Michael T O’Grady

Mike O'Grady is a Senior Project Manager with LWS. Mr O'Grady is the former Principal and Co-Founder of States West Water Resources Corporation and has acted as the Project Manager in acquisition of state and federal permits for dam projects within several Western States. This includes all major dam projects constructed within Wyoming since 1980. He has coordinated all state, federal, and local permitting activities for numerous water projects throughout Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. He is extensively familiar with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's Section 404 permitting requirements, the U.S. Forest Service Special Use Permit requirements, and the Bureau of Land Management's Right-of-Way permit issues. He has also been a technical expert to the Wyoming Attorney General's Office in the Nebraska vs. Wyoming litigation on the North Platte River.