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New IWIRI director outlines statewide water‑research priorities, stresses need for integrated data
Summary
Kendra Kiser, the new director of the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute, told the House Agricultural Affairs Committee the institute is reviving statewide water research, forming an executive advisory board and prioritizing data integration and forecasting tools for watersheds such as the Big Wood and the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer.
Kendra Kiser, the recently appointed director of the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute (IWIRI), told the House Agricultural Affairs Committee that the institute is rebuilding capacity to coordinate water research, train students and deliver decision‑ready tools to Idaho communities.
Kiser summarized IWIRI’s congressional mandate under the Water Resources Research Act of 1964 and said the institute is forming an executive board and a research advisory committee to set statewide research priorities. “The Water Resources Research Institutes were established by an act of Congress in 1964,” she said, and IWIRI’s charge is “to plan, coordinate, and conduct water research for the…
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