Author Description
Clay Landry is the Managing Director and a Principal of WestWater Research (WWR), which specializes in water resource economics, planning, and policy analysis. Clay has over 25 years of experience in water acquisition and valuation projects throughout the US. Landry continues to lead acquisition programs at a national level and is currently managing the largestwater rights acquisition program in the US on behalf of the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District. Through those efforts, he has implemented innovative farm rotational fallowing, water leasing and water banking programs that balance urban and agricultural water demands. Previously, Landry was an associate at the Political Economy Research Center(PERC), a public policy research institute that specializes in market approaches to natural resource management. Landry holds a master’s degree in agriculture and resource economicsfrom Oregon State University and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Wyoming.
