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• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9370
• Author: Colorado Water Workshop.
• Title: 1996 Colorado Water Workshop.
• USFW Year: 1996.
• USFW - Doc Type: Western State College of Colorado.
• Copyright Material: NO

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1996 COLORADO WATER WORKSHOP
SPEAKER AND MODERATOR BIOGRAPmES

FRED ANDERSON was a Colorado State Senator from 1967-1983 and was president of
. the Colorado State Senate from 1974-1982. He started out in business by entering the family
farm partnership in 1952 and continued to' farm with his immediate family until 1984. Since
1983, Mr. Anderson has been a Public Affairs consultant and has also chaired the Board of
Directors of the Valley National Bank in Loveland, Colorado since that year. He is affiliated
with numerous civic, political and educational committees throughout the region. He lives in
Loveland with his wife of 42 years, Anne.

SCOTI BALCOMB began his law practice in 1972 in Glenwood Springs, with an
emphasis on water resources development and water rights litigation. Responsible for thousands
of water rights adjudications, Mr. Balcomb has represented virtually all types of water uses:
agricultural, municipal, industrial, development and environmental. He participated as principal
counsel in the landmark Colorado River Water Conservation District v. Colorado Water
Conservation Board in 1979. He is originally from Boulder, Colo.

BILL BATES has been with the Denver Water Department in their Planning Division as a
water resource engineer for 15 years. He has a bachelor's degree and a masters of civil
engineering with a water resource emphasis from the University of Colorado. Mr. Bates played
an integral part in preparing an agreement to enhance flows in the metropolitan Denver reach
of the South Platte River earlier this year.

RON CA IT ANY has been the Deputy Director of the Department of Natural Resource
since 1991. As its chief operating officer, he is responsible for the overall management ofi&
$110 million budget and 2200 employees. From 1981 to 1990 he served as Assistant Direct,r
of the department with responsibilities in the financing, infrastructure and socio-econo1iic
impacts related to resource development; preparing and delivering Congressional testimorY on
behalf of Governor Romer; and negotiating state policy positions in mineral and energy
development, public land use, timber management and royalty reform. He was also the principal
negotiator in selected state and federal land management issues, coordinated the development of
state and regional natural resource economic development plans, provided advice on selected
water supply/conservation/use plans, and participated in agriculture land use/water/conservation
issues. Mr. Cattany has served as a natural resource advisor to Governors Romer and Lamm
since 1975, and he represents the Governor and the Executive Director on a variety of state,
regional and national boards and committees. Mr. Cattany has also been affiliated with the
University of Denver since 1980 as an adjunct professor in the Environmental Management and
Energy Management programs. In 1977, Mr. Cattany co-founded the Governor's Office of
Energy Conservation and developed the state's first comprehensive energy demand forecast
there. He has served as consultant and advisor to numerous state, regional and national councils
and has extensive background with energy-related entities.