I want to develop an agency level summary for these two items, as well as meet the Governor's Office

Achievements and Challenges for 2005-2006 Water Resources Program Achievements Led state response efforts for the 2005 drought emergency to help keep water flowing for Washington agribusiness, public water suppliers, and fish and wildlife: Effectively monitored state water-supply conditions and provided critical, timely information to Gov. Gregoire regarding whether to authorize a drought emergency declaration. Ecology declared a statewide drought emergency March 10. Distributed $7.2 million in emergency drought funding to various public agricultural and municipal water suppliers, state Fish and Wildlife Department and kept $1 million to acquire water this spring in the lower Yakima basin to offset effects of deep-well pumping in 2005. Processed 142 drought-related water-right requests and was an active member in a special water transfer working group that determined how to review and process another 47 surface water-right transfer requests in the Yakima basin. Leased six area water rights to keep water flowing for the town of Roslyn during the drought, avoiding having town’s water supplies interrupted. Conducted extensive media and community outreach campaign throughout drought emergency and provided timely information to key water uses and general public regarding water conservation and state drought response. Set instream flows in state watersheds to protect resources that depend on adequate flows and worked to start setting ...