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, ~-'"'I~:I ,1' ".)- Ol'l~!')"" :.J_U'v') About the Speakers... John A1my has been Fon:st Hydrologist for the Grand Mesa, Uncompaghre and Gunnison National Forests since 1990. He has over 20 years of experience with the U.S. Forest Service in Utah, Montana, Oregon, and Colorado. He is a 1976 graduate of Colorado Stale University with a BS in Forest Hydrology. Mike Bwr is a Planning Team Leader with the Bureau of Reclamation. His education is in civil and environmental engineering. He worked 12 years on flood control and hydropower issues with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in West Virginia, Colorado and New Mexico. During the last 9 years, he bas been involved in salinity control, waler supply, selenium and endangered species issues with the BWl:au of Reclamation in Grand Junction. Presently, he serves as the chairperson ofan interagency team studying selenium problems and planning remediation in the lower Gunnison River basin and Grand Valley. RidJanI Bartholomay is a Colorado Stale University Extension Agent Dick is currently responsible for the Colorado River Salinity Program, providing waler management information to farmers and waler users. He is a member of the panel working with CSU Cooperative Extension to provide counsel on waler quality concerns in the stale. Prior to CSU Extension, he bad 17 years extension experience with dlyland wheat, barley. corn, oak, fJax, soybean, and sugar beet production in North Dakota. He holds a BS in Mechanized Agriculture and a MS in Natural Resources Management from North Dakota State University. Daniel M. Seley is the Lower Colorado Riyer Watershed Coordinator for Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Water Quality Control Division. Daniel bas been the Watershed Coordinator for the Lower Colorado Riyer with the Outreach and Assistance Unit Cor the WQCD since 9/1197. Prior to that time Daniel was involved in the Storm water Program with the Permits and Enforcement Unit Before coming to CDPHE Daniel was the Manager of the Rocky Mountain Region with a major geophysical alnsulting fino. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania State Uniyersity with a B.S. Degree in Earth Sciences and is a Professional Geologist. Il.on Brink is Chairman of the Southwestern Colorado Resowce Advisory Council. Ron grew up on a ranch in eastern Kansas and moved to Colorado in 1964. Since that time, he bas lived on and worked ranches throughout the state. He bas been involved in both ranching and outfitting. He currently is on the BWl:au of Land Management's Resowce Advisory Council, representing Commercial Recreation and is in his second year as Chairman. Marc Cal1iD has been Assistant Manager with the Uncompagbre Valley Water Users Association for two years. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the Four StaleS Irrigation Council, a member of the Colorado Water Congress, a member of the Water Quality Fonun. He is a Montrose Chamber of Commerce Director and chairman of the Agriculture committee for the Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Jesaica DavU has been an Associate Professor and Extension Soil Specialist, Colorado State University siDce 1995 focusing on manure and fertilizer management on field crops and soil salinity problems. Prior to this position, she was an }o..;d.n' Professor with the University of Georgia, 1989-1995. She holds a B.S. in Agronomy from Cornell Uniyersity, MS in Soil Science from Texas Tech University, and a Ph.D. in Soil Science Texas A&M University. Dave Doty is the Area Conservationist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Grand Junction. He is responsible for NRCS conservation program development and implementation for northwest Colorado which included the Colorado River Salinity Units. Dave bas a BS Degree in Range in Management from the Uniyersity of Arizona in Tucson. He began his car= with NRCS in 1967 in Texas and bas served as a Range Conservationist, Area Range Conservationist, District Conservationist, and Area Conservationist in Texas, Montana, and Colorado. Nancy E. Driver is a Supervisary Hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Swvey. She is a hydrologist and program manager for the Upper Colorado River NA WQA Study for the U.S. Geological Swvey - Waler Resources Division. She earned her B.S. in Watershed Sciences from Humboldt University in 1979 and her M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Colorado School of Mines in 1988. She bas worked for the U.S.G.S. since 1979 and bas done numerous water-quality studies primarily in Colorado. Susan C. Kiser bas been Coordinator of Western Slope Pollution Prevention Program (WSP2)Program for two years. Prior to becoming Coordinator of the WSP2 Program, Mrs. Kiser worked at an environmental engineering company as Vice President, working in industty developing environmental compliance strategies and managing geotechnical studies relating to environmental aspects of industrial project planning. She graduated with a BS. in Geology from San Diego State University. She is a Registered Geologist in California and Wyoming, and is currently President of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Division of Environmental Geosciences. Jim Ookit bas been Manager of the Uncompagbre Waler Users Association for 18 years. He is a past President of Colorado Waler Congress, past President of the Four Stales Irrigation Council, and is a member of the Colorado Riyer Water Users Association. Jim is currently on the Selenium Task Force for the Colorado Water Quality Conunission. His experience in the water industty ranges from the political to the practical application of water, water rights and water issues. RiCk Krueger is a Contaminants Specialist for U.S. Fish and Wildlife. Mr. Krueger has been employed by the Federal Government for 22 years. He has 20 years with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and has lived in Grand Junction for 17 years.