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Ted Kowalski <br />U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division Denver, Colorado <br />Intern August 1994- December 1994 <br />• Wrote analytical memoranda on New Mexico ground water law, reserved water rights, and FOIA. <br />Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon Washington, D.C. <br />Legislative Assistant June 1990 -June 1992 <br />• Monitored and advised clients of legislative developments, executive orders and agency regulations. <br />HONORS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND ARTICLES <br />• Selected as the Natural Resources Graduate of the Law School Class of 1995. <br />• Received the Gloria Barron Scholarship. <br />• Obtained the highest awarded merit -based bonuses at the CWCB for six straight years. <br />• Authored chapter in Water Law Bench Book, published January 2006. <br />• Co- authored article entitled "The City of Central Decision, Victory for Colorado's Instream Flow <br />Program, Colorado's Prior Appropriation System, and Colorado." Denver Water I,aw Review <br />Volume I O/Issue 2 /Spring 2007. <br />PRESENTATIONS <br />• SGM Fall Forum Series, presentation on the Colorado River, Fall 2009; <br />• University of Colorado, Political Science 4716 Water Policy class, Guest Lecture on the U.S.- Mexico <br />negotiations regarding the Colorado River, Fall 2009; <br />• Colorado State University Graduate Class 592, guest lecture on wild and scenic rivers and instream <br />flow water rights, Fall 2009; <br />• Progressive 15 Fall Conference, speaker, Fall 2009; <br />• Natural Resources Law Center 2009 Summer Conference; Western Water Law and Policy <br />Challenges: Ripples, Currents, and New Channels for Inquiry, speaker, June 2009; <br />• 17 Denver University, Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute Annual Land Use Conference, <br />presentation on the Seven Basin States Negotiations involving the Colorado River, March 2008; <br />• Denver University (OLLI), Presentation on Colorado River Negotiations, February 2008; <br />• Rocky Mountain PBS Program - Colorado State of Mind, guest speaker, February 2008; <br />• U.S. House of Representatives, Natural Resources Committee Water and Power Subcommittee, <br />testified in support of the Platte River Authorizing Legislation (H.R. 1462), April 2007; <br />• Colorado General Assembly Committees, testified on the Platte River Program, Spring 2006, Spring <br />2007, and Spring 2008; <br />• Water Resources Interim Committee, testified, July 2005 and October 2005; <br />• Colorado Foundation for Water Education Bus Tours, speaker, June 2004 and June 2005; <br />• Denver University Law School, Water Law class, guest lecture, September 2004; <br />• Colorado River Water Conservancy District Seminar entitled "Shattering Our Assumptions about the <br />Colorado River," speaker, September 2004; <br />• CLE Water Bar Conference, speaker, June 2004; <br />• CLE Super Conference on Water, speaker, March 2003; and, <br />• Water Wise Wednesdays, Eagle River Watershed Council, speaker, October 2003. <br />