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= Hiram A. McNeil = Hiram A. McNeil was a state representative from Olathe, Colorado in Montrose County, Colorado. A Democratic, McNeil served 20 years in the Colorado General Assembly from 1955 thru 1974. Hiram McNeil's districts included all or part of the Colorado Western Slope counties of Montrose County, Colorado, Ouray County, Colorado, Dolores County, Colorado, San Juan County, Colorado, Hinsdale County, Colorado, Montezuma County, Colorado, San Miguel County, Colorado, Saguache County, Colorado, Gunnison County, Colorado, and Delta County, Colorado.

Background
Hiram A. McNeil was born in Olathe, Colorado in 1903. Prior to his birth, Hiram McNeil's family moved to western Colorado in 1876 and homesteaded near Ridgway, in 1881. Hiram and his wife were bought a farm from her father in Bostwick Park, in 1935. The McNeil family grew potatoes, Moravian malting barley for Adolph Coors Co. He also served on the board of directors for Cimarron Ditch & Reservoir Co. McNeil's political role and director role with Cimarron Ditch & Reservoir Co. would serve critical for the passing of Congress's 1963 H.R. 3672, An Act to provide for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Savery-Pot Hook, Bostwick Park, and Fruitland Mesa participating reclamation projects under the Colorado River Storage Project Act. The Bostwick Park Project is the funding component for Silver Jack Dam.

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Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association
In 1996, as the assistant manager, Marc Catlin started his career at the Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association (UVWUA). In 2002, the same year as the 2002 North American drought, Marc Catlin acceptable the position as manager of UVWUA. The rookie manager would win the Colorado Division of Water Resources - Division 4 "Water Manager of the year" for his actions during the drought season. This would be the same time that Marc Catlin would be serving his second term as President for the Four States Irrigation Council. Marc Catlin would end up serving as president for three consecutive terms: 2001, 2002, and 2003. The Four States Irrigation Council was found in 1952 to serve as a forum for irrigators to exchange ideas on water deliver. The member four states are Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming.

September 26, 2009, Marc Catlin would oversee "The Century of Water Celebration," the one hundred year celebration of the Gunnison Tunnel opening. The Gunnison Tunnel diverts water from Gunnison River to the arid Uncompahgre Valley. The celebration consisted of a Turn-of-the-Century Parade, fair, and fireworks at the end of the day. The day was also filled with bells clanging from Montrose, Colorado to Delta, Colorado to echo the bells that pealed across the valley when the first water came rushing through the tunnel on September 23, 1909.

Colorado River Water Conservation District (Colorado River District) - Board of Directors
On January 5, 2015, Marc Catlin was appointed to represent Montrose County, Colorado on the Colorado River Water Conservation District Board of Directors, more commonly known as the Colorado River District. Board Members are appointed by their respective County Commissioner to serve three year terms. Currently, Marc Catlin is serving his third term.

On January 11, 2023, the Colorado River District Board of Directors elected Marc Catlin to serve as the Board's Vice-President. A role that was critical in the Shoshone Water Right Preservation Project. A deal that was signed in December of 2023 by the Colorado River District and Xcel Energy for the purchase and sale of water rights tied to hydroelectric power production at the Shoshone Generating Station in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado.

Gunnison Basin Roundtable
The Colorado Water for the 21st Century Act   created nine permanent basin roundtables, thus, the Gunnison River Basin Roundtable was created. Each round table is designed to represent Colorado's eight major river basin, along with the Denver Metropolitan area. The Colorado Water Conservation Board website states, "the Gunnison Basin stretches over 8,000 square miles of western Colorado, extending from the Continental Divide to the confluence of the Gunnison and Colorado Rivers near Grand Junction." Marc Catlin was appointed to the Gunnison River Basin Roundtable in 2006. Marc Catlin continued to serve on the Gunnison Basin Roundtable for eight years.

Interbasin Compact Committee
Marc Catlin was elected by the member of the Gunnison Basin Roundtable to serve on the Interbasin Compact Committee (IBCC). In 2005, the Interbasin Compact Committee was formed in same legislation that created the nine permanent basin roundtables, the Colorado Water for the 21st Century Act. Catlin remained on the IBCC for 7 years.

Colorado Water Congress
Marc would serve as President in year 2006 for the Colorado Water Congress.