News release: California water agency may be first in the nation to be led by a fish biologist whose previous job was protecting endangered species
[Heather] Dyer was the fish biologist spearheading U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service efforts to protect the Santa Ana sucker, the tiny fish whose habitat was threatened by water projects along the Santa Ana River….Doug Headrick, the former general manager of San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, was so impressed with Dyer he hired her away from the federal government and put her in charge of leading …the development of the Upper Santa Ana River Habitat Conservation Plan. …The plan is expected to be approved by state and federal agencies this year….Dyer, meanwhile, has been promoted to the position of Valley District’s CEO and general manager…