(Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Terry Fulp, lower Colorado regional director for the Bureau of Reclamation, far left, addresses representatives from the Colorado River Basin states as they prepare to sign an interstate drought contingency plan meant to protect minimum water levels in Lakes Mead and Powell at the Hoover Dam on Monday, May 20. Looking on are, from left, Colorado Commissioner James Eklund from the Upper Colorado River Commission, New Mexico State Engineer John D’Antonio, Director of Utah Division of Water Resources Eric Millis, Wyoming Commissioner of the Upper Colorado River Commission Pat Tyrrell, Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Brenda Burman, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science for the Department of the Interior Tim Petty, Director for the Arizona Department of Water Resources Tom Buschatzke, Chairman of the Colorado River Board of California Peter Nelson, and General Manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority John Entsminger.