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the Tellico Dam led Congress to amend the ESA and direct the formation of an Endangered Species Exemption Committee (the God Squad). She also provided legal advice on the biological opinions for the Narrows Dam proposed to be built on the South Platte in Colorado and on the negotiations to resolve the jeopardy opinions. These long negotiations resulted in the Joint Study which provided some of the scientific information currently relied on by the Fish and Wildlife Service. Ms. Zallen also participated in the litigation on the ESA issues relating to the proposed Wildcat Reservoir in Colorado, which was eventually terminated after two decisions of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. The proposed construction of the Two Forks Dam in Colorado and the Deer Creek Dam in Wyoming were very controversial. Ms. Zallen was the DOI attorney working on the wildlife issues for these two prof ects. In 1986 Nebraska sued Wyoming over alleged violations of the Supreme Court's 1945 decree apportioning the North Platte River among Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming. Ms. Zallen worked on the wildlife issues relating to this case which was finally settled after 16 years of litigation. She was the DOI attorney who negotiated the settlement of the Federal Energy Commission's relicensing of Kingsley Dam in Nebraska. The terms of the license supply key components of the proposed Platte River Program. Since 1993, Ms. Zallen has been the DOI attorney advising FWS and the Bureau of Reclamation on the development of the Platter River Recovery Implementation Program including the environmental impact statement and the biological opinion. She also helped form the successful Colorado River Implementation Program, and the recovery implementation programs for the San Juan and Virgin Rivers. Additionally, she is the DOI attorney who provided the legal advice on the listings of the interior least tern, the piping plover and designation of the piping plover critical habitat. Ms. Zallen has frequently addressed diverse groups and entities, such as the Colorado Water Congress, the Colorado Farm Bureau, Wyoming Water Association, National Conference of State Legislators, Western Governors Association and the University of Colorado, on ESA legal issues. Her phone number is 303 - 231 -5353, extension 446. Geomorphology: Timothy J. Randle Mr. Tim Randle is a Hydraulic Engineer with the Bureau of Reclamation's Sedimentation and River Hydraulics Group. He is a native of Utah and graduated from the University of Utah with a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1981. He is a registered professional engineer, a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the U.S. Society on Dams.