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Michael J. Cohen is a Senior Research Associate with the Pacific Institute.

Mr. Cohen’s work focuses on water use in the lower Colorado River basin and delta region and the restoration of the Salton Sea ecosystem. He is the lead author of three Pacific Institute reports on the Salton Sea and the Colorado River delta, and has contributed to several Pacific Institute reports on water use. He is also the co-author of several journal articles on water and the environment in the border region.

Mr. Cohen developed a “partial” restoration plan for the Salton Sea, recognizing the infeasibility of restoring the Sea as a whole, and helped draft an alternative set of shortage criteria for the lower Colorado River.

He is a member of the International Boundary and Water Commission’s Colorado River Delta Advisory Committee, the Water Education Foundation’s Colorado River Advisory Committee, and was a member of the California Resources Agency’s Salton Sea Advisory Committee.

Mr. Cohen has a Master’s degree in Geography, with a concentration in Resources and Environmental Quality, from San Diego State University and received a B.A. in Government from Cornell University.

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