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Show 33 Mr. CANNON. Thank you very much. Are there Any other questions from the panel? We appreciate you being with us today and giving the information available. And now we have our second panel. Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Chairman. Mr. CANNON. Yes. Ms. WOOLSEY. May I enter this article. Mr. CANNON. Without objection, it is so ordered. 1 Thank you, Dr. Potter, and Mr. Eubank. Panel II Mr. Morgan, Dr. Hayes, Mr. Leon Bowler, and Mr. Ovard have joined us. We appreciate that. While they are taking their seats, why don't I go ahead and introduce them. Our first witness will be Mr. Robert Morgan, who is the Executive Director of Utah Department of Natural Resources. Mr. Morgan has served in various positions in the Department of Natural Resources since 1970, in the Division of Water Rights and Water Resources. Prior to being employed as Executive Director by the Governor, Mr. Morgan served as State Engineer and was responsible for issues related to water distribution for the State as well as dam safety, stream alterations, and water well drilling. Mr. Morgan has a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Utah. Dr. Michael J. Hayes, is the Climate Impact Specialist at the National Drought Mitigation Center. Dr. Hayes joined the NDMC staff in July 1995. He previously worked briefly with the National Biological Service, studying the impact of weather on endangered prairie plant species. Dr. Hayes' research at the Center emphasizes the economic, environmental, and social impacts of drought, developing new drought monitoring and impact assessment methodologies. Dr. Hayes received a Ph. D. in 1994 from the University of Missouri- Columbia in Atmospheric Science, specializing in Agricultural Meteorology and Remote Sensing. So we will ask questions along those lines of you, Dr. Hayes. Mr. Leon Bowler is a life- long resident of Utah's Dixie. Utah's Dixie includes all of the Southern Utah area, and this name originated from the fact that they raised cotton down in that area, like they did in the Dixie part of the United States. Mr. Bowler is a rancher and farmer. He operates a 300- head cattle ranch in Iron County on BLM land and 20,000 acres of private land and he also farms 1,000 acres. Mr. David G. Ovard- welcome- is the General Manager of the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District in Utah, a position he has held for the past 13 years. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Provo River Water Users Association, Provo Reservoir Water Users Company, and the Bell Canyon Irrigation Company. Mr. Ovard has also served as President of the Utah Water Users Association and as Chairman of the Utah Association of Special Districts and of the Intermountain Section of the American Water Works Association. We welcome you and appreciate the experience you are willing to bring to bear on this. xThe article is printed in Appendix 1: Additional Material for the Record, p. 82. |