[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 17457]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING ROY SNYDER

 Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I honor a great public servant, Roy 
Snyder. Roy Snyder is retiring after 27 years of providing exemplary 
service to America. His career began in 1962, with the Bureau of Land 
Management. He then served our Country for over 10 years in the United 
States Army where he attained the rank of Captain. He then turned his 
abilities to Corps of Engineers. For the last 15 years, it has been 
Montana's fortune to have Roy as Operations Manager at Fort Peck Lake. 
He assumed this position with the determination to make changes that 
would benefit the public. He accomplished that mission. Fort Peck Lake 
saw many positive changes under Mr. Snyder's oversight. Without his 
support and encouragement, Fort Peck would still be a little known and 
little used recreation site.
  It has been my honor and privilege to work with him on significant 
projects that have benefited not just Montanans, but all recreational 
users of Fort Peck. With Roy's help the roads around Fort Peck have 
been improved, the campgrounds have been improved, there is a 
breakwater, Lewis and Clark sites, fishing access sites, a fish 
hatchery, the Interpretive Center. All of these are due in large part, 
to Roy's tenacious ability to make things happen.
  Even more important, he has created relationships between users that 
never existed before. People who didn't realize they had anything in 
common are now working together. He has worked to turn a lack of 
communication into an open line that benefits everyone who uses Fort 
Peck.
  Even in times of adversity, Roy has been a stalwart supporter of the 
recreational users. He put the public's need before all others and 
worked to ensure they had the chance to make the most of Fort Peck 
Lake. It is my honor to commend Roy Snyder for his 27 years of service. 
It is even more of an honor for me to refer to Roy as my friend. Roy, 
thank you for everything you have done to make Fort Peck Lake what it 
is today. We will all miss you.

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