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Welcome to the 2008 Briefing Series for Members of Congress and Staff

Previous Congressional Briefings

Speaker Biographies

Terrance J. Fulp

Terrance Fulp is the Deputy Regional Director of the Bureau of Reclamation’s Lower Colorado Region. Terry has worked for Reclamation since 1989 and currently oversees programs in the Lower Colorado River that implement the Secretary of the Interior’s water master functions, including water delivery, accounting, and contracting. Terry is also responsible for the region’s water conservation program and the Lower Colorado Multi-Species Conservation Program. Prior to his appointment as Deputy Regional Director, he served as Area Manager of the Boulder Canyon Operations Office, where he managed and administered the successful basin-wide effort to develop additional operational guidelines for Lake Powell and Lake Mead. He also served as the principal investigator for the Department of the Interior’s Watershed and River Systems Management Program. Terry holds a Ph.D. in mathematical and computer sciences from the Colorado School of Mines, an M.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Colorado, an M.S. degree in geophysics from Stanford University, and a B.S. degree in earth sciences from the University of Tulsa.

Eric Kuhn

In July 1996, Eric Kuhn assumed his current duties as General Manager of the Colorado River Water Conservation District. Eric started employment with the River District in 1981, and his responsibilities since then have included technical management of River District activities such as Taylor Draw Dam and Reservoir, Wolford Mountain Reservoir, water marketing, interstate water issues, and integrated project operations. Eric also serves as an at-large representative on the Colorado Interbasin Compact Commission, to which he was appointed by Governor Owens in 2006. He also currently serves as one of the technical panel co-chairs of the Colorado Climate project and has participated in the Engineering Advisory Committee of the Upper Colorado River Compact Commission since 1981. From 1994 through 2001, Eric served on the Colorado Water Conservation Board, representing the Colorado River mainstem. He has authored a number of papers and technical presentations on the Colorado River system. Eric earned an M.B.A. degree from Pepperdine University in California in 1980 and a B.S. degree in engineering science from the University of New Mexico in 1972.

Gregory J. McCabe

Gregory McCabe is a research scientist with the USGS, where he serves as Chief of the Hydroclimatic Processes and Hazards project within the National Research Program of the USGS Water Resources Discipline. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Denver and the Metropolitan State College of Denver and a research affiliate with the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado. His research interests include hydroclimatology, climate variability and change, synoptic climatology, climate teleconnections, and hydrologic modeling. He received a Ph.D. in physical geography from Louisiana State University and B.A. and M.S. degrees in the same discipline from the University of Delaware.

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