Blog: Ernest Conant, the former regional director of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation joins Downey Brand
Downey Brand LLP, a leading full-service law firm renowned for its statewide expertise in water, environmental, and natural resources law, is pleased to announce that Ernest Conant, a distinguished water law attorney and the former Regional Director of the California-Great Basin Region of the Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of the Interior (Reclamation), joined the firm’s Natural Resources Department as Counsel on June 24, 2024… Among his many achievements, Ernest played a key role in the development of major groundwater banking and storage projects, including the Kern Water Bank, Semitropic Water Banking Project, and Arvin-Edison Metropolitan Banking Project. Additionally, he was instrumental in assisting Kern County interests with developing and implementing the Monterey Amendments to the State Water Project water supply contracts.