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Show PI. Grove men commended for work ', , I y '' h I;7' i '7""' Mark Neeley and Ira Terry, geologists in the Geotechnical and Water Rights Branch of U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Provo based Utah Projects Office, were recently commended by Projects Manager P. Kirt Carpenter for outstanding geotechnical achievements which have great expedited work on Utah water development projects and resulted in a substantial savings in time and expenditures. Neeley and Terry conduct comprehensive geotechnical investigations in-vestigations involving the selection and suitability of dam, pumping plant, canal, and tunnel sites, often gathering information necessary for the design of the features and computerizing their data for immediate im-mediate use. Their work includes analyzing the stability of landslides that threaten existing features such as the recent slides that damaged the Provo Reservoir Canal and muddied Provo's water supply, and recommending corrective actions. They also investigate geohydrology in relation to water right applications by others which, if approved, could adversely affect project water rights, and assist in. formal water rights hearings. Neeley and Terry's assignments have included geological planning investigations of components of the Central Utah Project. These include Bonneville Unit's Alpine Aqueduct, Mark Neeley North Fork Pipeline and Pumping Plant, and Bjorkman Hollow Pipeline and Canal. Their investigations in-vestigations have also included Weber Basin Project's Willard Bay Dike; features of the Salt Lake Acqueduct; and the Springville-Mapleton Springville-Mapleton Siphon. Neeley has recently marked 10 years of federal service, the first five years with the Soil Conservation Con-servation Service and the past five with the Bureau of Reclamation. He earned his bachelor of science degree at BYU in 1977 and his associate degree at Ricks College in 1975. He served an LDS mission in Chile in 1972-74. A native of the Ira Terry Logan-Ogden area, he resides i Pleasant Grove with his wife, Susan Wilson Neeley. They are the parents of four children. Terry's professional career with the Bureau of Reclamation spans five years, plus two years as a student assistant. He earned his bachelor of science degree at Utah State University in 1980. He is ac. tive in the Boy Scouts of America currently serving as scoutmaster He seved an LDS mission in Virginia in 1973-75. A native of Ogden, he resides in Pleasant Grove with his wife, Karin Shjarback Terry. They are the parents of four children. |