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Former general manager of the Westlands Water District and former general manager of the Kings River Conservation District.
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Former Fresno County supervisor representing the west side of the Valley. Talked about economic troubles of the west side because of water cut backs.
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A retired farmer talking about the growing trouble he had in his career securing water for his crops and the impact this had on his growing operation.
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Former Kerman farmer and water activist. Talked about his memories of the San Joaquin River before Friant Dam and how he became a water activist.
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President of the Laval Corporation. Talked about growth and change in the field of water technology, and how technology developed here in the Valley has been used all over the world.
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Former federal judge handling more water cases than any other judges in the United States. Was the presiding judge in many of the Delta Smelt cases.
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Former public relations manager for Westlands Water District. Talked about dealing with the 160-acre limitation and the Kesterson wildlife refuge disaster.
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One of the earliest water engineers in the Valley, who was responsible for designing and building the irrigation system in Orange Cove and other east side farm towns.
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Former deputy general manager of Westlands Water District, former deputy secretary of the Interior, and current general manager of the Delta Mendota San Luis Joint Powers Authority. Talked about water policy during his years in the Interior Department and the trouble west side farmers are having getting regular water supplies.
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George Ballis is the former director of National Land for People (and professional photographer covering Cesar Chavez) that sued the Westlands Water District of compliance with the 160-acre limitation in Reclamation law.
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Attorney representing several east-side irrigation districts during the negotiations over the San Joaquin River Settlement and the Central Valley Project Improvement Act.
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Farmer and board chair of the Westlands Water District in the early 1980s when they were fighting National Land for People over the 160-acre limitation.
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General manager of the Panoche Water District on the west-side of the Valley, talking about how water districts work and how they cope with drainage issues on the west side.
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Legislative director to Senator Feinstein and principal broker of the San Joaquin River Settlement.
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Founder of Woolf Farms in the Westlands Water District. He got his start by buying land from Russell Giffen when Giffen was compelled to sell land under the 160-acre limitation. Woolf was involved with the election of Bernie Sisk, who in turn passed the San Luis Act creating the San Luis Resevoir and bringing CVP water to the west-side of the San Joaquin Valley.
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Former environmental reporter for the Fresno Bee. Talked generally about covering water issues, and more specifically about covering the Kesterson environmental disaster in 1983.
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Former general counsel of the Westlands Water District during the 160-acre limitation battle.
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Water engineer from Visalia. Talked about development of dams in the Sierra Nevada and irrigation systems on the Tule River.
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Former chief hydrological engineer for the Boswell Corporation. Talked about developing their water systems and farming the Tulare Lake Basin.
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Former chief hydrological engineer for the Boswell Corporation. Talked about developing their water systems and farming the Tulare Lake Basin.
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Chris Kapheim is general manager of the Alta Irrigation District, the oldest irrigation district on the Kings River and one of the oldest districts in California. Doug Jensen is a founding partner of Baker, Manock, and Jensen and long time counsel to the Alta Irrigation District.
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Former water engineer for the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors, explaining how the water rights of the exchange contractors create so much confusion in the river’s water allocations.
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Ken Manock was a founding partner of Baker, Manock, and Jensen law firm and long time counsel for Westlands Water District during the fight over the 160-acre limitation, as well as the fight over the Central Valley Project Improvement Act of 1992. Jim Ganulin is a former general counsel of the Westlands Water District during the 160-acre limitation battle.
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Former executive director of the Delta Mendota San Luis Joint Powers Authority operating the Delta Mendota Canal and the San Luis Reservoir. Talks a lot about changes in water allocations from the Central Valley Project for westside farmers.
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Former executive director of the Delta Mendota San Luis Joint Powers Authority operating the Delta Mendota Canal and the San Luis Reservoir. Talked a lot about changes in water allocations from the Central Valley Project for westside farmers.
