David Harrison © The Nature Conservancy The Global Freshwater Team Brian Richter, Co-leader Nicole Silk, Co-leader David Harrison, Senior Advisor  Karin Krchnak, Director of International Water Policy Eloise Kendy, Director, Environmental Flows Program Andrew Warner, Senior Advisor for Water Management Robert Wigington, Western Water Policy Counsel Tom FitzHugh, Water Management Analyst Jeff Opperman, Technical Advisor for Water Management Diédre Paterno Pai, Outreach Manager Sharon Davis, Program Coordinator

David Harrison 
Senior Advisor, Consultant
Global Freshwater Team

David is a practicing water resources lawyer in Boulder, Colorado, of counsel with the firm of Moses, Wittemyer, Harrison and Woodruff, P.C. He works as a consultant to The Nature Conservancy acting as senior advisor to the Global Freshwater Team, formerly the Freshwater Initiative, of which he was one of the co-founders. In that connection, he leads the strategic group on Ecologically Sustainable Hydropower. He is currently focusing on the application of that approach at several demonstration projects including the YangtzeRiver Basin in China and the ZambeziRiver Basin in southern Africa. In addition, he is working with the International Hydropower Association in examining ways to transform global standards and practices for sustainable hydropower. 

David was a member of the Board of Governors  of The Nature Conservancy from 1980-1990, and was Chairman of the Board during 1988 and 1989. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado, holding degrees in law, 1971, and Civil Engineering, Hydraulics, 1968.  He has co-authored several professional articles on water resource matters focusing principally on ground water surface water issues, and instream flow and ecosystem management matters, including:Richter, Brian D.; Mathews, Ruth; Harrison, David L.; and Wigington, Robert; Ecologically Sustainable Water Management:  Managing River Flows for Ecological Integrity;  Ecological Applications, Vol. 13(1), 2003, and Harrison, David L., and Opperman, Jeff; Can Hydro Be Sustainable? International Water Power and Dam Construction Magazine, October, 2007