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COVID-19 Webinar Series: Water Rights Due Diligence in Land and Utility Acquisitions

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In the fourth COVID-19 webinar, Laura Schroeder and Wyatt Rolfe discussed how to conduct due diligence on water use rights. The webinar originally aired on May 6, 2020 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM. You can view the webinar here! Stay tuned to our blog for announcements for information about the next webinars. You can watch

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COVID-19 Webinar Series: What Options are Available When Your Receive Notice Your Well Construction is Non-compliant?

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In the third COVID-19 webinar, Laura Schroeder, Clint Kinney, and Bob Long discussed what to do when you receive a notice that your well construction is non-compliant. The webinar aired originally on April 29, 2020 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM. You can watch the webinar here! Stay tuned to our blog for announcements for

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Are you ready to obtain a building permit or financing for your rural residential property?

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By Laura A. Schroeder and Tara J. Jackson The answer to this question may depend on the paperwork you have to document domestic water use at the current or planned residence. When either a building permit or financing is required on a rural residential property, the permitting authority or lender will likely require that the

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COVID-19 Webinar Series: What to Do When You Receive a Notice of Cancellation on Your Water Right

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In the second COVID-19 webinar, Laura Schroeder and Sarah Liljefelt discussed what to do when you receive a notice of cancellation of your water right in Oregon. The webinar aired originally on April 22, 2020 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM. You can view the webinar here!. Stay tuned to our blog for announcements for

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COVID-19 Webinar Series: What To Do When the Water Master Shuts Off Your Water?

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As the first COVID-19 Webinar in new weekly series, Laura Schroeder and Therese Ure discussed the ins and outs of how watermasters regulate water in Oregon and Nevada. The webinar aired originally on April 15, 2020 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM.  You can view the webinar here! Stay tuned to our blog for announcements

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Announcement: Covid-19 Water Law Webinar Series Registration Now Open

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Was your upcoming water law conference cancelled? Or are you itching to learn more about Oregon water law, but could never attend one of Schroeder Law Offices speaking events? Stuck inside due to Covid-19 orders? You’re in luck! Laura Schroeder will be offering a series of free webinars this spring covering a wide range of

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Grazing

Call Your Congressman—House Bill Proposes Permanent Retirement of Federal Grazing Allotments

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It’s time to call your Congressman—House Bill H.R. 5737, introduced on January 30, 2020 proposes the implementation of procedures to permanently retire federal grazing allotments. H.R. 5737 or the “Voluntary Grazing Permit Retirement Act” (the Act) proposes the ability of grazing permittees to sell or “waive” their right to graze under their Bureau of Land

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Irrigation District Pilot Project allows greater ease for transfer applications

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Every year the Oregon Water Resources Department (“OWRD”) allows 15 districts to change their place of use without going through a long Transfer Application process. This process, called the Irrigation District Pilot Project, allows one transfer application for every irrigation season. The Project started in 2003 and the Oregon State Legislature has extended it several

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Oregon Dairy Farmers 2020 Conference

Oregon Dairy Farmers Association Conference

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Oregon dairy farmers produce great milk products for the northwest! Jakob Wiley attended the Oregon Dairy Farmers Association (“ODFA”) conference in Salem, Oregon this February. The conference included a fascinating keynote presentation by Alison Van Eenennaam of UC Davis. Her presentation addressed the intersection of climate change, dairy products, and cultured meat. Cultured meat is

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Groundwater Management

Associate Jakob Wiley Publishes Groundwater Management Article

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Associate Attorney Jakob Wiley recently co-authored an article titled “Groundwater Management: The Movement Toward Local, Community-Based, Voluntary Programs” in the Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy (Volume 29, Issue 1) available for download here. Jakob’s contribution provided the western United States’ examples and perspectives for the paper. The paper is a product of a

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Bear River Basin Adjudication Legislature Moves Forward

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In 2014, the Idaho Department of Water Resources (“IDWR”) proposed adjudicating water rights in the Bear River Basin in Southern Idaho. Now, nearly 6 years later, a bill that would allow IDWR to commence the adjudication is up for legislative consideration. The Idaho House of Representatives unanimously passed House Bill 382 (“HB 382”) on February

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Nevada State Engineer Issues Final Order in the Diamond Valley Adjudication. So, What’s Next?

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By Caitlin Skulan and Lisa Mae Gage On January 31, 2020 the Nevada State Engineer Tim Wilson issued the Order of Determination of the Relative Rights in and to All Waters of the Diamond Valley Hydrographic Basin. This order is the State Engineer’s final determinations of all the vested claims to water in the Diamond

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PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR NEVADA’S DRAFT WATER QUALITY REPORT CLOSES ON JANUARY 30, 2020

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The public comment period for Nevada’s 2016-2018 Draft Water Quality Integrated Report closes on January 30, 2020. On December 26, 2019, the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) published its Public Notice, inviting comment on the Draft Nevada 2016-2018 Water Quality Integrated Report. The report was prepared in accordance with the Clean Water Act, §§ 303(d),

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Schroeder Law Offices Heads East to Idaho for the IRWA 2020 Road Show!

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In July, 2020, attorney Laura Schroeder will hit the road and travel to Idaho to teach a series of classes on “Water Law for Utilities.” The classes are put on by the Idaho Rural Water Association (IRWA) and are approved by the State of Idaho Bureau of Occupational Licenses for 0.6 drinking water or wastewater

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OWRD’s Various Aquifer Definitions

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            The Oregon Water Resources Department (“OWRD”) does not use a single definition of an aquifer. Instead, it uses different applications of the word depending on the context. Scientifically, there is a generally accepted definition (which we discussed here: https://www.water-law.com/who-owns-an-aquifer/): “body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater.”[1] Depending on the location, context,

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