[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16455]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     HONORING RICHARD ``DICK'' MOSS

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 5, 2001

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Richard 
``Dick'' Moss for his contributions to the agricultural water needs of 
California's Central Valley. After many years of dedicated service, Mr. 
Moss is retiring as General Manager of the Friant Water Users Authority 
(FWUA).
  Moss graduated from California State Polytechnic University, San Luis 
Obispo, in agricultural engineering. He is a registered civil engineer 
in California and a graduate of the California Agricultural Leadership 
Program. His career began with the USDA Soil Conservation Service. Moss 
served three years as a Lower Tule River Irrigation District staff 
engineer and later as the manager of the Orange Cove Irrigation 
District.
  Formed on October 1, 1985, the FWUA has been managed by Dick from its 
inception. A joint powers agency, the FWUA has 25 member districts in 
portions of five San Joaquin Valley counties, all of which contract for 
water delivered through the Central Valley Project's Friant-Kern and 
Madera canals. Friant districts serve one million irrigated acres and 
15,000 mostly small family farmers along the southern San Joaquin 
Valley's East Side.
  Moss has long been active in water organizations and water issues in 
California and the West. He has guided the FWUA in search of solutions 
to major water questions, including the ongoing concensus-based 
cooperative effort with environmental organizations on San Joaquin 
River restoration possibilities. Earlier this year, the FWUA aided most 
Friant agencies in gaining enactment of 25-year water service renewal 
contracts with the Bureau of Reclamation. Even though he is leaving the 
FWUA, Moss will still work diligently on various water issues in the 
Central Valley.
  Moss will be leaving the FWUA to establish his own engineering 
consulting firm. Moss, his wife Charlene and their three children live 
near Ivanhoe in Tulare County.
  Mr. Speaker, I invite my colleagues to join me in paying tribute to 
Richard ``Dick'' Moss for his years of service to the Friant Water 
Users Authority. I wish Mr. Moss continued success in the years to 
come.

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