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1- Jeff graduated magna cum laude from Rhode~ College in 1981 and received a Juris Doctorate from the Duke University School of Law in 1985. After beginning his career as at the law firm of Thompson and Knight, Jeff first established himself on the Hill serving as Legislative Director for Senator Jim Sasser (D- . TN) for 6 years. Prior to joining Senator Edwards' office in 2000, Jeff also served as Administrative Assistant, a senior staff position, for Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) for 3 years and was the Chief Counsel for Legislation and Regulation for the U.S. Small Business Administration. Survey: Water Tops Voters' Concerns: Water was by far the most important issue to Western Slope voters in the 2006 gubernatorial race, according to poll results released Dec 6 by Colorado Conservation Voters. The results of the post-election poll revealed Western Slope voters trusted Gov.-elect Bill Ritter by a 25- point margin over Bob Beauprez on water issues. Carrie Doyle, executive director of the nonpartisan Colorado Conservation Voters, said the poll results showed that when it came time to vote, the Western Slope had the environmental issues that effect their lives most in mind. The poll, conducted from Nov. 9 through Nov. 13, randomly sampled 650 registered voters across the state. Craig Hughes, of RBI Strategies, which conducted the poll, said respondents were then weighted to reflect the state's demographics. The end result showed that Ritter dominated Beauprez on a wide variety of issues. The survey reflected accurately Ritter's 15-point victory over Beauprez at the polls. According to the results: o The only issue on which Beauprez clearly beat Ritter was on combating illegal immigration. The . results show that voters across the state who thought immigration was the state's top issue, favored Beauprez by a 40-point margin. o Immigration was either the No. 1 or No.2 issue among every demographic the survey profiled: unaffiliated voters, sportsmen and Western Slope voters. o The poll showed that sportsmen across the state split 52 percent to 37 percent in favor of Ritter. Only hunters themselves showed a preference for Beauprez over Ritter, favoring the outgoing Congressman by an eight-point margin. Fishermen favored Ritter by an eight-point margin. ughes admitted that while conservation issues did resonate across the state in the top-ticket elections, rther more colloquial factors might have caused voters to sidestep these issues further down ticket. 8B06-193 Underground Water Storage Study Update: The objective of this study is to identify and berform an evaluation of potential underground water storage sites within the South Platte and Arkansas River Basins, taking into account technical, economic and ecological considerations. The study is being berformed by CDM, under the supervision of the CWCB, and in coordination with the Colorado Geological Survey. ~e scope of work for the study includes three main tasks: 1) Data Compilation and Site Characterization; ~) Site Evaluation; and 3) Reporting. Currently, sites are being evaluated in the second task, and work has pegun on the reporting. During the course of the study, numerous previous studies and related data have been collected and reviewed, and experts within both the South Platte and Arkansas Basins have been fontacted regarding their experience and ideas concerning potential sites for underground storage in their respective basins. The project team has also met with and solicited input from the groundwater ~ommittees for the three mcc Roundtables affected by the study: South Platte, Metro, and Arkansas. he remaining analysis and documentation will be completed in the next two months, with a draft report . I ompleted in the next month. The study is due to the legislature by March 1, 2007. 18