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New IWIRI director seeks stakeholder‑driven research and water data integration
Summary
Kendra Kiser, director of the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute, outlined a renewed IWIRI focus on stakeholder engagement, an advisory structure and data‑integration tools to support streamflow forecasting and other water research across Idaho.
Kendra Kiser, the new director of the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute (IWIRI), told the House Agricultural Affairs Committee the institute is rebuilding capacity to plan and coordinate water research, support workforce development and disseminate results to communities across Idaho.
"The Water Resources Research Institutes were established by an act of Congress in 1964," Kendra Kiser said, describing IWIRI’s federal origin and land‑grant alignment. She said the institute is reconstituting an executive board and a research advisory…
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