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JAY W. SKINNER is a physical scientist/researcher and Instream Flow Coordinator for the Colorado Division of Wildlife. He is responsible for the statewide coordination and planning of the field effort for the state's Instream Flow Program and for training of DOW field personnel in in stream flow techniques and also assists other agencies in training. He serves as the DOW liaison to the Colorado Water Conservation Board on in stream flow issues and is responsible for recommending in stream flow amounts to the CWCB for their consideration and approval. He also provides expert testimony to the CWCB for in stream flow issues before the water court. Mr. Skinner is personally involved with more than 200 in stream flow quantifications including field studies, computer analyses using various methodologies, and flow recommendation formulation. Prior to his DOW position, Mr. Skinner was a Water Resource Specialist for the CWCB in the Hydrologic Investigations and Interstate Streams Section from 1985-1987 and was a Hydrologic Technician for the Bureau of Land Management in Montrose, Colo., from 1982- 1984. LITER E. SPENCE is the Water Resources Supervisor in the Fisheries Division of the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, where he supervises the Department's instream flow program. He has been with the Department for 23 years, nine of them as a fisheries field biologist. He was involved in the state's first water reservation proceeding to acquire instream flows in the Yellowstone River Basin in the mid-1970s and in two Missouri River Basin water reservation proceedings which began in the mid-1980s and ended in 1994. Mr. Spence is also responsible for the Department's water leasing program authorized by the 1989 legislature that allows the Department to acquire existing water rights to improve in stream flows in dewatered streams. JO ANN THOMAS has worked for the Colorado Division of Water Resources since 1989 in the areas of personnel, training, leadership development and legislative coordination. She has 15 years experience in the telephone and electric utility industry and is a certified Meyers Briggs Personality Type trainer and experienced meeting facilitator. She has facilitated quality teams, special project teams and several statewide efforts including the 1995 Smart Growth and Development Summit. She serves on the Governor's Overhaul Team, which leads a statewide ' effort to increase citizen satisfaction in Colorado. GREG WALCHER, a fourth-generation native of the Western Slope, was appointed President of Club 20 in 1989. Prior to that position, Mr. Walcher spent a decade in Washington D.C. working on the staff of Senator William Armstrong. He served for five years as Executive Director of the Senator's office, and has worked on issues ranging from agriculture to transportation. Club 20 was founded in 1953 as the political "Voice of the Western Slope" and has been active in a wide range of issues, including water, highways, economic development, tourism promotion and the environment. Its members include counties, cities, businesses, chambers, individuals and associations. Club 20 promotes the Western Slope's interests through activities focusing on public education promotion and political action.