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Reclamation Selects Ryan Newman to Head the Upper Snake Field Office

Media Contact: Kelly Bridges, (208) 378-5101, 01/28/2016 08:36
Roland Springer

For Release: January 28, 2016

Ryan NewmanHEYBURN, Idaho – The Bureau of Reclamation has selected Ryan Newman to serve as the new assistant area manager for leading the Upper Snake Field Office where he will oversee the management and operation of Reclamation facilities in eastern Idaho and western Wyoming. The Upper Snake Field Office is located in Heyburn, Idaho, and is part of the Snake River Area Office headquartered in Boise.

“We’re very happy to have Ryan as a part of our Reclamation team,” said Snake River Area Office Area Manager Roland Springer. “He brings a wealth of experience and knowledge, and will be a great asset in this new position.”

Most recently, Newman worked for the Snake River Area Office where he managed a variety of water resource projects including the Lewiston Orchards Water Exchange and Title Transfer, Henrys Fork Basin Study, Island Park Reservoir Enlargement, and several environmental compliance projects. He has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, and a minor in chemistry from South Dakota State University.

Newman is a rural South Dakota native with 20 years of experience in natural and water resource management. He spent his entire career working on river and reservoir systems and related resources in the Dakotas and Idaho with South Dakota State University, Idaho Fish and Game, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Reclamation.

Newman began his career with Reclamation in 2000 in the Dakota Area Office in Bismarck, North Dakota, where he worked on municipal, rural and industrial water systems. Beginning in 2012 he spent two years managing Lake Sakakawea, the third largest man-made reservoir in North America, during the height of the North Dakota oil boom.

The Upper Snake Field Office manages six projects, eight dams, and two powerplants in eastern Idaho and western Wyoming. The projects provide for the delivery of irrigation water, hydroelectric generation, flood control and recreation opportunities. For more information about the Snake River Area Office visit http://www.usbr.gov/pn/snakeriver/.

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