Wetlands delineation and the Clean Water Act have come into focus again. You may be about to invest in cleaning ditches or drains, or raising or deepening your reservoir or pond. Before you do, participate in this webinar to Laura Schroeder and Therese Ure Stix together with Andrea Rabe of Rabe Consulting will present an […]
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Winter storage for use throughout the year may still be a viable option with surface water and hydrologically connected groundwater oftentimes unavailable for new permitting. It could be more important than ever during periods of prolonged drought! Laura Schroeder and Sarah Liljefelt will present a free, hour-long webinar on Tuesday, August 3rd, from noon
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If you didn’t take our earlier advice or purchased a home where the developer put you on a shared well under an exemption then you are likely having or will have issues. Even if you are related to the other homeowner(s)! And even if you are under an exemption which is allowed in Oregon (15,000
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Announcement: Oregon Realtors’ Water Right Training Webinar (for credit!) The Polk County Association of Realtors has teamed up with Schroeder Law Offices for a webcast to Oregon Realtors regarding water rights and initial disclosures related to water! The webinar airs this Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 11:30 AM. Click here to register. The webinar will
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Schroeder Law Offices is working with COVID-19. All of us at Schroeder Law Offices are equipped to work in the office, at home, or anywhere. Now we have relaxed our work at home policy. Some of us are well established in our home offices. Consequently, anyone or everyone can continue their work even in the
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Oregon State University’s Family Business 360 Series for 2019-2020 will feature Laura Schroeder in a webinar on February 20, 2020. The webinar will have two parts. The first is an introduction to water rights drawing on Laura’s nearly 30 years’ experience as an Oregon water lawyer. The second part addresses Due Diligence for Sellers and
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The city of Anacortes, WA, is making news by running part of its new fiber optic cable network through its water system. Brown and Caldwell’s Water News for September 25, 2019, links to a report by KUOW News: “Wifi wires will run through water pipes in northern Washington town.” This “first in North America” system,
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Beginning Tuesday, September 3, Schroeder Law Offices, P.C., resumes regular office hours: Monday through Friday 8:00 am – 5:00 p.m. Schroeder Law will be closed, Monday, September 2, to observe Labor Day. This summer we experimented with a nine day rotation, Monday through the next Thursday, 7:30 am – 5:30 pm. The tenth day, every
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Schroeder Law Offices, P.C. is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the Reno Mustangs’ Co-Ed “D” Softball team’s trip to the ASA National Softball Tournament being held in Portland Oregon. The Reno Mustangs are a tournament softball team that enjoy spending their weekends playing in tournaments to help support local charities and those in need.
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Laura Schroeder will present her popular “Water Rights Bootcamp” on JUNE 2 in Sisters, Oregon. This presentation will be an educational seminar suitable for all with and interest and concern for water rights in Oregon. For details and an agenda see the Schroeder Law Offices web site.
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Schroeder Law Attorneys Schroeder and Ure as members of the executive committee for the Nevada Environmental and Natural Resources Section as well as Schroeder Law Administrator Scott Borison assisted in planning and participated in the First Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony and reception for former Director of Conservation and Natural Resources Allen Biaggi on May 4,
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The Director of the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources recently announced the appointment of Acting State Engineer Jason King to the position of State Engineer. Mr. King has spent more than 19 years with the Division of Water Resources. A press release from the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on this
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As we reported in early February, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) has released a Water Quality Management Plan for the Upper Klamath and Lost River Subbasins for public review and comment. Due to ongoing drought conditions in the Klamath Basin, DEQ has extended the public comment period by 45 days to May 27,
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On January 28, 2010, the Nevada Supreme Court issued its opinion in the matter of Great Basin Water Network, et al. v. State Engineer and Southern Nevada Water Authority, wherein the Court determined that the State Engineer had violated the statutory duty under NRS § 533.370(2), which requires that the State Engineer approve or reject
The Source Water Collaborative (“SWC”) is a group comprised of federal, state and local partners working to protect the source of America’s drinking water in lakes, rivers, streams and aquifers. The SWC recently launched a new tool, “Your Water Your Decision” designed to help organizations and communities highlight their specific water protection needs to local
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The DEQ has determined that certain stream segments in the Upper Klamath and Lost River subbasins do not meet state water quality standards. DEQ has identified water quality problems associated with temperature, nitrogen, phosphorus and biochemical oxygen demand, or “BOD.” Under the guides of the Federal Clean Water Act, the DEQ has developed a plan
The Oregon Water Resources Department recently released a fact-sheet detailing the 2009 Instream Accomplishments. According to the Department, Oregon’s instream program leads the nation with leases or transfers of approximately 1,700 cubit feet per second allocated to instream use for “fish and wildlife, recreation, and pollution abatement.” Consequently, the Department also reports that at least
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During the 2010 Special Session of the Oregon Legislature, the House Committee on Environment and Water is considering House Bill 3661. This Bill proposes to change the current ground water exemption statute: ORS 537.545. Under the Bill, exempt well water use for single domestic purposes would be limited to an amount not more than 5,000
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced new regulation, effective December 18, 2009, of the allowable level of endothall residues in or on commodities. By establishing tolerances for the level of endothall, the EPA has cleared the way for the use of such products in irrigation and livestock watering. The new tolerances were requested by United
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