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CINDY ROBERTSON has been a Fishery Biologist for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game for eleven years. Her duties for the past six years include supervising the Department's instream flow program and representing the Department's interests in the ongoing Snake River Basin Adjudication. Prior to coming the Department of Fish and Game, Ms. Robertson worked for five years as a Fisheries Technician for the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Her job duties included collecting and analyzing stream survey date to provide for timber sales reviews, monitoring chinook and steelhead survival on Corps of Engineer fish transportation barges, and evaluating small hydropower project applications for potential impacts to fish and wildlife. PHILIP C. SALETI A is a supervisory resource engineer for the Colorado Springs Utilities Water Resources Department. He is responsible for water resource planning and development for the community of Colorado Springs, including water rights acquisition, protection and administration; integrated water resource planning studies; and water development project management. Mr. Saletta is a registered professional engineer and has more than 12 years experience in water resources. HARRIS D. SHERMAN is the managing partner of the Denver office of Arnold & Porter Previously, he served as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources from 1974-1980. During this period he also served as Chairman of the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission, Chairman of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board, and as the Commissioner of Mines. Since becoming a partner at Arnold & Porter in 1980, Mr. Sherman has handled a wide variety of environmental matters including NEPA, the Clean Water Act, Superfund, RCRA, Endangered Species Act, and other federal statutes, as well as most environmental programs enacted or implemented at the state and local governmental levels, including work associated with minimum stream flows. His environmental practice extends from representation of major companies (mining and energy, recreation, ski resorts, real estate, chemical and manufacturing) to a number of public sector entities, including state and local governments and Indian tribes. He is currently a member of the National Advisory Board of the Trust for Public Land. He has served as chairman for the Denver Regional Air Quality Council, vice chairman of the Colorado Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, and serves on the boards of several other respected organizations. CATHY SIllPLEY has been a Field Representative for the Colorado Department of Local Affairs for four years. She works closely with local governments to help them achieve their goals by providing management, planning and community development technical assistance, as well as coordinating department services, including financial assistance. Her facilitation experience includes the 1996 Smart Growth and Development Summits. HAL SIMPSON has been the State Engineer for the State of Colorado since 1992. He is responsible for the direction and management of the Division of Water Resources which has a staff of 220 FTE and a budget of approximately $11 million. The Division is responsible for distribution and administration of water in accordance with statutes and interstate compacts; the implementation of a statewide dam' safety program; the permitting of the use of ground water and construction of wells; the collection and dissemination of data on water use and streamflow; and conducting various studies concerning water resources and the availability of water supplies. The State Engineer is Colorado's commissioner on five interstate compacts and is responsible for assuring compliance with these compacts. The State Engineer is also the Executive Director of the Colorado Ground Water Commission and is the Secretary of the Board of Examiners for Water Well and Pump Installation Contractors.