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Oregon
<br />Mike Llewelyn, the Department of Environmental Quality's Water Quality Division
<br />Administrator, was named as a member by Governor John Kitzhaber, replacing Langdon Marsh,
<br />who resigned. Mike has served as an alternate member. The Governor wrote, "I look forward to
<br />Oregon's contined participation in the Council and support the Council's recent decision to become
<br />more involved in trying to better integrate water quality and water quantity policy - making in the
<br />West." Mike also served as the Chairman of the Council's Water Quality Committee.
<br />Washington
<br />Washington Governor Gary Locke appointed Joe Stohr, the Department of Ecology's new
<br />Program Manager for Water Resources, as a new member, replacing Keith Phillips, now a Special
<br />Assistant to the Director, Tom Fitzsimmons. Tom will continue to serve as a member, along with
<br />Kathy Gerla, an Assistant Attorney General. Kathy was named to replace Deborah Mull, who
<br />resigned to take a position as an administrative law judge with the state's Pollution Control Hearings
<br />Board. Keith will serve as an alternate Council member, and the Governor has named Stephen
<br />Bernath, with Ecology's Water Quality Program, to also serve as an alternate member.27
<br />Wyoming
<br />Governor Jim Geringer made a number of new appointments to the Council. Patrick T.
<br />Tyrrell, the new Wyoming State Engineer, replaced Gordon (Jeff) Fassett as a member of the
<br />Council and the Executive Committee. Tom Davidson, Assistant Attorney General, and Dennis
<br />Hemmer, Director of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, will also serve as
<br />Council members. The Governor Geringer named three additional alternate members: Gary Beach,
<br />Director of the Division of Water Quality; Mike Besson, of the Wyoming Water Development
<br />Commission; and Sue Lowry, of the State Engineer's Office.
<br />Western States Water
<br />Since the first issue in 1974, the Council's weekly newsletter, Western States Water, has been
<br />one of its most visible and well received products. Its primary purpose is to provide governors,
<br />members, and others with accurate and timely information with respect to important events and
<br />trends, in order to promote better federal, state, and local decisionmaking and problemsolving. It
<br />is intended as an aid to help achieve better water management, improve intergovernmental relations,
<br />promote western states' rights and interests, and point out policy trade -offs. Further, it covers
<br />meetings, changes in Council membership, and other Council business. The newsletter is provided
<br />as a free service to members, governors and their staff, member state water resource agencies, state
<br />water users associations, selected multi -state organizations, key congressmen and their staffs, and
<br />top federal water officials. Other public and private agencies or individuals may subscribe for a fee.
<br />27 Western States Water, Issue #1421, August 10, 2001, and Issue #1391, January 12, 2001.
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