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<br />,\'{''It's/cuer of/hi' Colorado f)eparlmelll oJ Satural Rf'.wurcf'.'
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<br />October /992
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<br />&;olor~do River Policy id~()ry C;;;;llcil/Lall1lched
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<br />Tht:' ~tatt.' h.l~ two m'w l)pp()rtunitie~ to before discussing thl>m with (llher statl-s or lribt..s.
<br />strcngtht-'Il it~ participation in w,lll.'T policy dt'Ciskms That's the th('of}.lx~hind the h)mliltion of tht.'
<br />lln the Color.1l'lo Rin.'r: thl' Coloradl) River Policy Color,ldo Rin>r Policy Ach-isc.lf}' Council, a group
<br />Ad\"isory Council ,mJ the Colorado Rin'f dlxl.sion appointed by Con'moT Romer that reprt.~nts the
<br />support sy..tl'm. ma~lr pl.lyers in river pOJicil~ and Fl(,)!itics.
<br />When it coml~ 10 p'.)IiciL~ that .1tfl't.'1 thl' futun' Council membt.>rs arc: H.lmlet J. Barf}' II!,
<br />of Coloradl)'s I::'ntitll'ml'nts to its v..'aters, thl' ..1.1112' Denver \V.ltt'r Bn.ud; Thornhm ~I,lyor \-1<l~.ul't
<br />sh(luld consider ,md cl'll'rdinat~ it.:-; many intl'n~b Carpenter, f(>prl~'nting tht' Front Ran~e \V,lter
<br />with tht' appropri,lte Colnr,ld(llt'i1ders and (lfiiciab (,'VI,tinu,'" on 1''',t:.'.'iJ
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<br />State Water Agency
<br />Directors Appointed
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<br />The two Di\:R di\'i~ions rl'spon~ibk' t(lr tht'
<br />m,lIlagl'nll:'nt of C(llor,ldt)'~ watl'r n~lUrCl'" ha\'l' new
<br />dim:tors: H.uo]d "Hal" Sim~lIl is tht' statl' l'nginl't'r,
<br />and D,lril~ "Chuck" Lilt;' i.. till:' din",:t(}r of the Colllrado
<br />\Vater Conserv,ltillll &Idrd,
<br />The app()intments, \\'hieh Wert' .1nlwUIKl'l.i by
<br />Executi\'t;' Director Ken 5.11,1Zar ,lIld the \Vater
<br />Conser\'atillll B"l,lfd in l'arly Au~tl..t, "hl'r,lld d ne\\'
<br />era in how C{llorad{} will man,lg(' its ,,",lter rr~)Urcl"',"
<br />according to Covernor Roy ROnll'r. "11l<lvt' completl'
<br />wnfidt'!lcl' in both lbl's and Chuck's .1bilitil's to dl'vl'I-
<br />op CTl'ati\'l' solutions 10 the incn'asin~ly diffilult w,lter
<br />Ch.ll1t'nges hef(lft, u",."
<br />5.:llazar addl'l.i, "llll'sl' apf'llintml'nt~ \...ill pnr
<br />viUt' Co]or.ldo with an opl-.....)rtunily to u~' the hUIll.1n
<br />and fis":,ll rl"SOUfCl'S of both agl;'ni,:it;'S Il) efft'Ctin'ly
<br />addrt"Ss thl'eritic,ll watl'r rl~lUrce~ issul;'S of (lUr
<br />timl'~,"
<br />As stall' enginl'l;'r, Simt~on will mall<l~l' the
<br />Divisitln of Watt'r Rl>sourn-s, which has a staff of 220
<br />and an ,1lllHl.ll budget Ilf 511 million. Simpson bt'g.ln
<br />his cart'l'r with tlll' division in 1972 as chid llf the Land
<br />Ust' Branch. Hl' subsequently directed the Water
<br />f\'tmageml'nt Br,lllCh, was pmmotl'l.i to .1ssi:-;t.-lIH statl'
<br />enginl"l'r in lq8Q and was .lppoinlt'l.i dl'puly state engi-
<br />neer in lQS5.ln FI;>bmary 19Q2, Simpson was appoinl4
<br />eo acting stall' I;'nginl"t'r. He h,lS a b,lChelor's dl'gn'l' in
<br />ci\'ill'nginet'ring and.1 mast(>r's degn'l;' in water
<br />rt~lUn-es, btlth fmm Clllorado St,lte Unive~ity.
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<br />Left to right: Ken Salazar, CWCS Director Chuck Llle and State
<br />Engineer Hal Simpson. (Photo courtesy Durango Herald)
<br />Lile ....:ill manage the 30 employees and $1.96
<br />million budget ot the CWCB. He begJn his state career
<br />in 1967 as a water resource engineer with the Division
<br />of Water Resources. In 1973, he was promoted to assis-
<br />tant division engineer in Steamboat Springs and
<br />assumed his duties as division engineer of water dis-
<br />trict 7 in Durango in 1978. He has an associate degree
<br />in civil engineering and a bachelor's degree in geology
<br />from the University of Southem Colorado.
<br />"Thl' selection process for both of thl;'se iml-")()r.
<br />tant positions was l'xtn>ml'iy rigon1us," Salaz,lf said.
<br />"In addition to the standani fl'l}uircml'nts for filling
<br />f'l~itions ,1t this Il'\'el, which included conducting a
<br />statewide St'arch, J written examination and oral boani
<br />interviews, "\'I;' sought input fmm the Water
<br />Cons..'r\'ation BOMJ and the Governor bt'{Of('
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<br />(cortlimll',1on P"Xf'SJ
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