THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700





July 17, 2001

04 00035 61 01071701



Mr. Wayne Wetzel, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
wwetzel@state.mt.us
Director's Office
State of Montana
Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
1625 11th Avenue
Helena, MT 59620 1601

Subject:   SDS and Communication Metrics

Dear Wayne,

Congratulations on an outstanding career, and good luck on your retirement as Deputy Directory of DNRC. I appreciate very much your willingness to submit comments explaining use of SDS at DNRC per our call this morning.

Sincerely,

THE WELCH COMPANY



Rod Welch
rowelch@attglobal.net