work groups focused on ecological <br />function and water supply needs (for municipal, permit -exempt well, and agricultural needs) in the <br />Walla Walla Basin. AMP staff. <br />Washington Farmland Trust Water Rights Assessment and Strategy for Sustainable Farming; Western <br />WA. AMP has worked with Washington Farmland Trust (formerly PCC Farmland Trust (PCCFT) on a <br />number of project tasks including a water right assessment of PCCFT's water rights portfolio, a water <br />rights guidance document, a staff training on water rights, and a water rights strategy. The water rights <br />assessment was intended to provide a summary of water rights associated with each of PCCFT's fee - <br />owned properties and a rough estimate of annual consumptive use for each property with a recent <br />history of irrigation. The water rights guidance document and staff training covered the basics of water <br />law in Washington, water rights changes and transfers, water rights monitoring, and water right due <br />diligence. AMP is currently assisting the Farmland Trust with developing a water strategy that details the <br />challenges associated with water right management and access to irrigation water, and recommends <br />potential approaches and solutions. AMP staff. <br />Central Arizona Water Exchange; AL AMP provided research and proposal for a Central Arizona Water <br />Exchange to help central Arizona adapt to long-term drought conditions and water shortage on the <br />Colorado River for American Rivers. AMP staff. <br />Economic Analysis and Financial Planning for the Walker Basin Restoration Program; Lyon County, NV. <br />AMP (and previously, Ecosystem Economics LLC) provided support to the –$300 million Walker Basin <br />Restoration Program in Nevada since 2009. The program is funded by the US Bureau of Reclamation and <br />executed by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the Walker Basin Conservancy in partnership <br />with a range of basin and statewide entities. AMP's support to the program includes research, program <br />design, basin strategies, implementation, and evaluation work. Recovery of water quality in Walker Lake <br />due to program water acquisitions and increased freshwater inflows is expected to take decades. To <br />assist in long-term financial planning and near-term acquisition and operations strategy, AMP developed <br />a dashboard model that forecasts program implementation activitles—including acquisition, real <br />property management and stewardship—and tracks program assets and cash flows. The model enables <br />the evaluation of financing options such as exit fees, endowments, and storage water leasing; providing <br />feedback on how selected activity levels and financing options affect water deliveries to the lake; and <br />ultimately progress against lake salinity targets. <br />AMP also assisted program strategy through the economic analysis of a number of projects and <br />alternatives. In an engineering and hydroeconomic analysis, a number of alternatives for desalination <br />and water rights acquisition, including combinations of the two, were analyzed in terms of their relative <br />cost effectiveness in meeting lake salinity goals. In addition, AMP completed a thorough financial review <br />and evaluation of the first 8 years of program operations including expenditure of $105 million and <br />completion of 15 large permanent land and water rights acquisitions. The analysis provided deployed 30 <br />years of water right reliability along with loss factors across the basin to develop cost-effectiveness <br />Kittitas County 3 Water Banking Program Support <br />