Members

Cary Aloia is a Partner and Wetland Biologist with Wetland Dynamics, LLC, working in the SLV and throughout Colorado for over 20 years and serves as the Environmental and IBCC Representative on the Roundtable. She works on a wide range of sites partnering with diverse water users to conserve, restore, and manage wetlands and riparian areas integral to the sustainability of water resources throughout the West.  She currently also serves as the SLV Wetland Focus Area Committee Chair. Cary enjoys hiking, fishing, and traipsing through wetlands and rivers wherever she finds herself..

Dale Pizel has served on the Roundtable from its inception. He is the owner of Broken Arrow Ranch and Land Co. a guest ranch and Creede’s oldest real estate company. Dale also manages the Rio Oxbow Ranch above Creede a fishing and cattle ranch on 6 miles of the Rio Grande where he was awarded the 2003 Colorado Riparian Associations ‘Excellence in Riparian Management’ award for his grazing practices. Dale is honored to be the current Commissioner to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife. He was former Assistant Director of the Wolf Creek Ski Patrol, a founder of 1st National Bank of Creede and Lake City, and a former Director of the Rio Grande Water Conservation District. Dale love’s big elk, big fish, a good powder day, team roping and moving cattle at 9,000 feet on a good horse, and his wife Anne and daughters Abbey and Emily.

Dwight Martin is the Roundtable Representative for the Alamosa-La Jara Conservancy District. He resides in La Jara, Colorado. He is a farmer and rancher who holds a B.S. in Animal Science and retired from the United States Department of Agriculture. He is an active participant in water meetings.

Water Views: Water is the lifeblood for farmers and ranchers.

Mike Gibson is a graduate of the Royal School of Mines, London University, London, England, where he obtained a Mining Engineering Degree. Upon graduation he joined a mining operation in Sierra Leone, West Africa. He came to the United States to attend Graduate School at Stanford University where he obtained a MS and MBA Degrees. Mike’s subsequent mining career was in the Western United States where he served in engineering and environmental management positions in the energy and metals sectors. After retiring from the mining industry in 1999 Mike and his wife, Gigi Darricades, came to the San Luis Valley when he joined The Nature Conservancy after they had acquired the Medano-Zapata Ranch. He was with The Nature Conservancy three years before joining the San Luis Valley Water Conservancy. He retired in December 2015 from the San Luis Valley Conservancy District after 12 years. Mike served as Chairman of the Rio Grande Roundtable for ten years and he served on the Board of the Colorado Water Congress, representing the Rio Grande Basin.

Peter Clark is an At Large Member for the Roundtable. He farms and ranches along the Rio Grande/ Alamosa County. Peter has B.S. in Range Management from Humboldt State University and enjoyed a successful career in the United States Forest Service. He enjoys hunting with vintage or replica firearms and preparing the ammunition.

Water Views: Like soil, water is a basic resource and is necessary for every aspect of our lives. Managing water properly ensures a stable economy, an abundant food supply and diverse recreational opportunities.