Owen Welch

I am a project manager with the US Bureau of Reclamation at the California-Great Basin regional office in Sacramento. My work includes project management and planning of government water related projects and the overseeing grants to government partners. My role at Reclamation has me interacting with water rights, conveyance and storage, drought management, project planning, and communication with a variety of interested parties in California water. I am most interested in pursuing roles that require the difficult balancing of political goals and environmental requirements to manage natural resources. 

I have a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences specializing in Policy and Economics from Oregon State University. I received my Master’s degree in 2023 from the University of California Davis in Environmental Policy and Management specializing in Water Resource Management.