We have been excited about the blueprint for success that has been laid out in front of us. Our recent organizational assessment provided a clear message: Grow. To rise to this inspiring challenge, we added staff. And now our highly respected and prestigious Board of Directors has found six Colorado professionals to join us all in our efforts. That they share our passion for restoring streamflows re-energizes our team and reaffirms our mission. We welcome these folks to our CWT family, and we look forward to the years ahead.
Alexandra Davis is attorney with Vranesh and Raisch, LLP, a law firm specializing in Colorado water, environmental and natural resources law. Prior to joining Vranesh & Raisch, Alexandra was the Assistant Director for Water for the Colorado Department of Natural Resources working with the Colorado Division of Water Resources, the Colorado Water Conservation Board, the Division of Wildlife and other state agencies regarding interstate river compacts, state water rights issues and federal reserved water rights. Prior to joining the Natural Resources Department, Alexandra was the First Assistant Attorney General in Colorado. She served as an assistant attorney general, litigating water rights cases for the State Engineer’s Office, the Colorado Water Conservation Board and the Division of Wildlife for over 11 years. She spent one year in Billings Montana, as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney representing the Department of Interior Agencies in the Montana general water rights adjudication. She is a graduate of Pitzer College in California and the University of Colorado School of Law. This excerpt about Alexandra has been borrowed from http://lawweb.colorado.edu/profiles/profile.jsp?id=434 and modified.
Kirk Deeter is an editor-at-large for Field & Stream magazine, and co-writer, with Tim Romano, of the “Fly Talk” blog on Fieldandstream.com. Deeter is also the publisher/editor of Angling Trade, the trade magazine covering the fly fishing industry in North America. He is known for his gonzo story angles, from fly fishing for mako sharks out of kayaks, to fishing in the remote Bolivian jungle with natives in dugout canoes, to free-swimming Class IV rapids, to scuba diving (a.k.a “Going Deep”) with trout and bass. Deeter has earned various awards, including Excellence in Craft top honors for his fishing and conservation stories from the Outdoor Writers Association of America. This excerpt about Kirk has been borrowed from http://www.fieldandstream.com/fsmk12/html/brand_editor_Deeter.html
Bill Paddock was born in Boulder, Colorado. He received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado and his J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law. He joined the water unit of the Colorado Attorney General’s Office upon graduation, and during his tenure there represented state agencies in water rights matters. He also served as the legal advisor to Colorado’s Compact Commissioners on the Arkansas River Compact and the Rio Grande Compact, and was responsible for the supervision of the then on-going federal reserved rights and Indian reserved rights litigation in Colorado. In 1985, Mr. Paddock went into private practice and in 1986 joined in founding Carlson, Hammond & Paddock, L.L.C. of which he is now the manager. This excerpt about Bill has been borrowed from http://www.chp-law.com/lawyers.htm
Michael Sayler, President of Bishop-Brogden Associates, Inc., has over twenty years experience in water resources engineering and planning. Mr. Sayler has managed projects involving water rights and hydrologic analyses throughout Colorado and in neighboring states. Mr. Sayler has extensive experience analyzing changes of water rights from agricultural to other beneficial uses, and in water rights administration in the various river basins in Colorado. Mr. Sayler has also managed projects including model development and review for water rights and water availability studies in the Cache la Poudre, South Platte, Arkansas and North Platte River Basins. Mr. Sayler has managed numerous historic use investigations for water rights in the South Platte, North Platte, Arkansas and Colorado River Basins and has served as an expert witness in water court testimony. This excerpt about Mike has been borrowed http://www.bbawater.com/personnel.html
David Taussig. A fourth generation native of Colorado, David Taussig was born in Kremmling, Colorado, November 15, 1955. He got his feet wet in water matters on the end of a shovel irrigating mountain hay meadows on the family cattle ranch. In 1982 he graduated from Colorado State University with a B.A. in History, and in 1986 obtained a J.D. from the University of Denver, College of Law. For one and one-half years he practiced law in Limon, Colorado with Robert D. Hawthorne, representing the Town of Limon in general municipal law and water matters and the First National Bank of Limon in banking and commercial litigation. Dave joined White and Jankowski, LLP in 1989 where his practice emphasizes water rights and natural resources law. This excerpt about Dave has been borrowed from http://white-jankowski.com/dct.htm
Erin Wilson has been a practicing water resources engineer since 1988. She is a Principal water resources engineer with Leonard Rice Engineers, Inc. Her expertise includes water resource planning, water rights analysis, consumptive use modeling, and surface water modeling. Erin has been actively involved in the development of the Colorado Decision Support System in every Colorado basin, and she has taken the lead in developing and conducting model training workshops for the State. She has been involved in the development of over twenty basin-scale water right allocation models throughout her career. This excerpt about Erin has been borrowed from http://lrewater.com/principals