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RUG 17 '92 12:24 HHF 475 P13 3462 statement of Qualifications Colorado Water Conservation Board She worked for the Wasatch County Water Efficiency Study to develop an overall strategy to involve the public in the decision being made about the Central utah Pr~ject. This was done in numerous ways, including producing newsletters and news releases to inform the public of the activities, and conducting an extensive survey of 4,000 resident regarding water resource issues. The survey included conducting a pretest and collecting both quantitative and qualitative data, collating the data, statistically analyzing the data, and reporting the results, Ms. Loveless' resume and information concerning Loveless Enterprises, Inc. are included in Appendix C. LINDA WRITE - ATTORNEY Ms. white is in private practice in Grand Junction, Colorado with the firm of Dufford, Waldeck, Milburn & Krohn. Previously, she was with the State Attorney Generals office for 9 years, 1980 to 1983 and 1985 to 1991. Her last position with the Attorney General was First Assistant Attorney General, Head of the Water Unit, which she held from 1989 to 1991. During this period she was counsel for the eWCB, State Engineer'S Office, and the Division of Wildlife on the AWDI case. She appeared on behalf of the State Engineer and Division Engineer in the SRJ and Travelers Insurance Comcanv v. The State Enqineer and Smith Cattle (Colo. 1991). The case involved water rights administration, injury, and abandonment in the Horse Creek Basin located southeast of Colorado Springs. Travelers had obtained various decrees for water rights to eventually transfer water from agricultural use in the Horse Creek Basin to municipal use on the front range. Smith Cattle claimed that Travelers' pumping was causing injury to its senior rights. The State Engineer did an intensive study of area water rights and hydrology to determine what administrative actions to take. The trial court upheld the recommendations of the State Engineer and the decision was affirmed on appeal. She was the CWCB' s legal counsel in Acclication of Aurora and Colorado Sprinqs v. Holv Cross Wilderness Defense Fund (Colo. 1990). The case involved the issue of the priority of the CWCB's rights as against the Cities' rights based on prior negotiations. She also represented the State Engineer and Division Engineer in Fox v. state Enqineer (Colo. 1991). The case involved the requirement that an applicant for a water right must have a plan for augmentation before a conditional right can be granted. 9