Former Interior official appointed to federal seat on Upper Colorado River Commission
President Biden announced his intent Wednesday to appoint Anne J. Castle as United States Commissioner, Upper Colorado River Commission. Castle is a senior fellow at the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment at the University of Colorado Law School, focusing on western water issues, including Colorado River policy and management…. From 2009 to 2014, Castle was the Assistant Secretary for Water and Science at the U.S. Department of the Interior where she oversaw water and science policy for the Department and had responsibility for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Geological Survey.