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MARK T. PIFHER Attorney at Law, Trout & Raley, P.C. (Denver) Mark is a 1974 graduate (with honors) of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After teaching at the secondary level for two years, he returned to law school, and in 1979 received his J.D..from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (cum laude). Currently a partner in the above-noted law finn, his practice is concentrated in the areas of envi- ronmental and water law. Mark has participated in numerous administrative and legislative proceed- ings at both state and federallevcls. He has also written extensively on environmental and water law, including articles concerning the Clean Water Act, biomonitoring, biocritcria, and wetlands. HENRY R. MADDUX Director, Colorado River Endangered Fishes Recovery Program U.S. Fish and Wildlife (Denver) I have long had ties to the Colorado River, although not always in recovery of the endangered fish. I was born just a 30-minule drive from the river in Kingman, Arizona, where my great-grandfa- ther had the first blacksmith shop. Kingman had an allotment of Arizona's compact water, but never a feasible way to get it. My granddad was a mechanic, my dad was a welder, so how did I end up being a fish biologist trying to protect and recover endangered species? My affinity for wildlife may have begun the night before I wa born, when my mom awoke to find a tarantula crawling on her stomach. My dad caught it in ajar, and once inside, hundreds of babies crawled off its back! Because my parents seemed to be part gypsy, I grew up in various cities in the West, eventually graduating from Death Valley High School. Our senior class trip was to Lake Mohave on the Colorado River. I went one semestcr of junior college with a focus in non-school related activities before enlisting in the Navy. By that time, my dad was working at Rocky Flats, so I enlisted at Denver. After the Navy, I was better able to focus on academics and received my B.S. in Fisheries from the University of Arizona. By this time, my parents had moved to Page, Arizona. I met and married Diane Decker there during my senior year. I spent my sum- mers in Page working and playing on Lake Powell. Diane's father was an electrician for the Bureau of Reclamation at Glen Canyon Dam for about 20 years. I received my Masters degree in Fisheries at South Dakota State University, where my major research focus was changes in reproductive cycles of fish in cooling ponds for a coal-fire generation plant. After completing my work there, I was hired by Arizona Game & Fish for Glen Canyon Environmental Studies. Soon after, I was promoted to aquatic project leader for the Glen Canyon Studies. I worked on the tailwater trout fishery below the Dam, and studied humpback chub and other native fish in the Grand Canyon. After eighteen trips through the Canyon, I began to look more hermit than human. Later I worked for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources on Lake Powell, then was at the Salt Lake City field office for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. I went to work for the Upper Colorado River Recovery Program as Instream Flow/Non-native Fish Coordinator in 1995. I've been Director of the Program for the past two years - ajob I wouldn't wish on anybody. Yet, for now, I wouldn't trade it for anything. I feel we're making a difference, that cooperation between stakeholders has increased in most areas, and the status of the fish is improving - although progress is measured in microns. The area where cooperation and progress have seen the greatest failure is in protecting instrearn flows for the fish under State water law. Diane and I live in Littleton, Colorado. We've been married for 17 great years and have four kids - two in high school and two in elementary school. Patricia L. Wells, Colorado Water Conservation Board Member and General Counsel to Denver Water Department, graciously agreed to replace James Lochhead on Friday as he had an unavoidable conflict. Her photo and biographical information were not available at press time.