Dan is a Big Name in Water Issues on the Pecos River

Pecos River Resolution Corporation recently released via the University of Oklahoma Press the book they commissioned Patrick Dearen to write, Bitter Waters: The Struggles of the Pecos River. Dan Lathrop is quoted three times in the book.

Dan has studied and been involved in water issues in southeastern New Mexico all his life. He is a member of the board of the Pecos River Resolution Corporation. From 2001 to 2005, he was a member of the Ad-hoc committee appointed by the New Mexico Interstate Streams Commission assigned with the task of developing a plan on how to manage the waters of the Pecos River. He's a member of the Lower Pecos River Planning Committee, a state run group keeps the regional water use plan updated. He's president of the Hagerman Irrigation Company and of the Greenfield Water Co-operative.

Here are links to sites where you can learn more about the book:

Midland Reporter-Telegram interview with Patrick Dearen   

Buy the book on Amazon

Download the book from Google

Visit the Pecos River Resolution Corporation website

Buy the book from the University of Oklahoma Press 

Water Resources of the Lower Pecos Region Decision Makers Conference, 2003