The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Water and Power, led by Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA), will hold an oversight field hearing on "Managing Water for the Future: How Federal, State, and Local Entities are Supporting Agriculture."

Subject:
House Subcommittee on Water and Power
Oversight Field Hearing on "Managing Water for the Future: How Federal, State, and Local Entities are Supporting Agriculture"

When:
Monday, May 17, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
University of Northern Colorado
University Center
Columbine Suites
2045 10th Ave.
Greeley, CO 80639

Witnesses:

Panel 1:

Mr. Michael J. (Mike) Ryan
Regional Director, Great Plains Region
Bureau of Reclamation
US Department of the Interior
Billings, Montana

Mr. Allen Green
State Conservationist
NRCS Colorado
US Department of Agriculture
Lakewood, Colorado

Accompanied by
Ms. Trudy Kareus
Executive Director
FSA Colorado
US Department of Agriculture
Lakewood, Colorado

Ms. Jennifer Gimbel
Director
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Denver, Colorado

Mr. John Stulp
Commissioner of Agriculture
Colorado Department of Agriculture
Lakewood, Colorado

Mr. Douglas Rademacher
Weld County Commissioner and Farmer/Rancher
Greeley, Colorado

Panel 2:

Mr. Jim Yahn
Chair South Platte Roundtable
Director of North Sterling Irrigation Co.
Sterling, Colorado

Mr. Bob Sakata
Farmer, Sakata Farms
Brighton, Colorado

Mr. Don Ament
Farmer and Former Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture
Iliff, Colorado

Mr. Eric W. Wilkinson
General Manager
Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District
Berthoud, Colorado

Mr. Tom Cech
Executive Director
Central Colorado Water Conservancy District
Greeley, Colorado

Mr. Harold Evans
Chairman
City of Greeley Water and Sewer BoardGreeley, Colorado