Kent Conrad: “We should add Mike Dwyer, of the North Dakota Water Users, who played a critical role of shuttle diplomacy, going back…”

“We should add Mike Dwyer, of the North Dakota Water Users, who played a critical role of shuttle diplomacy, going back and forth in the final days to reach conclusion here. So this has been a true team effort, with Dave Sprynczynatyk, the State water engineer, and Maj. Gen. Murray Sagsveen working on behalf of the Governor and Bob Harms, of the Governor's staff, and, as I have indicated, Mike Dwyer of the North Dakota Water Users. All of them played very important roles, as did Mike Olson, Bill Bicknell and Dick Kroger of the North Dakota Chapter of the Wildlife Society. In the final hours, in the final days, it took a real coming together to achieve this result. We certainly appreciate all of their efforts.”