FEDERAL RESPONSE TO CALIFORNIA DROUGHT:DON GLASER

From: Congressional Testimony | Date: July 21, 2008 | Copyright information

Congressional Testimony
07-21-2008
Statement of Don Glaser Mid-Pacific Regional Director U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Accompanied by Claudia C. Faunt Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey Committee
on House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power July 21, 2008
Madam Chairwoman and members of the Subcommittee, I am Don Glaser, Mid-Pacific
Regional Director at the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) in Sacramento.
I would like to thank you for this opportunity to discuss the federal response
to California`s current cycle of drought. While periods of drought are
inevitable and not uncommon in ...

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